MQSeries Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 454 476 379
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -97
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 79 97 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.170% 0.166% 0.360%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.936% 1.019% 2.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 56 127
Average daily rate £425 £438 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £321 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £638 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £375 £390
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Average hourly rate - - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.25
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 8443 9517 10097
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 16.31% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4788 5237 5378
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 422 560
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MQSeries within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

MQSeries Hourly Rate Trend

MQSeries
Top 27 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +47 70 £444 -1.11%
London +25 56 £450 -18.18%
City of London +13 12 £425 -10.52%
Scotland -7 8 £425 -5.55%
South West +16 5 £350 -6.66%
South East +14 3 - -
West Midlands +10 3 - -
Exeter - 3 £350 -
Stirling - 3 £381 -
Devon - 3 £350 -
East of England +18 2 - -
Hertfordshire +10 2 - -
Watford +7 2 - -
West Sussex +7 2 - -
Horsham +4 2 - -
Dorset -3 2 £378 +0.66%
Glasgow -20 2 - -
Canary Wharf - 2 £400 -
Edinburgh +4 1 £425 -5.55%
Bournemouth 0 1 £280 -25.33%
Poole -2 1 £475 -
East Midlands -2 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Telford - 1 - -

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 75 (47.47%) Oracle
2 72 (45.57%) WebSphere
3 69 (43.67%) Java
4 63 (39.87%) UNIX
5 60 (37.97%) XML
6 58 (36.71%) Finance
7 53 (33.54%) Linux
7 53 (33.54%) SQL
7 53 (33.54%) IBM
8 47 (29.75%) Middleware
9 43 (27.22%) Banking
10 36 (22.78%) DB2
11 34 (21.52%) J2EE
11 34 (21.52%) Web Services
12 32 (20.25%) Retail
13 30 (18.99%) Windows
13 30 (18.99%) SQL Server
14 28 (17.72%) WebSphere Application Server
15 27 (17.09%) Solaris
16 26 (16.46%) SOAP
16 26 (16.46%) .NET
17 24 (15.19%) JavaScript
17 24 (15.19%) C#
17 24 (15.19%) E-Commerce
17 24 (15.19%) XSLT
18 23 (14.56%) JDBC
18 23 (14.56%) TIBCO
19 22 (13.92%) HTML
19 22 (13.92%) Perl
19 22 (13.92%) JMS

