Middleware Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 75 97 76
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -21
Contract jobs citing Middleware 20 6 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.203% 0.267% 0.858%
As % of the Application Development category 4.926% 1.089% 3.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 8
Average daily rate £425 £213 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -38.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £100 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £378 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £410 £404
% change year-on-year
+0.60% +1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £18.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -8.64%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 406 551 462
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.43% 24.48% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 301 250
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Middleware
England

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warwickshire 0 5 £238 -40.62%
Birmingham +7 3 £400 +300.00%
Coventry - 2 £388 -
Shropshire - 2 £568 -
Middleware
England

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 27 (55.10%) WebSphere
2 24 (48.98%) Oracle
2 24 (48.98%) LDAP
2 24 (48.98%) SOA
2 24 (48.98%) IBM
3 19 (38.78%) Linux
3 19 (38.78%) DB2
4 17 (34.69%) .NET
5 16 (32.65%) DNS
6 15 (30.61%) HTTP
6 15 (30.61%) TCP/IP
6 15 (30.61%) JMS
6 15 (30.61%) Active Directory
6 15 (30.61%) Web Services
6 15 (30.61%) IBM HTTP Server
6 15 (30.61%) WebSphere Process Server
6 15 (30.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (28.57%) Security Cleared
7 14 (28.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 13 (26.53%) Red Hat
9 12 (24.49%) SC Cleared
10 10 (20.41%) Java
11 9 (18.37%) SAML
11 9 (18.37%) Ruby
11 9 (18.37%) Ruby on Rails
11 9 (18.37%) ESB
11 9 (18.37%) OpenID
12 8 (16.33%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (16.33%) EAI
13 7 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 27 (55.10%) WebSphere
2 17 (34.69%) .NET
3 15 (30.61%) Web Services
3 15 (30.61%) JMS
4 9 (18.37%) SAML
4 9 (18.37%) Ruby on Rails
4 9 (18.37%) OpenID
5 5 (10.20%) CSS
6 4 (8.163%) XML
6 4 (8.163%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (8.163%) OAuth
7 2 (4.082%) CSS3
7 2 (4.082%) Flash
7 2 (4.082%) XHTML
8 1 (2.041%) XSD
8 1 (2.041%) JDBC
8 1 (2.041%) SOAP
8 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET
8 1 (2.041%) JMX
8 1 (2.041%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 15 (30.61%) IBM HTTP Server
1 15 (30.61%) WebSphere Process Server
2 14 (28.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 9 (18.37%) ESB
4 7 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 2 (4.082%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (2.041%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (2.041%) NetWeaver
7 1 (2.041%) Oracle BPEL
7 1 (2.041%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (4.082%) Photoshop
1 2 (4.082%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (4.082%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (2.041%) SAP R/3
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.041%) SAP GRC
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (48.98%) LDAP
2 16 (32.65%) DNS
3 15 (30.61%) HTTP
3 15 (30.61%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.082%) OSPF
4 2 (4.082%) BGP
4 2 (4.082%) Firewall
4 2 (4.082%) BIG-IP
4 2 (4.082%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.041%) SNMP
5 1 (2.041%) SMTP
5 1 (2.041%) FTP
5 1 (2.041%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.041%) IIOP
5 1 (2.041%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (38.78%) DB2
2 6 (12.24%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (8.163%) RDBMS
4 3 (6.122%) SQL Server
5 2 (4.082%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (4.082%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (2.041%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (2.041%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (2.041%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.041%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Subversion
2 4 (8.163%) TortoiseSVN
2 4 (8.163%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.041%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.041%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (2.041%) JDeveloper
3 1 (2.041%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.041%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (6.122%) Manufacturing
1 3 (6.122%) Banking
2 2 (4.082%) Automotive
2 2 (4.082%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.041%) Retail
3 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.041%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (42.86%) Developer
2 9 (18.37%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 8 (16.33%) WebSphere Specialist
4 7 (14.29%) Architect
5 4 (8.163%) Consultant
5 4 (8.163%) Senior Developer
5 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Administrator
5 4 (8.163%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
5 4 (8.163%) Administrator
5 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Developer
5 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Senior Architect
6 3 (6.122%) Middleware Developer
7 2 (4.082%) UI Developer
7 2 (4.082%) WebSphere Consultant
7 2 (4.082%) Server Administrator
7 2 (4.082%) Network Specialist
7 2 (4.082%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.082%) UI Programmer
7 2 (4.082%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.082%) Web 2.0
1 2 (4.082%) Open Source
2 1 (2.041%) SaaS
2 1 (2.041%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.041%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.041%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 19 (38.78%) Linux
2 15 (30.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (12.24%) UNIX
4 5 (10.20%) Windows
5 4 (8.163%) HPUX
5 4 (8.163%) Windows NT
5 4 (8.163%) zOS
5 4 (8.163%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (2.041%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) SOA
2 8 (16.33%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (16.33%) EAI
3 6 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (8.163%) Configuration Management
5 3 (6.122%) Logistics
5 3 (6.122%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.122%) Load Balancing
6 2 (4.082%) Matrix Management
6 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.082%) Web Development
6 2 (4.082%) Network Management
6 2 (4.082%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (4.082%) BPEL
6 2 (4.082%) Project Management
6 2 (4.082%) Workflow
6 2 (4.082%) Migration
6 2 (4.082%) Scrum
6 2 (4.082%) ITIL
6 2 (4.082%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) Java
2 9 (18.37%) Ruby
3 4 (8.163%) SQL
4 2 (4.082%) C#
5 1 (2.041%) VB
5 1 (2.041%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.041%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.041%) Jython
5 1 (2.041%) VB6
5 1 (2.041%) Erlang
5 1 (2.041%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.041%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.49%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.163%) IBM Certification
4 1 (2.041%) Degree
System Software
1 15 (30.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.041%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.082%) OpenView
Vendors
1 24 (48.98%) Oracle
1 24 (48.98%) IBM
2 13 (26.53%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.122%) SAP
3 3 (6.122%) HP
4 2 (4.082%) Juniper
4 2 (4.082%) BMC
4 2 (4.082%) Nokia
4 2 (4.082%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.082%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.082%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.082%) SolarWinds
4 2 (4.082%) F5
4 2 (4.082%) OPNET
4 2 (4.082%) Cisco
5 1 (2.041%) VMware
5 1 (2.041%) WSO2
5 1 (2.041%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.041%) Siebel
5 1 (2.041%) Business Objects
VB Developer
Birmingham, West Midlands
Must have skillsVisual Basic 6 Visual Basic .NET (ideally Visual Studio 2008 or above) Ideally have (but not absolutely essential) Oracle PL/SQL (10g or higher) ViewStar (OpenText...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
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