The first 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 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM MQSeries
Rank 617 714 530
Rank change year-on-year
+97 -184
Permanent jobs citing MQSeries 250 187 366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.230% 0.152% 0.299%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.071% 0.743% 1.573%
Number of salaries quoted 201 138 280
Average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,550 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £75,500 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+15.00% +17.64%
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23351 25169 23274
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.47% 20.52% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 19847 21860 20067
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -

MQSeries
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

MQSeries
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MQSeries over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 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 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
England +84 232 £60,000 -
London +93 145 £65,000 +8.33%
South East +68 62 £57,500 +8.49%
Kent - 53 £57,500 -
City of London +21 37 £65,000 -
East of England -9 17 £53,500 -14.40%
Hertfordshire -12 17 £53,500 -14.40%
Scotland +4 14 £40,000 -5.88%
Watford -6 10 - -
Canary Wharf - 10 £77,500 -
Edinburgh +5 7 £40,000 -5.88%
Hemel Hempstead - 6 £53,500 -
North West -15 5 - -
Berkshire +5 3 £48,500 -19.16%
Cheshire +1 3 - -
West Lothian -3 3 - -
Livingston -4 3 - -
Glasgow - 3 £30,000 -
Croydon - 3 £49,000 -
Chester - 3 - -
Bromley - 3 £75,000 -
Maidenhead - 3 £48,500 -
West Midlands -8 2 £31,250 -58.33%
Manchester - 2 - -
Birmingham - 2 £31,250 -
Stirling - 2 £45,000 -
Oxford - 2 £60,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £60,000 -
Surrey +16 1 £50,000 +8.69%
South West +1 1 £52,500 +14.13%

MQSeries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 266 (52.26%) Oracle
2 253 (49.71%) Finance
3 238 (46.76%) WebSphere
4 237 (46.56%) Java
5 196 (38.51%) Middleware
6 194 (38.11%) UNIX
7 154 (30.26%) Linux
8 149 (29.27%) J2EE
9 142 (27.90%) Retail
10 138 (27.11%) SQL
11 134 (26.33%) IBM
12 131 (25.74%) E-Commerce
13 129 (25.34%) DB2
14 126 (24.75%) XML
15 120 (23.58%) SQL Server
16 117 (22.99%) Windows
17 110 (21.61%) Banking
18 103 (20.24%) JMS
19 91 (17.88%) SOA
20 85 (16.70%) Microsoft
20 85 (16.70%) Project Management
21 80 (15.72%) Degree
22 78 (15.32%) TIBCO
23 75 (14.73%) WebSphere Application Server
24 72 (14.15%) Spring
25 71 (13.95%) HTTP
26 69 (13.56%) FTP
27 66 (12.97%) ETL
28 64 (12.57%) Mainframe
29 61 (11.98%) AIX

MQSeries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 238 (46.76%) WebSphere
2 196 (38.51%) Middleware
3 149 (29.27%) J2EE
4 126 (24.75%) XML
5 103 (20.24%) JMS
6 72 (14.15%) Spring
7 61 (11.98%) Web Services
8 53 (10.41%) .NET
9 41 (8.055%) XSLT
10 36 (7.073%) REST
11 32 (6.287%) Hibernate
12 31 (6.090%) Java EE
13 30 (5.894%) XML Schema
14 26 (5.108%) JDBC
15 17 (3.340%) WPF
16 11 (2.161%) Struts
17 10 (1.965%) JSP
18 9 (1.768%) Guice
18 9 (1.768%) Apache CXF
18 9 (1.768%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 75 (14.73%) WebSphere Application Server
2 59 (11.59%) IIS
3 55 (10.81%) IBM HTTP Server
4 51 (10.02%) Tomcat
4 51 (10.02%) ESB
5 48 (9.430%) WebLogic
6 44 (8.644%) WebSphere MQ
7 41 (8.055%) CICS
8 34 (6.680%) Apache
9 29 (5.697%) Rendezvous
10 28 (5.501%) TIBCO EMS
11 21 (4.126%) Alfresco
12 15 (2.947%) CMS
13 12 (2.358%) WebSphere Message Broker
14 9 (1.768%) MSMQ
15 7 (1.375%) Oracle Service Bus
16 6 (1.179%) SAS
16 6 (1.179%) Adobe CQ
17 5 (0.982%) RabbitMQ
