The first table below looks at the demand for the Middleware Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware Consultant
Rank 508 552 554
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Middleware Consultant 5 7 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.013% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.014% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
Average daily rate £450 £499 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.77% +23.91%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £531 £388
% change year-on-year
-15.29% +37.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Middleware Consultant
UK

Middleware Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware Consultant across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Middleware Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Middleware Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Middleware Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Middleware Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Middleware Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
North West +16 3 £450 -
London +35 1 - -
Middleware Consultant
UK

Middleware Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Middleware Consultant in their job title 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 with Middleware Consultant in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Middleware
2 4 (40.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (40.00%) AIX
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) PKI
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Clustering
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) SOAP
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (20.00%) X.509
4 2 (20.00%) HTTP
4 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (20.00%) B2B
4 2 (20.00%) HTTPS
4 2 (20.00%) SSL
4 2 (20.00%) zOS
4 2 (20.00%) ActionScript 2.0
4 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (20.00%) ActionScript
4 2 (20.00%) DataPower
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle 11g

Middleware Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Middleware Consultant in their job title 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 with Middleware Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) Middleware
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
3 2 (20.00%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (10.00%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) X.509
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PKI
1 2 (20.00%) Clustering
1 2 (20.00%) DataPower
2 1 (10.00%) FMCG
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) AIX
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (20.00%) Information Security
1 2 (20.00%) B2B
1 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) SOA
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (20.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 2 (20.00%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) SAP