The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 21 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 Platforms category for the Bournemouth region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 23 23 26
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 0.840% 3.356% 2.548%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.226% 12.82% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
Average daily rate £280 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% +7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £390
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.25
All Application Platforms
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
31 39 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 26.05% 26.17% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 17
Average daily rate £360 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.93% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £225 £343
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £21.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
MQSeries
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MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MQSeries across the Bournemouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Bournemouth MQSeries Jobs Demand Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MQSeries across the Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing MQSeries 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MQSeries.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing MQSeries also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MQSeries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Support Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat