The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MQSeries 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 Sussex 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 MQSeries
Rank 37 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 2 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.546% 1.214% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.899% 9.877% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £383
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.50
All Application Platforms
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
69 81 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 18.85% 12.29% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 16
Average daily rate £425 £406 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +41.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £293 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £504 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 14
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 - £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.55 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
MQSeries
South East

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex MQSeries Jobs Demand Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MQSeries across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex MQSeries Hourly Rate Trend

MQSeries
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MQSeries within the West Sussex 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
Horsham +3 2 - -
MQSeries
South East

MQSeries
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing MQSeries 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 MQSeries.

1 3 (100.00%) JDBC
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) EAI
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) WS-I
1 3 (100.00%) webMethods
2 2 (66.67%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Software AG
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) XSD
3 1 (33.33%) JMS

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) JDBC
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 3 (100.00%) WS-I
2 1 (33.33%) XSD
2 1 (33.33%) JMS
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) webMethods Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) webMethods Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) EAI
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) webMethods
2 1 (33.33%) Software AG