The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 29 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 16 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 6.504% - 0.559%
As % of the Application Development category 15.09% - 1.754%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
Average salary £40,000 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-1.05% +2.15%
All Application Development
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
106 91 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 43.09% 43.96% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 76 41 41
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Middleware
County Antrim

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Middleware Jobs Demand Trend

Middleware
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Middleware across the Belfast region.

Belfast Middleware Salary Trend

Middleware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Middleware across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Belfast Middleware Salary Histogram

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Middleware.

1 17 (94.44%) Java
2 15 (83.33%) Degree
3 14 (77.78%) Open Source
3 14 (77.78%) Video on Demand
3 14 (77.78%) Computer Science
3 14 (77.78%) Servlets
3 14 (77.78%) Web Services
3 14 (77.78%) C++
4 13 (72.22%) Linux
4 13 (72.22%) XML
5 12 (66.67%) C
5 12 (66.67%) JSON
6 11 (61.11%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (50.00%) Software Engineering
7 9 (50.00%) XMPP
7 9 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (38.89%) Tomcat
8 7 (38.89%) UNIX
8 7 (38.89%) Apache
9 5 (27.78%) Marketing
10 4 (22.22%) OO
11 2 (11.11%) Games
11 2 (11.11%) HTML5
11 2 (11.11%) QA
11 2 (11.11%) OLAP
11 2 (11.11%) RDBMS
12 1 (5.556%) HP
12 1 (5.556%) Internet
12 1 (5.556%) TIBCO
12 1 (5.556%) Rendezvous

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Middleware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (77.78%) Servlets
1 14 (77.78%) Web Services
2 13 (72.22%) XML
3 12 (66.67%) JSON
4 9 (50.00%) XMPP
5 2 (11.11%) HTML5
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Apache
1 7 (38.89%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.556%) Rendezvous
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (5.556%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (11.11%) OLAP
2 2 (11.11%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.556%) KDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (27.78%) Marketing
2 2 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Software Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Server Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Java Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Junior
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Java Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle Financials Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Junior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) TIBCO Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Computer Science
1 14 (77.78%) Open Source
1 14 (77.78%) Video on Demand
2 1 (5.556%) DTV
2 1 (5.556%) STB
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Linux
2 7 (38.89%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) OO
4 1 (5.556%) SOA
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL
4 1 (5.556%) Release Management
4 1 (5.556%) Multithreading
4 1 (5.556%) Cash Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) Java
2 14 (77.78%) C++
3 12 (66.67%) C
4 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.556%) SQL
4 1 (5.556%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle
1 1 (5.556%) Cognos
1 1 (5.556%) HP
1 1 (5.556%) TIBCO