The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Message Broker skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 17 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 Glasgow 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Rank 77 54 58
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +4
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker 3 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.318% 0.777% 0.714%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.786% 4.800% 3.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -22.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
168 125 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 17.83% 16.19% 23.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 49 85
Average daily rate £338 £311 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.52% -11.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
WebSphere Message Broker
Scotland

WebSphere Message Broker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 12 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 11 (91.67%) Finance
3 5 (41.67%) Java
4 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (33.33%) UNIX
4 4 (33.33%) Linux
4 4 (33.33%) JBoss
4 4 (33.33%) Apache
4 4 (33.33%) Tomcat
4 4 (33.33%) MQSeries
4 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 4 (33.33%) Middleware
5 2 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (8.333%) XML
6 1 (8.333%) Tivoli
6 1 (8.333%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 12 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (8.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (33.33%) Apache
1 4 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 4 (33.33%) MQSeries
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 2 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) WebSphere Developer
3 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) UNIX
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Tivoli
1 1 (8.333%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) JBoss