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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited WebSphere Message Broker over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank488592
Rank change on same period last yearUp+104
Matching contract IT job ads10057
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.132 %0.060 %
As % of the category below0.917 %0.451 %
Daily rates quoted1911
Average minimum daily rate£429£394
Average daily rate£462£410
% change on same period last year+12.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£495£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£459£411
% change on same period last year+11.79 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Application Platforms UKApplication Platforms
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1090712627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled14.38 %13.39 %
Daily rates quoted32103094
Average minimum daily rate£355£357
Average daily rate£379£377
% change on same period last year+0.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£347
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted11461262
Average minimum hourly rate£22.24£23.03
Average hourly rate£23.81£24.51
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.38£25.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.43£24.21
% change on same period last year-3.23 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WebSphere Message Broker
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

WebSphere Message Broker Demand Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK.

WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Message Broker
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK.

WebSphere Message Broker Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+9884£456+11.24 %
West MidlandsUp+2727£369-
LondonUp+7617£471+15.31 %
South EastUp+3913£700-
ScotlandUp+3711£492-
GlasgowUp+168£513-
East MidlandsDown-87£475+23.64 %
SurreyUp+87£700-
YorkshireUp+146--
North WestDown-115--
West YorkshireUp+65--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-5£475-
HampshireNew entry-4--
City of LondonNew entry-3£405-
ManchesterDown-202--
SolihullNew entry-2--
BirminghamNew entry-2--
MidlandsNew entry-2£550-
East of EnglandDown-71£325-
West LothianNew entry-1£450-
East AngliaNew entry-1£325-
Thames ValleyNew entry-1--
WarwickshireNew entry-1--
HerefordshireNew entry-1--
Hemel HempsteadNew entry-1--
OxfordNew entry-1--
LivingstonNew entry-1£450-
HalifaxDown-61--
LeedsNew entry-1--
OxfordshireNew entry-1--

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Message Broker 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 Message Broker.

1214 (97.72 %)WebSphere
2135 (61.64 %)WebSphere MQ
370 (31.96 %)Java
370 (31.96 %)Unix
451 (23.29 %)Finance
548 (21.92 %)IBM
644 (20.09 %)Solaris
644 (20.09 %)MQSeries
644 (20.09 %)WebServices
743 (19.63 %)XML
838 (17.35 %)SOAP
935 (15.98 %)SOA
1032 (14.61 %)AIX
1129 (13.24 %)Middleware
1228 (12.79 %)WebSphere Application Server
1228 (12.79 %)WBIMB
1323 (10.50 %)MQSI
1421 (9.589 %)WebLogic
1421 (9.589 %)J2EE
1421 (9.589 %)DB2
1519 (8.676 %)Security Cleared
1618 (8.219 %)SC Cleared
1618 (8.219 %)SQL
1618 (8.219 %)Linux
1717 (7.763 %)Online Security
1816 (7.306 %)Sun
1816 (7.306 %)Windows
1915 (6.849 %)UML
2014 (6.393 %)ClearCase
2014 (6.393 %)Shell Script

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Message Broker 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 Message Broker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1214 (97.72 %)WebSphere
244 (20.09 %)WebServices
343 (19.63 %)XML
438 (17.35 %)SOAP
529 (13.24 %)Middleware
628 (12.79 %)WBIMB
721 (9.589 %)J2EE
811 (5.023 %)XSLT
811 (5.023 %)JMS
96 (2.740 %)XSD
96 (2.740 %)Hibernate
96 (2.740 %)Spring
105 (2.283 %)EJB
105 (2.283 %)JDBC
105 (2.283 %)FpML
112 (0.913 %)WSDL
112 (0.913 %)XML Schema
121 (0.457 %).NET
121 (0.457 %)ASP.NET
121 (0.457 %)XSL
Application Platforms
1135 (61.64 %)WebSphere MQ
244 (20.09 %)MQSeries
328 (12.79 %)WebSphere Application Server
423 (10.50 %)MQSI
521 (9.589 %)WebLogic
611 (5.023 %)WPS
611 (5.023 %)ESB
72 (0.913 %)SharePoint
72 (0.913 %)CICS
81 (0.457 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.457 %)JBoss
81 (0.457 %)Tomcat
81 (0.457 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.457 %)Gentran
81 (0.457 %)Zope
81 (0.457 %)Plone
Applications
11 (0.457 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
16 (2.740 %)Sophis VALUE
21 (0.457 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
13 (1.370 %)HTTP
22 (0.913 %)SSL
31 (0.457 %)SAN
31 (0.457 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
121 (9.589 %)DB2
23 (1.370 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (1.370 %)Oracle 10g
32 (0.913 %)RDBMS
41 (0.457 %)SQL Server
41 (0.457 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (0.457 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.457 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.457 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (0.457 %)DTS
41 (0.457 %)Data Mining
Development Applications
114 (6.393 %)ClearCase
29 (4.110 %)Ant
37 (3.196 %)Eclipse
37 (3.196 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.457 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.457 %)RequisitePro
41 (0.457 %)Rational Rose
41 (0.457 %)JUnit
41 (0.457 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.457 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
151 (23.29 %)Finance
211 (5.023 %)Government
310 (4.566 %)Financial Institution
49 (4.110 %)Insurance
57 (3.196 %)Telecoms
65 (2.283 %)Banking
74 (1.826 %)Advertising
83 (1.370 %)Investment Banking
83 (1.370 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.913 %)Retail
92 (0.913 %)Pensions
101 (0.457 %)Chemicals
Job Titles
1127 (57.99 %)Developer
297 (44.29 %)WebSphere Developer
326 (11.87 %)Consultant
425 (11.42 %)Administrator
521 (9.589 %)WebSphere Consultant
612 (5.479 %)Architect
79 (4.110 %)Java Developer
79 (4.110 %)WebSphere Specialist
88 (3.653 %)Java Architect
88 (3.653 %)Analyst
96 (2.740 %)Technical Architect
96 (2.740 %)Applications Developer
96 (2.740 %)Technical Analyst
96 (2.740 %)Java Technical Architect
105 (2.283 %)Linux Administrator
105 (2.283 %)WebSphere Administrator
114 (1.826 %)J2EE Architect
114 (1.826 %)Project Manager
114 (1.826 %)Senior Developer
123 (1.370 %)Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
15 (2.283 %)Asset Management
24 (1.826 %)Derivative
33 (1.370 %)Mainframe
42 (0.913 %)AS400
51 (0.457 %)Clustering
51 (0.457 %)Tandem
51 (0.457 %)HACMP
Operating Systems
170 (31.96 %)Unix
244 (20.09 %)Solaris
332 (14.61 %)AIX
418 (8.219 %)Linux
516 (7.306 %)Windows
612 (5.479 %)SUSE
74 (1.826 %)MVS
82 (0.913 %)OS/390
82 (0.913 %)zOS
82 (0.913 %)Windows NT
82 (0.913 %)Windows XP
91 (0.457 %)OS/400
91 (0.457 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
135 (15.98 %)SOA
219 (8.676 %)Security Cleared
318 (8.219 %)SC Cleared
417 (7.763 %)Online Security
515 (6.849 %)UML
68 (3.653 %)User Acceptance Testing
77 (3.196 %)RAD
86 (2.740 %)OO
86 (2.740 %)EAI
93 (1.370 %)Migration
93 (1.370 %)E-Commerce
93 (1.370 %)B2B
93 (1.370 %)Integration Testing
93 (1.370 %)TOGAF
93 (1.370 %)Systems Analysis
102 (0.913 %)Investment Management
102 (0.913 %)RDF
102 (0.913 %)Risk Management
111 (0.457 %)Data Modelling
111 (0.457 %)Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
170 (31.96 %)Java
218 (8.219 %)SQL
314 (6.393 %)Shell Script
411 (5.023 %)Perl
59 (4.110 %)Korn
65 (2.283 %)COBOL
65 (2.283 %)Transact-SQL
72 (0.913 %)C
72 (0.913 %)Assembly Language
81 (0.457 %)C++
81 (0.457 %)JavaScript
81 (0.457 %)ABAP
81 (0.457 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
12 (0.913 %)Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.826 %)QA
Systems Management
18 (3.653 %)Tivoli
21 (0.457 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.457 %)OMEGAMON
Vendors
148 (21.92 %)IBM
216 (7.306 %)Sun
312 (5.479 %)Oracle
48 (3.653 %)Sophis
56 (2.740 %)SAP
63 (1.370 %)HP
72 (0.913 %)BEA
72 (0.913 %)Microsoft
72 (0.913 %)Red Hat
81 (0.457 %)JD Edwards
81 (0.457 %)thinkFolio
81 (0.457 %)Sybase
81 (0.457 %)CA
81 (0.457 %)VERITAS
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