The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 143 111 94
Rank change year-on-year
-32 -17
Contract jobs citing Middleware 308 486 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.400% 1.778% 2.027%
As % of the Application Development category 4.822% 6.345% 6.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 304 376
Average daily rate £500 £500 £500
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £343 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £408 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
-0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Average hourly rate £57.54 £40.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.85% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6387 7659 9377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.04% 28.01% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4619 5048 6312
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 106 136
Average hourly rate £41.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.90 £17.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
England

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Middleware Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London -31 106 £525 +9.83%
Canary Wharf -7 7 £550 +11.11%
Hounslow - 3 - -
Croydon +6 2 £463 -3.14%
Docklands, London -3 1 - -
Brentford - 1 £330 -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 272 (43.87%) Oracle
2 189 (30.48%) Java
3 169 (27.26%) Finance
4 156 (25.16%) Windows
5 152 (24.52%) Linux
6 141 (22.74%) SQL
6 141 (22.74%) Banking
7 137 (22.10%) UNIX
8 113 (18.23%) SQL Server
9 99 (15.97%) SOA
10 90 (14.52%) .NET
11 77 (12.42%) Oracle Fusion
12 75 (12.10%) WebSphere
13 74 (11.94%) C#
14 73 (11.77%) Microsoft
15 72 (11.61%) XML
15 72 (11.61%) Front Office
16 68 (10.97%) WebLogic
16 68 (10.97%) Investment Banking
17 60 (9.677%) C++
18 58 (9.355%) IBM
19 56 (9.032%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 55 (8.871%) TIBCO
20 55 (8.871%) Degree
21 54 (8.710%) ITIL
22 53 (8.548%) Web Services
23 51 (8.226%) Oracle 11g
24 50 (8.065%) VMware
25 49 (7.903%) Multithreading
26 44 (7.097%) Agile Software Development

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 90 (14.52%) .NET
2 77 (12.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 75 (12.10%) WebSphere
4 72 (11.61%) XML
5 53 (8.548%) Web Services
6 41 (6.613%) J2EE
7 32 (5.161%) JMS
8 28 (4.516%) HTML
9 27 (4.355%) Spring
10 24 (3.871%) REST
11 23 (3.710%) XSLT
12 22 (3.548%) JDBC
13 20 (3.226%) WCF
14 18 (2.903%) EDI
15 17 (2.742%) Java EE
16 16 (2.581%) .NET Framework
17 15 (2.419%) SOAP
17 15 (2.419%) Hibernate
18 14 (2.258%) WSDL
19 12 (1.935%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 68 (10.97%) WebLogic
2 37 (5.968%) WebSphere MQ
3 36 (5.806%) IIS
4 34 (5.484%) ESB
5 30 (4.839%) Apache
6 24 (3.871%) MQSeries
7 23 (3.710%) CMS
8 21 (3.387%) Oracle Application Server
9 18 (2.903%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 18 (2.903%) Rendezvous
10 17 (2.742%) BizTalk Server
10 17 (2.742%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 15 (2.419%) SharePoint
12 13 (2.097%) Tomcat
12 13 (2.097%) WebSphere Application Server
13 8 (1.290%) Oracle Coherence
13 8 (1.290%) IBM HTTP Server
13 8 (1.290%) WebLogic Portal
14 7 (1.129%) MS Exchange
14 7 (1.129%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 29 (4.677%) MS Excel
2 10 (1.613%) MS Office
3 4 (0.645%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.645%) MS Project
4 3 (0.484%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.484%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.161%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 18 (2.903%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (1.774%) RMDS
3 10 (1.613%) Oracle Applications
4 7 (1.129%) SAP CRM
5 6 (0.968%) Oracle BPM
6 4 (0.645%) FLEXCUBE
6 4 (0.645%) Global One
7 3 (0.484%) Endur
7 3 (0.484%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.484%) ZaiNet
7 3 (0.484%) Kondor+
7 3 (0.484%) Aligne
7 3 (0.484%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.323%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.323%) Oracle BRM
