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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 24 37 19
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -18
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 5 2 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Knutsford 3.226% 1.111% 8.333%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.83% 4.348% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 10
Average salary £48,500 £32,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.09% -22.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,400 £32,750 £39,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,750 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Application Platforms
Knutsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
24 46 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Knutsford 15.48% 25.56% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 24 45 32
Average salary £32,500 £39,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,500 £39,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,500 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
WebSphere MQ
Cheshire

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford WebSphere MQ Salary Trend

WebSphere MQ
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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 27 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 24 (88.89%) Finance
3 23 (85.19%) IBM
4 20 (74.07%) HP
4 20 (74.07%) SAN
4 20 (74.07%) Red Hat
4 20 (74.07%) C
4 20 (74.07%) Perl
4 20 (74.07%) PHP
4 20 (74.07%) Configuration Management
4 20 (74.07%) UNIX
4 20 (74.07%) AIX
4 20 (74.07%) Linux
4 20 (74.07%) Replication
4 20 (74.07%) Clustering
4 20 (74.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (74.07%) High Availability
5 7 (25.93%) Middleware
6 4 (14.81%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (14.81%) MSI
6 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.11%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.11%) Validation

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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 27 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 7 (25.93%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (11.11%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) SAN
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MSI
General
1 24 (88.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Systems Administrator
1 20 (74.07%) Administrator
2 19 (70.37%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 19 (70.37%) Linux Administrator
3 8 (29.63%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 8 (29.63%) UNIX Administrator
4 4 (14.81%) Designer
5 3 (11.11%) Middleware Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (74.07%) Replication
1 20 (74.07%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (74.07%) UNIX
1 20 (74.07%) AIX
1 20 (74.07%) Linux
1 20 (74.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Configuration Management
1 20 (74.07%) High Availability
2 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 3 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) C
1 20 (74.07%) Perl
1 20 (74.07%) PHP
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) IBM
2 20 (74.07%) HP
2 20 (74.07%) Red Hat