The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 20 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 Edinburgh 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 47 62 55
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -7
Contract jobs citing Middleware 11 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.370% 0.091% 0.765%
As % of the Application Development category 6.286% 0.775% 7.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
Average daily rate £425 £320 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.81% -26.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £320 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £320 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £404
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +1.54%
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
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
175 129 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 21.79% 11.73% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 59 59
Average daily rate £313 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.80% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
Scotland

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 20 (58.82%) SOA
1 20 (58.82%) Java
2 17 (50.00%) Rational Application Developer
3 16 (47.06%) UML
4 13 (38.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (38.24%) eTOM
4 13 (38.24%) CRM
5 12 (35.29%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (23.53%) WebSphere
7 5 (14.71%) Finance
7 5 (14.71%) Migration
7 5 (14.71%) Oracle
7 5 (14.71%) UNIX
7 5 (14.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (11.76%) WebLogic
8 4 (11.76%) Linux
8 4 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (11.76%) Retail
9 3 (8.824%) zOS
9 3 (8.824%) Apache
9 3 (8.824%) Tomcat
9 3 (8.824%) JBoss
10 2 (5.882%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (5.882%) TIBCO
10 2 (5.882%) Red Hat
10 2 (5.882%) HTTP
10 2 (5.882%) IBM
10 2 (5.882%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (5.882%) Investment Banking
10 2 (5.882%) Oracle Application Server

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 8 (23.53%) WebSphere
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (5.882%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) WebLogic
2 3 (8.824%) Apache
2 3 (8.824%) Tomcat
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (5.882%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 1 (2.941%) MQSeries
4 1 (2.941%) SAS
4 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (50.00%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (14.71%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (5.882%) Investment Banking
3 2 (5.882%) Retail Banking
3 2 (5.882%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Architect
2 16 (47.06%) Solutions Architect
3 15 (44.12%) Solutions Designer
3 15 (44.12%) Designer
4 12 (35.29%) SOA Architect
4 12 (35.29%) CRM Architect
5 5 (14.71%) Middleware Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Middleware Specialist
6 2 (5.882%) Linux Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Lead Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Technical Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Developer
7 1 (2.941%) Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Administrator
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Technical Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.941%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) UNIX
2 4 (11.76%) Linux
3 3 (8.824%) zOS
4 2 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.941%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) SOA
2 16 (47.06%) UML
3 13 (38.24%) CRM
3 13 (38.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (38.24%) eTOM
4 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 4 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.882%) Supplier Management
6 2 (5.882%) Release Management
6 2 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.941%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 20 (58.82%) Java
2 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.941%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.882%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Oracle
2 3 (8.824%) JBoss
3 2 (5.882%) IBM
3 2 (5.882%) Red Hat
3 2 (5.882%) TIBCO
3 2 (5.882%) VMware
4 1 (2.941%) Genesys
4 1 (2.941%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.941%) Chordiant
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