The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 21 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 616 681 538
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -143
Permanent jobs citing MQSeries 232 176 344
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.228% 0.155% 0.298%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.062% 0.752% 1.559%
Number of salaries quoted 193 132 261
Average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £35,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £78,500 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £48,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+17.94% +14.70%
All Application Platforms
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
21839 23409 22071
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 21.49% 20.58% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18759 20486 19091
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
MQSeries
UK

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England MQSeries Jobs Demand Trend

MQSeries
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MQSeries across the England region.

England MQSeries Salary Trend

MQSeries
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MQSeries across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England MQSeries Salary Histogram

MQSeries
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MQSeries within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +78 145 £65,000 +8.33%
South East +56 62 £57,500 +8.49%
East of England -8 17 £53,500 -14.40%
North West -16 5 - -
West Midlands -21 2 £31,250 -58.33%
South West -1 1 £52,500 +14.13%
MQSeries
UK

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MQSeries.

1 245 (52.24%) Oracle
2 227 (48.40%) Finance
3 217 (46.27%) WebSphere
4 214 (45.63%) Java
5 186 (39.66%) Middleware
6 171 (36.46%) UNIX
7 141 (30.06%) Linux
7 141 (30.06%) Retail
8 136 (29.00%) J2EE
9 124 (26.44%) E-Commerce
10 119 (25.37%) SQL Server
11 118 (25.16%) IBM
12 115 (24.52%) DB2
13 114 (24.31%) SQL
14 111 (23.67%) XML
15 106 (22.60%) Windows
16 101 (21.54%) JMS
17 99 (21.11%) Banking
18 85 (18.12%) SOA
18 85 (18.12%) Project Management
19 82 (17.48%) Microsoft
20 80 (17.06%) Degree
21 77 (16.42%) TIBCO
22 70 (14.93%) Spring
23 69 (14.71%) WebSphere Application Server
24 64 (13.65%) HTTP
25 63 (13.43%) FTP
26 57 (12.15%) Mainframe
26 57 (12.15%) TDD
27 55 (11.73%) Investment Banking

