The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ 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 WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 20 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 Development category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 220 210 197
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -13
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 25 38 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.336% 0.529% 0.572%
As % of the Application Development category 0.693% 1.075% 1.293%
Number of salaries quoted 24 29 34
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £44,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -10.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,950 £33,750 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £56,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +5.26%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3610 3534 3094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 48.59% 49.16% 44.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3220 3247 2823
Average salary £34,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
WebSphere MQ
England

WebSphere MQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WebSphere MQ Salary Trend

WebSphere MQ
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere MQ across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +7 12 £50,000 +21.95% 1
Manchester -17 11 £50,000 +25.00%
Merseyside +14 1 £31,500 -18.18%
WebSphere MQ
England

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 66 (98.51%) WebSphere
2 61 (91.04%) IBM
3 46 (68.66%) Finance
4 38 (56.72%) UNIX
5 35 (52.24%) AIX
5 35 (52.24%) Linux
5 35 (52.24%) Configuration Management
6 34 (50.75%) SAN
6 34 (50.75%) Red Hat
6 34 (50.75%) HP
6 34 (50.75%) C
6 34 (50.75%) Perl
6 34 (50.75%) PHP
6 34 (50.75%) Replication
6 34 (50.75%) Clustering
6 34 (50.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 34 (50.75%) High Availability
7 24 (35.82%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 14 (20.90%) Middleware
9 13 (19.40%) Java
9 13 (19.40%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (19.40%) Business Continuity
9 13 (19.40%) Validation
10 12 (17.91%) Mainframe
11 11 (16.42%) Banking
12 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (14.93%) IBM Mainframe
12 10 (14.93%) DB2
12 10 (14.93%) Web Services
13 9 (13.43%) .NET

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 66 (98.51%) WebSphere
2 14 (20.90%) Middleware
3 10 (14.93%) Web Services
4 9 (13.43%) .NET
5 8 (11.94%) J2EE
6 7 (10.45%) JDBC
6 7 (10.45%) JSP
6 7 (10.45%) JMS
6 7 (10.45%) JNDI
7 2 (2.985%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 24 (35.82%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 9 (13.43%) ESB
3 8 (11.94%) CICS
4 3 (4.478%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (2.985%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (1.493%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.493%) MQSeries
6 1 (1.493%) Apache
6 1 (1.493%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Applications
1 1 (1.493%) MS Office
1 1 (1.493%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.493%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 34 (50.75%) SAN
2 1 (1.493%) LAN
2 1 (1.493%) WAN
2 1 (1.493%) FTP
2 1 (1.493%) HTTP
2 1 (1.493%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.93%) DB2
2 1 (1.493%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.493%) MSI
General
1 46 (68.66%) Finance
2 11 (16.42%) Banking
3 1 (1.493%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Systems Administrator
1 34 (50.75%) Administrator
2 33 (49.25%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 33 (49.25%) Linux Administrator
3 13 (19.40%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 13 (19.40%) UNIX Administrator
3 13 (19.40%) Consultant
4 8 (11.94%) Architect
5 4 (5.970%) Integration Architect
6 3 (4.478%) Analyst
6 3 (4.478%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.478%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (2.985%) Support Specialist
7 2 (2.985%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
7 2 (2.985%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (2.985%) Programmer
8 1 (1.493%) Applications Specialist
8 1 (1.493%) Support Analyst
8 1 (1.493%) Technical Support
8 1 (1.493%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (50.75%) Replication
1 34 (50.75%) Clustering
2 12 (17.91%) Mainframe
3 10 (14.93%) IBM Mainframe
4 7 (10.45%) PMI
5 2 (2.985%) Cryptography
5 2 (2.985%) Tandem
5 2 (2.985%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.985%) AS400
5 2 (2.985%) SWIFT
5 2 (2.985%) iSeries
6 1 (1.493%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 38 (56.72%) UNIX
2 35 (52.24%) AIX
2 35 (52.24%) Linux
3 34 (50.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.985%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (52.24%) Configuration Management
2 34 (50.75%) High Availability
3 13 (19.40%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (19.40%) Business Continuity
3 13 (19.40%) Validation
4 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.43%) Project Management
5 9 (13.43%) Data Management
6 7 (10.45%) PRINCE2
6 7 (10.45%) RUP
6 7 (10.45%) PRINCE
6 7 (10.45%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (10.45%) Migration
6 7 (10.45%) CMMI
6 7 (10.45%) Software Engineering
6 7 (10.45%) Waterfall
7 5 (7.463%) EAI
8 3 (4.478%) System Testing
9 2 (2.985%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.985%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (50.75%) C
1 34 (50.75%) Perl
1 34 (50.75%) PHP
2 13 (19.40%) Java
3 9 (13.43%) C#
4 4 (5.970%) SQL
5 3 (4.478%) COBOL
6 2 (2.985%) RPG IV
6 2 (2.985%) RPG
6 2 (2.985%) C++
7 1 (1.493%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.493%) VBScript
7 1 (1.493%) JCL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Sun Certification
1 7 (10.45%) PMI Certification
1 7 (10.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) QA
Vendors
1 61 (91.04%) IBM
2 34 (50.75%) Red Hat
2 34 (50.75%) HP
3 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.45%) Sun
4 3 (4.478%) Oracle
5 2 (2.985%) Infor
5 2 (2.985%) Pega
Northern England, North West
Our Client is looking for a Technical SME with strong C# ASP.NET development experience gained in a large scale enterprise environment.Key Responsibilities:•liaising extensively with external...
Church International
Salary: £35-50k per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
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