The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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 29 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Middleware 5 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.866% - 3.509%
As % of the Application Development category 6.173% - 8.264%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
Average daily rate £463 - £325
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
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
81 78 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 30.22% 30.59% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 39 75
Average daily rate £280 £288 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.60% -10.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £208 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 7
Average hourly rate £28.75 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
Yorkshire

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Yorkshire Middleware Daily Rate Histogram

Middleware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Sheffield - 4 £400 -
Barnsley - 1 £525 -
Middleware
Yorkshire

Middleware
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) UNIX
3 2 (22.22%) DataStage
3 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
3 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
4 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (11.11%) FatWire
4 1 (11.11%) Content Management
4 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
4 1 (11.11%) JSON
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (11.11%) WebCenter
4 1 (11.11%) REST
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (11.11%) HTTP
4 1 (11.11%) CICS
4 1 (11.11%) SOAP
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) XML

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (11.11%) SOAP
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (11.11%) WebCenter
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CICS
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) DataStage
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 1 (11.11%) IT Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Middleware Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Content Management
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) FatWire