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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 184 166 168
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +2
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 8 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.195% 0.193% 0.051%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.964% 0.911% 0.317%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 2
Average salary £48,500 £42,500 £47,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.11% -10.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,800 £38,500 £46,250
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £42,500 £48,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
830 768 631
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 20.27% 21.19% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 707 682 591
Average salary £36,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.30% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £61,500 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
WebSphere MQ
North West

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester WebSphere MQ Salary Trend

WebSphere MQ
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Altrincham - 1 £60,000 -
Stockport - 1 £34,500 -
WebSphere MQ
North West

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 26 (96.30%) WebSphere
2 23 (85.19%) IBM
3 19 (70.37%) Finance
4 17 (62.96%) AIX
4 17 (62.96%) Linux
5 16 (59.26%) Configuration Management
6 15 (55.56%) Replication
6 15 (55.56%) Clustering
6 15 (55.56%) Perl
6 15 (55.56%) PHP
6 15 (55.56%) C
6 15 (55.56%) UNIX
6 15 (55.56%) HP
6 15 (55.56%) SAN
6 15 (55.56%) Red Hat
6 15 (55.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (55.56%) High Availability
7 6 (22.22%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 5 (18.52%) Middleware
9 4 (14.81%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
10 3 (11.11%) Validation
10 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
11 2 (7.407%) iSeries
11 2 (7.407%) RPG IV
11 2 (7.407%) Infor
11 2 (7.407%) AS400
11 2 (7.407%) MSI

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 26 (96.30%) WebSphere
2 5 (18.52%) Middleware
3 2 (7.407%) J2EE
4 1 (3.704%) JMS
4 1 (3.704%) .NET
4 1 (3.704%) JDBC
4 1 (3.704%) JSP
4 1 (3.704%) Web Services
4 1 (3.704%) JNDI
Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 4 (14.81%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (3.704%) CICS
3 1 (3.704%) MQSeries
3 1 (3.704%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
3 1 (3.704%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) SAN
2 2 (7.407%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MSI
General
1 19 (70.37%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Banking
2 1 (3.704%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Systems Administrator
1 15 (55.56%) Administrator
1 15 (55.56%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 15 (55.56%) Linux Administrator
2 6 (22.22%) UNIX Systems Administrator
2 6 (22.22%) UNIX Administrator
3 3 (11.11%) Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
4 2 (7.407%) Designer
4 2 (7.407%) Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (7.407%) Programmer
5 1 (3.704%) Integration Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.704%) Middleware Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Replication
1 15 (55.56%) Clustering
2 2 (7.407%) iSeries
2 2 (7.407%) AS400
3 1 (3.704%) PMI
3 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.704%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) AIX
1 17 (62.96%) Linux
2 15 (55.56%) UNIX
2 15 (55.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (7.407%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Configuration Management
2 15 (55.56%) High Availability
3 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 3 (11.11%) Validation
3 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
4 2 (7.407%) ERP
5 1 (3.704%) SOA
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.704%) UML
5 1 (3.704%) RUP
5 1 (3.704%) Project Management
5 1 (3.704%) EAM
5 1 (3.704%) CMMI
5 1 (3.704%) Change Management
5 1 (3.704%) Migration
5 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.704%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) Perl
1 15 (55.56%) PHP
1 15 (55.56%) C
2 2 (7.407%) RPG IV
2 2 (7.407%) RPG
2 2 (7.407%) SQL
2 2 (7.407%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) Sun Certification
1 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) IBM
2 15 (55.56%) HP
2 15 (55.56%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.407%) Infor
3 2 (7.407%) Oracle
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.704%) Sun