The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MQSeries 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 South East 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 MQSeries
Rank 220 236 245
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +9
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 3 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.108% 0.067%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.207% 0.684% 0.393%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £400 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £375 £390
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.25
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1452 1609 1781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.58% 15.84% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 759 784 741
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £210 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 82 154
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.75 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -8.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.45 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.10 £40.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East MQSeries Jobs Demand Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MQSeries across the South East region.

South East MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MQSeries across the South East region.

South East MQSeries Hourly Rate Trend

MQSeries
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MQSeries within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Sussex +11 2 - -
Kent - 1 - -
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing MQSeries 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 MQSeries.

1 6 (85.71%) SOA
2 4 (57.14%) Web Services
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 3 (42.86%) webMethods
3 3 (42.86%) XML
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) DB2
3 3 (42.86%) JDBC
3 3 (42.86%) SOAP
3 3 (42.86%) EAI
3 3 (42.86%) XML Schema
3 3 (42.86%) WS-I
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) OS/400
4 2 (28.57%) Client/Server
4 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
4 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
4 2 (28.57%) IIS
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Apache
4 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
4 2 (28.57%) LDAP
4 2 (28.57%) Remedy
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) BMC

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing MQSeries 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 MQSeries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) XML
2 3 (42.86%) JDBC
2 3 (42.86%) SOAP
2 3 (42.86%) XML Schema
2 3 (42.86%) WS-I
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 1 (14.29%) XSD
3 1 (14.29%) JMS
3 1 (14.29%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) IIS
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
1 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) WebSphere MQ
1 2 (28.57%) ESB
2 1 (14.29%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) AWD
1 2 (28.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LDAP
2 1 (14.29%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) DB2
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) WinRunner
1 2 (28.57%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) webMethods Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Architect
3 1 (14.29%) webMethods Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Mainframe Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Client/Server
1 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
1 2 (28.57%) DataPower
1 2 (28.57%) iSeries
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) OS/400
1 2 (28.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) SOA
2 3 (42.86%) EAI
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) High Availability
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESX
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) webMethods
2 2 (28.57%) Remedy
2 2 (28.57%) Ab Initio
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) BMC
2 2 (28.57%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Software AG
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