17 5 (0.982%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (10.81%) MS Excel
2 17 (3.340%) MS Office
3 4 (0.786%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.393%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 12 (2.358%) Summit
2 6 (1.179%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.589%) SunGard GMI
3 3 (0.589%) Maximo
4 2 (0.393%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.393%) Kondor+
5 1 (0.196%) TIBCO iProcess
5 1 (0.196%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 71 (13.95%) HTTP
2 69 (13.56%) FTP
3 41 (8.055%) LDAP
4 22 (4.322%) Firewall
5 14 (2.750%) SAN
6 12 (2.358%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.786%) IPsec
7 4 (0.786%) Intranet
7 4 (0.786%) SSL
7 4 (0.786%) VoIP
8 3 (0.589%) SNA
8 3 (0.589%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.589%) Internet
9 2 (0.393%) VPN
9 2 (0.393%) SNMP
9 2 (0.393%) NAS
9 2 (0.393%) SWIFTNet
9 2 (0.393%) Network Security
10 1 (0.196%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.196%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (25.34%) DB2
2 120 (23.58%) SQL Server
3 42 (8.251%) MySQL
4 38 (7.466%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (7.466%) NoSQL
5 36 (7.073%) Big Data
5 36 (7.073%) MarkLogic
6 35 (6.876%) Oracle 11g
7 25 (4.912%) BODI
8 11 (2.161%) Oracle 8/8i
8 11 (2.161%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.375%) Oracle 10g
9 7 (1.375%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.982%) Data Mart
10 5 (0.982%) TOAD
11 4 (0.786%) SQLPlus
12 3 (0.589%) Sybase ASE
12 3 (0.589%) DbVisualizer
12 3 (0.589%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.589%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 36 (7.073%) Subversion
2 28 (5.501%) Ant
3 25 (4.912%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.947%) Selenium
5 12 (2.358%) QuickTest Pro
6 10 (1.965%) TestDirector
6 10 (1.965%) Eclipse
6 10 (1.965%) Maven
6 10 (1.965%) JIRA
7 7 (1.375%) Hudson
7 7 (1.375%) JUnit
8 6 (1.179%) JMeter
9 5 (0.982%) Log4j
10 4 (0.786%) ClearCase
10 4 (0.786%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.589%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.589%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.393%) NUnit
13 1 (0.196%) AppScan
13 1 (0.196%) FitNesse
General
1 253 (49.71%) Finance
2 142 (27.90%) Retail
3 110 (21.61%) Banking
4 60 (11.79%) Investment Banking
5 43 (8.448%) Telecoms
6 39 (7.662%) Games
7 24 (4.715%) Front Office
8 17 (3.340%) International Banking
9 16 (3.143%) Marketing
10 10 (1.965%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.179%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.786%) Back Office
12 4 (0.786%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.786%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.589%) Private Banking
13 3 (0.589%) Advertising
14 2 (0.393%) Legal
15 1 (0.196%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 144 (28.29%) Architect
2 111 (21.81%) Developer
3 83 (16.31%) Analyst
4 71 (13.95%) Solutions Architect
5 57 (11.20%) Java Developer
6 48 (9.430%) Technical Architect
7 44 (8.644%) Business Analyst
8 41 (8.055%) Consultant
8 41 (8.055%) Project Manager
9 37 (7.269%) Senior Developer
10 27 (5.305%) Mainframe Architect
11 25 (4.912%) Infrastructure Architect
12 22 (4.322%) Middleware Engineer
12 22 (4.322%) Technical Consultant
12 22 (4.322%) Support Analyst
13 19 (3.733%) C# Developer
14 18 (3.536%) Senior Java Developer
15 17 (3.340%) E-Commerce Project Manager
15 17 (3.340%) E-Commerce Manager
15 17 (3.340%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.57%) Mainframe
2 48 (9.430%) Management Information System
3 33 (6.483%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (6.287%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 28 (5.501%) Derivative
