WebSphere MQ Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first 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 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
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 359 347 328
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -19
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 188 254 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.398% 0.434% 0.467%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.197% 2.657% 2.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 137 146
Average daily rate £425 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £304 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £513 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
-11.51% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £51.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
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% -

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WebSphere MQ Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 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 -29 141 £475 +5.55%
London 0 95 £475 -
Scotland +6 39 £285 -8.21%
City of London +27 32 £475 +5.55%
Glasgow -13 19 £270 -12.90%
North West -52 13 £425 -5.55%
East Midlands +9 12 £425 +10.38%
Cheshire -24 11 £425 -5.55%
South East +24 10 £388 -20.71%
Edinburgh +13 10 £375 +17.18%
Berkshire +15 8 £388 +19.23%
Stirling - 8 £425 -
Nottingham - 6 £425 -
Nottinghamshire - 6 £425 -
Yorkshire - 5 £413 -
West Yorkshire - 5 £413 -
West Midlands +9 4 £375 +1.69%
Leeds - 4 £444 -
Slough - 4 - -
Reading +9 2 - -
Knutsford -8 2 £300 -6.25%
Hampshire -11 2 £391 -
Manchester -12 2 - -
East of England +11 1 £250 -
Canary Wharf -5 1 £675 -
Warwickshire -7 1 £375 +15.38%
North East - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £250 -
Herefordshire - 1 £205 -

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 267 (87.83%) WebSphere
2 114 (37.50%) IBM
3 87 (28.62%) Finance
4 86 (28.29%) Banking
5 83 (27.30%) Oracle
6 82 (26.97%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 80 (26.32%) Java
8 78 (25.66%) UNIX
9 75 (24.67%) Middleware
10 72 (23.68%) Linux
11 70 (23.03%) Windows
12 65 (21.38%) SQL Server
13 59 (19.41%) .NET
14 57 (18.75%) WebSphere Application Server
15 55 (18.09%) XML
16 49 (16.12%) SQL
17 45 (14.80%) Microsoft
18 44 (14.47%) C#
19 37 (12.17%) WCF
19 37 (12.17%) Problem Management
20 35 (11.51%) AIX
21 34 (11.18%) HTTP
21 34 (11.18%) Retail
22 33 (10.86%) J2EE
22 33 (10.86%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
23 32 (10.53%) SOA
24 31 (10.20%) WPF
25 28 (9.211%) DataPower
26 27 (8.882%) .NET Framework
27 26 (8.553%) Subversion

