The first table below looks at the demand for SonicMQ skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SonicMQ over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress SonicMQ
Rank 539 - 561
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SonicMQ 1 0 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% - 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.012% - 0.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 16
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8556 9559 10069
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.12% 16.35% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4847 5264 5366
Average daily rate £353 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -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 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 466 430 558
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.85 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -

SonicMQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SonicMQ Jobs Demand Trend

SonicMQ
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SonicMQ within the UK.

SonicMQ Daily Rate Trend

SonicMQ
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SonicMQ within the UK.

SonicMQ Hourly Rate Trend

SonicMQ
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SonicMQ within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

SonicMQ
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SonicMQ 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 SonicMQ.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) ESB
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) XSLT
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) JMS
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software

SonicMQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SonicMQ 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 SonicMQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) XSLT
1 2 (66.67%) JMS
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) ESB
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Java Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Assurance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) SOA
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) SQL