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This section looks at the demand for Middleware skills within the West Midlands 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMiddleware
Location
3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank188179
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads3648
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.020 %
As % of the category below1.333 %1.830 %
Salaries quoted2939
Average minimum salary£40,448£46,949
Average salary£44,681£50,923
% change on same period last year-12.25 %
Average maximum salary£48,913£54,897
UK excluding London average salary£49,454£51,005
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads27002623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.468 %1.102 %
Salaries quoted24222366
Average minimum salary£30,054£29,917
Average salary£32,692£32,675
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Average maximum salary£35,331£35,433
UK excluding London average salary£35,954£36,843
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Middleware EnglandMiddleware
England

Middleware
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Middleware Salary Trend

Middleware
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Middleware across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

West Midlands Middleware Salary Histogram

Middleware
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 28 August 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
HerefordshireDown-610£51,944-15.59 %
KingswinfordNew entry-5£39,248-
BirminghamDown-185£34,000-15.44 %
DudleyNew entry-5£37,500-
StaffordshireDown-43£49,000-17.90 %
ShropshireNew entry-3£45,000-
SolihullNew entry-1--
WarwickshireNo change01£55,000+41.02 %
Middleware EnglandMiddleware
England

Middleware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

125 (29.76 %)Oracle
224 (28.57 %).NET
224 (28.57 %)Windows
323 (27.38 %)UNIX
323 (27.38 %)SQL Server
422 (26.19 %)XML
521 (25.00 %)Java
617 (20.24 %)Business Intelligence
716 (19.05 %)SQL
716 (19.05 %)WebServices
815 (17.86 %)IIS
815 (17.86 %)J2EE
815 (17.86 %)Oracle EBS
914 (16.67 %)XSLT
914 (16.67 %)Microsoft
1013 (15.48 %)SOAP
1112 (14.29 %)HTML
1211 (13.10 %)WebLogic
1211 (13.10 %)SOA
1310 (11.90 %)WebSphere
149 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2005
149 (10.71 %)Oracle 10g
149 (10.71 %)Internet
149 (10.71 %)C#
149 (10.71 %)JavaScript
149 (10.71 %)Solaris
149 (10.71 %)Linux
149 (10.71 %)Apache
149 (10.71 %)MS Excel
158 (9.524 %)Security Cleared

