The first table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 17 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 239 217 215
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -2
Permanent jobs citing MQSeries 4 21 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.054% 0.289% 0.173%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.279% 1.359% 0.978%
Number of salaries quoted 0 18 11
Average salary - £60,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +53.84%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +37.93%
All Application Platforms
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1434 1545 1227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 19.27% 21.27% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1230 1373 1131
Average salary £37,500 £34,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -6.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West MQSeries Salary Trend

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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire -8 4 - -
MQSeries
England

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 6 (60.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (50.00%) Retail
3 4 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 4 (40.00%) Investment Banking
3 4 (40.00%) ISPF
3 4 (40.00%) Retail Banking
3 4 (40.00%) Private Banking
3 4 (40.00%) Online Banking
3 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Maximo
3 4 (40.00%) DB2
3 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) LDAP
3 4 (40.00%) CICS
3 4 (40.00%) zOS
3 4 (40.00%) MVS
3 4 (40.00%) Tivoli
3 4 (40.00%) JCL
3 4 (40.00%) Middleware
3 4 (40.00%) Mainframe
3 4 (40.00%) OMEGAMON
3 4 (40.00%) Wealth Management
3 4 (40.00%) Investment Management
3 4 (40.00%) LPAR

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 6 (60.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (40.00%) Middleware
2 4 (40.00%) ISPF
3 2 (20.00%) J2EE
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (40.00%) CICS
2 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) LDAP
1 4 (40.00%) FTP
2 2 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) DB2
General
1 5 (50.00%) Retail
2 4 (40.00%) Investment Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Retail Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Private Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Solutions Designer
2 4 (40.00%) Mainframe Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (40.00%) Online Banking
1 4 (40.00%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) zOS
1 4 (40.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (40.00%) Wealth Management
1 4 (40.00%) Investment Management
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) UML
2 2 (20.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) JCL
2 2 (20.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Tivoli
1 4 (40.00%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) IBM
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