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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 582 544 479
Rank change year-on-year
-38 -65
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 267 338 418
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.264% 0.298% 0.355%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.224% 1.452% 1.868%
Number of salaries quoted 200 301 321
Average salary £50,750 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.72% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £41,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Application Platforms
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
21815 23277 22376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 21.57% 20.53% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18734 20347 19384
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 £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England WebSphere MQ Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere MQ
Salary Trend

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

England WebSphere MQ Salary Trend

WebSphere MQ
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England WebSphere MQ Salary Histogram

WebSphere MQ
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +20 148 £65,000 +8.33%
South East 0 36 £57,750 +15.50%
East Midlands -29 28 £35,000 -26.31%
West Midlands -14 27 £41,000 -21.90%
North West -2 16 £50,000 +24.22%
East of England 0 6 £52,500 +11.70%
South West - 5 £32,500 -
Midlands - 1 £40,000 -
WebSphere MQ
UK

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WebSphere MQ 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 WebSphere MQ.

1 501 (91.76%) WebSphere
2 320 (58.61%) IBM
3 234 (42.86%) UNIX
4 219 (40.11%) Finance
5 216 (39.56%) Middleware
6 212 (38.83%) Linux
7 189 (34.62%) Oracle
8 178 (32.60%) Java
9 158 (28.94%) Windows
10 157 (28.75%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 106 (19.41%) SQL
12 103 (18.86%) J2EE
12 103 (18.86%) ITIL
13 94 (17.22%) XML
14 93 (17.03%) Banking
15 88 (16.12%) AIX
16 85 (15.57%) WebSphere Application Server
17 83 (15.20%) Microsoft
17 83 (15.20%) Red Hat
18 81 (14.84%) WebLogic
19 78 (14.29%) DB2
20 75 (13.74%) Solaris
21 73 (13.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 68 (12.45%) SQL Server
23 67 (12.27%) IIS
23 67 (12.27%) Shell Script
24 58 (10.62%) Service Delivery
24 58 (10.62%) JUnit
25 57 (10.44%) MS Excel
25 57 (10.44%) User Acceptance Testing

