Middleware Contracts in Scotland

Middleware
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Middleware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Middleware over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 151 146
Rank change year-on-year +49 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Middleware 23 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.07% 0.33% 0.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.24% 1.41% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 14
10th Percentile £422 £300 £391
25th Percentile £445 £425 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £638 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +23.79% +21.18%
75th Percentile £639 £688 £538
90th Percentile £720 £700 £575
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £585
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% +4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

Middleware is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 439 637 726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.41% 23.57% 21.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 477 505
10th Percentile £325 £400 £366
25th Percentile £401 £438 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £545
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile £36.10 £23.53 £31.95
25th Percentile £51.25 £39.09 £42.04
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.38 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +13.57% +14.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.77 £48.75
90th Percentile - £66.71 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Middleware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Middleware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Middleware in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Middleware in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Middleware in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Middleware in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Middleware in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Middleware in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Middleware in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Middleware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +22 16 £450 -25.00%
Edinburgh +38 7 £651 +0.19% 1
Middleware
UK

Middleware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) IBM HTTP Server
1 5 (21.74%) WebSphere
1 5 (21.74%) WebSphere Application Server
1 5 (21.74%) WebSphere Portal
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) IaaS
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) ATM
1 5 (21.74%) HTTP
2 2 (8.70%) LAN
2 2 (8.70%) WAN
3 1 (4.35%) DHCP
3 1 (4.35%) DNS
3 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 12 (52.17%) Banking
2 11 (47.83%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Architect
2 7 (30.43%) Senior
3 6 (26.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Python Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) VMware Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Middleware Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Middleware Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Technical Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Azure Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Technical Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Data Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Network Deployment Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Python Developer
7 1 (4.35%) WebSphere Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) J2EE
2 1 (4.35%) XML
2 1 (4.35%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.70%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (4.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Agile
1 8 (34.78%) Containerisation
1 8 (34.78%) Waterfall
2 7 (30.43%) DevOps
2 7 (30.43%) Task Automation
3 6 (26.09%) Microservices
3 6 (26.09%) OO
3 6 (26.09%) SDLC
4 5 (21.74%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) Business Case
5 4 (17.39%) Business Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) Deployment Automation
5 4 (17.39%) IT Strategy
5 4 (17.39%) Problem Management
5 4 (17.39%) Service Management
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
6 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Perl
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Progress Chef
1 1 (4.35%) Puppet
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) VMware
2 5 (21.74%) IBM
3 2 (8.70%) Databricks