Hampshire Middleware Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the Hampshire 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 7 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 7 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	66	108
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching contract IT job ads	36	18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.047 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	6.394 %	2.225 %
Daily rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£300
Average daily rate	£402	£325
% change on same period last year	+23.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£424	£397
% change on same period last year	+6.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.08	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£40.65	£27.50
% change on same period last year	+47.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.23	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.79	£33.53
% change on same period last year	+12.68 %
Application Development Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	563	809
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.741 %	0.857 %
Daily rates quoted	96	192
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£310
Average daily rate	£374	£329
% change on same period last year	+13.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£335
% change on same period last year	+4.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	113	168
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.01	£34.09
Average hourly rate	£36.25	£35.84
% change on same period last year	+1.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.48	£37.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.61	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-2.04 %
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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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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
Southampton	+15	9	£500	+53.84 %
Basingstoke	+26	9	-	-
Winchester	+1	1	£355	+9.23 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 39 (51.32 %) STB 2 35 (46.05 %) C 3 33 (43.42 %) C++ 4 30 (39.47 %) Embedded C 4 30 (39.47 %) DVB 5 28 (36.84 %) Embedded C++ 6 25 (32.89 %) iDTV 7 15 (19.74 %) DTV 8 12 (15.79 %) Degree 9 11 (14.47 %) .NET 10 9 (11.84 %) UML 10 9 (11.84 %) Computer Science 11 8 (10.53 %) Windows 11 8 (10.53 %) AIX 11 8 (10.53 %) Solaris

11 8 (10.53 %) SAP 11 8 (10.53 %) SQL 11 8 (10.53 %) MPEG 12 7 (9.211 %) HTTP 12 7 (9.211 %) J2EE 12 7 (9.211 %) VB.NET 12 7 (9.211 %) WebSphere 13 6 (7.895 %) Finance 13 6 (7.895 %) WebSphere Application Server 13 6 (7.895 %) VB 13 6 (7.895 %) Linux 13 6 (7.895 %) WebSphere MQ 13 6 (7.895 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 5 (6.579 %) Security Cleared 14 5 (6.579 %) Use Case

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 11 (14.47 %) .NET 2 7 (9.211 %) J2EE 2 7 (9.211 %) WebSphere 3 6 (7.895 %) ASP.NET 2.0 4 3 (3.947 %) SAP ALE 5 2 (2.632 %) HTML 5 2 (2.632 %) XMPP 5 2 (2.632 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (2.632 %) CSS 5 2 (2.632 %) XML 5 2 (2.632 %) MHP 6 1 (1.316 %) SAP Smart Forms 6 1 (1.316 %) BAPI 6 1 (1.316 %) WebServices 6 1 (1.316 %) ArcObjects	Application Platforms 1 6 (7.895 %) WebSphere Application Server 1 6 (7.895 %) WebSphere MQ 2 4 (5.263 %) IBM HTTP Server 3 2 (2.632 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (2.632 %) WebSphere Message Broker 4 1 (1.316 %) ESB 4 1 (1.316 %) ArcGIS 4 1 (1.316 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 4 (5.263 %) MS Office 2 2 (2.632 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (2.632 %) SAP ERP 2 1 (1.316 %) SAP SD