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WebSphere MQ 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 WebSphere MQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 501 (91.76%) WebSphere
2 216 (39.56%) Middleware
3 103 (18.86%) J2EE
4 94 (17.22%) XML
5 56 (10.26%) Java EE
5 56 (10.26%) .NET
6 53 (9.707%) JMS
7 42 (7.692%) Oracle Fusion
8 40 (7.326%) Web Services
9 38 (6.960%) Spring
10 37 (6.777%) WebCenter
11 32 (5.861%) HTML
11 32 (5.861%) SOAP
12 31 (5.678%) XSLT
13 30 (5.495%) CSS
14 27 (4.945%) Hibernate
15 26 (4.762%) JRules
16 25 (4.579%) REST
16 25 (4.579%) XSD
17 24 (4.396%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 157 (28.75%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 85 (15.57%) WebSphere Application Server
3 81 (14.84%) WebLogic
4 67 (12.27%) IIS
5 56 (10.26%) SharePoint
6 40 (7.326%) MQSeries
7 37 (6.777%) TIBCO EMS
7 37 (6.777%) Apache
8 31 (5.678%) Rendezvous
9 29 (5.311%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
10 20 (3.663%) ESB
11 19 (3.480%) Tomcat
12 18 (3.297%) IBM HTTP Server
13 16 (2.930%) Lotus Domino
14 13 (2.381%) Lotus Notes
14 13 (2.381%) CICS
15 5 (0.916%) Adobe CQ
15 5 (0.916%) SAS
16 4 (0.733%) BizTalk Server
16 4 (0.733%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 57 (10.44%) MS Excel
2 20 (3.663%) MS Office
3 14 (2.564%) Mingle
4 8 (1.465%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.465%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.733%) MS Project
6 1 (0.183%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 24 (4.396%) Oracle ERP
2 22 (4.029%) Documaker
3 6 (1.099%) BusinessWorks
4 5 (0.916%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.733%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.890%) SSL
2 51 (9.341%) SAN
3 38 (6.960%) DNS
4 33 (6.044%) HTTP
5 24 (4.396%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.480%) S/MIME
7 16 (2.930%) LDAP
8 15 (2.747%) LAN
8 15 (2.747%) WAN
8 15 (2.747%) Firewall
9 11 (2.015%) VPN
10 9 (1.648%) FTP
11 8 (1.465%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (1.282%) NAS
13 5 (0.916%) SWIFTNet
14 4 (0.733%) ATM
15 3 (0.549%) DHCP
15 3 (0.549%) HTTPS
16 1 (0.183%) Cisco ASA
16 1 (0.183%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (14.29%) DB2
2 68 (12.45%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.495%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.297%) SQL Server 2008
5 17 (3.114%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (2.747%) MySQL
6 15 (2.747%) RDBMS
7 14 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
8 11 (2.015%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (1.648%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.648%) TOAD
10 7 (1.282%) Infinispan
11 4 (0.733%) Adabas
11 4 (0.733%) Oracle 11g
12 3 (0.549%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.366%) Oracle 10g
13 2 (0.366%) MS Access
14 1 (0.183%) Hadoop
14 1 (0.183%) solidDB
14 1 (0.183%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 58 (10.62%) JUnit
2 43 (7.875%) Subversion
3 26 (4.762%) Ant
4 18 (3.297%) Cucumber
5 16 (2.930%) Eclipse
5 16 (2.930%) jMock
6 15 (2.747%) ClearCase
7 14 (2.564%) JIRA
8 13 (2.381%) Rational Rose
9 10 (1.832%) Eclipse RCP
10 8 (1.465%) ClearQuest
11 6 (1.099%) MSI
12 5 (0.916%) Maven
12 5 (0.916%) Bugzilla
13 4 (0.733%) Log4j
13 4 (0.733%) RequisitePro
14 3 (0.549%) Hudson
14 3 (0.549%) Mockito
14 3 (0.549%) NetBeans
15 2 (0.366%) CruiseControl
General
1 219 (40.11%) Finance
2 93 (17.03%) Banking
3 48 (8.791%) Retail
4 28 (5.128%) Investment Banking
5 17 (3.114%) Financial Institution
6 9 (1.648%) Private Banking
7 6 (1.099%) Back Office
8 4 (0.733%) Games
9 3 (0.549%) Marketing
9 3 (0.549%) Law
10 2 (0.366%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.366%) Advertising
10 2 (0.366%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.183%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.183%) Billing
11 1 (0.183%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.183%) Front Office
11 1 (0.183%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 104 (19.05%) Administrator
2 90 (16.48%) Architect
3 79 (14.47%) Developer
4 78 (14.29%) Applications Support
5 74 (13.55%) Analyst
6 43 (7.875%) Linux Administrator
7 39 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
8 37 (6.777%) Support Engineer
9 36 (6.593%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 35 (6.410%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (5.861%) Support Analyst
12 29 (5.311%) Middleware Engineer
12 29 (5.311%) Applications Support Analyst
13 28 (5.128%) Software Engineer
14 26 (4.762%) Middleware Developer
15 23 (4.212%) Consultant
16 16 (2.930%) Team Leader
17 15 (2.747%) UNIX Administrator
17 15 (2.747%) UNIX Systems Administrator
17 15 (2.747%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.707%) DataPower
2 49 (8.974%) Clustering
3 36 (6.593%) Replication
4 24 (4.396%) Mainframe
4 24 (4.396%) Open Source
5 21 (3.846%) SaaS
6 20 (3.663%) SWIFT
7 17 (3.114%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.564%) HACMP
8 14 (2.564%) Equities
8 14 (2.564%) Computer Science
9 12 (2.198%) iSeries
10 10 (1.832%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.465%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.465%) Tandem
11 8 (1.465%) PaaS
11 8 (1.465%) Enterprise Storage
11 8 (1.465%) IaaS
12 7 (1.282%) IBM Mainframe
13 6 (1.099%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 234 (42.86%) UNIX
2 212 (38.83%) Linux
3 158 (28.94%) Windows
4 88 (16.12%) AIX
5 75 (13.74%) Solaris
6 73 (13.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.198%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (1.465%) HPUX
8 8 (1.465%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (1.282%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.549%) Windows Vista
10 3 (0.549%) zOS
11 2 (0.366%) Windows NT
11 2 (0.366%) SUSE
11 2 (0.366%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (0.366%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (18.86%) ITIL
2 58 (10.62%) Service Delivery
3 57 (10.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 50 (9.158%) Configuration Management
5 48 (8.791%) High Availability
5 48 (8.791%) Root Cause Analysis
6 46 (8.425%) UML
7 44 (8.059%) E-Commerce
8 39 (7.143%) SOA
9 36 (6.593%) Agile Software Development
10 35 (6.410%) TDD
10 35 (6.410%) Business Continuity
11 33 (6.044%) EAI
12 30 (5.495%) Continuous Integration
12 30 (5.495%) Waterfall
13 28 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
14 27 (4.945%) ERP
15 26 (4.762%) Unit Testing
16 24 (4.396%) OO
17 23 (4.212%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 178 (32.60%) Java
2 106 (19.41%) SQL
3 67 (12.27%) Shell Script
