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The table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMiddleware
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1330
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.000 %2.222 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£396£407
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.40£40.87
% change on same period last year+1.29 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads2045
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.049 %
Daily rates quoted79
Average minimum daily rate£493£384
Average daily rate£496£393
% change on same period last year+26.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£333
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.97£31.52
% change on same period last year-8.10 %
Middleware South EastMiddleware
South East

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.

Middleware
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Home Counties Middleware Demand Trend

Middleware
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Middleware across the Home Counties region.

Home Counties Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)DB2
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)J2SE
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)J2SE
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)DB2
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Applications Specialist
11 (100.00 %)Support Specialist
11 (100.00 %)Applications Support
11 (100.00 %)Applications Support Specialist
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat