The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £383
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.50
All Application Platforms
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
47 74 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 14.33% 18.32% 22.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 31 53
Average daily rate £350 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £105 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MQSeries
Wales

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
1 2 (100.00%) EAI
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) i2
1 2 (100.00%) JDA
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) ESB
1 2 (100.00%) Cordys
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) ESB
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) SOA Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) EAI
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) i2
1 2 (100.00%) JDA
1 2 (100.00%) Cordys