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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
1 267 (87.83%) WebSphere
2 75 (24.67%) Middleware
3 59 (19.41%) .NET
4 55 (18.09%) XML
5 37 (12.17%) WCF
6 33 (10.86%) J2EE
7 31 (10.20%) WPF
8 27 (8.882%) .NET Framework
9 26 (8.553%) Web Services
9 26 (8.553%) XSLT
10 18 (5.921%) XSD
10 18 (5.921%) WSDL
10 18 (5.921%) Spring
11 17 (5.592%) SOAP
12 15 (4.934%) Spring.NET
12 15 (4.934%) .NET Remoting
12 15 (4.934%) Lucene
12 15 (4.934%) NHibernate
12 15 (4.934%) Unity DI Container
13 14 (4.605%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 82 (26.97%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 57 (18.75%) WebSphere Application Server
3 33 (10.86%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 24 (7.895%) MSMQ
4 24 (7.895%) IIS
5 22 (7.237%) MQSeries
5 22 (7.237%) ESB
6 21 (6.908%) IBM HTTP Server
7 20 (6.579%) WebLogic
8 19 (6.250%) TIBCO EMS
8 19 (6.250%) Apache
9 12 (3.947%) Tomcat
9 12 (3.947%) WebSphere Process Server
10 8 (2.632%) Adobe CQ
11 7 (2.303%) SharePoint
12 5 (1.645%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (1.645%) Alfresco
12 5 (1.645%) WebSphere Portal
13 4 (1.316%) Documentum
14 3 (0.987%) FileNet
Applications
1 26 (8.553%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.632%) MS Project
3 7 (2.303%) MS Office
4 5 (1.645%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.987%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 8 (2.632%) Misys Equation
1 8 (2.632%) Misys Midas
2 3 (0.987%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.987%) BusinessWorks
2 3 (0.987%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
3 2 (0.658%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.329%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.329%) AWD
4 1 (0.329%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 34 (11.18%) HTTP
2 23 (7.566%) SSL
3 12 (3.947%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.632%) LDAP
5 7 (2.303%) HTTPS
5 7 (2.303%) Internet
6 6 (1.974%) BIG-IP
6 6 (1.974%) FTP
7 5 (1.645%) SAN
8 4 (1.316%) X.509
8 4 (1.316%) Firewall
9 3 (0.987%) LAN
10 2 (0.658%) NAS
10 2 (0.658%) WAN
10 2 (0.658%) DNS
11 1 (0.329%) MPLS
11 1 (0.329%) TELNET
11 1 (0.329%) VPN
11 1 (0.329%) SNA
11 1 (0.329%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (21.38%) SQL Server
2 24 (7.895%) DB2
3 20 (6.579%) MySQL
4 19 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
5 12 (3.947%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (3.289%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (2.961%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.303%) MS Access
9 6 (1.974%) DataStage
10 5 (1.645%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.645%) IBM InfoSphere
10 5 (1.645%) Big Data
11 4 (1.316%) TOAD
11 4 (1.316%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.658%) JasperReports
12 2 (0.658%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.658%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.658%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.329%) Oracle OWB
13 1 (0.329%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 26 (8.553%) Subversion
2 16 (5.263%) ClearCase
3 15 (4.934%) Rhino Mocks
4 14 (4.605%) Maven
5 13 (4.276%) Ant
6 8 (2.632%) ClearQuest
7 7 (2.303%) JUnit
7 7 (2.303%) CruiseControl
7 7 (2.303%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (2.303%) jMock
8 6 (1.974%) Selenium
8 6 (1.974%) Introscope
9 5 (1.645%) QuickTest Pro
9 5 (1.645%) WinDbg
10 4 (1.316%) Hudson
10 4 (1.316%) TortoiseSVN
11 3 (0.987%) ERwin
11 3 (0.987%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.658%) Build Forge
12 2 (0.658%) Jenkins
General
1 87 (28.62%) Finance
2 86 (28.29%) Banking
3 34 (11.18%) Retail
4 22 (7.237%) Front Office
5 9 (2.961%) Financial Institution
5 9 (2.961%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.632%) Private Banking
7 6 (1.974%) Retail Banking
7 6 (1.974%) Back Office
8 4 (1.316%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.658%) Dutch Language
9 2 (0.658%) French Language
9 2 (0.658%) German Language
10 1 (0.329%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 99 (32.57%) Developer
2 36 (11.84%) Architect
3 32 (10.53%) .NET Developer
4 30 (9.868%) Consultant
5 25 (8.224%) Administrator
6 19 (6.250%) Analyst
7 18 (5.921%) WebSphere Specialist
7 18 (5.921%) WebSphere Developer
8 16 (5.263%) Java Developer
9 15 (4.934%) WebSphere Administrator
10 13 (4.276%) C# Developer
11 12 (3.947%) Applications Support
12 11 (3.618%) C# .NET Developer
13 10 (3.289%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.961%) Team Leader
14 9 (2.961%) Technical Manager
14 9 (2.961%) WebSphere Consultant
14 9 (2.961%) Programmer
14 9 (2.961%) Middleware Developer
15 8 (2.632%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.211%) DataPower
2 20 (6.579%) Open Source
3 18 (5.921%) iSeries
4 16 (5.263%) Inversion of Control
5 14 (4.605%) AS400
6 12 (3.947%) SWIFT
7 10 (3.289%) Clustering
8 9 (2.961%) PKI
8 9 (2.961%) Online Banking
9 7 (2.303%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.974%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.645%) PMI
12 4 (1.316%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.316%) Firmware
12 4 (1.316%) Equities
12 4 (1.316%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.987%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.987%) Computer Science
14 1 (0.329%) N-Tier
14 1 (0.329%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 78 (25.66%) UNIX
2 72 (23.68%) Linux
3 70 (23.03%) Windows
4 35 (11.51%) AIX
5 26 (8.553%) zOS
6 16 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (4.276%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (2.961%) Solaris
9 7 (2.303%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.974%) HPUX
11 4 (1.316%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (1.316%) Windows NT
12 3 (0.987%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.329%) OS/400
13 1 (0.329%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (12.17%) Problem Management
2 32 (10.53%) SOA
3 22 (7.237%) MVC
4 21 (6.908%) Multithreading
5 19 (6.250%) Incident Management
5 19 (6.250%) ITIL
6 18 (5.921%) Unit Testing
6 18 (5.921%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (5.921%) Root Cause Analysis
7 17 (5.592%) EAI
7 17 (5.592%) Migration
8 16 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (5.263%) Scrum
8 16 (5.263%) OO
9 15 (4.934%) Memory Management
10 12 (3.947%) Load Balancing
11 10 (3.289%) Configuration Management
12 9 (2.961%) Project Management
12 9 (2.961%) Change Management
12 9 (2.961%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (26.32%) Java
2 49 (16.12%) SQL
3 44 (14.47%) C#
4 15 (4.934%) Shell Script
5 13 (4.276%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.276%) RPG
6 9 (2.961%) XPath
7 6 (1.974%) VBScript
8 5 (1.645%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.645%) RPG IV
9 4 (1.316%) ActionScript 2.0
9 4 (1.316%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.987%) Jython
10 3 (0.987%) Perl
11 2 (0.658%) Korn
11 2 (0.658%) VB6
11 2 (0.658%) VB
12 1 (0.329%) NATURAL
12 1 (0.329%) JCL
12 1 (0.329%) Prolog
Qualifications
1 20 (6.579%) Security Cleared
2 9 (2.961%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.632%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.974%) IBM Certification
5 5 (1.645%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.645%) Degree
6 1 (0.329%) ISEB
6 1 (0.329%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.329%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.329%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.658%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.645%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.316%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.316%) VMware ESX
3 3 (0.987%) XenDesktop
4 2 (0.658%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 2 (0.658%) vSphere
5 1 (0.329%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.329%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (3.289%) Control-M
2 7 (2.303%) Tivoli
3 6 (1.974%) HP SiteScope
4 5 (1.645%) MOM
5 3 (0.987%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.329%) Foglight
6 1 (0.329%) Netcool
6 1 (0.329%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 1 (0.329%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 1 (0.329%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 1 (0.329%) Netcool/Webtop
6 1 (0.329%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.329%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 114 (37.50%) IBM
2 83 (27.30%) Oracle
3 45 (14.80%) Microsoft
4 21 (6.908%) TIBCO
5 17 (5.592%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.961%) Misys
6 9 (2.961%) HP
7 8 (2.632%) JBoss
8 7 (2.303%) VMware
8 7 (2.303%) Mercator
8 7 (2.303%) Cadis
9 6 (1.974%) F5
9 6 (1.974%) Informatica
9 6 (1.974%) Lotus
10 5 (1.645%) Plumtree
10 5 (1.645%) Citrix
11 4 (1.316%) SAP
11 4 (1.316%) Business Objects
11 4 (1.316%) EMC
11 4 (1.316%) Sun
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