Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SonicMQ skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SonicMQ over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 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.

LinkProgress SonicMQ
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank667679937
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Up+258
Matching permanent IT job ads9841
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.011 %0.009 %0.020 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.068 %0.058 %0.133 %
Salaries quoted5828
Average salary£32,000£70,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-54.28 %+105.88 %
UK excluding London average salary£32,000£30,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-9.090 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
132081385330929
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.71 %16.16 %15.32 %
Salaries quoted112081157326157
Average salary£40,000£38,375£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.230 %-0.320 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-

SonicMQ
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SonicMQ within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SonicMQ Demand Trend

SonicMQ
Salary Trend

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

SonicMQ Salary Trend

SonicMQ
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SonicMQ within the UK over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. 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
EnglandUp+86£32,000-54.28 %
YorkshireUp+134£32,000+6.66 %
West YorkshireNew entry-4£32,000-
ScotlandNew entry-3--
LondonDown-262£37,500-46.42 %
LeedsNew entry-1--

SonicMQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing SonicMQ 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 SonicMQ.

19 (64.29 %)ESB
28 (57.14 %)Progress
37 (50.00 %)Java
45 (35.71 %)OpenEdge
54 (28.57 %)Retail
54 (28.57 %)Progress 4GL
54 (28.57 %)XML
54 (28.57 %)MSMQ
63 (21.43 %)Windows
63 (21.43 %).NET
63 (21.43 %)OpenView
63 (21.43 %)HP
63 (21.43 %)CA
63 (21.43 %)Unicenter
63 (21.43 %)Sonic ESB
63 (21.43 %)Software Architecture
72 (14.29 %)Multithreading
72 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
72 (14.29 %)TDD
72 (14.29 %)WCF
72 (14.29 %)WPF
72 (14.29 %)Silverlight
72 (14.29 %)Continuous Integration
72 (14.29 %)BizTalk Server
72 (14.29 %)Scrum
72 (14.29 %)SQL Server
72 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
72 (14.29 %)EJB
72 (14.29 %)C#

SonicMQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing SonicMQ 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 SonicMQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (28.57 %)XML
23 (21.43 %).NET
32 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
32 (14.29 %)EJB
32 (14.29 %)WCF
32 (14.29 %)WPF
32 (14.29 %)Silverlight
41 (7.143 %)Struts
41 (7.143 %)Middleware
41 (7.143 %)Spring
41 (7.143 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (64.29 %)ESB
25 (35.71 %)OpenEdge
33 (21.43 %)Sonic ESB
42 (14.29 %)BizTalk Server
51 (7.143 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (7.143 %)Jetty
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)WebSpeed
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Retail
21 (7.143 %)Marketing
21 (7.143 %)Finance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Developer
25 (35.71 %)Progress Developer
33 (21.43 %)Architect
33 (21.43 %)Team Leader
33 (21.43 %)Development Team Leader
33 (21.43 %)Consultant
33 (21.43 %)Development Manager
33 (21.43 %)Senior Developer
42 (14.29 %)Technical Architect
51 (7.143 %)Lead Developer
51 (7.143 %)Java Developer
51 (7.143 %)Technical Leader
51 (7.143 %)Lead Java Developer
51 (7.143 %)Technical Developer
51 (7.143 %)Middleware Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Multithreading
21 (7.143 %)Clustering
21 (7.143 %)Exotic Derivative
21 (7.143 %)Derivative
21 (7.143 %)Equity Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (21.43 %)Windows
21 (7.143 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)Software Architecture
22 (14.29 %)Continuous Integration
22 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
22 (14.29 %)Scrum
22 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
22 (14.29 %)TDD
31 (7.143 %)Web Development
31 (7.143 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)Java
24 (28.57 %)Progress 4GL
32 (14.29 %)C#
41 (7.143 %)C++
41 (7.143 %)SQL
41 (7.143 %)VB.NET
41 (7.143 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (28.57 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (21.43 %)OpenView
13 (21.43 %)Unicenter
21 (7.143 %)MOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (57.14 %)Progress
23 (21.43 %)HP
23 (21.43 %)CA
32 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (7.143 %)Bloomberg