The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 89 72 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 6 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.512% 0.236% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.667% 1.176% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £49,375 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
225 170 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 19.21% 20.05% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 130 140 122
Average salary £37,250 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.42% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,500 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
WebSphere MQ
Scotland

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow WebSphere MQ Salary Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
1 9 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 7 (77.78%) .NET Framework
2 7 (77.78%) TIBCO EMS
2 7 (77.78%) WCF
2 7 (77.78%) WPF
2 7 (77.78%) Unit Testing
2 7 (77.78%) TIBCO
2 7 (77.78%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) Java
2 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) XML
3 6 (66.67%) Banking
4 5 (55.56%) Subversion
5 4 (44.44%) Equities
6 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
6 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 2 (22.22%) Scrum
6 2 (22.22%) Time Management
6 2 (22.22%) Reference Data
6 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (22.22%) Data Guard
6 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Hedge funds
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) MQSeries
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 9 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 7 (77.78%) .NET Framework
2 7 (77.78%) WCF
2 7 (77.78%) WPF
2 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) TIBCO EMS
2 2 (22.22%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Subversion
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# Developer
3 2 (22.22%) WPF Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Equities
2 2 (22.22%) Reference Data
2 2 (22.22%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
2 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
1 7 (77.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) TIBCO
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Sybase
3 2 (22.22%) Informatica
3 2 (22.22%) Red Hat