The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MQSeries skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MQSeries over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

IBM MQSeries
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank693534521
Rank change year-on-year
Down-159Down-13
Matching permanent IT job ads184362240
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.153 %0.295 %0.251 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.748 %1.553 %1.454 %
Number of salaries quoted139278196
Average salary£60,000£62,500£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00 %+4.16 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£40,000£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£90,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£42,500£45,500
% change year-on-year
+17.64 %-6.59 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246122331416502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.41 %19.01 %17.28 %
Number of salaries quoted213852008713741
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£36,000
% change year-on-year
-+4.16 %

MQSeries
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MQSeries within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

MQSeries Demand Trend

MQSeries
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MQSeries within the UK.

MQSeries Salary Trend

MQSeries
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MQSeries over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

MQSeries Salary Histogram

MQSeries
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-152175£60,000-4.00 %
LondonDown-15198£60,000-11.11 %
City of LondonDown-3636£65,000-7.14 %
HertfordshireUp+2033£62,500+47.05 %
East of EnglandUp+533£62,500+47.05 %
WatfordUp+126£47,500+11.76 %
East MidlandsNew entry-15£36,000-
North WestDown-1112£60,000+53.84 %
CheshireDown-1212£60,000+53.84 %
YorkshireDown-1810£35,000-7.28 %
CreweNew entry-10£60,000-
ScotlandUp+89£42,500+30.76 %
LeicesterNew entry-9£36,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-9£36,000-
North YorkshireNew entry-7£35,000-
MiddlesbroughNew entry-5£35,000-
West YorkshireDown-73£45,000+18.42 %
LeedsDown-133£45,000-
South EastDown-563£53,000+6.00 %
WarringtonNew entry-2£65,000-
RickmansworthNew entry-2--
BerkshireNew entry-2£60,000-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-2£115,000-
EdinburghNew entry-2£42,500-
NantwichNew entry-2£60,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+191£50,000-4.76 %
West LothianUp+191£37,500+15.38 %
LivingstonUp+161£37,500+15.38 %
DorsetUp+61£46,000-23.33 %
South WestDown-161£46,000-23.33 %

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1237 (59.40 %)Oracle
2234 (58.65 %)Java
3201 (50.38 %)UNIX
4171 (42.86 %)SQL
5166 (41.60 %)Finance
6153 (38.35 %)WebSphere
7142 (35.59 %)XML
8140 (35.09 %)Middleware
9122 (30.58 %)J2EE
10104 (26.07 %)SQL Server
10104 (26.07 %)IBM
1197 (24.31 %)Banking
1293 (23.31 %)Retail
1387 (21.80 %)TIBCO
1483 (20.80 %)C#
1575 (18.80 %).NET
1672 (18.05 %)Linux
1769 (17.29 %)WebSphere Application Server
1865 (16.29 %)JMS
1865 (16.29 %)Project Management
1962 (15.54 %)JavaScript
2061 (15.29 %)E-Commerce
2158 (14.54 %)AIX
2158 (14.54 %)Scrum
2257 (14.29 %)Windows
2257 (14.29 %)Microsoft
2355 (13.78 %)DB2
2355 (13.78 %)Investment Banking
2454 (13.53 %)C++
2553 (13.28 %)Tomcat

