The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 17 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 Guildford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Middleware 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 2.294% - -
As % of the Application Development category 6.757% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £363 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
74 24 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 33.94% 20.87% 23.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 10 13
Average daily rate £320 £375 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% +33.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £335 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 2
Average hourly rate £43.50 £31.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.09% -16.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
Surrey

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 3 (50.00%) ESB
2 2 (33.33%) Mule
2 2 (33.33%) Game Development
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Apache
2 2 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) VB6
3 1 (16.67%) SCJP
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) ClearCase
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Adabas
3 1 (16.67%) Sun
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB
3 1 (16.67%) Sun Certification
3 1 (16.67%) RequisitePro
3 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (16.67%) NATURAL
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 1 (16.67%) J2EE
1 1 (16.67%) ASP
1 1 (16.67%) EJB
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
1 1 (16.67%) Spring
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) ESB
2 2 (33.33%) Apache
2 2 (33.33%) Mule
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Ant
1 1 (16.67%) ClearCase
1 1 (16.67%) RequisitePro
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Programmer
2 2 (33.33%) Audio Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Audio Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Game Development
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Security
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) NATURAL
2 1 (16.67%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) Sun Certification
1 1 (16.67%) SCJP
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Sun