8 2 (0.323%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.323%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.323%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 2 (0.323%) PeopleSoft HRMS
8 2 (0.323%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.774%) SAN
2 40 (6.452%) HTTP
3 31 (5.000%) NAS
4 30 (4.839%) SSL
5 21 (3.387%) TCP/IP
6 18 (2.903%) Internet
6 18 (2.903%) LDAP
7 16 (2.581%) Firewall
7 16 (2.581%) DNS
8 10 (1.613%) LAN
8 10 (1.613%) WAN
9 9 (1.452%) DHCP
10 8 (1.290%) BIG-IP
10 8 (1.290%) HTTPS
11 7 (1.129%) MPLS
11 7 (1.129%) Kerberos
11 7 (1.129%) FTP
11 7 (1.129%) SNMP
11 7 (1.129%) AMQP
12 6 (0.968%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (18.23%) SQL Server
2 51 (8.226%) Oracle 11g
3 28 (4.516%) Oracle 8/8i
4 27 (4.355%) Oracle 10g
5 23 (3.710%) DB2
6 20 (3.226%) Oracle 9i
7 15 (2.419%) Oracle BI EE
8 14 (2.258%) SQL Server 2008
9 13 (2.097%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.097%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.935%) Big Data
10 12 (1.935%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.774%) MarkLogic
11 11 (1.774%) Oracle Exadata
12 9 (1.452%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (1.290%) Siebel EIM
13 8 (1.290%) MySQL
14 7 (1.129%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (1.129%) SQL Server 2005
15 5 (0.806%) KDB
Development Applications
1 27 (4.355%) JIRA
2 23 (3.710%) Maven
3 19 (3.065%) Subversion
4 11 (1.774%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.774%) Git (software)
5 10 (1.613%) Ant
5 10 (1.613%) JUnit
5 10 (1.613%) ClearCase
6 9 (1.452%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.452%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.290%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.290%) CruiseControl
7 8 (1.290%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.129%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.968%) Hudson
9 6 (0.968%) Introscope
10 5 (0.806%) jMock
10 5 (0.806%) Selenium
11 4 (0.645%) Mercurial
11 4 (0.645%) WebDriver
General
1 169 (27.26%) Finance
2 141 (22.74%) Banking
3 72 (11.61%) Front Office
4 68 (10.97%) Investment Banking
5 38 (6.129%) Back Office
6 32 (5.161%) Retail
7 17 (2.742%) Financial Institution
8 12 (1.935%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.774%) Marketing
10 10 (1.613%) Wholesale Banking
10 10 (1.613%) Retail Banking
11 6 (0.968%) Billing
12 5 (0.806%) Legal
12 5 (0.806%) Publishing
13 4 (0.645%) Games
14 3 (0.484%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.484%) Dutch Language
14 3 (0.484%) German Language
15 2 (0.323%) Private Banking
15 2 (0.323%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 153 (24.68%) Developer
2 130 (20.97%) Architect
3 71 (11.45%) Analyst
4 49 (7.903%) Solutions Architect
5 43 (6.935%) Java Developer
6 39 (6.290%) Senior Developer
7 35 (5.645%) Consultant
8 30 (4.839%) Support Analyst
9 25 (4.032%) Applications Support
10 24 (3.871%) DBA
11 23 (3.710%) Infrastructure Architect
12 22 (3.548%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.548%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.387%) Administrator
13 21 (3.387%) Oracle DBA
13 21 (3.387%) C# Developer
14 18 (2.903%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (2.903%) Senior Java Developer
15 16 (2.581%) Applications Support Analyst
15 16 (2.581%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.032%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 36 (5.806%) Fixed Income
3 35 (5.645%) Computer Science
4 22 (3.548%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.387%) Hedge funds
6 20 (3.226%) Credit Risk
7 17 (2.742%) Derivative
8 16 (2.581%) Clustering
9 13 (2.097%) Grid Computing
10 11 (1.774%) SWIFT
10 11 (1.774%) Open Source
11 9 (1.452%) Mathematics
12 8 (1.290%) PaaS
12 8 (1.290%) IaaS
12 8 (1.290%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.129%) Mainframe
13 7 (1.129%) SaaS
13 7 (1.129%) DataPower
13 7 (1.129%) RIA
14 6 (0.968%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 156 (25.16%) Windows
2 152 (24.52%) Linux
3 137 (22.10%) UNIX
4 32 (5.161%) Solaris
5 23 (3.710%) Windows Server 2003
6 17 (2.742%) AIX
7 16 (2.581%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (2.581%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.774%) Windows NT
8 11 (1.774%) Windows 2000
