The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MSMQ skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSMQ 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.

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank730619554
Rank change year-on-year
Down-111Down-65
Matching permanent IT job ads145252202
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.120 %0.206 %0.212 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.589 %1.081 %1.224 %
Number of salaries quoted135197160
Average salary£42,500£45,500£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.59 %-17.27 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£32,500£42,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,000£81,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-16.66 %
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 %

MSMQ
Demand Trend

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

MSMQ Demand Trend

MSMQ
Salary Trend

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

MSMQ Salary Trend

MSMQ
Salary Histogram

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

MSMQ Salary Histogram

MSMQ
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSMQ 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-111139£42,500-15.00 %
LondonDown-12160£45,000-25.00 %
North WestUp+1934£38,750+21.09 %
ManchesterUp+2230£37,500+17.18 %
City of LondonDown-3123£45,000-21.73 %
East of EnglandUp+1519£48,250-51.74 %
South EastDown-5715£37,500+7.14 %
HertfordshireNew entry-11£50,000-
AltrinchamDown-910£31,500-
BuckinghamshireDown-99£35,000+20.68 %
South WestDown-68£24,000-33.33 %
BristolNew entry-7£24,000-
CheshireNew entry-4£47,500-
WalesNew entry-4£31,500-
East MidlandsDown-33£30,000-25.00 %
Milton KeynesDown-103£52,500+81.03 %
HampshireDown-273£22,500-40.00 %
SouthamptonDown-293£22,500-35.71 %
BedfordshireNew entry-3£52,500-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-3£45,000-
NewportNew entry-3£31,500-
South WalesNew entry-3£31,500-
SuffolkUp+22£40,000-
DerbyshireDown-22£30,000-29.41 %
DerbyDown-82£30,000-29.41 %
BasildonNew entry-2£47,500-
IpswichNew entry-2£40,000-
GuildfordNew entry-2£47,500-
GodalmingNew entry-2£47,500-
GlasgowNew entry-2--

MSMQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1205 (78.24 %)SQL Server
2200 (76.34 %)C#
3193 (73.66 %).NET
4160 (61.07 %)SQL
5134 (51.15 %)ASP.NET
6116 (44.27 %)XML
7110 (41.98 %)Finance
8105 (40.08 %)Windows
8105 (40.08 %)WCF
998 (37.40 %)JavaScript
1086 (32.82 %)Oracle
1180 (30.53 %)HTML
1275 (28.63 %)OO
1372 (27.48 %)Microsoft
1470 (26.72 %)Web Services
1563 (24.05 %)SQL Server 2005
1661 (23.28 %)TDD
1759 (22.52 %)VB
1858 (22.14 %)SQL Server 2008
1955 (20.99 %)MVC
2052 (19.85 %)VB.NET
2052 (19.85 %)IIS
2151 (19.47 %)XSLT
2249 (18.70 %)Silverlight
2348 (18.32 %)VB6
2447 (17.94 %)NHibernate
2447 (17.94 %)WPF
2545 (17.18 %)Ajax
2644 (16.79 %)Visual Studio
2743 (16.41 %)jQuery

MSMQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing MSMQ 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 MSMQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1193 (73.66 %).NET
2134 (51.15 %)ASP.NET
3116 (44.27 %)XML
4105 (40.08 %)WCF
580 (30.53 %)HTML
670 (26.72 %)Web Services
751 (19.47 %)XSLT
849 (18.70 %)Silverlight
947 (17.94 %)WPF
947 (17.94 %)NHibernate
1045 (17.18 %)Ajax
1143 (16.41 %)jQuery
1239 (14.89 %)XSL
1338 (14.50 %)LINQ
1436 (13.74 %)ASP.NET MVC
1533 (12.60 %)CSS
1630 (11.45 %)HTML5
1721 (8.015 %).NET Framework
1820 (7.634 %)MFC
1917 (6.489 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
152 (19.85 %)IIS
217 (6.489 %)MQSeries
311 (4.198 %)Apache
49 (3.435 %)ColdFusion
57 (2.672 %)TIBCO EMS
65 (1.908 %)BizTalk Server
74 (1.527 %)WebSphere MQ
83 (1.145 %)Apache Solr
83 (1.145 %)Google App Engine
83 (1.145 %)Amazon AWS
92 (0.763 %)WebSphere Message Broker
92 (0.763 %)WebSphere Portal
92 (0.763 %)SharePoint
92 (0.763 %)Tomcat
92 (0.763 %)Lotus Domino
101 (0.382 %)Rendezvous
101 (0.382 %)Exchange Server 2003
101 (0.382 %)MS Exchange
101 (0.382 %)Exchange Server 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (12.98 %)MS Excel
29 (3.435 %)Photoshop
36 (2.290 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.763 %)MS Office
51 (0.382 %)Office 365
51 (0.382 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.382 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.382 %)Dynamics CRM
11 (0.382 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (3.053 %)SMTP
18 (3.053 %)TCP/IP
26 (2.290 %)VPN
26 (2.290 %)Internet
35 (1.908 %)Cisco ICM
35 (1.908 %)Cisco IOS
35 (1.908 %)FTP
42 (0.763 %)LAN
42 (0.763 %)WAN
51 (0.382 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1205 (78.24 %)SQL Server
263 (24.05 %)SQL Server 2005
358 (22.14 %)SQL Server 2008
439 (14.89 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
439 (14.89 %)SQL Server Integration Services
439 (14.89 %)Oracle 8/8i
526 (9.924 %)Oracle 11g
526 (9.924 %)Oracle 10g
619 (7.252 %)Data Warehouse
717 (6.489 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
814 (5.344 %)SQL Server 2000
911 (4.198 %)DTS
1010 (3.817 %)SQL Server 7
118 (3.053 %)DB2
127 (2.672 %)RDBMS
127 (2.672 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
133 (1.145 %)OLAP
142 (0.763 %)MS Access
142 (0.763 %)SQLPlus
151 (0.382 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
144 (16.79 %)Visual Studio
221 (8.015 %)Team Foundation Server
316 (6.107 %)QuickTest Pro
415 (5.725 %)Subversion
513 (4.962 %)LoadRunner
611 (4.198 %)VSS/SourceSafe
710 (3.817 %)Selenium
89 (3.435 %)Dreamweaver
98 (3.053 %)PVCS
98 (3.053 %)MSI
98 (3.053 %)TortoiseSVN
107 (2.672 %)Rational Robot
107 (2.672 %)TestComplete
107 (2.672 %)TeamCity
116 (2.290 %)CruiseControl
125 (1.908 %)WinRunner
134 (1.527 %)NUnit
134 (1.527 %)JIRA
143 (1.145 %)StructureMap
143 (1.145 %)SpecFlow
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1110 (41.98 %)Finance
240 (15.27 %)Banking
321 (8.015 %)Investment Banking
410 (3.817 %)Back Office
59 (3.435 %)Front Office
68 (3.053 %)Retail
76 (2.290 %)Publishing
82 (0.763 %)Advertising
91 (0.382 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1167 (63.74 %)Developer
2100 (38.17 %).NET Developer
361 (23.28 %)C# Developer
440 (15.27 %)C# .NET Developer
536 (13.74 %)Senior Developer
631 (11.83 %)ASP.NET Developer
729 (11.07 %)Senior .NET Developer