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 72 (45.57%) WebSphere
2 60 (37.97%) XML
3 47 (29.75%) Middleware
4 34 (21.52%) Web Services
4 34 (21.52%) J2EE
5 26 (16.46%) .NET
5 26 (16.46%) SOAP
6 24 (15.19%) XSLT
7 23 (14.56%) JDBC
8 22 (13.92%) HTML
8 22 (13.92%) JMS
9 20 (12.66%) JSP
10 19 (12.03%) Ajax
11 17 (10.76%) XSD
12 16 (10.13%) WSDL
13 15 (9.494%) XHTML
13 15 (9.494%) Struts
13 15 (9.494%) Servlets
13 15 (9.494%) EJB
14 14 (8.861%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 28 (17.72%) WebSphere Application Server
2 20 (12.66%) WebSphere MQ
3 16 (10.13%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 15 (9.494%) WebLogic
5 13 (8.228%) Rendezvous
6 10 (6.329%) Tomcat
7 8 (5.063%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 8 (5.063%) Apache
7 8 (5.063%) Oracle Service Bus
8 7 (4.430%) ESB
9 6 (3.797%) IIS
10 5 (3.165%) SharePoint
11 4 (2.532%) IBM HTTP Server
12 3 (1.899%) AquaLogic
13 2 (1.266%) Oracle Coherence
13 2 (1.266%) CICS
13 2 (1.266%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (1.266%) AquaLogic Service Bus
13 2 (1.266%) GemFire
14 1 (0.633%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 16 (10.13%) MS Excel
2 14 (8.861%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.165%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (8.861%) Tridion
2 10 (6.329%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (3.165%) Summit
4 1 (0.633%) AWD
4 1 (0.633%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.633%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.633%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.13%) TCP/IP
2 14 (8.861%) Internet
3 8 (5.063%) HTTP
4 5 (3.165%) FTP
5 1 (0.633%) LDAP
5 1 (0.633%) SSL
5 1 (0.633%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (22.78%) DB2
2 30 (18.99%) SQL Server
3 20 (12.66%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.063%) Oracle 11g
5 7 (4.430%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (2.532%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (1.899%) Siebel EIM
7 3 (1.899%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.899%) DbVisualizer
8 2 (1.266%) RavenDB
8 2 (1.266%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.266%) QlikView
9 1 (0.633%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.633%) DTS
9 1 (0.633%) TOAD
9 1 (0.633%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 22 (13.92%) Subversion
2 15 (9.494%) JUnit
2 15 (9.494%) Eclipse
3 14 (8.861%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 14 (8.861%) Ant
3 14 (8.861%) Log4j
4 5 (3.165%) NUnit
4 5 (3.165%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 4 (2.532%) CruiseControl
5 4 (2.532%) LoadRunner
6 3 (1.899%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (1.899%) Git (software)
7 2 (1.266%) Selenium
7 2 (1.266%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.266%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.633%) Hudson
8 1 (0.633%) WinRunner
8 1 (0.633%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.633%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.633%) WebLogic Workshop
General
1 58 (36.71%) Finance
2 43 (27.22%) Banking
3 32 (20.25%) Retail
4 16 (10.13%) Games
5 14 (8.861%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.532%) Back Office
7 2 (1.266%) Front Office
7 2 (1.266%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.633%) Automotive
8 1 (0.633%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.633%) French Language
8 1 (0.633%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (32.91%) Developer
2 31 (19.62%) Analyst
2 31 (19.62%) Architect
3 24 (15.19%) Java Developer
4 21 (13.29%) Support Analyst
5 13 (8.228%) J2EE Developer
5 13 (8.228%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 7 (4.430%) WebSphere Specialist
6 7 (4.430%) Technical Leader
6 7 (4.430%) WebSphere Developer
6 7 (4.430%) Consultant
6 7 (4.430%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.165%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.165%) Tester
7 5 (3.165%) Service Analyst
7 5 (3.165%) Oracle Developer
7 5 (3.165%) Administrator
7 5 (3.165%) Designer
7 5 (3.165%) Oracle Analyst
7 5 (3.165%) Middleware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (8.861%) Web 2.0
3 7 (4.430%) Credit Risk
3 7 (4.430%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.797%) Derivative
5 5 (3.165%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.532%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.266%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.266%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (0.633%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.633%) Wiki
8 1 (0.633%) Data Extraction
8 1 (0.633%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.633%) DataPower
8 1 (0.633%) iSeries
8 1 (0.633%) SWIFT
8 1 (0.633%) Equities
8 1 (0.633%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.633%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.633%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 63 (39.87%) UNIX
2 53 (33.54%) Linux
3 30 (18.99%) Windows
4 27 (17.09%) Solaris
5 15 (9.494%) HPUX
6 12 (7.595%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (6.962%) Windows 2000
7 11 (6.962%) Windows NT
8 9 (5.696%) AIX
9 7 (4.430%) zOS
10 5 (3.165%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.266%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.266%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.633%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.19%) E-Commerce
2 18 (11.39%) UML
2 18 (11.39%) SOA
3 17 (10.76%) Release Management
4 16 (10.13%) OO
5 14 (8.861%) RAD
5 14 (8.861%) Content Management
6 11 (6.962%) Algorithmic Trading
6 11 (6.962%) EAI
7 10 (6.329%) Agile Software Development
7 10 (6.329%) Electronic Trading
8 8 (5.063%) TDD
8 8 (5.063%) Migration
9 7 (4.430%) Software Engineering
9 7 (4.430%) Business Analysis
10 6 (3.797%) MVC
10 6 (3.797%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (3.165%) Project Management
11 5 (3.165%) Data Modelling
12 4 (2.532%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (43.67%) Java
2 53 (33.54%) SQL
3 24 (15.19%) C#
3 24 (15.19%) JavaScript
4 22 (13.92%) Perl
5 18 (11.39%) Bash shell
6 14 (8.861%) XPath
7 13 (8.228%) C++
8 4 (2.532%) Scala
8 4 (2.532%) Python
9 2 (1.266%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.266%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.633%) VBScript
10 1 (0.633%) COBOL
10 1 (0.633%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.633%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (3.165%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.696%) QA
2 4 (2.532%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.899%) VMware ESX
1 3 (1.899%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.266%) XenDesktop
2 2 (1.266%) Veritas File System
2 2 (1.266%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 2 (1.266%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.633%) RACF
3 1 (0.633%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.532%) Control-M
1 4 (2.532%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.266%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.266%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.633%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.633%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 75 (47.47%) Oracle
2 53 (33.54%) IBM
3 23 (14.56%) TIBCO
4 20 (12.66%) Microsoft
5 15 (9.494%) JBoss
5 15 (9.494%) Pega
6 14 (8.861%) Blue Martini
6 14 (8.861%) Elastic Path
6 14 (8.861%) Interwoven
6 14 (8.861%) ATG
7 11 (6.962%) Reuters
7 11 (6.962%) Bloomberg
8 7 (4.430%) Sybase
9 6 (3.797%) Cadis
9 6 (3.797%) Red Hat
10 5 (3.165%) BMC
10 5 (3.165%) HP
11 4 (2.532%) SAP
11 4 (2.532%) Calypso
12 3 (1.899%) Siebel
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