The first table below looks at the demand for MSMQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSMQ over the 3 months to 23 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 for the Wales region.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Rank - 51 -
Contract jobs citing MSMQ 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 0.874% -
As % of the Application Platforms category - 4.348% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £315 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £300 £290
% change year-on-year
+25.83% +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 115 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 13.82% 20.10% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 46 73
Average daily rate £350 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £9.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.65 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MSMQ
UK

MSMQ
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MSMQ across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Wales MSMQ Jobs Demand Trend

MSMQ
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MSMQ across the Wales region.

Wales MSMQ Daily Rate Trend