The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Milton Keynes 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 47 56 53
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing Middleware 11 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.833% 0.590% 0.949%
As % of the Application Development category 7.746% 3.200% 6.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 1
Average daily rate £425 £475 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% +58.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £400
% change year-on-year
- +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £38.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+1.29% +1.98%
All Application Development
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
142 125 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 23.67% 18.44% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 51 49
Average daily rate £365 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.06% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £347 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +141.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
Middleware
Buckinghamshire

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Milton Keynes Middleware Daily Rate Histogram

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 14 (73.68%) SOA
2 12 (63.16%) Web Services
3 11 (57.89%) Oracle
4 10 (52.63%) XML
4 10 (52.63%) WSDL
5 9 (47.37%) SOAP
5 9 (47.37%) BPEL
5 9 (47.37%) Oracle 11g
5 9 (47.37%) Oracle Service Bus
5 9 (47.37%) REST
5 9 (47.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (42.11%) UML
7 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (36.84%) XPath
7 7 (36.84%) Scrum
8 6 (31.58%) WCF
8 6 (31.58%) MVC
8 6 (31.58%) C#
8 6 (31.58%) .NET
9 5 (26.32%) Java
9 5 (26.32%) Ant
9 5 (26.32%) XSD
9 5 (26.32%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (26.32%) Eclipse
9 5 (26.32%) Workflow
9 5 (26.32%) JDeveloper
9 5 (26.32%) XQuery
9 5 (26.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (26.32%) Web 2.0
9 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Architecture

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 12 (63.16%) Web Services
2 10 (52.63%) XML
2 10 (52.63%) WSDL
3 9 (47.37%) SOAP
3 9 (47.37%) REST
4 6 (31.58%) WCF
4 6 (31.58%) .NET
5 5 (26.32%) WebSphere
5 5 (26.32%) XSD
6 4 (21.05%) XSLT
6 4 (21.05%) JMS
6 4 (21.05%) J2EE
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (15.79%) XML Schema
8 2 (10.53%) BAPI
8 2 (10.53%) SAP XI
8 2 (10.53%) SAP ALE
8 2 (10.53%) SAP PI
8 2 (10.53%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle Service Bus
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (10.53%) ESB
3 2 (10.53%) WebLogic
3 2 (10.53%) NetWeaver
4 1 (5.263%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP CRM
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Ant
1 5 (26.32%) Eclipse
1 5 (26.32%) JDeveloper
1 5 (26.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
1 1 (5.263%) Banking
1 1 (5.263%) Retail
1 1 (5.263%) Investment Banking
1 1 (5.263%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Developer
1 9 (47.37%) Architect
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle Developer
2 7 (36.84%) Lead Developer
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle SOA Developer
2 7 (36.84%) SOA Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Integration Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.263%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.263%) J2EE Architect
4 1 (5.263%) J2EE Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.263%) EAI Architect
4 1 (5.263%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (5.263%) NetWeaver Architect
4 1 (5.263%) SAP Architect
4 1 (5.263%) SOA Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) SOA
2 9 (47.37%) BPEL
3 8 (42.11%) UML
4 7 (36.84%) Scrum
4 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (31.58%) MVC
6 5 (26.32%) Workflow
6 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (26.32%) Unit Testing
7 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (15.79%) CRM
7 3 (15.79%) EAI
8 2 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.53%) BPMN
9 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
9 1 (5.263%) ITIL
9 1 (5.263%) Logistics
9 1 (5.263%) Use Case
9 1 (5.263%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) XPath
2 6 (31.58%) C#
3 5 (26.32%) Java
3 5 (26.32%) XQuery
4 2 (10.53%) ABAP
5 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) IBM
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Sun
3 1 (5.263%) ATG
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Solutions Architect required to provide Governance and technical support for a Websphere upgrade within large multinational business Websphere middleware and message bus are undergoing an upgrade with the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £380.00 - £420.00 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Solutions Architect required to provide Governance and technical support for a Websphere upgrade within large multinational business Websphere middleware and message bus are undergoing an upgrade with the...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £380.00 - £420.00 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
You will be an accomplished Business Solutions Architect with broad experience and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, applications and suppliers, an appreciation of strengths and weakness of...
IT Connections
Rate: circa £440 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013