818 (6.870 %)Software Engineer
917 (6.489 %)Web Developer
1016 (6.107 %)Lead Developer
1113 (4.962 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1212 (4.580 %)C# Software Engineer
1212 (4.580 %)Consultant
1311 (4.198 %)Software Developer
1410 (3.817 %)Support Consultant
159 (3.435 %)Release Manager
159 (3.435 %)Analyst
159 (3.435 %)Build Manager
168 (3.053 %)Junior C# Developer
168 (3.053 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (4.580 %)Hedge funds
211 (4.198 %)Replication
39 (3.435 %)Derivative
48 (3.053 %)Graphic Design
48 (3.053 %)Client/Server
48 (3.053 %)N-Tier
48 (3.053 %)NHS
48 (3.053 %)Credit Derivative
57 (2.672 %)Mathematics
57 (2.672 %)Credit Risk
57 (2.672 %)Market Risk
57 (2.672 %)Open Source
66 (2.290 %)SaaS
66 (2.290 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
75 (1.908 %)RIA
84 (1.527 %)Clustering
93 (1.145 %)Fixed Income
93 (1.145 %)Cloud Computing
93 (1.145 %)Computer Science
102 (0.763 %)SWIFT
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1105 (40.08 %)Windows
227 (10.31 %)UNIX
319 (7.252 %)Windows Server 2008
319 (7.252 %)Linux
418 (6.870 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (2.672 %)Solaris
65 (1.908 %)Windows XP
73 (1.145 %)Windows 7
82 (0.763 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
175 (28.63 %)OO
261 (23.28 %)TDD
355 (20.99 %)MVC
436 (13.74 %)Scrum
525 (9.542 %)UML
525 (9.542 %)Web Development
623 (8.779 %)Agile Software Development
623 (8.779 %)Continuous Integration
722 (8.397 %)SOA
818 (6.870 %)Risk Management
915 (5.725 %)SEO
1014 (5.344 %)Multithreading
1113 (4.962 %)Test Automation
1113 (4.962 %)OOD
1211 (4.198 %)Time Management
1310 (3.817 %)Configuration Management
149 (3.435 %)ITIL
149 (3.435 %)MVVM
149 (3.435 %)Web Application Development
158 (3.053 %)Dependency Injection
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1200 (76.34 %)C#
2160 (61.07 %)SQL
398 (37.40 %)JavaScript
459 (22.52 %)VB
552 (19.85 %)VB.NET
648 (18.32 %)VB6
738 (14.50 %)T-SQL
829 (11.07 %)C++
927 (10.31 %)Java
927 (10.31 %)PL/SQL
1016 (6.107 %)VBScript
1115 (5.725 %)VC++
1115 (5.725 %)XPath
1214 (5.344 %)Perl
1312 (4.580 %)Python
147 (2.672 %)Ruby
147 (2.672 %)Shell Script
147 (2.672 %)Bash shell
156 (2.290 %)PowerShell
156 (2.290 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (6.489 %)Degree
25 (1.908 %)ISEB
25 (1.908 %)ISTQB
34 (1.527 %)Security Cleared
42 (0.763 %)DV Cleared
51 (0.382 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.382 %)HNC
51 (0.382 %)HND
51 (0.382 %)MCSE
51 (0.382 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (11.45 %)QA
28 (3.053 %)HL7
32 (0.763 %)SLA
41 (0.382 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (4.580 %)Active Directory
23 (1.145 %)Oracle RAC
23 (1.145 %)Hyper-V
31 (0.382 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.382 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (1.908 %)Cisco CUCM
24 (1.527 %)HP Quality Center
32 (0.763 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
32 (0.763 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
186 (32.82 %)Oracle
272 (27.48 %)Microsoft
333 (12.60 %)Telerik
421 (8.015 %)TIBCO
511 (4.198 %)Business Objects
610 (3.817 %)Google
79 (3.435 %)IBM
79 (3.435 %)Sybase
79 (3.435 %)Adobe
79 (3.435 %)HP
86 (2.290 %)VMware
95 (1.908 %)Cisco
103 (1.145 %)Cadis
112 (0.763 %)Citrix
112 (0.763 %)Bloomberg
121 (0.382 %)DataSynapse
121 (0.382 %)Trayport
121 (0.382 %)Sun