The first table below looks at the demand for Middleware skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Middleware over the 3 months to 20 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 West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Middleware
Rank 26 25 29
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Middleware 4 3 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 3.636% 2.439% 5.842%
As % of the Application Development category 13.33% 8.571% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 13
Average salary - £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-1.05% +2.15%
All Application Development
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 35 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 27.27% 28.46% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 52
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Middleware
Scotland

Middleware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 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
Livingston -7 4 - -
Middleware
Scotland

Middleware
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 5 (83.33%) Java
1 5 (83.33%) UML
1 5 (83.33%) SOA
1 5 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (83.33%) Rational Application Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Chordiant
2 4 (66.67%) Genesys
2 4 (66.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) JBoss
3 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) eTOM
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Rational Application Developer
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Designer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) SOA
1 5 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (83.33%) UML
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Chordiant
1 4 (66.67%) Genesys
2 1 (16.67%) JBoss