The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 58 61 25
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -36
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 3 3 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.620% 0.529% 8.267%
As % of the Application Development category 1.087% 1.045% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 30
Average salary £34,000 £48,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.25% +14.70%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-1.05% +2.15%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
276 287 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 57.02% 50.62% 58.93%
Number of salaries quoted 255 269 199
Average salary £34,000 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Middleware
North West

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Middleware Salary Trend

Middleware
Salary Histogram

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

Lancashire Middleware Salary Histogram

Middleware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Preston - 2 £34,000 -
Chorley - 1 £50,000 -
Middleware
North West

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (66.67%) J2EE
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Spring
2 3 (50.00%) Maven
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Ant
2 3 (50.00%) JUnit
2 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) ESB
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) EAI
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) SAP xMII
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) SUSE
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) AIX
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Apache
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (66.67%) J2EE
2 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) Spring
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) ESB
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP xMII
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) DB2
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Ant
1 3 (50.00%) JUnit
1 3 (50.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Sales Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Support
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Support Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis Support
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) AIX
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) SUSE
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Logistics
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) EAI
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle