Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ 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 MQ over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkIBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank331363387
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Up+24
Matching contract IT job ads16978222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.350 %0.198 %0.270 %
As % of the Application Platforms category2.485 %1.382 %2.018 %
Daily rates quoted612282
Average daily rate£430£400£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.500 %-15.78 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£298£349£350
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£425£573
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£368£407
% change year-on-year
-10.20 %-9.700 %
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6802564411000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.31 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted293317883170
Average daily rate£357£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted465449989
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

WebSphere MQ
Demand Trend

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

WebSphere MQ Demand Trend

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere MQ Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+35148£430+7.50 %
LondonDown-2782£475+18.75 %
City of LondonDown-6421£500+25.00 %
South EastUp+619£394-23.91 %
ScotlandDown-418--
West MidlandsUp+2111£298-
East MidlandsUp+510£363-
SurreyDown-77£425-
EdinburghDown-147--
MidlandsNew entry-7--
South WestNew entry-7£299-
NottinghamNew entry-6--
NottinghamshireNew entry-6--
East of EnglandUp+175£500-
DorsetNew entry-5£313-
BournemouthNew entry-5£313-
BerkshireUp+104£175-
GlasgowDown-54--
HampshireNew entry-3£435-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3--
GuildfordUp+122£425-
NorwichUp+92£500-
NorfolkUp+82£500-
North WestDown-102£240-30.18 %
CheshireNew entry-2£240-
ReadingNew entry-2£175-
SolihullNew entry-2--
KnutsfordNew entry-2£240-
WalesNew entry-2£351-
FarnboroughNew entry-2£399-

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1271 (98.19 %)WebSphere
2123 (44.57 %)Java
3114 (41.30 %)WebSphere Message Broker
491 (32.97 %)WebSphere Application Server
590 (32.61 %)Finance
684 (30.43 %)UNIX
782 (29.71 %)AIX
879 (28.62 %)Oracle
977 (27.90 %)Windows
1076 (27.54 %)Middleware
1172 (26.09 %)J2EE
1269 (25.00 %)Banking
1366 (23.91 %)IBM
1461 (22.10 %)XML
1545 (16.30 %)Investment Banking
1644 (15.94 %)Linux
1734 (12.32 %)ClearCase
1734 (12.32 %)Solaris
1833 (11.96 %)SQL Server
1833 (11.96 %)Security Cleared
1932 (11.59 %)ESB
1932 (11.59 %)SOA
1932 (11.59 %)WBIMB
2029 (10.51 %)WebSphere Process Server
2029 (10.51 %)WebLogic
2128 (10.14 %)UML
2128 (10.14 %)JMS
2226 (9.420 %)zOS
2226 (9.420 %)Perl
2226 (9.420 %)Back Office

