WebSphere MQ Contracts with Work from Home Options

IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WebSphere MQ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 456 557
Rank change year-on-year +117 +101 -95
Contract jobs citing WebSphere MQ 7 15 63
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.059% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.19% 0.23% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 54
10th Percentile £455 £326 £406
25th Percentile £500 £330 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £590
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -19.49% +21.65%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £638
90th Percentile - £713 £719
UK median daily rate £563 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.99%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

WebSphere MQ is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,644 6,472 13,233
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.92% 25.28% 29.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,550 4,822 9,767
10th Percentile £331 £395 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.37% +14.06%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 80 119
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -27.94% +32.65% +8.89%

WebSphere MQ
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebSphere MQ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WebSphere MQ trend for jobs with a WFH option

WebSphere MQ
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WebSphere MQ.

WebSphere MQ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WebSphere MQ
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) WebSphere
2 3 (42.86%) WebLogic
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (14.29%) CICS
3 1 (14.29%) IIS
3 1 (14.29%) JBoss
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SSL
2 1 (14.29%) MPLS
2 1 (14.29%) SNA
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DB2
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Applications Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Server Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Server Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) IBM Integration Bus
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) DataPower
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (14.29%) Data Management
1 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (14.29%) Workflow
1 1 (14.29%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) VBScript
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) BMC
3 1 (14.29%) Dynatrace
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) SunGard