WebSphere MQ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Corby Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Isle of Man Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Scotland Solihull South East South Lanarkshire South West Southampton Surrey Thames Valley UK Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	343	381
Rank change on same period last year	+38
Matching contract IT job ads	277	311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.369 %	0.315 %
As % of the category below	2.587 %	2.352 %
Daily rates quoted	70	79
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£391
Average daily rate	£420	£408
% change on same period last year	+2.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£394
% change on same period last year	+4.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.00	£65.88
Average hourly rate	£28.25	£67.44
% change on same period last year	-58.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.50	£69.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.50	£62.79
% change on same period last year	-64.16 %
Application Platforms UK
Matching contract IT job ads	10708	13221
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	14.27 %	13.38 %
Daily rates quoted	3168	3325
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£357
Average daily rate	£376	£378
% change on same period last year	-0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	1125	1315
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.47	£22.68
Average hourly rate	£24.05	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-0.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.63	£25.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %

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 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
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 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 25 July 2008.

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
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section 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 25 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.

Location	Rank 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
England	+65	262	£421	+3.33 %
South East	+46	70	£443	+12.99 %
London	-13	62	£440	+4.32 %
North West	+33	52	£458	+57.00 %
Hampshire	+24	39	£365	+1.95 %
Cheshire	+11	29	£446	+48.50 %
East Midlands	+32	28	£380	-
Surrey	+5	18	£575	-
City of London	-34	17	£387	-8.27 %
East of England	+6	14	£369	-17.96 %
Knutsford	-8	13	£465	-
Manchester	-	12	-	-
Basingstoke	+16	12	£338	-10.75 %
Leicestershire	-	10	£300	-
West Midlands	+4	10	-	-
Midlands	+10	9	£406	-
Northamptonshire	-	9	£410	-
Hertfordshire	+3	8	£430	+7.49 %
Leicester	-	7	-	-
Corby	-	7	£410	-
Yorkshire	+11	6	£413	-8.33 %
West Yorkshire	-	5	£413	-
Scotland	+21	5	£385	+2.66 %
Birmingham	+17	5	-	-
Southampton	+10	5	-	-
Oxford	-	4	£475	-
Solihull	+6	4	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	4	£475	-
Docklands, London	+27	4	£481	-
South West	+27	4	£338	-32.16 %

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 524 (93.91 %) WebSphere 2 219 (39.25 %) UNIX 3 180 (32.26 %) Java 4 162 (29.03 %) AIX 4 162 (29.03 %) Solaris 5 161 (28.85 %) Finance 6 147 (26.34 %) Middleware 7 146 (26.16 %) Windows 8 138 (24.73 %) IBM 9 125 (22.40 %) WebSphere Message Broker 10 117 (20.97 %) WebSphere Application Server 11 104 (18.64 %) XML 12 91 (16.31 %) Shell Script 13 87 (15.59 %) Tivoli 14 73 (13.08 %) Oracle

14 73 (13.08 %) WBIMB 15 68 (12.19 %) MQSeries 16 64 (11.47 %) Mainframe 17 61 (10.93 %) J2EE 18 57 (10.22 %) SSL 18 57 (10.22 %) Banking 19 56 (10.04 %) HPUX 19 56 (10.04 %) Linux 20 55 (9.857 %) C++ 20 55 (9.857 %) OMEGAMON 21 52 (9.319 %) Tandem 21 52 (9.319 %) Sybase 22 48 (8.602 %) Change Management 22 48 (8.602 %) SQL 22 48 (8.602 %) SOA

