The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 - - 28
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - - 1.460%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £475
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
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
50 73 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 20.33% 18.16% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 49 20
Average daily rate £350 £250 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -37.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £225 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £341 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
Average hourly rate £11.50 - £15.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 - £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 - £16.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
WebSphere MQ
East Midlands

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) Java EE
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ESB

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (33.33%) ESB
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat