Middleware Administrator
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Middleware Administrator configures and manages middleware systems. Installs and configures the middleware components according to the clients business requirements. Develops documentation and trains others. Develop plans associated with upgrades or patches. Troubleshoots technical incidents, analyzes problems.
Job Outlook
There were 247 Middleware Administrator job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 4502 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Network Engineer / Architect industry, which includes the Middleware Administrator career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Middleware Administrator jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $108,404.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $104,464.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Middleware Administrator postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $96,407.
Education and Experience
Posted Middleware Administrator jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 45.16% |
| Master's Degree | 5.66% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.44% |
| Other | 4.46% |
Posted Middleware Administrator jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 10.48% |
| 3 to 5 years | 57% |
| 6 to 8 years | 21.38% |
| 9+ years | 11.15% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Middleware Administrator positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (61.57%)
- Communication (39.47%)
- Management (38.58%)
- Problem Solving (30.85%)
- Information Technology (20.84%)
- Operations (20.79%)
- Customer Service (16.66%)
- Leadership (15.68%)
- Planning (14.15%)
- Interpersonal Communications (13.02%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Automation (41.74%)
- Computer Science (31.21%)
- System Administration (20.23%)
- Linux (26.23%)
- Middleware (31.02%)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (9.72%)
- Scripting (36.11%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Bash (Scripting Language) (11.56%)
- Workflow Management (21%)
- IT Capacity Management (5.93%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (6.63%)
- Technical Support (21.21%)
- Agile Methodology (12.24%)
- Active Directory (8.5%)
- Java (Programming Language) (12.03%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (10.53%)
- Microsoft Teams (4.98%)
- Business Requirements (12.15%)
- Amazon Web Services (14.69%)
- Backup Devices (6.8%)
- Application Deployment (7.76%)
- Apache Tomcat (14.06%)
- Auditing (13.99%)
- JIRA (10.77%)
- Microsoft Azure (13.59%)
- Oracle WebLogic Server (12.19%)
- Unix (14.48%)
- Business Process (10.35%)
- Application Development (7.4%)
- Configuration Management (4.58%)
- Application Servers (8.5%)
- Change Management (11.66%)
- Firewall (6.26%)
- Disaster Recovery (11.07%)
- DevOps (11.73%)
- Information Systems (5.91%)
- Incident Management (5.4%)
- IBM Websphere Application Server (15.49%)
- Windows Servers (7.52%)
- Perl (Programming Language) (6.45%)
- Web Servers (8.2%)
- IBM MQ (12.03%)
- Operating Systems (15.98%)
- Python (Programming Language) (17.17%)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5.58%)
- Performance Tuning (11.84%)
- Scalability (7.69%)
- IT Service Management (8.9%)
- WildFly (JBoss AS) (8.97%)
- Root Cause Analysis (9.32%)
- Oracle Databases (4.06%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (14.9%)
- Kubernetes (11.33%)
- Project Management (18.66%)
- CI/CD (8.76%)
- OpenShift (4.3%)
- Process Improvement (8.15%)
- Ansible (13.38%)
- Load Balancing (8.41%)
- Windows PowerShell (18.78%)
- Service Management (4.06%)
- Shell Script (8.71%)
- Web Services (7.59%)
- Virtualization (3.6%)
- Oracle Fusion Middleware (2.87%)
- Dynatrace (3.48%)
- Docker (Software) (6.91%)
- Splunk (7.1%)
- Jenkins (8.6%)
- ServiceNow (14.23%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Jython (4.09%)
- IBM HTTP Servers (2.52%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Middleware (100%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Middleware Administrator skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Application Administrator
- Middleware Engineer
- Websphere Administrator
- Administrator
- Atlassian Administrator
- Systems Administrator
- Application Support Administrator
- Servicenow Administrator
- ERP Specialist
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Middleware Administrator jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Beacon Hill Staffing Group (247)
- Accenture (130)
- Marsh McLennan (115)
- Wipro (78)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (64)
- Health Advocates Network (61)
- TEKsystems (54)
- HCL Technologies (53)
- Pearson Education (51)
- Diverse Lynx (48)
North Carolina
- Genesis10 (12)
- Accenture (10)
- TEKsystems (7)
- Allegis Group (7)
- Marsh McLennan (7)
- Randstad (6)
- BCforward (6)
- Beacon Hill Staffing Group (5)
- Collabera (4)
- Skanska (3)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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