The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Message Broker skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 21 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 Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Rank - 30 29
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker 0 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.368% 0.882%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 4.762% 6.522%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Platforms
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
19 21 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 11.11% 7.721% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 11
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
WebSphere Message Broker
England

WebSphere Message Broker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands WebSphere Message Broker Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (83.33%) ESB
2 5 (83.33%) Integration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) HTTP
2 5 (83.33%) XML Schema
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 5 (83.33%) Web Services
2 5 (83.33%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (83.33%) XML Schema
2 5 (83.33%) Web Services
2 5 (83.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) ESB
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
1 5 (83.33%) WebSphere Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) SAP