The first table below looks at the demand for the Middleware Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware Developer
Rank 532 560 569
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Middleware Developer 9 5 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.009% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.009% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 8
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £348 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £380 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate - £380 £475
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Middleware Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Middleware Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Middleware Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Middleware Developer within the UK.

Middleware Developer Daily Rate Trend

Middleware Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Middleware Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Middleware Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Middleware Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Middleware Developer within the UK.

Middleware Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware Developer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +50 9 £400 +17.64%
London - 8 £400 -
City of London - 7 £388 -
South West - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 - -

Middleware Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Middleware Developer in their job title 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 with Middleware Developer in their job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Middleware
2 12 (66.67%) Java
3 11 (61.11%) Oracle
4 9 (50.00%) WebSphere
5 8 (44.44%) WebSphere MQ
5 8 (44.44%) C#
6 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
6 7 (38.89%) .NET
6 7 (38.89%) WCF
7 6 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (33.33%) Windows
7 6 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (33.33%) IBM
7 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 6 (33.33%) Mercator
7 6 (33.33%) .NET Framework
8 5 (27.78%) Finance
8 5 (27.78%) SOA
8 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
9 4 (22.22%) ESB
9 4 (22.22%) XML
10 3 (16.67%) HTTP
10 3 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
10 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
10 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (11.11%) Data Guard
11 2 (11.11%) WebCenter

Middleware Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Middleware Developer in their job title 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 with Middleware Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (100.00%) Middleware
2 9 (50.00%) WebSphere
3 7 (38.89%) .NET
3 7 (38.89%) WCF
4 6 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 4 (22.22%) XML
6 3 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (11.11%) WebCenter
7 2 (11.11%) REST
7 2 (11.11%) Web Services
7 2 (11.11%) XML Schema
8 1 (5.556%) SAP BSP
8 1 (5.556%) Spring
8 1 (5.556%) XML Messaging
8 1 (5.556%) J2EE
8 1 (5.556%) COM
8 1 (5.556%) SOAP
8 1 (5.556%) XSD
8 1 (5.556%) XSLT
8 1 (5.556%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (22.22%) ESB
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (11.11%) WebLogic
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (5.556%) IIS
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) HTTP
2 2 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) SNMP
3 1 (5.556%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) JDeveloper
1 1 (5.556%) Telelogic TAU
1 1 (5.556%) Rational Rose
1 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
1 1 (5.556%) Hudson
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.556%) Front Office
3 1 (5.556%) Back Office
3 1 (5.556%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
1 1 (5.556%) Physics
1 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) SOA
1 5 (27.78%) Software Testing
2 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 2 (11.11%) System Testing
3 2 (11.11%) EAI
3 2 (11.11%) BPEL
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
4 1 (5.556%) Workflow
4 1 (5.556%) Data Management
4 1 (5.556%) Scrum
4 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.556%) ETL
4 1 (5.556%) CRM
4 1 (5.556%) UML
4 1 (5.556%) OO
4 1 (5.556%) Performance Management
4 1 (5.556%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) Java
2 8 (44.44%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) XPath
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Data Guard
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Oracle
2 6 (33.33%) IBM
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Mercator
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (5.556%) Intel
4 1 (5.556%) Telelogic
4 1 (5.556%) WSO2
4 1 (5.556%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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Posted: 23 May 2013