The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 25 36 33
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -3
Contract jobs citing Middleware 13 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 4.727% 1.381% 1.266%
As % of the Application Development category 23.21% 7.576% 7.547%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 4
Average daily rate £425 £438 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £399 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £468 £460
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
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
56 66 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 20.36% 18.23% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 51 28
Average daily rate £325 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £245 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £501 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
Wiltshire

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 21 (91.30%) Oracle
2 20 (86.96%) Oracle BI EE
3 19 (82.61%) Oracle EBS R12
3 19 (82.61%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (60.87%) Linux
5 13 (56.52%) Oracle 10g
6 12 (52.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 12 (52.17%) Oracle 10gAS
6 12 (52.17%) Oracle RAC
6 12 (52.17%) BPEL
7 11 (47.83%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (47.83%) ETL
8 10 (43.48%) SAN
8 10 (43.48%) Hyperion
8 10 (43.48%) Oracle 11i
8 10 (43.48%) NAS
9 9 (39.13%) Siebel
9 9 (39.13%) Informatica
10 8 (34.78%) VPN
10 8 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (34.78%) LAN
10 8 (34.78%) WAN
10 8 (34.78%) ITIL
10 8 (34.78%) PRINCE2
10 8 (34.78%) VMware
10 8 (34.78%) WebCenter
10 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (34.78%) Oracle Linux
11 7 (30.43%) Information Assurance
11 7 (30.43%) Oracle Application Server

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 (52.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (34.78%) WebCenter
3 3 (13.04%) J2EE
3 3 (13.04%) XML
4 1 (4.348%) XSLT
4 1 (4.348%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 12 (52.17%) Oracle 10gAS
2 7 (30.43%) Oracle Application Server
3 5 (21.74%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (17.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
6 1 (4.348%) ESB
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Service Bus
Business Applications
1 19 (82.61%) Oracle EBS
1 19 (82.61%) Oracle EBS R12
2 10 (43.48%) Oracle 11i
3 7 (30.43%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (13.04%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) SAN
1 10 (43.48%) NAS
2 8 (34.78%) LAN
2 8 (34.78%) WAN
2 8 (34.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (86.96%) Oracle BI EE
2 13 (56.52%) Oracle 10g
3 11 (47.83%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (21.74%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (17.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (4.348%) JDeveloper
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.348%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Team Leader
1 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 5 (21.74%) Developer
2 5 (21.74%) Consultant
2 5 (21.74%) DBA
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle DBA
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Oracle CRM Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) CRM Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Information Assurance Leader
5 2 (8.696%) Oracle CRM Functional Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Cisco Architect
5 2 (8.696%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Oracle Applications DBA
5 2 (8.696%) Architect
5 2 (8.696%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Administrator
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 14 (60.87%) Linux
2 8 (34.78%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) BPEL
2 11 (47.83%) ETL
3 8 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (34.78%) ITIL
3 8 (34.78%) PRINCE2
4 7 (30.43%) CRM
4 7 (30.43%) Information Assurance
5 6 (26.09%) SOA
6 5 (21.74%) Workflow
7 4 (17.39%) Scrum
7 4 (17.39%) Content Management
7 4 (17.39%) Performance Management
8 3 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (13.04%) Release Management
8 3 (13.04%) Change Management
9 2 (8.696%) ERP
9 2 (8.696%) TOGAF
9 2 (8.696%) Data Security
9 2 (8.696%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Java
1 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) XQuery
2 1 (4.348%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) OCP
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (52.17%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Oracle
2 10 (43.48%) Hyperion
3 9 (39.13%) Informatica
3 9 (39.13%) Siebel
4 8 (34.78%) VMware
5 2 (8.696%) Stellent
5 2 (8.696%) Cisco
6 1 (4.348%) Juniper
Swindon, South West
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Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Rate: £401 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013