6 27 (5.305%) Fixed Income
7 26 (5.108%) SWIFT
8 19 (3.733%) Computer Science
9 18 (3.536%) Equities
10 14 (2.750%) AS400
11 11 (2.161%) Clustering
12 9 (1.768%) iPad
13 7 (1.375%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.179%) HACMP
15 5 (0.982%) DataPower
15 5 (0.982%) Kindle
15 5 (0.982%) Hedge funds
15 5 (0.982%) Client/Server
16 4 (0.786%) Data Conversion
17 3 (0.589%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 194 (38.11%) UNIX
2 154 (30.26%) Linux
3 117 (22.99%) Windows
4 61 (11.98%) AIX
5 47 (9.234%) Solaris
6 19 (3.733%) SUSE
7 18 (3.536%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.179%) Windows XP
8 6 (1.179%) Windows 2000
8 6 (1.179%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.179%) Windows Vista
9 4 (0.786%) MVS
9 4 (0.786%) zOS
10 2 (0.393%) Stratus VOS
10 2 (0.393%) OS/390
10 2 (0.393%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.393%) HPUX
10 2 (0.393%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.196%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (25.74%) E-Commerce
2 91 (17.88%) SOA
3 85 (16.70%) Project Management
4 66 (12.97%) ETL
5 60 (11.79%) TDD
6 46 (9.037%) UML
6 46 (9.037%) Scrum
6 46 (9.037%) Business Analysis
6 46 (9.037%) Content Management
6 46 (9.037%) Capacity Planning
7 43 (8.448%) Agile Software Development
8 41 (8.055%) Risk Management
9 37 (7.269%) Load Balancing
10 36 (7.073%) Document Management
11 35 (6.876%) Data Modelling
12 34 (6.680%) Service Delivery
13 31 (6.090%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (5.894%) ITIL
14 30 (5.894%) B2B
14 30 (5.894%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 237 (46.56%) Java
2 138 (27.11%) SQL
3 44 (8.644%) C#
4 38 (7.466%) Shell Script
5 37 (7.269%) COBOL
6 31 (6.090%) Perl
7 28 (5.501%) JCL
8 22 (4.322%) C++
9 21 (4.126%) C
9 21 (4.126%) Bash shell
10 14 (2.750%) Scala
11 12 (2.358%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.358%) JavaScript
12 9 (1.768%) F#
12 9 (1.768%) Haskell
13 8 (1.572%) PL/1
13 8 (1.572%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.375%) Ruby
15 5 (0.982%) Groovy
15 5 (0.982%) Python
Qualifications
1 80 (15.72%) Degree
2 10 (1.965%) ISEB
2 10 (1.965%) ISTQB
3 3 (0.589%) SC Cleared
3 3 (0.589%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.196%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.715%) QA
2 4 (0.786%) SLA
3 3 (0.589%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (1.572%) Oracle RAC
1 8 (1.572%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.786%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.589%) Samba
3 3 (0.589%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.393%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 25 (4.912%) CA Endevor
2 15 (2.947%) Tivoli
3 10 (1.965%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.589%) OMEGAMON
5 2 (0.393%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.393%) OpenView
5 2 (0.393%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.393%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.196%) WebInspect
6 1 (0.196%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 1 (0.196%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 266 (52.26%) Oracle
2 134 (26.33%) IBM
3 85 (16.70%) Microsoft
4 78 (15.32%) TIBCO
5 47 (9.234%) Sun
6 41 (8.055%) Sybase
7 38 (7.466%) Informatica
8 37 (7.269%) JBoss
9 32 (6.287%) Business Objects
10 28 (5.501%) Cognos
11 27 (5.305%) Red Hat
12 22 (4.322%) HP
13 16 (3.143%) Dell
14 13 (2.554%) VMware
15 9 (1.768%) Google
15 9 (1.768%) BEA
16 8 (1.572%) Perforce
17 7 (1.375%) Cisco
18 6 (1.179%) Adobe
19 5 (0.982%) Kofax
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