Middleware Contracts in the Midlands

Middleware
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Middleware over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 131 173
Rank change year-on-year +6 +42 -39
Contract jobs citing Middleware 12 34 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.44% 0.99% 0.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.11% 5.68% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 20
10th Percentile £305 £313 £357
25th Percentile £425 - £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -33.33% +17.98%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £538
90th Percentile £750 £575 £800
England median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

Middleware is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 386 599 921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.07% 17.36% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 467 715
10th Percentile £286 £313 £356
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £624 £575 £545
90th Percentile £725 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 11
10th Percentile £10.90 - -
25th Percentile £14.13 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.85%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £36.25
90th Percentile £56.25 - £46.67
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Middleware in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +32 9 £450 -14.29% 3
East Midlands 0 4 £418 +19.29% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) LAN
1 2 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Automotive
3 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Audit Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Process Mapping Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Data Centre
1 5 (41.67%) SCADA
2 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Unix
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 5 (41.67%) Agile
4 5 (41.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (41.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 5 (41.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (41.67%) Release Management
4 5 (41.67%) Service Management
5 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 2 (16.67%) Data Science
6 2 (16.67%) Data Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) ABAP
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) BMC
2 2 (16.67%) Databricks
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Ariba
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) NetApp
3 1 (8.33%) SAP