The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Message Broker skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Message Broker 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 West Midlands 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
IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)
Rank 91 89 82
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -7
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker 6 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.368% 0.711% 0.942%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.372% 4.457% 5.678%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
Average daily rate £388 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £350 £451
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -22.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
253 359 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.51% 15.96% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 160 160
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £205 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebSphere Message Broker
England

WebSphere Message Broker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands WebSphere Message Broker Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands WebSphere Message Broker Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Message Broker
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Message Broker within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Coventry -4 3 - -
Warwickshire -4 1 £375 +15.38%
Birmingham - 1 - -
WebSphere Message Broker
England

WebSphere Message Broker
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing WebSphere Message Broker 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 Message Broker.

1 17 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 13 (76.47%) IBM
3 10 (58.82%) Java
4 9 (52.94%) SOA
5 8 (47.06%) ESB
6 6 (35.29%) EAI
6 6 (35.29%) WebSphere MQ
6 6 (35.29%) SAP
6 6 (35.29%) XML
7 4 (23.53%) Web Services
7 4 (23.53%) Oracle
7 4 (23.53%) DB2
7 4 (23.53%) TIBCO
7 4 (23.53%) HTTP
7 4 (23.53%) XML Schema
7 4 (23.53%) RDBMS
8 3 (17.65%) Windows NT
8 3 (17.65%) ClearCase
8 3 (17.65%) Middleware
8 3 (17.65%) Configuration Management
8 3 (17.65%) IBM Certification
8 3 (17.65%) zOS
8 3 (17.65%) UNIX
8 3 (17.65%) Windows
8 3 (17.65%) HPUX
8 3 (17.65%) Linux
8 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
8 3 (17.65%) Subversion
8 3 (17.65%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (17.65%) Unit Testing

WebSphere Message Broker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing WebSphere Message Broker 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 Message Broker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 6 (35.29%) XML
3 4 (23.53%) Web Services
3 4 (23.53%) XML Schema
4 3 (17.65%) Middleware
5 2 (11.76%) XSD
5 2 (11.76%) XSLT
5 2 (11.76%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (47.06%) ESB
2 6 (35.29%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (11.76%) Tomcat
3 2 (11.76%) MQSeries
3 2 (11.76%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.882%) MS Project
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) HTTP
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) DB2
1 4 (23.53%) RDBMS
2 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.882%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) ClearCase
1 3 (17.65%) Subversion
1 3 (17.65%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Developer
2 8 (47.06%) WebSphere Developer
3 7 (41.18%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) WebSphere Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) WebSphere Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) WebSphere Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Administrator
6 1 (5.882%) Integration Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Integration Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) WebSphere Administrator
6 1 (5.882%) Applications Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Integration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows NT
1 3 (17.65%) zOS
1 3 (17.65%) UNIX
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) HPUX
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) SOA
2 6 (35.29%) EAI
3 3 (17.65%) Configuration Management
3 3 (17.65%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (17.65%) Unit Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Content Management
4 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
4 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
4 2 (11.76%) Process Management
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.882%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Validation
5 1 (5.882%) Migration
5 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) IBM
2 6 (35.29%) SAP
3 4 (23.53%) Oracle
3 4 (23.53%) TIBCO
4 2 (11.76%) HP
5 1 (5.882%) Business Objects