East of England Middleware Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Colchester County Antrim Croydon Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Glasgow Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Man Jersey Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Poole Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Surrey Swansea Swindon Thame Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	88	118
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	64	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.084 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	5.165 %	2.392 %
Daily rates quoted	15	12
Average minimum daily rate	£392	£395
Average daily rate	£411	£425
% change on same period last year	-3.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£455
UK excluding London average daily rate	£424	£398
% change on same period last year	+6.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.62	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£34.93	£26.67
% change on same period last year	+30.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.24	£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.79	£33.53
% change on same period last year	+12.68 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1239	1087
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.634 %	1.153 %
Daily rates quoted	404	316
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£334
Average daily rate	£376	£356
% change on same period last year	+5.64 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	88	130
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.96	£30.18
Average hourly rate	£32.38	£31.95
% change on same period last year	+1.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.79	£33.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Middleware across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Middleware within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	+26	42	£441	-11.89 %
Essex	+1	15	£334	-19.49 %
East Anglia	-	3	-	-
Norfolk	+7	2	£425	-15.00 %
Cambridgeshire	-8	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 47 (46.08 %) Unix 2 44 (43.14 %) Solaris 3 42 (41.18 %) WebLogic 4 35 (34.31 %) Finance 5 32 (31.37 %) Oracle 6 31 (30.39 %) J2EE 7 30 (29.41 %) Java 8 27 (26.47 %) Shell Script 9 25 (24.51 %) IBM 9 25 (24.51 %) WebSphere 10 22 (21.57 %) Project Management 11 19 (18.63 %) Apache 12 17 (16.67 %) Financial Institution 13 16 (15.69 %) Linux 14 15 (14.71 %) PRINCE2

14 15 (14.71 %) MQSeries 14 15 (14.71 %) MS Project 15 14 (13.73 %) Ant 16 13 (12.75 %) Configuration Management 17 11 (10.78 %) PMI 18 10 (9.804 %) Windows 19 9 (8.824 %) SQL 19 9 (8.824 %) JBoss 19 9 (8.824 %) Construction 19 9 (8.824 %) BEA 19 9 (8.824 %) SLA 20 8 (7.843 %) Tivoli 21 7 (6.863 %) Time Management 21 7 (6.863 %) Banking 21 7 (6.863 %) PKI

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 31 (30.39 %) J2EE 2 25 (24.51 %) WebSphere 3 6 (5.882 %) WebServices 4 4 (3.922 %) J2SE 4 4 (3.922 %) EDI 4 4 (3.922 %) .NET 4 4 (3.922 %) ASP.NET 4 4 (3.922 %) Hibernate 4 4 (3.922 %) Struts 5 3 (2.941 %) WCF 5 3 (2.941 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 3 (2.941 %) Spring 5 3 (2.941 %) CSS 5 3 (2.941 %) HTML 5 3 (2.941 %) XML 5 3 (2.941 %) JSP 5 3 (2.941 %) Servlets 6 2 (1.961 %) SOAP 6 2 (1.961 %) JDBC 7 1 (0.980 %) EJB	Application Platforms 1 42 (41.18 %) WebLogic 2 19 (18.63 %) Apache 3 15 (14.71 %) MQSeries 4 9 (8.824 %) JBoss 5 5 (4.902 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 3 (2.941 %) TIBCO EMS 6 3 (2.941 %) Tomcat 6 3 (2.941 %) Tuxedo 6 3 (2.941 %) Rendezvous 7 2 (1.961 %) ESB 7 2 (1.961 %) Mule 8 1 (0.980 %) Oracle Application Server 8 1 (0.980 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 15 (14.71 %) MS Project 2 7 (6.863 %) MS Excel 3 4 (3.922 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (0.980 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 3 (2.941 %) HTTP 2 2 (1.961 %) SAN 3 1 (0.980 %) 3G 3 1 (0.980 %) DVB 3 1 (0.980 %) RNC	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (6.863 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 7 (6.863 %) DB2 2 1 (0.980 %) Oracle Reports 2 1 (0.980 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (0.980 %) Ingres 2 1 (0.980 %) JasperReports
