The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 24 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 Devon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 1.775% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.143% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £383
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.50
All Application Platforms
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
42 43 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 24.85% 23.50% 18.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 23 10
Average daily rate £325 £308 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -27.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £46.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +113.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MQSeries
South West

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MQSeries within the Devon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Exeter - 3 £350 -
MQSeries
South West

MQSeries
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 8 (100.00%) Oracle
1 8 (100.00%) SOAP
1 8 (100.00%) Middleware
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 5 (62.50%) XML
3 5 (62.50%) SOA
4 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 4 (50.00%) Web Services
5 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (37.50%) AquaLogic
5 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
5 3 (37.50%) Git (software)
6 2 (25.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
6 2 (25.00%) Back Office
6 2 (25.00%) OO
6 2 (25.00%) B2B
7 1 (12.50%) B2C
7 1 (12.50%) BEA
7 1 (12.50%) WSDL
7 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 8 (100.00%) SOAP
1 8 (100.00%) Middleware
2 5 (62.50%) XML
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 3 (37.50%) AquaLogic
3 2 (25.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Service Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst Programmer
4 2 (25.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (25.00%) Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) SOA
2 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) B2B
4 1 (12.50%) B2C
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) BEA