The first table below looks at the demand for MSMQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSMQ 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 West Yorkshire 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
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MSMQ 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
+26.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Application Platforms
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
283 268 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 22.55% 17.12% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 154 106
Average daily rate £275 £325 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -0.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £150 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 19
Average hourly rate £23.50 £15.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.66% -30.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.25 £11.00 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
MSMQ
Yorkshire

MSMQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MSMQ Daily Rate Trend

MSMQ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire MSMQ Hourly Rate Trend

MSMQ
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing MSMQ 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 MSMQ.

1 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 7 (100.00%) ASP
1 7 (100.00%) COM+
1 7 (100.00%) MTS
1 7 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (100.00%) VB6
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) SOA
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005

MSMQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing MSMQ 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 MSMQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) ASP
1 7 (100.00%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) MTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Leader
3 3 (42.86%) VB Developer
4 2 (28.57%) ASP Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Lead Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Developer
5 1 (14.29%) VB6 Developer
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) VB6
2 5 (71.43%) SQL