The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ 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 MQ 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 MQ (WMQ)
Rank 62 47 61
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +14
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 18 13 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.911% 1.684% 0.286%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.71% 10.40% 1.212%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 1
Average daily rate £270 £310 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.90% -22.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £378 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.97% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
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 MQ
Scotland

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 19 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 18 (94.74%) Finance
3 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
4 14 (73.68%) TIBCO
4 14 (73.68%) C#
4 14 (73.68%) .NET
4 14 (73.68%) .NET Framework
4 14 (73.68%) TIBCO EMS
4 14 (73.68%) WCF
4 14 (73.68%) WPF
4 14 (73.68%) Unit Testing
5 9 (47.37%) Subversion
5 9 (47.37%) XML
6 3 (15.79%) UNIX
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
7 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (10.53%) Java
7 2 (10.53%) Windows
7 2 (10.53%) AIX
7 2 (10.53%) Solaris
7 2 (10.53%) Linux
7 2 (10.53%) Symantec
7 2 (10.53%) VMware
7 2 (10.53%) VMware ESX
7 2 (10.53%) Dell
7 2 (10.53%) EMC
7 2 (10.53%) Citrix
7 2 (10.53%) Red Hat
7 2 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 19 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 14 (73.68%) .NET Framework
2 14 (73.68%) WCF
2 14 (73.68%) WPF
2 14 (73.68%) .NET
3 9 (47.37%) XML
4 1 (5.263%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 14 (73.68%) TIBCO EMS
2 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (10.53%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Subversion
General
1 18 (94.74%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Developer
2 13 (68.42%) .NET Developer
3 9 (47.37%) C# Developer
4 8 (42.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior C# Developer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Designer
6 2 (10.53%) Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Designer
7 1 (5.263%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (5.263%) WebSphere Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Java Programmer
7 1 (5.263%) Programmer
7 1 (5.263%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) UNIX
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) AIX
2 2 (10.53%) Solaris
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Unit Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Time Management
2 2 (10.53%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (10.53%) MVVM
3 1 (5.263%) UML
3 1 (5.263%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (5.263%) OOD
3 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.263%) AOP
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) Java
3 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.263%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware ESX
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Tivoli
1 1 (5.263%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (73.68%) TIBCO
3 3 (15.79%) Oracle
4 2 (10.53%) IBM
4 2 (10.53%) Symantec
4 2 (10.53%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Dell
4 2 (10.53%) EMC
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 2 (10.53%) Red Hat