Middleware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (28.57 %).NET
222 (26.19 %)XML
316 (19.05 %)WebServices
415 (17.86 %)J2EE
514 (16.67 %)XSLT
613 (15.48 %)SOAP
712 (14.29 %)HTML
810 (11.90 %)WebSphere
97 (8.333 %)CSS
105 (5.952 %)EDI
114 (4.762 %)EJB
114 (4.762 %)XHTML
123 (3.571 %)OC4J
123 (3.571 %)Oracle Fusion
123 (3.571 %)BC4J
123 (3.571 %)JMS
123 (3.571 %)MVC
123 (3.571 %)Oracle ADF
123 (3.571 %)JSP
132 (2.381 %)ASP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (17.86 %)IIS
211 (13.10 %)WebLogic
39 (10.71 %)Apache
45 (5.952 %)Oracle 10gAS
54 (4.762 %)Oracle Application Server
54 (4.762 %)WebLogic Portal
54 (4.762 %)Tomcat
63 (3.571 %)BizTalk Server
63 (3.571 %)Gentran
72 (2.381 %)SAS
72 (2.381 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (2.381 %)JBoss
81 (1.190 %)WebSphere MQ
81 (1.190 %)MQSeries
81 (1.190 %)Tamino
81 (1.190 %)CMS
81 (1.190 %)ESB
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (10.71 %)MS Excel
27 (8.333 %)MS Visio
31 (1.190 %)MS Project
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (17.86 %)Oracle EBS
25 (5.952 %)Oracle 11i
34 (4.762 %)Navision
34 (4.762 %)Dynamics NAV
43 (3.571 %)Siebel Analytics
52 (2.381 %)SAP Retail
61 (1.190 %)WebTrends
61 (1.190 %)SAP CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (10.71 %)Internet
27 (8.333 %)Extranet
36 (7.143 %)SAN
45 (5.952 %)Wireless
45 (5.952 %)GPRS
45 (5.952 %)GSM
45 (5.952 %)HTTP
53 (3.571 %)BIG-IP
53 (3.571 %)SSL
62 (2.381 %)HTTPS
62 (2.381 %)FTP
62 (2.381 %)X.400
62 (2.381 %)Firewall
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (27.38 %)SQL Server
29 (10.71 %)Oracle 10g
29 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
37 (8.333 %)ETL
45 (5.952 %)GIS
45 (5.952 %)Oracle 9i
45 (5.952 %)Cognos Powerplay
45 (5.952 %)Cognos Impromptu
45 (5.952 %)BusinessObjects
54 (4.762 %)Oracle Discoverer
54 (4.762 %)Oracle Reports
63 (3.571 %)RDBMS
72 (2.381 %)DB2
72 (2.381 %)Crystal Reports
81 (1.190 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (1.190 %)SAP BW
81 (1.190 %)SQL Server 2000
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (3.571 %)JDeveloper
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (5.952 %)Telecoms
15 (5.952 %)Government
15 (5.952 %)Retail
22 (2.381 %)Pensions
22 (2.381 %)Police
22 (2.381 %)Games
22 (2.381 %)Finance
22 (2.381 %)Back Office
31 (1.190 %)Education
31 (1.190 %)Health
31 (1.190 %)Manufacturing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (19.05 %)Architect
213 (15.48 %)Developer
311 (13.10 %)Consultant
47 (8.333 %)Senior Consultant
56 (7.143 %)Analyst
56 (7.143 %)Administrator
56 (7.143 %)C# Developer
65 (5.952 %)Senior Developer
65 (5.952 %)Senior Cognos Consultant
65 (5.952 %)Cognos Consultant
65 (5.952 %)Linux Administrator
74 (4.762 %)Senior C# Developer
74 (4.762 %)Support Analyst
74 (4.762 %)Technical Architect
83 (3.571 %)Infrastructure Engineer
83 (3.571 %)Technical Designer
83 (3.571 %)Siebel Architect
83 (3.571 %)J2EE Consultant
83 (3.571 %)Web Infrastructure Engineer
83 (3.571 %)Web Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (7.143 %)N-Tier
24 (4.762 %)Clustering
33 (3.571 %)Computer Science
42 (2.381 %)Blackberry
42 (2.381 %)PDA
51 (1.190 %)SCADA
51 (1.190 %)DTV
51 (1.190 %)CESG
51 (1.190 %)STB
51 (1.190 %)Cryptography
51 (1.190 %)IPTV
51 (1.190 %)Client/Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (28.57 %)Windows
223 (27.38 %)UNIX
39 (10.71 %)Solaris
39 (10.71 %)Linux
47 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (5.952 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (4.762 %)Windows Mobile
73 (3.571 %)AIX
81 (1.190 %)HPUX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (20.24 %)Business Intelligence
211 (13.10 %)SOA
38 (9.524 %)Security Cleared
47 (8.333 %)Data Management
47 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
56 (7.143 %)Web Development
65 (5.952 %)Service Delivery
74 (4.762 %)Enterprise Architecture
74 (4.762 %)SC Cleared
83 (3.571 %)Data Architecture
83 (3.571 %)Load Balancing
83 (3.571 %)Unit Testing
83 (3.571 %)BPEL
83 (3.571 %)Data Modelling
83 (3.571 %)ITIL
83 (3.571 %)CRM
92 (2.381 %)OO
92 (2.381 %)EAI
92 (2.381 %)Configuration Management
92 (2.381 %)Content Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (25.00 %)Java
216 (19.05 %)SQL
39 (10.71 %)C#
39 (10.71 %)JavaScript
47 (8.333 %)Shell Script
55 (5.952 %)Perl
64 (4.762 %)C++
64 (4.762 %)DHTML
64 (4.762 %)XPath
64 (4.762 %)ABAP
73 (3.571 %)PL/SQL
82 (2.381 %)C
91 (1.190 %)VC++
91 (1.190 %)VB.NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (7.143 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.381 %)SLA
12 (2.381 %)QA
21 (1.190 %)BS7799
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (3.571 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (1.190 %)MSMQ
21 (1.190 %)Active Directory
21 (1.190 %)AquaLogic
21 (1.190 %)Oracle RAC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (5.952 %)OpenView
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (29.76 %)Oracle
214 (16.67 %)Microsoft
37 (8.333 %)SAP
37 (8.333 %)Cognos
37 (8.333 %)VMware
45 (5.952 %)BEA
45 (5.952 %)Hyperion
45 (5.952 %)Red Hat
45 (5.952 %)Business Objects
54 (4.762 %)IBM
63 (3.571 %)Siebel
72 (2.381 %)EMC
81 (1.190 %)Citrix
81 (1.190 %)Sun
81 (1.190 %)Mercator