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MQSeries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 217 (46.27%) WebSphere
2 186 (39.66%) Middleware
3 136 (29.00%) J2EE
4 111 (23.67%) XML
5 101 (21.54%) JMS
6 70 (14.93%) Spring
7 51 (10.87%) .NET
7 51 (10.87%) Web Services
8 37 (7.889%) XSLT
9 36 (7.676%) REST
10 32 (6.823%) Hibernate
11 30 (6.397%) Java EE
12 28 (5.970%) XML Schema
13 25 (5.330%) JDBC
14 17 (3.625%) WPF
15 9 (1.919%) ASP
15 9 (1.919%) Guice
15 9 (1.919%) Apache CXF
16 8 (1.706%) SOAP
16 8 (1.706%) FpML
Application Platforms
1 69 (14.71%) WebSphere Application Server
2 52 (11.09%) IIS
2 52 (11.09%) ESB
3 50 (10.66%) Tomcat
4 49 (10.45%) IBM HTTP Server
5 46 (9.808%) WebLogic
6 40 (8.529%) WebSphere MQ
7 38 (8.102%) CICS
8 29 (6.183%) Rendezvous
9 28 (5.970%) TIBCO EMS
10 27 (5.757%) Apache
11 21 (4.478%) Alfresco
12 15 (3.198%) CMS
13 12 (2.559%) WebSphere Message Broker
14 9 (1.919%) MSMQ
15 7 (1.493%) FileNet
15 7 (1.493%) SharePoint
15 7 (1.493%) Oracle Service Bus
16 6 (1.279%) Adobe CQ
16 6 (1.279%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (10.87%) MS Excel
2 17 (3.625%) MS Office
3 4 (0.853%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.559%) Summit
2 6 (1.279%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.640%) Maximo
3 3 (0.640%) SunGard GMI
4 2 (0.426%) Kondor+
4 2 (0.426%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.213%) Tridion
5 1 (0.213%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 64 (13.65%) HTTP
2 63 (13.43%) FTP
3 41 (8.742%) LDAP
4 16 (3.412%) Firewall
5 12 (2.559%) SAN
6 11 (2.345%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.853%) SSL
7 4 (0.853%) IPsec
7 4 (0.853%) Intranet
8 3 (0.640%) Internet
8 3 (0.640%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.426%) NAS
9 2 (0.426%) Network Security
9 2 (0.426%) SWIFTNet
9 2 (0.426%) SNMP
9 2 (0.426%) VPN
9 2 (0.426%) SNA
10 1 (0.213%) DMZ
10 1 (0.213%) Wireless
10 1 (0.213%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (25.37%) SQL Server
2 115 (24.52%) DB2
3 42 (8.955%) MySQL
4 36 (7.676%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (7.676%) NoSQL
4 36 (7.676%) Big Data
4 36 (7.676%) MarkLogic
5 27 (5.757%) Oracle 11g
6 23 (4.904%) BODI
7 11 (2.345%) Oracle 8/8i
8 7 (1.493%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.279%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.640%) Sybase IQ
10 3 (0.640%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.640%) DbVisualizer
10 3 (0.640%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.426%) KDB
11 2 (0.426%) Oracle 10g
11 2 (0.426%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.213%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 25 (5.330%) Subversion
2 17 (3.625%) Ant
3 15 (3.198%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.132%) Selenium
4 10 (2.132%) JIRA
5 9 (1.919%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.919%) Maven
6 7 (1.493%) JUnit
6 7 (1.493%) QuickTest Pro
7 5 (1.066%) TestDirector
8 4 (0.853%) ClearCase
8 4 (0.853%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.640%) JMeter
9 3 (0.640%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.640%) Hudson
10 1 (0.213%) Log4j
10 1 (0.213%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.213%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
10 1 (0.213%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.213%) TeamCity
General
1 227 (48.40%) Finance
2 141 (30.06%) Retail
3 99 (21.11%) Banking
4 55 (11.73%) Investment Banking
5 39 (8.316%) Telecoms
5 39 (8.316%) Games
6 23 (4.904%) Front Office
7 17 (3.625%) International Banking
8 13 (2.772%) Marketing
9 10 (2.132%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.066%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.853%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.640%) Private Banking
13 2 (0.426%) Legal
13 2 (0.426%) Back Office
14 1 (0.213%) Advertising
14 1 (0.213%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 134 (28.57%) Architect
2 103 (21.96%) Developer
3 78 (16.63%) Analyst
4 73 (15.57%) Solutions Architect
5 57 (12.15%) Java Developer
6 44 (9.382%) Business Analyst
7 43 (9.168%) Technical Architect
8 41 (8.742%) Project Manager
9 40 (8.529%) Consultant
10 36 (7.676%) Senior Developer
11 25 (5.330%) Mainframe Architect
12 22 (4.691%) Technical Consultant
12 22 (4.691%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.691%) Middleware Engineer
13 19 (4.051%) C# Developer
13 19 (4.051%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (3.838%) Senior Java Developer
15 17 (3.625%) E-Commerce Project Manager
15 17 (3.625%) Operations Analyst
15 17 (3.625%) E-Commerce Manager
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.15%) Mainframe
2 50 (10.66%) Management Information System
3 33 (7.036%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (6.397%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 26 (5.544%) SWIFT
6 25 (5.330%) Fixed Income
7 24 (5.117%) Derivative
8 19 (4.051%) Computer Science
9 18 (3.838%) Equities
10 11 (2.345%) Clustering
10 11 (2.345%) iPad
11 9 (1.919%) AS400
12 7 (1.493%) Kindle
