The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ 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 WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank - - 60
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - - 0.152%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 £378 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.31% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 112 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 13.85% 19.65% 20.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 45 72
Average daily rate £350 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £130 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
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 £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Ant
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DataPower

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Ant
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) ClearQuest
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared