The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Development category for the England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 374 330 354
Rank change year-on-year
-44 +24
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 164 236 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.375% 0.445% 0.425%
As % of the Application Development category 1.345% 1.688% 1.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 123 146
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £318 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £536 £543 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12193 13979 16197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.85% 26.37% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7861 8549 9749
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 358 520
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -4.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England WebSphere MQ Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the England region.

England WebSphere MQ Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +17 114 £475 - 8
South East +24 24 £400 -16.23% 9
North West -59 9 £300 -33.33% 2
East Midlands -1 7 £450 -
West Midlands +6 3 £290 -29.69%
East of England +15 2 £250 -
South West +25 1 - - 1
Midlands - - - -
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WebSphere MQ 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 MQ.

1 211 (82.42%) WebSphere
2 96 (37.50%) IBM
3 83 (32.42%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 77 (30.08%) Banking
5 68 (26.56%) Oracle
6 66 (25.78%) Java
7 59 (23.05%) Finance
8 58 (22.66%) Middleware
9 57 (22.27%) Linux
10 56 (21.88%) SQL Server
11 55 (21.48%) UNIX
12 51 (19.92%) Windows
13 50 (19.53%) XML
14 49 (19.14%) .NET
15 48 (18.75%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
16 45 (17.58%) Problem Management
17 38 (14.84%) WebSphere Application Server
17 38 (14.84%) Retail
18 36 (14.06%) SQL
19 31 (12.11%) J2EE
20 29 (11.33%) C#
20 29 (11.33%) AIX
21 25 (9.766%) Web Services
22 24 (9.375%) MVC
22 24 (9.375%) DataPower
23 23 (8.984%) DB2
24 22 (8.594%) iSeries
24 22 (8.594%) Root Cause Analysis
25 21 (8.203%) WCF
25 21 (8.203%) XSLT

