The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 22 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 54 59 35
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -24
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 16 10 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.685% 1.706% 4.394%
As % of the Application Development category 5.970% 3.509% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 25
Average salary £40,000 £38,750 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.22% -44.64%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-1.05% +2.15%
All Application Development
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
268 285 275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 44.97% 48.63% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 241 250 235
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Middleware
West Midlands

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Middleware Salary Trend

Middleware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Middleware across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 5 £70,000 -
Cannock -14 4 £43,250 +8.12%
Burton-upon-Trent -6 1 £35,000 -
Middleware
West Midlands

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 9 (47.37%) .NET
3 8 (42.11%) Windows
3 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
4 7 (36.84%) Degree
4 7 (36.84%) Java
4 7 (36.84%) C#
5 6 (31.58%) Linux
5 6 (31.58%) JDBC
5 6 (31.58%) J2SE
5 6 (31.58%) Multithreading
6 5 (26.32%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (26.32%) Complex Event Processing
6 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
6 5 (26.32%) Grid Computing
7 4 (21.05%) WCF
7 4 (21.05%) WPF
7 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
7 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
7 4 (21.05%) ASP
8 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
8 3 (15.79%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (15.79%) OOD
8 3 (15.79%) ETL
8 3 (15.79%) HTTP
8 3 (15.79%) ITIL
8 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (15.79%) Scrum
8 3 (15.79%) MVC

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 9 (47.37%) .NET
2 6 (31.58%) JDBC
2 6 (31.58%) J2SE
3 4 (21.05%) WCF
3 4 (21.05%) WPF
3 4 (21.05%) ASP
4 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
5 2 (10.53%) WinForms
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
6 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (10.53%) MSBuild
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (10.53%) Back Office
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) .NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Systems Developer
4 3 (15.79%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Graduate Java Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
5 2 (10.53%) DBA
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Developer
5 2 (10.53%) SQL DBA
5 2 (10.53%) Graduate Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Graduate
5 2 (10.53%) Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (5.263%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior SQL DBA
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Programmer
6 1 (5.263%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
1 5 (26.32%) Grid Computing
2 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
3 1 (5.263%) Life Science
3 1 (5.263%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Multithreading
2 5 (26.32%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (26.32%) Complex Event Processing
3 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
4 3 (15.79%) OOD
4 3 (15.79%) ETL
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) MVC
4 3 (15.79%) MVVM
5 2 (10.53%) Web Development
6 1 (5.263%) Six Sigma
6 1 (5.263%) Project Management
6 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
6 1 (5.263%) UML
6 1 (5.263%) OOP
6 1 (5.263%) OO
6 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
6 1 (5.263%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) Java
2 7 (36.84%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) VB.NET
4 1 (5.263%) C++
4 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.263%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle
Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Good knowledge of SQL Server... General software support in a Windows environment... Previous experience with Middleware and/or LIS would be advantageous... Qualifications: Bachelors or equivalent degree required,...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + benefits inc pension, on-call
Posted: 21 May 2013
Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Windows Forms design experience. Degree level education in IT subject. Awareness of N-Tier architecture. SQL Language - practical experience with SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE... DB creation/modification using...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits inc pension, bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013