The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 462 540 390
Rank change year-on-year
+78 -150
Permanent jobs citing MQSeries 145 98 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.330% 0.182% 0.440%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.469% 0.846% 2.309%
Number of salaries quoted 134 88 215
Average salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £49,300 £43,500 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £87,500 £81,800 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £48,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+17.94% +14.70%
All Application Platforms
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
9871 11581 10829
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 22.45% 21.50% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8471 10181 9335
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London MQSeries Salary Trend

MQSeries
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of London +8 38 £65,000 -
Canary Wharf - 10 £77,500 -
Bromley - 3 £75,000 -
Croydon - 3 £49,000 -
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 159 (56.58%) Java
2 155 (55.16%) Oracle
3 148 (52.67%) Finance
4 131 (46.62%) Middleware
5 118 (41.99%) SQL Server
6 97 (34.52%) UNIX
6 97 (34.52%) WebSphere
7 92 (32.74%) Banking
8 84 (29.89%) JMS
9 82 (29.18%) Linux
10 80 (28.47%) Degree
11 78 (27.76%) J2EE
12 76 (27.05%) TIBCO
13 74 (26.33%) XML
14 67 (23.84%) SQL
14 67 (23.84%) Spring
15 58 (20.64%) IBM
16 52 (18.51%) SOA
16 52 (18.51%) TDD
16 52 (18.51%) ESB
16 52 (18.51%) Investment Banking
17 50 (17.79%) Windows
18 46 (16.37%) E-Commerce
19 45 (16.01%) Project Management
19 45 (16.01%) Management Information System
20 44 (15.66%) Content Management
20 44 (15.66%) Microsoft
21 43 (15.30%) Retail
22 41 (14.59%) Agile Software Development
22 41 (14.59%) MySQL

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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
1 131 (46.62%) Middleware
2 97 (34.52%) WebSphere
3 84 (29.89%) JMS
4 78 (27.76%) J2EE
5 74 (26.33%) XML
6 67 (23.84%) Spring
7 36 (12.81%) .NET
7 36 (12.81%) REST
8 30 (10.68%) Hibernate
8 30 (10.68%) Java EE
9 17 (6.050%) WPF
10 13 (4.626%) XSLT
10 13 (4.626%) Web Services
11 9 (3.203%) Guice
11 9 (3.203%) Apache CXF
12 8 (2.847%) ASP
12 8 (2.847%) JDBC
13 7 (2.491%) SOAP
13 7 (2.491%) FpML
14 5 (1.779%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 52 (18.51%) ESB
2 39 (13.88%) WebSphere MQ
3 29 (10.32%) Rendezvous
4 28 (9.964%) WebLogic
4 28 (9.964%) TIBCO EMS
5 21 (7.473%) Alfresco
6 16 (5.694%) Tomcat
7 15 (5.338%) CMS
8 11 (3.915%) Apache
9 10 (3.559%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 9 (3.203%) MSMQ
10 9 (3.203%) WebSphere Application Server
11 7 (2.491%) SharePoint
11 7 (2.491%) FileNet
12 6 (2.135%) Oracle Service Bus
13 5 (1.779%) IIS
13 5 (1.779%) CICS
13 5 (1.779%) SAS
13 5 (1.779%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (1.779%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 32 (11.39%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.423%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.779%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (1.423%) Summit
3 3 (1.068%) SunGard GMI
4 2 (0.712%) Kondor+
4 2 (0.712%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.356%) Tridion
5 1 (0.356%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 30 (10.68%) LDAP
2 14 (4.982%) HTTP
3 10 (3.559%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.847%) FTP
5 4 (1.423%) Intranet
5 4 (1.423%) IPsec
5 4 (1.423%) SSL
5 4 (1.423%) SAN
6 3 (1.068%) Firewall
6 3 (1.068%) Internet
7 2 (0.712%) SWIFTNet
7 2 (0.712%) Network Security
7 2 (0.712%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.712%) SNMP
7 2 (0.712%) VPN
7 2 (0.712%) SNA
8 1 (0.356%) DMZ
8 1 (0.356%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.356%) Wireless
8 1 (0.356%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (41.99%) SQL Server
2 41 (14.59%) MySQL
3 36 (12.81%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (12.81%) NoSQL
3 36 (12.81%) Big Data
3 36 (12.81%) MarkLogic
4 26 (9.253%) DB2
5 11 (3.915%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (1.779%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.779%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (1.423%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.068%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.068%) Sybase IQ
8 3 (1.068%) BODI
8 3 (1.068%) Sybase ASE
9 2 (0.712%) KDB
9 2 (0.712%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (0.712%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.356%) SQL Server 2008
10 1 (0.356%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (3.203%) Eclipse
1 9 (3.203%) JIRA
2 5 (1.779%) Subversion
2 5 (1.779%) Maven
3 4 (1.423%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.068%) ClearCase
5 2 (0.712%) Selenium
5 2 (0.712%) JMeter
5 2 (0.712%) Ant
5 2 (0.712%) JUnit