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WebSphere MQ 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 MQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 211 (82.42%) WebSphere
2 58 (22.66%) Middleware
3 50 (19.53%) XML
4 49 (19.14%) .NET
5 31 (12.11%) J2EE
6 25 (9.766%) Web Services
7 21 (8.203%) XSLT
7 21 (8.203%) JMS
7 21 (8.203%) WCF
8 19 (7.422%) MSMQ
9 18 (7.031%) Spring
10 17 (6.641%) XSD
10 17 (6.641%) Java EE
11 16 (6.250%) Hibernate
12 15 (5.859%) WSDL
12 15 (5.859%) WPF
12 15 (5.859%) Spring MVC
13 14 (5.469%) Spring.NET
13 14 (5.469%) Unity DI Container
13 14 (5.469%) .NET Remoting
Application Platforms
1 83 (32.42%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 48 (18.75%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
3 38 (14.84%) WebSphere Application Server
4 19 (7.422%) IIS
4 19 (7.422%) MQSeries
5 14 (5.469%) WebLogic
6 13 (5.078%) Apache
6 13 (5.078%) IBM HTTP Server
7 11 (4.297%) Tomcat
8 10 (3.906%) ESB
9 8 (3.125%) Oracle Workflow
9 8 (3.125%) WebSphere Process Server
9 8 (3.125%) SharePoint
10 5 (1.953%) Adobe CQ
11 4 (1.563%) WebSphere Portal
11 4 (1.563%) Documentum
11 4 (1.563%) TIBCO EMS
11 4 (1.563%) Alfresco
12 3 (1.172%) FileNet
13 2 (0.781%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (7.813%) MS Excel
2 7 (2.734%) MS Project
3 6 (2.344%) MS Office
4 5 (1.953%) Mingle
5 4 (1.563%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.734%) Misys Midas
2 5 (1.953%) Misys Equation
3 2 (0.781%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.391%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.391%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.203%) HTTP
2 19 (7.422%) SSL
3 8 (3.125%) FTP
3 8 (3.125%) Internet
4 7 (2.734%) BIG-IP
4 7 (2.734%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.344%) SAN
6 4 (1.563%) LAN
7 3 (1.172%) WAN
7 3 (1.172%) Firewall
7 3 (1.172%) NAS
8 2 (0.781%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.781%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.781%) LDAP
9 1 (0.391%) SMTP
9 1 (0.391%) SNA
9 1 (0.391%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (21.88%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.984%) DB2
3 18 (7.031%) MySQL
4 10 (3.906%) Oracle 8/8i
4 10 (3.906%) DataStage
5 9 (3.516%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.734%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (2.344%) TOAD
7 6 (2.344%) MS Access
8 5 (1.953%) IBM InfoSphere
9 3 (1.172%) Big Data
9 3 (1.172%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.172%) Oracle 10g
9 3 (1.172%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.172%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.781%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.781%) JasperReports
10 2 (0.781%) Oracle ODI
11 1 (0.391%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 14 (5.469%) Rhino Mocks
2 11 (4.297%) Maven
3 9 (3.516%) Ant
3 9 (3.516%) Subversion
4 8 (3.125%) JUnit
4 8 (3.125%) ClearCase
4 8 (3.125%) jMock
5 7 (2.734%) ERwin
5 7 (2.734%) ClearQuest
5 7 (2.734%) Introscope
6 6 (2.344%) CruiseControl
6 6 (2.344%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (1.953%) JIRA
8 4 (1.563%) WinDbg
9 3 (1.172%) Hudson
10 2 (0.781%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.781%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.781%) Selenium
10 2 (0.781%) EasyMock
10 2 (0.781%) Git (software)
General
1 77 (30.08%) Banking
2 59 (23.05%) Finance
3 38 (14.84%) Retail
4 19 (7.422%) Front Office
5 8 (3.125%) Back Office
5 8 (3.125%) Investment Banking
6 7 (2.734%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.344%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.953%) Retail Banking
8 5 (1.953%) Private Banking
8 5 (1.953%) Billing
9 3 (1.172%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.391%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (31.25%) Developer
2 29 (11.33%) Architect
3 28 (10.94%) Consultant
4 19 (7.422%) Analyst
5 18 (7.031%) Java Developer
6 17 (6.641%) .NET Developer
7 14 (5.469%) Administrator
8 11 (4.297%) WebSphere Specialist
9 10 (3.906%) WebSphere Developer
9 10 (3.906%) Applications Support
10 9 (3.516%) WebSphere Consultant
10 9 (3.516%) Team Leader
10 9 (3.516%) Technical Manager
10 9 (3.516%) Middleware Developer
11 8 (3.125%) WebSphere Administrator
11 8 (3.125%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.734%) Technical Architect
12 7 (2.734%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.734%) WebSphere Architect
13 6 (2.344%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.375%) DataPower
2 22 (8.594%) iSeries
3 20 (7.813%) Open Source
4 17 (6.641%) AS400
5 14 (5.469%) Clustering
5 14 (5.469%) Mainframe
5 14 (5.469%) Inversion of Control
6 13 (5.078%) SWIFT
7 6 (2.344%) Online Banking
8 5 (1.953%) PKI
9 4 (1.563%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.563%) Firmware
10 2 (0.781%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.391%) Equities
11 1 (0.391%) VSAM
11 1 (0.391%) Statistics
11 1 (0.391%) IBM Mainframe
11 1 (0.391%) Data Conversion
11 1 (0.391%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.391%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 57 (22.27%) Linux
2 55 (21.48%) UNIX
3 51 (19.92%) Windows
4 29 (11.33%) AIX
5 11 (4.297%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.906%) zOS
7 7 (2.734%) Solaris
7 7 (2.734%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (2.344%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.391%) HPUX
9 1 (0.391%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.58%) Problem Management
2 24 (9.375%) MVC
3 22 (8.594%) Root Cause Analysis
4 21 (8.203%) ITIL
5 20 (7.813%) SOA
5 20 (7.813%) Incident Management
5 20 (7.813%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (7.422%) Multithreading
6 19 (7.422%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (7.031%) OO
8 15 (5.859%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (5.469%) Scrum
9 14 (5.469%) Release Management
9 14 (5.469%) Memory Management
10 13 (5.078%) Load Balancing
11 11 (4.297%) Domain-Driven Design
11 11 (4.297%) Workflow
12 10 (3.906%) Migration
12 10 (3.906%) Change Management
12 10 (3.906%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.78%) Java
2 36 (14.06%) SQL
3 29 (11.33%) C#
4 18 (7.031%) RPG
5 14 (5.469%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.078%) RPG IV
7 11 (4.297%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.516%) XPath
9 5 (1.953%) VBScript
10 4 (1.563%) Perl
10 4 (1.563%) C++
10 4 (1.563%) COBOL
11 3 (1.172%) Ruby
12 2 (0.781%) Jython
12 2 (0.781%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.781%) RPG/400
13 1 (0.391%) Bash shell
13 1 (0.391%) VB
13 1 (0.391%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.391%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (6.250%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.734%) SC Cleared
2 7 (2.734%) DV Cleared
3 4 (1.563%) IBM Certification
4 2 (0.781%) Degree
5 1 (0.391%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.344%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.391%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.391%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.391%) Tivoli Directory Server
1 1 (0.391%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (2.734%) HP SiteScope
2 5 (1.953%) Tivoli
2 5 (1.953%) MOM
3 3 (1.172%) Control-M
4 1 (0.391%) Foglight
4 1 (0.391%) Netcool/Webtop
4 1 (0.391%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.391%) Netcool
4 1 (0.391%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.391%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 96 (37.50%) IBM
2 68 (26.56%) Oracle
3 21 (8.203%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.688%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.906%) Sun
6 8 (3.125%) TIBCO
7 7 (2.734%) Mercator
7 7 (2.734%) F5
8 6 (2.344%) Misys
8 6 (2.344%) JBoss
9 5 (1.953%) HP
9 5 (1.953%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.563%) SAP
10 4 (1.563%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.563%) Plumtree
10 4 (1.563%) Informatica
10 4 (1.563%) Lotus
10 4 (1.563%) Siebel
11 3 (1.172%) Business Objects
11 3 (1.172%) SeeBeyond
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Rate: Unspecified £EXCELLENT/DAY
Posted: 17 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
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Posted: 14 June 2013
London
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
Berkshire
AS400 iSeries Developer - Development Background - Slough - Berkshire - West London - Thames Valley. To work on projects covering RPG/ILE free format... Exposure to WebSphere, MQ and XML would be...
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified HIgh
Posted: 12 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
Working knowledge of Tivoli Scheduler of benefit... Experience of these performance monitoring tools: AIX nmon tool, Unix monitoring - utilising standard iostat, vmstat and mpstat commands... UNIX (AIX,) skills,...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
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Rate: £200 - £240 per annum + daily
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Rate: £220 - £230 per day
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