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 524 (93.91 %) WebSphere 2 147 (26.34 %) Middleware 3 104 (18.64 %) XML 4 73 (13.08 %) WBIMB 5 61 (10.93 %) J2EE 6 38 (6.810 %) JMS 7 30 (5.376 %) WebServices 8 24 (4.301 %) MFC 9 23 (4.122 %) XSLT 10 22 (3.943 %) SOAP 11 20 (3.584 %) JDBC 11 20 (3.584 %) SAP ALE 11 20 (3.584 %) Spring 12 15 (2.688 %) XML Schema 13 12 (2.151 %) Swing 14 9 (1.613 %) Hibernate 15 8 (1.434 %) EJB 16 7 (1.254 %) WSH 17 5 (0.896 %) Java RMI 17 5 (0.896 %) XSD	Application Platforms 1 125 (22.40 %) WebSphere Message Broker 2 117 (20.97 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 68 (12.19 %) MQSeries 4 30 (5.376 %) WebLogic 5 20 (3.584 %) ESB 6 19 (3.405 %) SmartSockets 7 18 (3.226 %) WPS 8 14 (2.509 %) Gentran 9 11 (1.971 %) Rendezvous 10 9 (1.613 %) Oracle Workflow 11 8 (1.434 %) IBM HTTP Server 11 8 (1.434 %) IIS 12 7 (1.254 %) TIBCO EMS 12 7 (1.254 %) MQSI 13 6 (1.075 %) BizTalk Server 14 5 (0.896 %) MTS 14 5 (0.896 %) Mule 15 4 (0.717 %) Oracle HTTP Server 15 4 (0.717 %) JBoss 16 3 (0.538 %) ATG Dynamo
Applications 1 5 (0.896 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.358 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 9 (1.613 %) BusinessWorks 2 7 (1.254 %) SAP R/3 3 6 (1.075 %) Sophis VALUE
Communications & Networking 1 57 (10.22 %) SSL 2 31 (5.556 %) HTTP 3 18 (3.226 %) LDAP 4 16 (2.867 %) Firewall 5 13 (2.330 %) SAN 6 9 (1.613 %) LAN 7 7 (1.254 %) SSH 8 6 (1.075 %) Intranet 8 6 (1.075 %) TCP/IP 9 4 (0.717 %) FTP 10 3 (0.538 %) WAN 11 2 (0.358 %) ATM 11 2 (0.358 %) RIP 11 2 (0.358 %) Internet 11 2 (0.358 %) OSPF 11 2 (0.358 %) iSCSI 11 2 (0.358 %) Frame Relay 12 1 (0.179 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 36 (6.452 %) DB2 2 16 (2.867 %) SQL Server 3 15 (2.688 %) Oracle 10g 4 13 (2.330 %) Crystal Reports 4 13 (2.330 %) RDBMS 5 11 (1.971 %) BusinessObjects 6 6 (1.075 %) SQL Server 7 7 5 (0.896 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 3 (0.538 %) PowerCenter 9 2 (0.358 %) DB2 UDB 10 1 (0.179 %) Reference Data 10 1 (0.179 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 1 (0.179 %) DataStage 10 1 (0.179 %) Oracle 9i 10 1 (0.179 %) Data Mining 10 1 (0.179 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 37 (6.631 %) ClearCase 2 14 (2.509 %) Eclipse 3 12 (2.151 %) JUnit 4 9 (1.613 %) Ant 5 6 (1.075 %) Rational Rose 6 4 (0.717 %) ClearQuest 7 3 (0.538 %) Subversion 7 3 (0.538 %) PVCS 7 3 (0.538 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 2 (0.358 %) Introscope 8 2 (0.358 %) NUnit 9 1 (0.179 %) CruiseControl 9 1 (0.179 %) TestDirector 9 1 (0.179 %) Oracle Forms 9 1 (0.179 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer	General 1 161 (28.85 %) Finance 2 57 (10.22 %) Banking 3 28 (5.018 %) Investment Banking 4 21 (3.763 %) Retail 5 13 (2.330 %) Financial Institution 6 8 (1.434 %) Education 6 8 (1.434 %) Government 6 8 (1.434 %) Insurance 7 6 (1.075 %) Front Office 8 5 (0.896 %) Telecoms 9 1 (0.179 %) Chemicals 9 1 (0.179 %) Local Government 9 1 (0.179 %) Pensions 9 1 (0.179 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 199 (35.66 %) Developer 2 95 (17.03 %) WebSphere Developer 3 80 (14.34 %) Administrator 4 58 (10.39 %) Consultant 5 52 (9.319 %) Analyst 6 40 (7.168 %) WebSphere Administrator 7 39 (6.989 %) WebSphere Specialist 8 37 (6.631 %) WebSphere Consultant 9 26 (4.659 %) C++ Developer 10 19 (3.405 %) Java Developer 10 19 (3.405 %) Architect 11 15 (2.688 %) Infrastructure Specialist 11 15 (2.688 %) Integration Analyst 12 14 (2.509 %) Systems Administrator 13 13 (2.330 %) Senior