Communications & Networking 1 30 (39.47 %) DVB 2 7 (9.211 %) HTTP 3 4 (5.263 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (5.263 %) LDAP 4 2 (2.632 %) VPN 4 2 (2.632 %) SSL 4 2 (2.632 %) Firewall 4 2 (2.632 %) SSH 4 2 (2.632 %) RTSP 5 1 (1.316 %) Network Security 5 1 (1.316 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (3.947 %) DB2 1 3 (3.947 %) GIS 2 1 (1.316 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.316 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (1.316 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (1.316 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 3 (3.947 %) ClearCase 2 2 (2.632 %) TestDirector 3 1 (1.316 %) NUnit 3 1 (1.316 %) Visual Studio	General 1 6 (7.895 %) Finance 2 5 (6.579 %) Electronics 3 4 (5.263 %) Education 3 4 (5.263 %) Government 3 4 (5.263 %) Banking 4 2 (2.632 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.316 %) Billing 5 1 (1.316 %) Online Games 5 1 (1.316 %) FMCG 5 1 (1.316 %) Games
Job Titles 1 26 (34.21 %) Software Engineer 2 12 (15.79 %) Developer 3 7 (9.211 %) Consultant 3 7 (9.211 %) Embedded Software Engineer 4 6 (7.895 %) .NET Developer 5 4 (5.263 %) WebSphere Administrator 5 4 (5.263 %) ABAP Consultant 5 4 (5.263 %) Junior 5 4 (5.263 %) Administrator 6 3 (3.947 %) Project Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Technical Project Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Applications Developer 6 3 (3.947 %) Test Engineer 6 3 (3.947 %) Embedded C Engineer 6 3 (3.947 %) Technical Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 6 3 (3.947 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 7 2 (2.632 %) Network Support 7 2 (2.632 %) Junior Software Engineer 7 2 (2.632 %) SAP Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 39 (51.32 %) STB 2 25 (32.89 %) iDTV 3 15 (19.74 %) DTV 4 9 (11.84 %) Computer Science 5 8 (10.53 %) MPEG 6 4 (5.263 %) HACMP 7 2 (2.632 %) MediaHighway 7 2 (2.632 %) PKI 8 1 (1.316 %) Device Driver
Operating Systems 1 8 (10.53 %) Solaris 1 8 (10.53 %) Windows 1 8 (10.53 %) AIX 2 6 (7.895 %) Linux 3 5 (6.579 %) Unix 4 1 (1.316 %) HPUX 4 1 (1.316 %) VxWorks 4 1 (1.316 %) SUSE 4 1 (1.316 %) Nucleus RTOS 4 1 (1.316 %) Embedded Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (11.84 %) UML 2 5 (6.579 %) Use Case 2 5 (6.579 %) Security Cleared 3 4 (5.263 %) Logistics 4 3 (3.947 %) Test Scripting 4 3 (3.947 %) SOA 5 2 (2.632 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (2.632 %) ERP 5 2 (2.632 %) Information Security 5 2 (2.632 %) SC Cleared 5 2 (2.632 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 2 (2.632 %) Performance Testing 5 2 (2.632 %) Software Testing 6 1 (1.316 %) Unit Testing 6 1 (1.316 %) Software Engineering 6 1 (1.316 %) TDD 6 1 (1.316 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (1.316 %) B2B 6 1 (1.316 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 35 (46.05 %) C 2 33 (43.42 %) C++ 3 30 (39.47 %) Embedded C 4 28 (36.84 %) Embedded C++ 5 8 (10.53 %) SQL 6 7 (9.211 %) VB.NET 7 6 (7.895 %) VB 8 5 (6.579 %) ABAP 8 5 (6.579 %) Korn 9 4 (5.263 %) Jython 10 3 (3.947 %) Shell Script 10 3 (3.947 %) Java 11 2 (2.632 %) JavaScript 11 2 (2.632 %) C# 12 1 (1.316 %) Perl 12 1 (1.316 %) SAPscript	Qualifications 1 12 (15.79 %) Degree 2 2 (2.632 %) CISSP
System Software 1 3 (3.947 %) NDS	Systems Management 1 4 (5.263 %) CA SiteMinder 1 4 (5.263 %) OMEGAMON 2 2 (2.632 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 8 (10.53 %) SAP 2 5 (6.579 %) Oracle 3 4 (5.263 %) OpenTV 3 4 (5.263 %) IBM 4 3 (3.947 %) Microsoft 4 3 (3.947 %) Nokia 4 3 (3.947 %) Cisco