The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT contracts advertised for the Winchester 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 Winchester 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 10 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing Middleware 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 1.852% 3.333% 6.383%
As % of the Application Development category 6.250% 5.882% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £303 - £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £410 £400
% change year-on-year
-0.91% +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
Winchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
16 17 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Winchester 29.63% 56.67% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 7
Average daily rate £295 £375 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.33% +13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £270 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £425 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 £40.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.51% -
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 Winchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester 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 Winchester region.

Winchester Middleware Hourly Rate Trend

Middleware
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (100.00%) TestDirector
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) HACMP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) KANA
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WF

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Winchester 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 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WF
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) TestDirector
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) KANA