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1271 (98.19 %)WebSphere
276 (27.54 %)Middleware
372 (26.09 %)J2EE
461 (22.10 %)XML
532 (11.59 %)WBIMB
628 (10.14 %)JMS
724 (8.696 %).NET
724 (8.696 %)Java EE
823 (8.333 %)Web Services
921 (7.609 %)XSLT
921 (7.609 %)EJB
921 (7.609 %)WCF
1020 (7.246 %)Spring
1116 (5.797 %)COM+
128 (2.899 %)LINQ
128 (2.899 %)Hibernate
137 (2.536 %)JDBC
137 (2.536 %)ASP.NET
146 (2.174 %)XML Schema
146 (2.174 %)EDIFACT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1114 (41.30 %)WebSphere Message Broker
291 (32.97 %)WebSphere Application Server
332 (11.59 %)ESB
429 (10.51 %)WebSphere Process Server
429 (10.51 %)WebLogic
525 (9.058 %)IIS
623 (8.333 %)IBM HTTP Server
718 (6.522 %)WebSphere Portal
815 (5.435 %)JCAPS
914 (5.072 %)MQSeries
1013 (4.710 %)Apache
119 (3.261 %)Oracle Application Server
125 (1.812 %)Rendezvous
134 (1.449 %)Tomcat
134 (1.449 %)Documentum
143 (1.087 %)AquaLogic
143 (1.087 %)Oracle HTTP Server
143 (1.087 %)SharePoint
143 (1.087 %)WMQI
151 (0.362 %)MQSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (3.261 %)MS Excel
23 (1.087 %)MS PowerPoint
23 (1.087 %)MS Project
31 (0.362 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.087 %)WebTrends
22 (0.725 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.362 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (8.696 %)SSL
222 (7.971 %)BIG-IP
319 (6.884 %)Firewall
418 (6.522 %)HTTP
59 (3.261 %)FTP
68 (2.899 %)LDAP
77 (2.536 %)SAN
86 (2.174 %)HTTPS
94 (1.449 %)SSH
103 (1.087 %)NAS
112 (0.725 %)SMTP
112 (0.725 %)TCP/IP
112 (0.725 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (11.96 %)SQL Server
219 (6.884 %)RDBMS
318 (6.522 %)Oracle 10g
412 (4.348 %)Oracle 8/8i
412 (4.348 %)DB2
57 (2.536 %)DataStage
57 (2.536 %)Oracle 11g
66 (2.174 %)BusinessObjects
74 (1.449 %)NonStop SQL
82 (0.725 %)SQL Server 2005
91 (0.362 %)IMS/DB
91 (0.362 %)Ingres
91 (0.362 %)Oracle 9i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (12.32 %)ClearCase
213 (4.710 %)Ant
213 (4.710 %)LoadRunner
36 (2.174 %)XMLSpy
36 (2.174 %)ClearQuest
45 (1.812 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (1.087 %)Visual Studio
53 (1.087 %)JIRA
62 (0.725 %)RequisitePro
62 (0.725 %)Eclipse
71 (0.362 %)Subversion
71 (0.362 %)CheckStyle
71 (0.362 %)TestDirector
71 (0.362 %)JUnit
71 (0.362 %)TortoiseSVN
71 (0.362 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
190 (32.61 %)Finance
269 (25.00 %)Banking
345 (16.30 %)Investment Banking
426 (9.420 %)Back Office
522 (7.971 %)Government
620 (7.246 %)Financial Institution
711 (3.986 %)Retail
810 (3.623 %)Construction
98 (2.899 %)Health
104 (1.449 %)Insurance
113 (1.087 %)Pensions
113 (1.087 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1101 (36.59 %)Developer
263 (22.83 %)WebSphere Developer
330 (10.87 %)Java Developer
421 (7.609 %)Administrator
519 (6.884 %)Consultant
618 (6.522 %)Architect
618 (6.522 %)WebSphere Administrator
717 (6.159 %)WebSphere Specialist
814 (5.072 %)Middleware Developer
814 (5.072 %)Analyst
912 (4.348 %)Applications Support
1011 (3.986 %)Technical Specialist
1011 (3.986 %)WebSphere Consultant
117 (2.536 %)Project Manager
117 (2.536 %)Infrastructure Specialist
126 (2.174 %)Senior Architect
126 (2.174 %)Support Analyst
135 (1.812 %)Solutions Architect
135 (1.812 %)Technical Architect
135 (1.812 %).NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (6.159 %)Clustering
215 (5.435 %)Fixed Income
310 (3.623 %)Data Integration
49 (3.261 %)DataPower
58 (2.899 %)HACMP
67 (2.536 %)Multithreading
75 (1.812 %)PKI
84 (1.449 %)iSeries
92 (0.725 %)Client/Server
92 (0.725 %)Mainframe
92 (0.725 %)AS400
101 (0.362 %)Equities
101 (0.362 %)W3C
101 (0.362 %)Firmware
101 (0.362 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
184 (30.43 %)UNIX
282 (29.71 %)AIX
377 (27.90 %)Windows
444 (15.94 %)Linux
534 (12.32 %)Solaris
626 (9.420 %)zOS
716 (5.797 %)Windows Server 2003
815 (5.435 %)Red Hat Linux
911 (3.986 %)HPUX
107 (2.536 %)Windows XP
116 (2.174 %)Windows Server 2008
125 (1.812 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (11.59 %)SOA
228 (10.14 %)UML
320 (7.246 %)Load Balancing
417 (6.159 %)ITIL
515 (5.435 %)E-business
515 (5.435 %)Unit Testing
614 (5.072 %)E-Commerce
711 (3.986 %)Project Management
711 (3.986 %)Migration
89 (3.261 %)User Acceptance Testing
98 (2.899 %)Agile Software Development
107 (2.536 %)Scrum
107 (2.536 %)Wealth Management
116 (2.174 %)Performance Testing
116 (2.174 %)Network Load Balancing
116 (2.174 %)Continuous Integration
116 (2.174 %)OO
116 (2.174 %)CRM
116 (2.174 %)Data Modelling
125 (1.812 %)Change Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1123 (44.57 %)Java
226 (9.420 %)Perl
318 (6.522 %)Shell Script
417 (6.159 %)SQL
511 (3.986 %)Python
68 (2.899 %)C#
76 (2.174 %)C++
76 (2.174 %)PL/SQL
85 (1.812 %)C
85 (1.812 %)WebLogic Scripting Tool
93 (1.087 %)Jython
93 (1.087 %)VB
93 (1.087 %)JavaScript
102 (0.725 %)VB6
111 (0.362 %)Korn
111 (0.362 %)COBOL
111 (0.362 %)VBA
111 (0.362 %)C-shell
111 (0.362 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (11.96 %)Security Cleared
223 (8.333 %)SC Cleared
310 (3.623 %)IBM Certification
48 (2.899 %)DV Cleared
56 (2.174 %)Degree
63 (1.087 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.362 %)SCJP
71 (0.362 %)RHCT
71 (0.362 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.362 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.362 %)ISEB
71 (0.362 %)MCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (5.072 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.812 %)MSMQ
15 (1.812 %)Veritas Cluster Server
15 (1.812 %)Oracle RAC
22 (0.725 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.725 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
125 (9.058 %)Tivoli
218 (6.522 %)AutoSys
315 (5.435 %)Tivoli Monitoring
413 (4.710 %)Tivoli NetView
511 (3.986 %)Dollar Universe
63 (1.087 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
72 (0.725 %)BMC PATROL
72 (0.725 %)OpenView
81 (0.362 %)NetBackup
81 (0.362 %)CA SiteMinder
81 (0.362 %)MOM
81 (0.362 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
179 (28.62 %)Oracle
266 (23.91 %)IBM
319 (6.884 %)SeeBeyond
414 (5.072 %)Sybase
512 (4.348 %)Red Hat
512 (4.348 %)Microsoft
611 (3.986 %)HP
611 (3.986 %)TIBCO
78 (2.899 %)SAP
87 (2.536 %)Cisco
96 (2.174 %)Business Objects
96 (2.174 %)Sun
96 (2.174 %)Nortel
96 (2.174 %)BMC
105 (1.812 %)Altiris
105 (1.812 %)Veritas
105 (1.812 %)webMethods
105 (1.812 %)JBoss
114 (1.449 %)Chordiant
114 (1.449 %)EMC