The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 24 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 Southampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 29 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -4
Contract jobs citing Middleware 6 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.993% 2.966% 2.646%
As % of the Application Development category 9.375% 12.96% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
Average daily rate £369 £465 £556
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.69% -16.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £450 £541
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £512 £589
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
-0.91% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £37.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
64 54 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 21.26% 22.88% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 25 12
Average daily rate £330 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
Hampshire

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (71.43%) ITIL
2 9 (64.29%) Oracle
2 9 (64.29%) SOA
3 8 (57.14%) JMS
3 8 (57.14%) WebLogic
3 8 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 8 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (57.14%) Apache CXF
3 8 (57.14%) Digital Media
3 8 (57.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (28.57%) .NET
5 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 2 (14.29%) C#
5 2 (14.29%) Java
5 2 (14.29%) EDI
5 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (14.29%) TIBCO
5 2 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (14.29%) Finance
6 1 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (7.143%) Hyperion
6 1 (7.143%) Windows
6 1 (7.143%) Linux

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 8 (57.14%) JMS
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
1 8 (57.14%) Apache CXF
2 4 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (14.29%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) WebLogic
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Middleware Specialist
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Specialist
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle Applications Support
3 1 (7.143%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Digital Media
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) ITIL
2 9 (64.29%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) Java
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) TIBCO
3 1 (7.143%) Hyperion