13 6 (1.279%) HACMP
14 5 (1.066%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.066%) DataPower
15 4 (0.853%) Data Conversion
15 4 (0.853%) Client/Server
16 3 (0.640%) Grid Computing
16 3 (0.640%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 171 (36.46%) UNIX
2 141 (30.06%) Linux
3 106 (22.60%) Windows
4 55 (11.73%) AIX
5 42 (8.955%) Solaris
6 19 (4.051%) SUSE
7 16 (3.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.640%) zOS
8 3 (0.640%) MVS
8 3 (0.640%) Windows 2000
8 3 (0.640%) Windows XP
8 3 (0.640%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.640%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.426%) HPUX
9 2 (0.426%) Stratus VOS
9 2 (0.426%) OS/390
10 1 (0.213%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.213%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.213%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (26.44%) E-Commerce
2 85 (18.12%) SOA
2 85 (18.12%) Project Management
3 57 (12.15%) TDD
4 52 (11.09%) ETL
5 45 (9.595%) Business Analysis
6 44 (9.382%) Content Management
7 43 (9.168%) UML
7 43 (9.168%) Agile Software Development
8 42 (8.955%) Capacity Planning
9 39 (8.316%) Scrum
9 39 (8.316%) Risk Management
10 36 (7.676%) Document Management
11 33 (7.036%) Load Balancing
12 32 (6.823%) Data Modelling
13 30 (6.397%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (6.397%) Service Delivery
13 30 (6.397%) ITIL
13 30 (6.397%) Multithreading
14 28 (5.970%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 214 (45.63%) Java
2 114 (24.31%) SQL
3 41 (8.742%) C#
4 35 (7.463%) Shell Script
4 35 (7.463%) COBOL
5 26 (5.544%) JCL
6 25 (5.330%) Perl
7 22 (4.691%) C
8 21 (4.478%) Bash shell
9 16 (3.412%) C++
10 14 (2.985%) Scala
11 9 (1.919%) Haskell
11 9 (1.919%) F#
12 7 (1.493%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.493%) JavaScript
12 7 (1.493%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.279%) PL/1
14 5 (1.066%) Groovy
15 4 (0.853%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.853%) RPG
Qualifications
1 80 (17.06%) Degree
2 5 (1.066%) ISEB
2 5 (1.066%) ISTQB
3 3 (0.640%) SC Cleared
3 3 (0.640%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.213%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.904%) QA
2 4 (0.853%) SLA
3 3 (0.640%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.279%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (0.853%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.640%) Samba
3 3 (0.640%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.426%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 23 (4.904%) CA Endevor
2 15 (3.198%) Tivoli
3 5 (1.066%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.640%) OMEGAMON
5 2 (0.426%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.426%) OpenView
5 2 (0.426%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.213%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 1 (0.213%) CA SiteMinder
6 1 (0.213%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 245 (52.24%) Oracle
2 118 (25.16%) IBM
3 82 (17.48%) Microsoft
4 77 (16.42%) TIBCO
5 47 (10.02%) Sun
6 36 (7.676%) JBoss
6 36 (7.676%) Sybase
7 34 (7.249%) Informatica
8 27 (5.757%) Business Objects
9 25 (5.330%) Red Hat
10 23 (4.904%) Cognos
11 22 (4.691%) HP
12 16 (3.412%) Dell
13 9 (1.919%) VMware
13 9 (1.919%) Google
14 8 (1.706%) BEA
14 8 (1.706%) Perforce
15 7 (1.493%) Kofax
15 7 (1.493%) Cisco
16 6 (1.279%) Adobe
City, London
Developer, Core Java, threading, strategy, MQ Series, UNIX, Spring, Linux, front office, trading This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate core Java developer in an already established...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
XML/XSLT. Bonus technical skills: IBM WebSphere Message Broker or similar middleware technology. Unix (Solaris) .NET (C#), SQL Messaging standards (FpML, FIX etc) Experience of integrating with Murex.
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Technical Skills: * Client/server software architecture * Sybase, MS SQL Server and Oracle database set-up, configuration and administration... MQ Series, TIBCO, etc. * Development experience of the following an...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + benefits and bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Scala, F#, Haskell, Google Guice, Developer, Greenfield, Core Java, threading, CXF, GUI, MQ Series, Concurrency, Linux, London, Investment Bank, finance, trading systems... The new system will be developed...
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + BONUS
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A leading BI Software vendor is looking for a high calibre Java Developer to join a dynamic development team... The team is Agile with a particular focus on...
TRG
Salary: £60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Technical skills required: Senior C# WPF specialist - Front Office (RATES) - .NET/ MVVM, MVP/ real-time pricing/ C#/ Risk / Pricing - City of London5+ years of C# client-side programming...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £70000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013