The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware 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 of the Application Development category for the Hampshire 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
Rank 85 67 62
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -5
Contract jobs citing Middleware 18 27 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.180% 1.697% 2.380%
As % of the Application Development category 4.063% 6.109% 8.544%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 21
Average daily rate £419 £450 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.94% -2.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £341 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £523 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
-0.91% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
443 442 515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.03% 27.78% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 191 208
Average daily rate £350 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 50 72
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
South East

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Middleware Daily Rate Histogram

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Hampshire 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
Southampton -3 6 £369 -20.69%
Havant - 3 £425 -
Portsmouth +2 2 - -
Winchester 0 1 £303 -
Basingstoke -15 1 - -
Farnborough - 1 £473 -
Middleware
South East

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 33 (71.74%) Oracle
2 20 (43.48%) SOA
3 19 (41.30%) WebLogic
3 19 (41.30%) SQL
4 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
4 13 (28.26%) Windows
5 12 (26.09%) UNIX
5 12 (26.09%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (26.09%) Oracle Applications
5 12 (26.09%) Data Guard
6 11 (23.91%) Telecoms
6 11 (23.91%) ITIL
7 10 (21.74%) XML
7 10 (21.74%) T-SQL
7 10 (21.74%) Perl
7 10 (21.74%) Korn
7 10 (21.74%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle RAC
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle RMAN
8 9 (19.57%) E-business
8 9 (19.57%) Replication
8 9 (19.57%) PL/SQL
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (19.57%) Apache
8 9 (19.57%) TOAD
8 9 (19.57%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle Discoverer
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle 10g
8 9 (19.57%) Shell Script

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 10 (21.74%) XML
1 10 (21.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (17.39%) JMS
2 8 (17.39%) Apache CXF
3 6 (13.04%) .NET
4 3 (6.522%) HTML
5 2 (4.348%) WebSphere
5 2 (4.348%) EDI
5 2 (4.348%) Flash
6 1 (2.174%) XSL
6 1 (2.174%) WCF
6 1 (2.174%) WF
Application Platforms
1 19 (41.30%) WebLogic
2 9 (19.57%) Apache
3 8 (17.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (4.348%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (4.348%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.174%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (2.174%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 4 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (4.348%) MS Project
2 2 (4.348%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 12 (26.09%) Oracle EBS
1 12 (26.09%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (8.696%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.522%) SAN
2 1 (2.174%) LDAP
2 1 (2.174%) HTTP
2 1 (2.174%) RTP
2 1 (2.174%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (19.57%) TOAD
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle Discoverer
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle 10g
2 9 (19.57%) SQLPlus
3 7 (15.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (15.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (15.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (6.522%) DB2
5 2 (4.348%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.174%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.174%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.174%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.174%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (23.91%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.04%) Finance
3 2 (4.348%) Billing
3 2 (4.348%) Legal
4 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Oracle DBA
1 11 (23.91%) DBA
2 8 (17.39%) Middleware Specialist
3 7 (15.22%) Oracle Applications DBA
3 7 (15.22%) Architect
4 4 (8.696%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.696%) SQL DBA
5 3 (6.522%) Consultant
6 2 (4.348%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.348%) Software Project Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Database Architect
6 2 (4.348%) BizTalk Specialist
6 2 (4.348%) Software Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Developer
6 2 (4.348%) .NET Developer
6 2 (4.348%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (4.348%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse Architect
7 1 (2.174%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Replication
2 8 (17.39%) Digital Media
3 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.522%) SaaS
5 2 (4.348%) STB
5 2 (4.348%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.348%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.348%) DTV
6 1 (2.174%) HACMP
6 1 (2.174%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.26%) Windows
2 12 (26.09%) UNIX
3 3 (6.522%) Linux
4 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.174%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) SOA
2 11 (23.91%) ITIL
3 9 (19.57%) E-business
3 9 (19.57%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (15.22%) BCP
5 6 (13.04%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (13.04%) Service Delivery
6 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (8.696%) Business Analysis
8 3 (6.522%) Data Modelling
8 3 (6.522%) Configuration Management
8 3 (6.522%) ERP
8 3 (6.522%) Project Management
8 3 (6.522%) TOGAF
9 2 (4.348%) Embedded Software Development
9 2 (4.348%) BPEL
9 2 (4.348%) Zachman Framework
9 2 (4.348%) DoDAF
9 2 (4.348%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 19 (41.30%) SQL
2 10 (21.74%) T-SQL
2 10 (21.74%) Perl
2 10 (21.74%) Korn
3 9 (19.57%) PL/SQL
3 9 (19.57%) Shell Script
4 8 (17.39%) Java
5 2 (4.348%) C#
6 1 (2.174%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.174%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (8.696%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle RAC
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.174%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) Data Guard
2 2 (4.348%) HP Data Protector
2 2 (4.348%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.174%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.174%) Netcool
3 1 (2.174%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (2.174%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 33 (71.74%) Oracle
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.522%) TIBCO
3 3 (6.522%) HP
4 2 (4.348%) VMware
4 2 (4.348%) Dell
4 2 (4.348%) Remedy
5 1 (2.174%) Adobe
5 1 (2.174%) CA
5 1 (2.174%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.174%) Veritas
5 1 (2.174%) Compuware
5 1 (2.174%) Citrix
5 1 (2.174%) Casewise
5 1 (2.174%) KANA
Portsmouth, Hampshire
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Posted: 20 May 2013