The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 17 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 Middlesex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank - 31 31
Contract jobs citing Middleware 0 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - 0.926% 1.989%
As % of the Application Development category - 6.122% 8.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
24 49 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 11.48% 15.12% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 32
Average daily rate £350 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £19.52 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.91% -32.68%
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
1 2 (50.00%) JBoss
1 2 (50.00%) Apache
1 2 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) EMC
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) NetApp
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) CTI
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Genesys
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (50.00%) Apache
1 2 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Support Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CRM Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) JBoss
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) EMC
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (25.00%) Genesys
2 1 (25.00%) HP