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The table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMiddleware
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9166
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads97
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.541 %1.813 %
Salaries quoted17
Average minimum salary£90,000£50,000
Average salary£100,000£52,857
% change on same period last year+89.18 %
Average maximum salary£110,000£55,714
UK excluding London average salary£47,898£48,894
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Somerset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Somerset
Matching permanent IT job ads584386
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.336 %0.165 %
Salaries quoted524354
Average minimum salary£30,479£29,836
Average salary£34,137£32,977
% change on same period last year+3.51 %
Average maximum salary£37,796£36,119
UK excluding London average salary£35,973£36,657
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Middleware South WestMiddleware
South West

Middleware
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Middleware across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Somerset Middleware Demand Trend

Middleware
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Middleware Salary Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BathDown-268--
Middleware South WestMiddleware
South West

Middleware
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

19 (100.00 %)SQL Server
19 (100.00 %)RDBMS
28 (88.89 %)ISEB
28 (88.89 %)QuickTest Pro
28 (88.89 %)BizTalk Server
28 (88.89 %)Scrum
28 (88.89 %)Agile Software Development
28 (88.89 %)QA
28 (88.89 %)Load Testing
31 (11.11 %)JavaSpaces
31 (11.11 %)FpML
31 (11.11 %)Project Management
31 (11.11 %)Workflow
31 (11.11 %)Finance
31 (11.11 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (11.11 %)Sybase
31 (11.11 %)MS Excel
31 (11.11 %)EAI
31 (11.11 %)Java
31 (11.11 %)SQL
31 (11.11 %)J2EE
31 (11.11 %)Oracle

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)J2EE
11 (11.11 %)FpML
11 (11.11 %)JavaSpaces
Somerset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (88.89 %)BizTalk Server
21 (11.11 %)Oracle Workflow
Somerset IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Somerset IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (100.00 %)SQL Server
19 (100.00 %)RDBMS
Somerset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (88.89 %)QuickTest Pro
Somerset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Finance
Somerset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Test Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Product Manager
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (88.89 %)Scrum
18 (88.89 %)Agile Software Development
18 (88.89 %)Load Testing
21 (11.11 %)EAI
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)Workflow
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)Java
11 (11.11 %)SQL
Somerset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (88.89 %)ISEB
Somerset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (88.89 %)QA
Somerset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Oracle
11 (11.11 %)Sybase