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The table below looks at the demand for IBM MQSeries skills within the Essex 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM MQSeries
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5659
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.909 %7.619 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£330
Average daily rate-£370
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£406
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£45.00
Average hourly rate-£45.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£46.75
% change on same period last year-64.70 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads110105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.158 %0.107 %
Daily rates quoted4130
Average minimum daily rate£317£283
Average daily rate£333£307
% change on same period last year+8.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£338
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted1322
Average minimum hourly rate£21.60£29.00
Average hourly rate£22.58£29.11
% change on same period last year-22.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.57£29.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.71£23.86
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
MQSeries East of EnglandMQSeries
East of England

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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MQSeries across the Essex region.

Essex MQSeries Hourly 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BrentwoodNew entry-1--
MQSeries East of EnglandMQSeries
East of England

MQSeries
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

12 (66.67 %)J2EE
12 (66.67 %)WebLogic
12 (66.67 %)Servlets
12 (66.67 %)UNIX
12 (66.67 %)AIX
12 (66.67 %)Solaris
12 (66.67 %)OO
12 (66.67 %)RUP
12 (66.67 %)Tuxedo
12 (66.67 %)JMS
12 (66.67 %)BEA
21 (33.33 %)Government
21 (33.33 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (33.33 %)CICS
21 (33.33 %)JCL
21 (33.33 %)C
21 (33.33 %)COBOL
21 (33.33 %)Perl
21 (33.33 %)IBM
21 (33.33 %)UML

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)J2EE
12 (66.67 %)Servlets
12 (66.67 %)JMS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)WebLogic
12 (66.67 %)Tuxedo
21 (33.33 %)CICS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Government
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Architect
21 (33.33 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)IT Architect
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)UNIX
12 (66.67 %)AIX
12 (66.67 %)Solaris
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)OO
12 (66.67 %)RUP
21 (33.33 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (33.33 %)UML
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C
11 (33.33 %)COBOL
11 (33.33 %)Perl
11 (33.33 %)JCL
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)BEA
21 (33.33 %)IBM