The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 110 127 104
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -23
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 5 12 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.244% 0.362% 0.464%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.344% 2.091% 3.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 8
Average daily rate £350 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £349 £324
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £396 £380
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
372 574 429
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 18.16% 17.32% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 342 219
Average daily rate £350 £358 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +15.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £441 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 34 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +24.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £16.45 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £41.50 £40.60
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West 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 West region.

South West MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MQSeries across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West MQSeries Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Devon - 3 £350 -
Dorset -5 2 £378 +0.66%
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 10 (100.00%) Oracle
2 8 (80.00%) SOAP
2 8 (80.00%) Middleware
2 8 (80.00%) Oracle 11g
2 8 (80.00%) Oracle Service Bus
3 7 (70.00%) Finance
4 6 (60.00%) XML
5 5 (50.00%) Web Services
5 5 (50.00%) SOA
6 4 (40.00%) Degree
7 3 (30.00%) Git (software)
7 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
7 3 (30.00%) AquaLogic
7 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
8 2 (20.00%) B2B
8 2 (20.00%) OO
8 2 (20.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
8 2 (20.00%) Back Office
9 1 (10.00%) Cash Management
9 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
9 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (10.00%) WSDL
9 1 (10.00%) Banking
9 1 (10.00%) Subversion
9 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
9 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
9 1 (10.00%) UNIX
9 1 (10.00%) Linux

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 8 (80.00%) SOAP
1 8 (80.00%) Middleware
2 6 (60.00%) XML
3 5 (50.00%) Web Services
4 1 (10.00%) WSDL
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 3 (30.00%) AquaLogic
3 2 (20.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Analyst Programmer
4 2 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (20.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Support Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) SOA
2 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) B2B
4 1 (10.00%) B2C
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Cash Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) BEA
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (10.00%) TIBCO