The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 20 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 Hampshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 100 96 91
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 2 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.129% 0.190% 0.438%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.623% 1.056% 2.332%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £391 - £413
90% offered a daily rate of more than £326 - £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £457 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
-17.33% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
All Application Platforms
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
321 284 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.76% 17.99% 18.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 140 137
Average daily rate £338 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £228 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 38
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +60.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £16.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.25 £41.74 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
WebSphere MQ
South East

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Portsmouth - 1 £310 -
Farnborough - 1 £473 -
WebSphere MQ
South East

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (75.00%) AIX
2 3 (75.00%) Tivoli
3 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) OAuth
4 1 (25.00%) DataPower
4 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 1 (25.00%) ESB
4 1 (25.00%) JSON
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Perl
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) XSD
4 1 (25.00%) XSL
4 1 (25.00%) XSLT
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
4 1 (25.00%) HTTP
4 1 (25.00%) IBM
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Middleware
4 1 (25.00%) ESRI
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Kofax
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Jython

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (25.00%) OAuth
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) XSD
2 1 (25.00%) XSL
2 1 (25.00%) XSLT
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (25.00%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Server Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) Jython
1 1 (25.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) ESRI
1 1 (25.00%) Kofax