The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere MQ 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 Surrey 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 WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank - - 101
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - - 0.109%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 0.501%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £378 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.31% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
All Application Platforms
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
227 314 399
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 19.69% 19.49% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 170 195
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 21
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £23.70 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
WebSphere MQ
South East

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the Surrey region.

Surrey WebSphere MQ Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Ant
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) EJB
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
1 1 (100.00%) Sun
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 1 (100.00%) RequisitePro
1 1 (100.00%) NATURAL
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
1 1 (100.00%) SCJP
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) EJB
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Ant
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) RequisitePro
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) NATURAL
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SCJP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sun