Developer 13 13 (2.330 %) SAP Analyst 14 10 (1.792 %) Applications Developer 14 10 (1.792 %) Support Analyst 14 10 (1.792 %) J2EE Developer 15 8 (1.434 %) Team Leader	Miscellaneous 1 64 (11.47 %) Mainframe 2 52 (9.319 %) Tandem 3 30 (5.376 %) Clustering 4 27 (4.839 %) Multithreading 5 19 (3.405 %) Fixed Income 6 7 (1.254 %) AS400 6 7 (1.254 %) N-Tier 7 6 (1.075 %) EPoS 8 5 (0.896 %) HACMP 9 4 (0.717 %) Client/Server 9 4 (0.717 %) Equities 9 4 (0.717 %) Derivative 10 3 (0.538 %) Computer Science 10 3 (0.538 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 11 2 (0.358 %) Data Integration 12 1 (0.179 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 219 (39.25 %) UNIX 2 162 (29.03 %) AIX 2 162 (29.03 %) Solaris 3 146 (26.16 %) Windows 4 56 (10.04 %) HPUX 4 56 (10.04 %) Linux 5 16 (2.867 %) Windows 2000 6 12 (2.151 %) zOS 7 8 (1.434 %) SUSE 8 7 (1.254 %) MVS 8 7 (1.254 %) Windows Server 2003 9 5 (0.896 %) Windows NT 10 3 (0.538 %) Windows XP 10 3 (0.538 %) VMS 10 3 (0.538 %) OpenVMS 11 2 (0.358 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 48 (8.602 %) SOA 1 48 (8.602 %) Change Management 2 30 (5.376 %) OO 3 16 (2.867 %) UML 3 16 (2.867 %) EAI 3 16 (2.867 %) Security Cleared 4 14 (2.509 %) Time Management 5 13 (2.330 %) SC Cleared 6 11 (1.971 %) Workflow 6 11 (1.971 %) Service Delivery 7 10 (1.792 %) Migration 8 9 (1.613 %) Load Balancing 8 9 (1.613 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 8 (1.434 %) Unit Testing 10 7 (1.254 %) Release Management 10 7 (1.254 %) Agile Software Development 10 7 (1.254 %) E-Commerce 10 7 (1.254 %) ITIL 11 5 (0.896 %) Problem Management 12 4 (0.717 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 180 (32.26 %) Java 2 91 (16.31 %) Shell Script 3 55 (9.857 %) C++ 4 48 (8.602 %) SQL 5 27 (4.839 %) VC++ 5 27 (4.839 %) C# 6 18 (3.226 %) JavaScript 7 17 (3.047 %) Perl 8 9 (1.613 %) VB 9 7 (1.254 %) VBScript 9 7 (1.254 %) COBOL 9 7 (1.254 %) Korn 10 6 (1.075 %) Jython 11 4 (0.717 %) C 11 4 (0.717 %) Transact-SQL 12 3 (0.538 %) XQuery 13 2 (0.358 %) Assembly Language 13 2 (0.358 %) XPath 13 2 (0.358 %) VBA 13 2 (0.358 %) Python	Qualifications 1 7 (1.254 %) MCSE 1 7 (1.254 %) MCSA 1 7 (1.254 %) Microsoft Certification 1 7 (1.254 %) Degree 2 5 (0.896 %) ISEB 3 4 (0.717 %) Sun Certification 4 2 (0.358 %) IBM AIX Certification 4 2 (0.358 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (0.179 %) SCJP 5 1 (0.179 %) SCJA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.538 %) SLA 1 3 (0.538 %) QA 2 2 (0.358 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 7 (1.254 %) VMware ESX 1 7 (1.254 %) Active Directory 2 5 (0.896 %) NetBackup 3 3 (0.538 %) AquaLogic 3 3 (0.538 %) Oracle RAC 4 2 (0.358 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (0.358 %) MSMQ
Systems Management 1 87 (15.59 %) Tivoli 2 55 (9.857 %) OMEGAMON 3 27 (4.839 %) AutoSys 4 19 (3.405 %) CONTROL-M 5 15 (2.688 %) BMC PATROL 6 8 (1.434 %) MOM 7 7 (1.254 %) WSUS 8 5 (0.896 %) BMC Performance Manager 9 3 (0.538 %) Tivoli Monitoring 10 2 (0.358 %) CA SiteMinder 10 2 (0.358 %) TIBCO Hawk 11 1 (0.179 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 138 (24.73 %) IBM 2 73 (13.08 %) Oracle 3 52 (9.319 %) Sybase 4 43 (7.706 %) SAP 5 31 (5.556 %) TIBCO 6 27 (4.839 %) Sun 7 15 (2.688 %) BMC 8 14 (2.509 %) Cisco 9 12 (2.151 %) HP 10 11 (1.971 %) Business Objects 11 9 (1.613 %) VERITAS 12 8 (1.434 %) Ab Initio 12 8 (1.434 %) Sophis 13 7 (1.254 %) VMware 13 7 (1.254 %) Remedy 14 6 (1.075 %) Microsoft 14 6 (1.075 %) BEA 14 6 (1.075 %) Novell 15 5 (0.896 %) Calypso 15 5 (0.896 %) Red Hat