The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Message Broker skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 20 June 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 Scotland 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Rank 119 86 97
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +11
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker 4 20 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.157% 0.758% 0.465%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.969% 5.181% 3.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £425 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £475
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -15.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
413 386 431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.25% 14.63% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 154 184
Average daily rate £348 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £428 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 15
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.50 £35.00 £20.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
WebSphere Message Broker
UK

WebSphere Message Broker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh -2 1 £425 -
West Lothian - - - -
WebSphere Message Broker
UK

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (40.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) JBoss
3 1 (20.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
3 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
3 1 (20.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) JBoss