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1153 (38.35 %)WebSphere
2142 (35.59 %)XML
3140 (35.09 %)Middleware
4122 (30.58 %)J2EE
575 (18.80 %).NET
665 (16.29 %)JMS
752 (13.03 %)Web Services
752 (13.03 %)JSP
851 (12.78 %)CSS
851 (12.78 %)XSLT
940 (10.03 %)Hibernate
940 (10.03 %)HTML
1039 (9.774 %)Ajax
1137 (9.273 %)Spring
1236 (9.023 %)JDBC
1332 (8.020 %)XHTML
1426 (6.516 %)Servlets
1426 (6.516 %)EJB
1525 (6.266 %)ASP.NET
1624 (6.015 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
169 (17.29 %)WebSphere Application Server
253 (13.28 %)Tomcat
337 (9.273 %)IIS
435 (8.772 %)WebLogic
435 (8.772 %)IBM HTTP Server
517 (4.261 %)MSMQ
616 (4.010 %)WebSphere MQ
713 (3.258 %)ESB
812 (3.008 %)Mule
910 (2.506 %)TIBCO EMS
108 (2.005 %)Lotus Notes
117 (1.754 %)OpenStack
126 (1.504 %)Oracle Service Bus
126 (1.504 %)SharePoint
126 (1.504 %)BizTalk Server
126 (1.504 %)AquaLogic
135 (1.253 %)Rendezvous
135 (1.253 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
135 (1.253 %)GlassFish
143 (0.752 %)Magento
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
149 (12.28 %)MS Excel
215 (3.759 %)MS Office
39 (2.256 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (2.506 %)Tridion
24 (1.003 %)BASE24
32 (0.501 %)Oracle BPM
41 (0.251 %)Endur
41 (0.251 %)RMDS
41 (0.251 %)SimCorp Dimension
41 (0.251 %)Temenos T24
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
145 (11.28 %)HTTP
217 (4.261 %)LAN
217 (4.261 %)WAN
217 (4.261 %)SAN
316 (4.010 %)LDAP
411 (2.757 %)Internet
59 (2.256 %)Firewall
67 (1.754 %)VPN
76 (1.504 %)FTP
85 (1.253 %)TCP/IP
93 (0.752 %)CTI
102 (0.501 %)HTTPS
102 (0.501 %)SSL
102 (0.501 %)Network Security
111 (0.251 %)AMQP
111 (0.251 %)NFC
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1104 (26.07 %)SQL Server
255 (13.78 %)DB2
343 (10.78 %)RDBMS
420 (5.013 %)Data Warehouse
515 (3.759 %)SQLPlus
614 (3.509 %)NoSQL
78 (2.005 %)SQL Server 2008
87 (1.754 %)MongoDB
87 (1.754 %)Apache Cassandra
87 (1.754 %)MySQL
87 (1.754 %)ETL
96 (1.504 %)Adabas
105 (1.253 %)Oracle Reports
105 (1.253 %)SQL Server Integration Services
105 (1.253 %)QlikView
111 (0.251 %)KDB
111 (0.251 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
111 (0.251 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.251 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
145 (11.28 %)Ant
224 (6.015 %)Eclipse
316 (4.010 %)QuickTest Pro
413 (3.258 %)LoadRunner
510 (2.506 %)JUnit
510 (2.506 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
510 (2.506 %)Log4j
510 (2.506 %)Subversion
67 (1.754 %)Selenium
67 (1.754 %)TestComplete
67 (1.754 %)TeamCity
67 (1.754 %)Rational Robot
75 (1.253 %)Synon
75 (1.253 %)WinRunner
81 (0.251 %)Maven
81 (0.251 %)SilkPerformer
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1166 (41.60 %)Finance
297 (24.31 %)Banking
393 (23.31 %)Retail
455 (13.78 %)Investment Banking
526 (6.516 %)Telecoms
611 (2.757 %)Back Office
79 (2.256 %)Financial Institution
88 (2.005 %)Front Office
97 (1.754 %)Manufacturing
106 (1.504 %)Legal
106 (1.504 %)International Banking
111 (0.251 %)Private Banking
111 (0.251 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1146 (36.59 %)Developer
287 (21.80 %)Java Developer
353 (13.28 %)Analyst
452 (13.03 %)Architect
549 (12.28 %)Project Manager
639 (9.774 %)Support Analyst
728 (7.018 %)Senior Developer
728 (7.018 %)C# Developer
827 (6.767 %)Delivery Manager
827 (6.767 %)Java/J2EE Developer
926 (6.516 %)Applications Support
