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The table below looks at the demand for IBM MQSeries skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM MQSeries
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank98129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.629 %0.462 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£365
Average daily rate-£365
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£451£373
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£38.20
% change on same period last year-
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads318433
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.637 %0.542 %
Daily rates quoted57123
Average minimum daily rate£353£306
Average daily rate£377£319
% change on same period last year+18.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted3346
Average minimum hourly rate£21.61£18.03
Average hourly rate£24.27£19.50
% change on same period last year+24.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.93£20.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.77£23.00
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
MQSeries EnglandMQSeries
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MQSeries
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MQSeries across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Yorkshire MQSeries Demand Trend

MQSeries
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire MQSeries Daily Rate Trend

MQSeries
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
West YorkshireNew entry-2--
MQSeries EnglandMQSeries
England

MQSeries
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

18 (80.00 %)Finance
18 (80.00 %)WebSphere
26 (60.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
26 (60.00 %)Java
26 (60.00 %)Banking
26 (60.00 %)WebServices
35 (50.00 %)J2EE
42 (20.00 %)DB2
42 (20.00 %)Project Planning
42 (20.00 %)UNIX
42 (20.00 %)Solaris
42 (20.00 %)Linux
42 (20.00 %)VERITAS
42 (20.00 %)Migration
42 (20.00 %)SUSE
42 (20.00 %)Tandem

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (80.00 %)WebSphere
26 (60.00 %)WebServices
35 (50.00 %)J2EE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (60.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)DB2
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (80.00 %)Finance
26 (60.00 %)Banking
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Developer
16 (60.00 %)WebSphere Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Tandem
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)UNIX
12 (20.00 %)Solaris
12 (20.00 %)Linux
12 (20.00 %)SUSE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Migration
12 (20.00 %)Project Planning
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)Java
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)VERITAS