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The table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the Northern Ireland 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 %
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Northern Ireland
Matching contract IT job ads3461
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.076 %
Daily rates quoted1016
Average minimum daily rate£241£262
Average daily rate£267£271
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted52
Average minimum hourly rate£23.75£37.78
Average hourly rate£28.44£38.89
% change on same period last year-26.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.13£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
Middleware UKMiddleware
UK

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Middleware Daily Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

18 (88.89 %)C
18 (88.89 %)HTML
18 (88.89 %)JavaScript
26 (66.67 %)STB
33 (33.33 %)IPTV
33 (33.33 %)Java
33 (33.33 %)C++
42 (22.22 %)Embedded C
42 (22.22 %)Embedded C++
51 (11.11 %)Finance
51 (11.11 %)Degree
51 (11.11 %)DVB
51 (11.11 %)OO
51 (11.11 %)iDTV

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (88.89 %)HTML
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)DVB
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Finance
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
22 (22.22 %)Developer
31 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
31 (11.11 %)Java Developer
31 (11.11 %)Senior Software Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Senior Java Developer
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (66.67 %)STB
23 (33.33 %)IPTV
31 (11.11 %)iDTV
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)OO
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (88.89 %)C
18 (88.89 %)JavaScript
23 (33.33 %)C++
23 (33.33 %)Java
32 (22.22 %)Embedded C
32 (22.22 %)Embedded C++
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree