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The table below looks at the demand for IBM MQSeries skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM MQSeries
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank41-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.471 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£403
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£46.75
% change on same period last year-64.70 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads6869
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.071 %
Daily rates quoted1818
Average minimum daily rate£289£334
Average daily rate£305£341
% change on same period last year-10.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£338
% change on same period last year+3.61 %
Hourly rates quoted128
Average minimum hourly rate£16.88£34.09
Average hourly rate£18.16£36.20
% change on same period last year-49.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.44£38.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.59£24.11
% change on same period last year+1.99 %
MQSeries CambridgeshireMQSeries
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MQSeries
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MQSeries across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Cambridge MQSeries Demand Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)JMS
11 (100.00 %)Government
11 (100.00 %)Cryptography
11 (100.00 %)PKI
11 (100.00 %)Security Cleared

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)JMS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Government
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Cryptography
11 (100.00 %)PKI
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java