The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 17 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 Warwickshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 29 24 17
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -7
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 1 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.485% 1.600% 5.607%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.704% 12.50% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 10
Average daily rate £375 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £378 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.97% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 -
All Application Platforms
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 32 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 13.11% 12.80% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 22
Average daily rate £260 £275 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -42.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +26.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £12.60 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £17.10 £24.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
WebSphere MQ
West Midlands

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire WebSphere MQ Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire WebSphere MQ Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (80.00%) ESB
2 4 (80.00%) EAI
2 4 (80.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) XSD
3 1 (20.00%) XSLT
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Message Broker

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (80.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) XSD
3 1 (20.00%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) ESB
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Middleware Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
2 4 (80.00%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
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