The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 22 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 Slough 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 1.626% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
-11.51% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
All Application Platforms
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
34 39 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 13.82% 18.40% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 15
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £225 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £14.75 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -67.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebSphere MQ
Berkshire

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) RPG
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 4 (100.00%) iSeries
1 4 (100.00%) RPG IV
2 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) DB2
2 3 (75.00%) TOAD
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) DataStage
2 3 (75.00%) ERwin
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) DSDM
3 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) Degree

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
1 3 (75.00%) TOAD
1 3 (75.00%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) ERwin
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) AS400 Developer
3 1 (25.00%) RPG Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) iSeries
2 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Workflow
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) DSDM
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) RPG
1 4 (100.00%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) SAP