1025 (6.266 %)Solutions Architect
1122 (5.514 %)Technical Support
1221 (5.263 %)Technical Manager
1221 (5.263 %)Senior Java Developer
1317 (4.261 %)Technical Services Manager
1317 (4.261 %)C# .NET Developer
1317 (4.261 %).NET Developer
1317 (4.261 %)Service Manager
1416 (4.010 %)ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
140 (10.03 %)SWIFT
236 (9.023 %)Clustering
327 (6.767 %)Fixed Income
417 (4.261 %)Derivative
513 (3.258 %)Computer Science
610 (2.506 %)Web 2.0
610 (2.506 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
79 (2.256 %)Management Information System
88 (2.005 %)Open Source
97 (1.754 %)iSeries
97 (1.754 %)AS400
106 (1.504 %)Mathematics
106 (1.504 %)iPad
114 (1.003 %)Mainframe
114 (1.003 %)Equities
123 (0.752 %)Physics
123 (0.752 %)Interest Rate Derivative
123 (0.752 %)Client/Server
123 (0.752 %)Smartcard
123 (0.752 %)Credit Risk
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1201 (50.38 %)UNIX
272 (18.05 %)Linux
358 (14.54 %)AIX
457 (14.29 %)Windows
553 (13.28 %)Solaris
628 (7.018 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
723 (5.764 %)SUSE
810 (2.506 %)HPUX
98 (2.005 %)Stratus VOS
98 (2.005 %)Windows Server 2008
107 (1.754 %)Debian
116 (1.504 %)zOS
123 (0.752 %)Windows Server 2003
131 (0.251 %)Windows 2000
131 (0.251 %)Windows NT
131 (0.251 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
165 (16.29 %)Project Management
261 (15.29 %)E-Commerce
358 (14.54 %)Scrum
448 (12.03 %)UML
547 (11.78 %)Web Development
645 (11.28 %)Technical Architecture
736 (9.023 %)User Acceptance Testing
835 (8.772 %)Business Analysis
933 (8.271 %)DNA
933 (8.271 %)Process Improvement
1032 (8.020 %)SOA
1032 (8.020 %)Content Management
1127 (6.767 %)ITIL
1127 (6.767 %)Agile Software Development
1224 (6.015 %)Migration
1323 (5.764 %)Risk Management
1422 (5.514 %)TDD
1422 (5.514 %)Extreme Programming
1422 (5.514 %)Multithreading
1422 (5.514 %)Waterfall
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1234 (58.65 %)Java
2171 (42.86 %)SQL
383 (20.80 %)C#
462 (15.54 %)JavaScript
554 (13.53 %)C++
643 (10.78 %)Perl
741 (10.28 %)PL/SQL
836 (9.023 %)VB
922 (5.514 %)Bash shell
1020 (5.013 %)Python
1119 (4.762 %)COBOL
1217 (4.261 %)XPath
1315 (3.759 %)C
1414 (3.509 %)Ruby
1512 (3.008 %)VBScript
1611 (2.757 %)Shell Script
178 (2.005 %)PowerShell
178 (2.005 %)PL/1
187 (1.754 %)JCL
196 (1.504 %)NATURAL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
137 (9.273 %)Degree
26 (1.504 %)ISEB
26 (1.504 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (4.261 %)QA
21 (0.251 %)HL7
21 (0.251 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
121 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
217 (4.261 %)Xen
37 (1.754 %)XenServer
42 (0.501 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
42 (0.501 %)Samba
51 (0.251 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (4.261 %)OpenView
27 (1.754 %)Nagios
36 (1.504 %)Control-M
44 (1.003 %)HP Quality Center
52 (0.501 %)Tivoli
61 (0.251 %)CA SiteMinder
61 (0.251 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1237 (59.40 %)Oracle
2104 (26.07 %)IBM
387 (21.80 %)TIBCO
457 (14.29 %)Microsoft
547 (11.78 %)HP
637 (9.273 %)JBoss
731 (7.769 %)Red Hat
827 (6.767 %)VMware
925 (6.266 %)Sybase
1023 (5.764 %)Sun
1023 (5.764 %)Dell
1118 (4.511 %)EMC
1217 (4.261 %)Cisco
1217 (4.261 %)NetApp
1311 (2.757 %)Cadis
1410 (2.506 %)Elastic Path
1410 (2.506 %)Blue Martini
1410 (2.506 %)ATG
1410 (2.506 %)Interwoven
159 (2.256 %)Citrix