The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 62 71 68
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing Middleware 22 14 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.731% 1.024% 1.106%
As % of the Application Development category 6.607% 3.911% 4.732%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 5
Average daily rate £409 £419 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.38% +4.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £360 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £57.50 £16.55
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +247.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
333 358 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 26.20% 26.19% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 191 109
Average daily rate £310 £275 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -9.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £242 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 38
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
England

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands Middleware Daily Rate Histogram

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire +5 11 £400 -
Northamptonshire +9 1 £413 -13.15%
Leicestershire - 1 £425 -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 18 (54.55%) SOA
2 13 (39.39%) Web Services
3 12 (36.36%) XML
4 11 (33.33%) Finance
5 8 (24.24%) TIBCO
5 8 (24.24%) Subversion
5 8 (24.24%) ESB
5 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (21.21%) InterSystems
6 7 (21.21%) Scrum
6 7 (21.21%) Linux
7 6 (18.18%) Oracle
7 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (15.15%) WebSphere
8 5 (15.15%) InterSystems Cache
8 5 (15.15%) Project Management
8 5 (15.15%) WebLogic
8 5 (15.15%) UNIX
8 5 (15.15%) Apache
9 4 (12.12%) Java
9 4 (12.12%) SOAP
9 4 (12.12%) ETL
9 4 (12.12%) WSDL
9 4 (12.12%) IBM
9 4 (12.12%) HP
9 4 (12.12%) Process Management
9 4 (12.12%) BPEL
9 4 (12.12%) XPath
9 4 (12.12%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (12.12%) Oracle BPM

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 13 (39.39%) Web Services
2 12 (36.36%) XML
3 5 (15.15%) WebSphere
4 4 (12.12%) SOAP
4 4 (12.12%) WSDL
4 4 (12.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (9.091%) WS-I
5 3 (9.091%) JMS
6 1 (3.030%) XML Schema
6 1 (3.030%) HTML
6 1 (3.030%) XSD
6 1 (3.030%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (24.24%) ESB
2 5 (15.15%) WebLogic
2 5 (15.15%) Apache
3 3 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (3.030%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (3.030%) MQSeries
4 1 (3.030%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (6.061%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (3.030%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.030%) Agresso
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.061%) HTTP
1 2 (6.061%) SSL
2 1 (3.030%) Firewall
2 1 (3.030%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) InterSystems Cache
2 2 (6.061%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (3.030%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.030%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Subversion
2 3 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (9.091%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.030%) Hudson
3 1 (3.030%) Maven
3 1 (3.030%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (6.061%) Automotive
2 2 (6.061%) Electronics
2 2 (6.061%) Banking
2 2 (6.061%) Retail
3 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.030%) Publishing
3 1 (3.030%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Architect
2 6 (18.18%) SOA Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Designer
3 4 (12.12%) Middleware Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) Test Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Server Support
5 2 (6.061%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.061%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.061%) SOA Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Integration Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Environment Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Test Environment Manager
5 2 (6.061%) SOA Designer
5 2 (6.061%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 2 (6.061%) 3rd Line Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.061%) DataPower
2 2 (6.061%) Device Driver
3 1 (3.030%) IaaS
3 1 (3.030%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Linux
2 5 (15.15%) UNIX
3 3 (9.091%) Windows
4 2 (6.061%) HPUX
5 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.030%) zOS
5 1 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) SOA
2 7 (21.21%) Scrum
3 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (15.15%) Project Management
5 4 (12.12%) ETL
5 4 (12.12%) Process Management
5 4 (12.12%) BPEL
6 3 (9.091%) Master Data Management
6 3 (9.091%) Data Management
6 3 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.091%) Time Management
6 3 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.061%) ITIL
7 2 (6.061%) UML
7 2 (6.061%) OO
7 2 (6.061%) E-Commerce
7 2 (6.061%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.061%) Data Analysis
7 2 (6.061%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (6.061%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Java
1 4 (12.12%) XPath
2 2 (6.061%) C
2 2 (6.061%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (3.030%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.030%) Xen
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) TIBCO
2 7 (21.21%) InterSystems
3 6 (18.18%) Oracle
4 4 (12.12%) IBM
4 4 (12.12%) HP
5 3 (9.091%) CODA
6 2 (6.061%) Citrix
6 2 (6.061%) QNX
7 1 (3.030%) Talend
7 1 (3.030%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.030%) JD Edwards
7 1 (3.030%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (3.030%) SAP
Glossop, Derbyshire
The Architect must have strong knowledge in the following: - Windows Server - Linux - Middleware Services - Integration (Active Directory) - Security - HP Blades TOGAF certified Infrastructure Architects would be welcome... INFRASTRUCTURE...
Montash
Rate: £428.65 - £685.84 per day + negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013