9 9 (1.452%) Oracle Linux
10 7 (1.129%) zOS
10 7 (1.129%) Android
11 5 (0.806%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.645%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.484%) HPUX
13 3 (0.484%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.484%) Embedded Linux
14 2 (0.323%) CentOS
14 2 (0.323%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (15.97%) SOA
2 54 (8.710%) ITIL
3 49 (7.903%) Multithreading
4 44 (7.097%) Agile Software Development
4 44 (7.097%) E-Commerce
5 41 (6.613%) Migration
6 38 (6.129%) Release Management
7 37 (5.968%) Disaster Recovery
8 36 (5.806%) OO
8 36 (5.806%) User Acceptance Testing
9 34 (5.484%) Change Management
10 33 (5.323%) Incident Management
11 29 (4.677%) B2B
11 29 (4.677%) TDD
12 27 (4.355%) CRM
13 26 (4.194%) Capacity Management
14 25 (4.032%) Unit Testing
14 25 (4.032%) Problem Management
14 25 (4.032%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (4.032%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 189 (30.48%) Java
2 141 (22.74%) SQL
3 74 (11.94%) C#
4 60 (9.677%) C++
5 44 (7.097%) JavaScript
6 34 (5.484%) Shell Script
7 33 (5.323%) Python
8 28 (4.516%) Perl
9 19 (3.065%) PL/SQL
10 18 (2.903%) PowerShell
11 15 (2.419%) Ruby
12 14 (2.258%) VBA
13 12 (1.935%) C
14 11 (1.774%) ActionScript
14 11 (1.774%) XQuery
15 8 (1.290%) ActionScript 2.0
15 8 (1.290%) VB
16 7 (1.129%) VBScript
17 6 (0.968%) Bash shell
17 6 (0.968%) Korn
Qualifications
1 55 (8.871%) Degree
2 21 (3.387%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (3.226%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.258%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.452%) MCSE
6 7 (1.129%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.968%) ISEB
8 5 (0.806%) CCNA
8 5 (0.806%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (0.806%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.645%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.645%) CCIE
10 3 (0.484%) CCNP
10 3 (0.484%) PMP
10 3 (0.484%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.484%) MBA
11 2 (0.323%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.323%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.161%) OCP
12 1 (0.161%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.710%) QA
2 5 (0.806%) SLA
3 2 (0.323%) FATCA
4 1 (0.161%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.161%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.161%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (6.129%) Active Directory
2 33 (5.323%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.710%) VMware ESX
4 11 (1.774%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (1.129%) XenDesktop
6 6 (0.968%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.968%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 4 (0.645%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.484%) NFS
9 2 (0.323%) vSphere
10 1 (0.161%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.161%) vCloud
10 1 (0.161%) OpenSSO
10 1 (0.161%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (4.355%) BladeLogic
2 12 (1.935%) MOM
3 10 (1.613%) Splunk
3 10 (1.613%) Puppet
4 9 (1.452%) SCCM
4 9 (1.452%) SCOM
5 8 (1.290%) WMI
5 8 (1.290%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 8 (1.290%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (1.129%) Control-M
6 7 (1.129%) HP SiteScope
7 6 (0.968%) Data Guard
7 6 (0.968%) Tivoli
7 6 (0.968%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 4 (0.645%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (0.645%) HP Operations Orchestration
9 2 (0.323%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.323%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.161%) Netcool
10 1 (0.161%) Nagios
Vendors
1 272 (43.87%) Oracle
2 73 (11.77%) Microsoft
3 58 (9.355%) IBM
4 55 (8.871%) TIBCO
5 50 (8.065%) VMware
6 34 (5.484%) Sybase
7 33 (5.323%) Citrix
8 25 (4.032%) HP
9 23 (3.710%) Altiris
9 23 (3.710%) JBoss
10 22 (3.548%) Siebel
11 21 (3.387%) webMethods
11 21 (3.387%) EMC
11 21 (3.387%) Informatica
12 19 (3.065%) Cisco
13 18 (2.903%) NetApp
13 18 (2.903%) SAP
14 17 (2.742%) DataSynapse
15 16 (2.581%) Remedy
16 15 (2.419%) Bloomberg
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