WebSphere MQ Contracts

IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for WebSphere MQ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 682 735
Rank change year-on-year +100 +53 -95
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 16 37 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.062% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.18% 0.27% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 72
10th Percentile £502 £330 £406
25th Percentile £525 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +4.99%
75th Percentile £588 £750 £650
90th Percentile £626 - £750
UK excluding London median daily rate - £750 £473
% change year-on-year - +58.73% -17.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

WebSphere MQ is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

WebSphere MQ
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WebSphere MQ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WebSphere MQ in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WebSphere MQ.

Daily rate trend for WebSphere MQ in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WebSphere MQ over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WebSphere MQ in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WebSphere MQ.

Hourly rate trend for WebSphere MQ in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +108 14 £563 -16.67% 1
London +98 11 £563 +18.42%
Work from Home +122 7 £550 +15.79%

WebSphere MQ
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (87.50%) WebSphere
2 6 (37.50%) WebLogic
2 6 (37.50%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (12.50%) CICS
3 2 (12.50%) IIS
3 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
4 1 (6.25%) Confluence
4 1 (6.25%) JBoss
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) SSL
2 2 (12.50%) SNA
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.25%) MPLS
3 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) DB2
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (6.25%) RDBMS
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (6.25%) Ant
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 2 (12.50%) Banking
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Applications Specialist
1 6 (37.50%) Server Specialist
1 6 (37.50%) WebSphere Server Specialist
1 6 (37.50%) WebSphere Specialist
2 3 (18.75%) WebSphere MQ Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Applications Support
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) C++ Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Mainframe Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Support Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) IBM Integration Bus
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) SOAP
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) DataPower
2 2 (12.50%) Mainframe
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) zOS
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Validation
2 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (6.25%) Build Automation
3 1 (6.25%) Change Management
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Data Management
3 1 (6.25%) DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (6.25%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (6.25%) Scrum
3 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.25%) Storage Management
3 1 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.25%) Workflow
3 1 (6.25%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) VBScript
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (6.25%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Control-M
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) IBM
2 2 (12.50%) Dynatrace
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) SunGard
3 1 (6.25%) BMC
3 1 (6.25%) Teradata