The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Message Broker skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Message Broker over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Rank 56 66 73
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +7
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker 5 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.693% 0.369% 0.412%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.968% 2.041% 2.548%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £425 - £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
126 147 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.45% 18.08% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 72 95
Average daily rate £338 £338 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £14.00 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £30.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
WebSphere Message Broker
North West

WebSphere Message Broker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire WebSphere Message Broker Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing WebSphere Message Broker 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 WebSphere Message Broker.

1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) AIX
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) zOS
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Banking

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing WebSphere Message Broker 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 WebSphere Message Broker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) AIX
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared