The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 21 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 Croydon 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 12 19 17
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -2
Contract jobs citing Middleware 2 5 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 4.000% 3.731% 10.71%
As % of the Application Development category 25.00% 21.74% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
Average daily rate £463 £478 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.14% +0.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £476 £441
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £480 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
8 23 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 16.00% 17.16% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 30
Average daily rate £350 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +51.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
London

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the Croydon region.

Croydon Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
1 2 (66.67%) JBoss
1 2 (66.67%) WebSphere
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (66.67%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
2 1 (33.33%) Lotus Domino
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) WebLogic Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) JBoss