The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 19 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 Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 27 27 25
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Contract jobs citing Middleware 6 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 2.804% 2.903% 0.568%
As % of the Application Development category 15.79% 11.54% 1.471%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £550 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £395
% change year-on-year
- +4.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -1.23%
All Application Development
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
38 78 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 17.76% 25.16% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 44 50
Average daily rate £325 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £218 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £17.55
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +70.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Middleware
Oxfordshire

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) SOA
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) Web Services
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) Release Management
4 2 (33.33%) Publishing

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (66.67%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Middleware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware Consultant
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) SOA
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft