The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Message Broker skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Message Broker 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.

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 WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Rank 435 447 412
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -35
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker 95 131 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.205% 0.225% 0.295%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.130% 1.380% 1.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 56 79
Average daily rate £473 £433 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.32% -8.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £296 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £525 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -22.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8409 9490 10269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.12% 16.28% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4782 5232 5474
Average daily rate £353 £350 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -7.28%
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 452 419 565
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 £11.65 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

WebSphere Message Broker
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Message Broker
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 25 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the UK 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
England +38 90 £475 +5.55%
London +33 65 £500 +5.26%
City of London +16 19 £471 +4.58%
North West +9 6 £438 +50.86%
Cheshire +8 5 £425 -
West Midlands -7 5 £388 +19.23%
East Midlands +3 4 - -
Scotland -18 4 £425 +13.33%
Yorkshire +1 3 £495 -
Glasgow -23 3 - -
South Yorkshire - 3 £495 -
South East +18 2 £500 +4.71%
East of England +15 2 - -
Hampshire -6 2 £500 +5.26%
Coventry -10 2 - -
Basingstoke - 2 £500 -
Cambridge - 2 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Midlands +8 1 - -
Warwickshire -4 1 £375 +15.38%
Merseyside - 1 £450 -
Liverpool - 1 £450 -
Edinburgh - 1 £425 -
Birmingham - 1 - -
Barnsley - 1 £525 -

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 144 (84.21%) WebSphere
2 81 (47.37%) WebSphere MQ
3 79 (46.20%) IBM
4 47 (27.49%) Java
5 43 (25.15%) Finance
6 40 (23.39%) Middleware
6 40 (23.39%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 31 (18.13%) Oracle
7 31 (18.13%) UNIX
7 31 (18.13%) Linux
8 26 (15.20%) SOA
8 26 (15.20%) XML
8 26 (15.20%) Retail
9 25 (14.62%) ESB
10 24 (14.04%) Banking
11 22 (12.87%) Web Services
11 22 (12.87%) DB2
11 22 (12.87%) HTTP
12 21 (12.28%) Problem Management
13 20 (11.70%) Windows
14 17 (9.942%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (9.357%) DataPower
15 16 (9.357%) J2EE
15 16 (9.357%) zOS
16 15 (8.772%) SAP
16 15 (8.772%) WebSphere Application Server
16 15 (8.772%) MQSeries
16 15 (8.772%) Root Cause Analysis
17 14 (8.187%) Incident Management
18 12 (7.018%) EAI

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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
1 144 (84.21%) WebSphere
2 40 (23.39%) Middleware
3 26 (15.20%) XML
4 22 (12.87%) Web Services
5 16 (9.357%) J2EE
6 10 (5.848%) XSLT
6 10 (5.848%) XML Schema
7 7 (4.094%) WSDL
8 6 (3.509%) SOAP
9 5 (2.924%) JMS
10 4 (2.339%) Java EE
10 4 (2.339%) KML
11 3 (1.754%) XSD
12 2 (1.170%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (1.170%) WebCenter
13 1 (0.585%) soapUI
13 1 (0.585%) Spring
13 1 (0.585%) jBPM
13 1 (0.585%) .NET
13 1 (0.585%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 81 (47.37%) WebSphere MQ
2 40 (23.39%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
3 25 (14.62%) ESB
4 15 (8.772%) MQSeries
4 15 (8.772%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (4.094%) Apache
5 7 (4.094%) Tomcat
6 6 (3.509%) WebLogic
6 6 (3.509%) WebSphere Process Server
7 4 (2.339%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (2.339%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.754%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (1.170%) CICS
10 1 (0.585%) FileNet
10 1 (0.585%) IIS
10 1 (0.585%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 2 (1.170%) MS Project
1 2 (1.170%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.585%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.585%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.754%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (1.754%) Kondor+
2 1 (0.585%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.87%) HTTP
2 8 (4.678%) SSL
3 6 (3.509%) HTTPS
4 5 (2.924%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.924%) X.509
5 3 (1.754%) FTP
6 2 (1.170%) DNS
7 1 (0.585%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.87%) DB2
2 10 (5.848%) RDBMS
3 7 (4.094%) IBM InfoSphere
4 5 (2.924%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.170%) DataStage
5 2 (1.170%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.585%) Adabas
6 1 (0.585%) TOAD
6 1 (0.585%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.585%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.585%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.585%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 11 (6.433%) Subversion
2 6 (3.509%) Ant
2 6 (3.509%) ClearCase
3 4 (2.339%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.339%) TortoiseSVN
3 4 (2.339%) Rational Application Developer
4 1 (0.585%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.585%) RequisitePro
4 1 (0.585%) ClearQuest
General
1 43 (25.15%) Finance
2 26 (15.20%) Retail
3 24 (14.04%) Banking
4 11 (6.433%) Investment Banking
5 5 (2.924%) Financial Institution
6 4 (2.339%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.754%) Front Office
7 3 (1.754%) Back Office
8 1 (0.585%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.585%) Legal
Job Titles
1 70 (40.94%) Developer
2 55 (32.16%) WebSphere Developer
3 29 (16.96%) Consultant
4 22 (12.87%) Architect
5 13 (7.602%) WebSphere Consultant
6 9 (5.263%) Java Developer
7 6 (3.509%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (2.924%) Analyst
8 5 (2.924%) Security Consultant
8 5 (2.924%) Administrator
8 5 (2.924%) Middleware Consultant
9 4 (2.339%) Systems Integrator
9 4 (2.339%) WebSphere Engineer
9 4 (2.339%) Integration Architect
9 4 (2.339%) WebSphere Specialist
10 3 (1.754%) Technical Architect
10 3 (1.754%) WebSphere Architect
10 3 (1.754%) Designer
10 3 (1.754%) XML Developer
11 2 (1.170%) Messaging Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.357%) DataPower
2 10 (5.848%) SWIFT
3 6 (3.509%) Clustering
4 5 (2.924%) PKI
4 5 (2.924%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.924%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.924%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.339%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.585%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.13%) UNIX
1 31 (18.13%) Linux
2 20 (11.70%) Windows
3 16 (9.357%) zOS
4 12 (7.018%) AIX
5 6 (3.509%) HPUX
6 4 (2.339%) Windows NT
6 4 (2.339%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (2.339%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.170%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (15.20%) SOA
2 21 (12.28%) Problem Management
3 17 (9.942%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (8.772%) Root Cause Analysis
5 14 (8.187%) Incident Management
6 12 (7.018%) EAI
7 11 (6.433%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (5.263%) Information Security
8 9 (5.263%) UML
9 8 (4.678%) B2B
9 8 (4.678%) Unit Testing
10 7 (4.094%) Migration
11 6 (3.509%) Configuration Management
11 6 (3.509%) Integration Testing
12 5 (2.924%) Risk Management
13 4 (2.339%) ITIL
13 4 (2.339%) E-Commerce
13 4 (2.339%) SAP Implementation
13 4 (2.339%) Data Protection
14 3 (1.754%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.49%) Java
2 11 (6.433%) SQL
3 5 (2.924%) ActionScript 2.0
3 5 (2.924%) ActionScript
3 5 (2.924%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.339%) C#
5 1 (0.585%) C++
5 1 (0.585%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.585%) NATURAL
5 1 (0.585%) VB6
5 1 (0.585%) Korn
5 1 (0.585%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (4.678%) IBM Certification
2 7 (4.094%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.339%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.585%) SCJP
4 1 (0.585%) ISEB
4 1 (0.585%) Sun Certification
4 1 (0.585%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.509%) QA
2 2 (1.170%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (2.924%) Tivoli
1 5 (2.924%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 3 (1.754%) Control-M
3 2 (1.170%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.585%) MOM
Vendors
1 79 (46.20%) IBM
2 31 (18.13%) Oracle
3 15 (8.772%) SAP
4 7 (4.094%) TIBCO
5 5 (2.924%) JBoss
6 4 (2.339%) Microsoft
6 4 (2.339%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.754%) Murex
7 3 (1.754%) HP
7 3 (1.754%) BMC
8 2 (1.170%) SeeBeyond
8 2 (1.170%) ATG
9 1 (0.585%) Fujitsu
9 1 (0.585%) Wall Street Systems
9 1 (0.585%) Pega
9 1 (0.585%) Sun
9 1 (0.585%) ILOG
9 1 (0.585%) Business Objects
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