6 1 (0.356%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.356%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.356%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
6 1 (0.356%) NUnit
6 1 (0.356%) AppScan
6 1 (0.356%) Log4j
6 1 (0.356%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.356%) Hudson
6 1 (0.356%) Jenkins
General
1 148 (52.67%) Finance
2 92 (32.74%) Banking
3 52 (18.51%) Investment Banking
4 43 (15.30%) Retail
5 37 (13.17%) Telecoms
6 23 (8.185%) Front Office
7 17 (6.050%) International Banking
8 2 (0.712%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.712%) Legal
9 1 (0.356%) Advertising
9 1 (0.356%) Back Office
9 1 (0.356%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 91 (32.38%) Developer
2 62 (22.06%) Architect
3 50 (17.79%) Java Developer
4 37 (13.17%) Analyst
4 37 (13.17%) Technical Architect
5 34 (12.10%) Senior Developer
6 31 (11.03%) Consultant
7 29 (10.32%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (8.541%) Business Analyst
9 22 (7.829%) Middleware Engineer
10 19 (6.762%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (6.406%) C# Developer
11 18 (6.406%) Senior Java Developer
12 17 (6.050%) Project Manager
13 16 (5.694%) Senior C# Developer
14 12 (4.270%) Technical Support
15 11 (3.915%) Technical Solutions Architect
16 9 (3.203%) Systems Developer
17 8 (2.847%) Java Programmer
17 8 (2.847%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.01%) Management Information System
2 33 (11.74%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (10.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 25 (8.897%) Fixed Income
5 24 (8.541%) Derivative
6 19 (6.762%) Computer Science
6 19 (6.762%) Mainframe
7 18 (6.406%) Equities
8 17 (6.050%) SWIFT
9 11 (3.915%) Clustering
9 11 (3.915%) iPad
10 7 (2.491%) Kindle
11 5 (1.779%) AS400
11 5 (1.779%) HACMP
11 5 (1.779%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.423%) Data Conversion
12 4 (1.423%) DataPower
12 4 (1.423%) Client/Server
13 3 (1.068%) N-Tier
13 3 (1.068%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 97 (34.52%) UNIX
2 82 (29.18%) Linux
3 50 (17.79%) Windows
4 15 (5.338%) Solaris
5 3 (1.068%) SUSE
6 2 (0.712%) Stratus VOS
6 2 (0.712%) OS/390
7 1 (0.356%) AIX
7 1 (0.356%) HPUX
7 1 (0.356%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.356%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.356%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.356%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.356%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.356%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.356%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (18.51%) SOA
1 52 (18.51%) TDD
2 46 (16.37%) E-Commerce
3 45 (16.01%) Project Management
4 44 (15.66%) Content Management
5 41 (14.59%) Agile Software Development
6 36 (12.81%) Risk Management
6 36 (12.81%) Document Management
7 34 (12.10%) Scrum
8 25 (8.897%) Business Analysis
8 25 (8.897%) Multithreading
9 22 (7.829%) UML
10 20 (7.117%) User Acceptance Testing
11 19 (6.762%) Service Delivery
11 19 (6.762%) Business Continuity
12 18 (6.406%) Waterfall
13 17 (6.050%) OO
14 16 (5.694%) Technical Architecture
15 15 (5.338%) RUP
15 15 (5.338%) DSDM
Programming Languages
1 159 (56.58%) Java
2 67 (23.84%) SQL
3 40 (14.23%) C#
4 32 (11.39%) Shell Script
5 21 (7.473%) C
6 15 (5.338%) C++
7 9 (3.203%) Haskell
7 9 (3.203%) F#
7 9 (3.203%) Scala
8 6 (2.135%) Perl
8 6 (2.135%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.779%) COBOL
10 4 (1.423%) RPG IV
10 4 (1.423%) Bash shell
10 4 (1.423%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.423%) RPG
11 3 (1.068%) JCL
11 3 (1.068%) Korn
12 2 (0.712%) PL/1
12 2 (0.712%) Python
Qualifications
1 80 (28.47%) Degree
2 1 (0.356%) ISEB
2 1 (0.356%) CISSP
2 1 (0.356%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.829%) QA
2 3 (1.068%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.712%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.779%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (1.423%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.068%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.712%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (1.068%) CA Endevor
2 2 (0.712%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (0.712%) NetBackup
2 2 (0.712%) OpenView
3 1 (0.356%) WebInspect
3 1 (0.356%) CA SiteMinder
3 1 (0.356%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 155 (55.16%) Oracle
2 76 (27.05%) TIBCO
3 58 (20.64%) IBM
4 44 (15.66%) Microsoft
5 35 (12.46%) Sybase
6 34 (12.10%) JBoss
7 26 (9.253%) Sun
8 12 (4.270%) Informatica
9 9 (3.203%) VMware
9 9 (3.203%) Google
10 8 (2.847%) Perforce
11 7 (2.491%) BEA
11 7 (2.491%) Business Objects
11 7 (2.491%) Kofax
12 5 (1.779%) Adobe
13 4 (1.423%) F5
13 4 (1.423%) Terracotta
13 4 (1.423%) Pega
13 4 (1.423%) webMethods
13 4 (1.423%) SeeBeyond
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
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