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The table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the Lancashire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMiddleware
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£387£403
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
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£38.01£37.06
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads57122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.153 %
Daily rates quoted825
Average minimum daily rate£287£287
Average daily rate£298£308
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted2315
Average minimum hourly rate£20.70£24.86
Average hourly rate£22.38£27.25
% change on same period last year-17.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.06£29.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
Middleware North WestMiddleware
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

13 (75.00 %)Clustering
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere
13 (75.00 %)AIX
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
22 (50.00 %)Jython
31 (25.00 %)SSH
31 (25.00 %)Korn
31 (25.00 %)Problem Management
31 (25.00 %)JDBC
31 (25.00 %)ODBC
31 (25.00 %)HTTP
31 (25.00 %)SSL
31 (25.00 %)CICS

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)JDBC
31 (25.00 %)ODBC
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (25.00 %)CICS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)HTTP
11 (25.00 %)SSL
11 (25.00 %)SSH
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Consultant
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere Consultant
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Clustering
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)AIX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Problem Management
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
22 (50.00 %)Jython
31 (25.00 %)Korn