Development Applications 1 14 (13.73 %) Ant 2 7 (6.863 %) ClearCase 2 7 (6.863 %) ClearQuest 3 3 (2.941 %) JUnit 4 2 (1.961 %) Oracle Forms 5 1 (0.980 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.980 %) PowerDesigner	General 1 35 (34.31 %) Finance 2 17 (16.67 %) Financial Institution 3 9 (8.824 %) Construction 4 7 (6.863 %) Banking 5 5 (4.902 %) Back Office 6 2 (1.961 %) Games 7 1 (0.980 %) Pharmaceutical 7 1 (0.980 %) Electronics 7 1 (0.980 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.980 %) Government 7 1 (0.980 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 23 (22.55 %) Project Manager 2 19 (18.63 %) Architect 3 13 (12.75 %) Developer 4 11 (10.78 %) Infrastructure Manager 5 10 (9.804 %) Administrator 5 10 (9.804 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 6 9 (8.824 %) Technical Architect 7 8 (7.843 %) Java Developer 8 7 (6.863 %) Solutions Architect 9 6 (5.882 %) Java/J2EE Developer 10 5 (4.902 %) Support Specialist 11 4 (3.922 %) Applications Support 11 4 (3.922 %) J2EE Developer 11 4 (3.922 %) Applications Specialist 11 4 (3.922 %) Support Engineer 11 4 (3.922 %) Infrastructure Architect 11 4 (3.922 %) Applications Support Specialist 12 3 (2.941 %) WebLogic Administrator 12 3 (2.941 %) Analyst 12 3 (2.941 %) .NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 11 (10.78 %) PMI 2 7 (6.863 %) PKI 3 5 (4.902 %) N-Tier 3 5 (4.902 %) STB 4 4 (3.922 %) DTV 5 1 (0.980 %) AS400 5 1 (0.980 %) Handset 5 1 (0.980 %) MPEG 5 1 (0.980 %) iDTV 5 1 (0.980 %) SCADA 5 1 (0.980 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 47 (46.08 %) Unix 2 44 (43.14 %) Solaris 3 16 (15.69 %) Linux 4 10 (9.804 %) Windows 5 5 (4.902 %) Windows NT 6 4 (3.922 %) AIX 6 4 (3.922 %) Windows 2000 7 3 (2.941 %) Windows Server 2003 8 2 (1.961 %) VMS 9 1 (0.980 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 22 (21.57 %) Project Management 2 15 (14.71 %) PRINCE2 3 13 (12.75 %) Configuration Management 4 7 (6.863 %) Time Management 5 5 (4.902 %) SOA 5 5 (4.902 %) Change Management 6 4 (3.922 %) Supplier Management 7 3 (2.941 %) Business Analysis 7 3 (2.941 %) Security Cleared 7 3 (2.941 %) Service Management 8 2 (1.961 %) Workflow 8 2 (1.961 %) Migration 8 2 (1.961 %) OO 8 2 (1.961 %) Software Testing 8 2 (1.961 %) MVC 8 2 (1.961 %) Agile Software Development 8 2 (1.961 %) TDD 9 1 (0.980 %) Risk Management 9 1 (0.980 %) DoDAF 9 1 (0.980 %) MODAF
Programming Languages 1 30 (29.41 %) Java 2 27 (26.47 %) Shell Script 3 9 (8.824 %) SQL 4 5 (4.902 %) C 4 5 (4.902 %) Perl 5 4 (3.922 %) C# 5 4 (3.922 %) C++ 6 2 (1.961 %) JavaScript 6 2 (1.961 %) PL/SQL 7 1 (0.980 %) ABAP 7 1 (0.980 %) Embedded C 7 1 (0.980 %) Embedded C++	Qualifications 1 4 (3.922 %) MCSE 1 4 (3.922 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (0.980 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (8.824 %) SLA 2 3 (2.941 %) QA 3 1 (0.980 %) 21 CFR Part 11	System Software 1 7 (6.863 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 2 1 (0.980 %) AquaLogic 2 1 (0.980 %) NDS
Systems Management 1 8 (7.843 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.980 %) Tivoli NetView 2 1 (0.980 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 32 (31.37 %) Oracle 2 25 (24.51 %) IBM 3 9 (8.824 %) BEA 4 5 (4.902 %) Red Hat 5 3 (2.941 %) TIBCO 5 3 (2.941 %) Microsoft 5 3 (2.941 %) OpenTV 6 2 (1.961 %) Lombardi 6 2 (1.961 %) HP 7 1 (0.980 %) Intel 7 1 (0.980 %) NEC 7 1 (0.980 %) SAP