The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 42 50 59
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +9
Contract jobs citing Middleware 3 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.708% 0.894% 0.311%
As % of the Application Development category 3.409% 3.546% 1.220%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £238 - £516
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
88 141 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 20.75% 25.22% 25.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 61 64
Average daily rate £325 £320 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £440 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 13
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales - 2 £238 -
Mid Wales - 1 - -
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) jQuery
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (33.33%) JMS
3 2 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) HTTP
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) DB2
4 1 (16.67%) Perl
4 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (16.67%) Apache
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) IIS
4 1 (16.67%) SAP

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) jQuery
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (33.33%) JMS
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (16.67%) Apache
3 1 (16.67%) IIS
3 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) DB2
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Perl
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP