The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Chester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 22 20 19
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Contract jobs citing Middleware 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.460% 1.739% 2.500%
As % of the Application Development category 13.33% 13.33% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
15 15 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 10.95% 13.04% 24.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 22
Average daily rate £375 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -1.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £9.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
Cheshire

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester Middleware Jobs Demand Trend

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Middleware across the Chester region.

Chester Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Middleware also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Middleware.

1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
1 5 (62.50%) Supplier Management
2 3 (37.50%) SAP BPC
2 3 (37.50%) SAP Basis
2 3 (37.50%) SAP XI
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) DB2
2 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 3 (37.50%) UNIX
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
2 3 (37.50%) NetWeaver

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Middleware also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Middleware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) SAP XI
1 3 (37.50%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
1 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Services Delivery Manager
1 5 (62.50%) Service Manager
1 5 (62.50%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) SAP Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
1 5 (62.50%) Supplier Management
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) SAP