4 42 (7.692%) C
4 42 (7.692%) Perl
5 36 (6.593%) PHP
5 36 (6.593%) JavaScript
6 34 (6.227%) C#
7 20 (3.663%) VB
8 17 (3.114%) XPath
9 10 (1.832%) C++
10 9 (1.648%) Jython
11 7 (1.282%) Korn
12 6 (1.099%) Groovy
12 6 (1.099%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.916%) VB6
13 5 (0.916%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.733%) COBOL
14 4 (0.733%) NATURAL
15 3 (0.549%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 47 (8.608%) Degree
2 19 (3.480%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (2.381%) IBM Certification
4 11 (2.015%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (2.015%) ISEB
4 11 (2.015%) MCSE
5 8 (1.465%) CCIE
6 7 (1.282%) Citrix Certification
7 6 (1.099%) Sun Certification
7 6 (1.099%) SCJP
8 3 (0.549%) MCSA
8 3 (0.549%) MCP
8 3 (0.549%) CCNA
9 2 (0.366%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.366%) HNC
9 2 (0.366%) HND
9 2 (0.366%) SCJA
10 1 (0.183%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.183%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.183%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.044%) QA
2 7 (1.282%) SLA
3 4 (0.733%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.183%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.183%) COBIT
4 1 (0.183%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.465%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 7 (1.282%) XenApp
3 7 (1.282%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.549%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.549%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.366%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 27 (4.945%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 24 (4.396%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 16 (2.930%) Control-M
4 14 (2.564%) Tivoli
5 7 (1.282%) CA SiteMinder
6 6 (1.099%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 5 (0.916%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (0.916%) OMEGAMON
8 2 (0.366%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.183%) Puppet
Vendors
1 320 (58.61%) IBM
2 189 (34.62%) Oracle
3 83 (15.20%) Microsoft
3 83 (15.20%) Red Hat
4 48 (8.791%) Informatica
5 47 (8.608%) JBoss
6 40 (7.326%) HP
7 39 (7.143%) TIBCO
8 26 (4.762%) VMware
8 26 (4.762%) ATG
8 26 (4.762%) hybris
8 26 (4.762%) Demandware
9 25 (4.579%) Sun
10 21 (3.846%) Cisco
11 18 (3.297%) Ab Initio
12 16 (2.930%) Google
13 14 (2.564%) BEA
14 13 (2.381%) Lotus
15 11 (2.015%) Citrix
16 9 (1.648%) Mantas
London
Must have at least one Middleware product experience (TIBCO, IBM WebSphere MQ, WEBSPHERE MESSAGE BROKER, etc) My client will consider either a contractor or a permanent member of...
De Facto IT
Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum £80K OR £EXCELLENT/DAY
Posted: 21 May 2013
East Midlands
Are you accustomed to working in a UNIX environment?... My client is looking for a Middleware Specialist (Websphere, MQ, Message Broker) to handle Middleware design and implementation in...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: £40,000 per annum + package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, South East
Skills for the Websphere Message Broker Developer: Expert in WMB/WMQ, Architectural & design understanding of Applications and Business Process landscape You will also ensure Technical delivery teams within...
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
The role will be focused around the design, implementation and support for server equipment; primarily architected using WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker in predominantly aRedhat Linux environment. Skills...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
The Middleware Consultants should:?... Have strong Unix/Scripting experience?... Desirable skills: WebSphere Application Server / MQ/WMB WebLogic/JBoss? Java development experience? We are particularly interested in candidates that...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: £0 - £65,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Part of your responsibilities will be setting and ensuring that your team adheres to KPI's and SLA's. You will need experience giving appraisals, recruiting, giving disciplinaries...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Part of your responsibilities will be setting and ensuring that your team adheres to KPI's and SLA's. You will need experience giving appraisals, recruiting, giving disciplinaries...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Basic Linux administration skills. - Strong analytical skills coupled with methodical approach to fault resolution. - Ability to develop relationships with other Technical and business groups. - Good organisation and communication (...
Church International
Salary: Competitive Salary
Posted: 25 April 2013
London
Senior Java Developer/Programmer/Software Engineer/Architect, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle Coherence, Caching, In-memory, Messaging, Middleware, JMS, Websphere MQ, RDBMS, Oracle, PL-SQL, Compliance, Payment Sanctions, AML, Anti-...
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + bonus+benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Also, other duties will include; JDEdwards World Administration, general problem analysis and PTF installs and system upgrades. Key Skills; *AS400/OS400 *BRMS *PTF *Iseries Other skills listed below...
Spring Technology
Salary: £35000.00 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Working on a bespoke, flagship system this role will require an experienced Java developer/consultant who understands delivering the benefits of cutting edge Java technologies... This client is...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London, South East, United Kingdom
Websphere, MQ, Tomcat); - Familiar with agile project management.FIL ValuesCandidates must be able to demonstrate affinity with the Fidelity core values:Trust builderEntrepreneurial thinkerAct with integrityMake it happen
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Daily responsibilities will include application support, development including design, coding, and testing.Candidates are required to have extensive technical skills with Java, JEE and JSF, JUnit, Webservices REST...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + On Call + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Candidates are required to have extensive technical skills with Java, JEE and JSF, JUnit, Webservices REST and SOAP and DB2 connectivity using JPA as well as proven experience...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + On Call + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013