The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere MQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere MQ over the 3 months to 24 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
Rank 177 163 138
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -25
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere MQ 27 22 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.537% 0.483% 0.911%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.725% 2.696% 4.744%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 32
Average salary £41,000 £52,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.90% +22.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
991 816 801
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.71% 17.90% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 839 704 731
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands WebSphere MQ Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Coventry -20 8 £41,000 -18.00%
Warwickshire +1 2 - -
WebSphere MQ
England

WebSphere MQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 41 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 37 (90.24%) UNIX
3 35 (85.37%) Linux
4 32 (78.05%) J2EE
4 32 (78.05%) Oracle
5 31 (75.61%) Windows
6 27 (65.85%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 27 (65.85%) IBM
6 27 (65.85%) DB2
7 26 (63.41%) Subversion
8 24 (58.54%) Java EE
8 24 (58.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (58.54%) Root Cause Analysis
8 24 (58.54%) Oracle ERP
8 24 (58.54%) Red Hat
8 24 (58.54%) ERP
9 6 (14.63%) Shell Script
10 5 (12.20%) Banking
10 5 (12.20%) Zachman Framework
10 5 (12.20%) TOGAF
10 5 (12.20%) NAS
10 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
10 5 (12.20%) LAN
10 5 (12.20%) WAN
10 5 (12.20%) SAN
10 5 (12.20%) .NET
10 5 (12.20%) ITIL
10 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
10 5 (12.20%) Java
11 4 (9.756%) Finance

WebSphere MQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 41 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 32 (78.05%) J2EE
3 24 (58.54%) Java EE
4 5 (12.20%) .NET
5 3 (7.317%) Servlets
5 3 (7.317%) SOAP
5 3 (7.317%) Struts
5 3 (7.317%) XML
5 3 (7.317%) XSLT
5 3 (7.317%) Swing
5 3 (7.317%) JMS
5 3 (7.317%) AWT
Application Platforms
1 27 (65.85%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 3 (7.317%) ESB
Business Applications
1 24 (58.54%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) NAS
1 5 (12.20%) LAN
1 5 (12.20%) WAN
1 5 (12.20%) SAN
2 3 (7.317%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (65.85%) DB2
2 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.317%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (63.41%) Subversion
2 3 (7.317%) JUnit
3 2 (4.878%) ClearCase
3 2 (4.878%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 5 (12.20%) Banking
2 4 (9.756%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (73.17%) Analyst
2 24 (58.54%) Administrator
3 6 (14.63%) Developer
3 6 (14.63%) Messaging Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Architect
5 4 (9.756%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (7.317%) Senior Developer
6 3 (7.317%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (7.317%) Java Developer
6 3 (7.317%) WebSphere Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.317%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (90.24%) UNIX
2 35 (85.37%) Linux
3 31 (75.61%) Windows
4 24 (58.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (4.878%) zOS
5 2 (4.878%) HPUX
5 2 (4.878%) Windows NT
5 2 (4.878%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Root Cause Analysis
1 24 (58.54%) ERP
2 5 (12.20%) Zachman Framework
2 5 (12.20%) TOGAF
2 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
2 5 (12.20%) ITIL
3 4 (9.756%) Project Management
4 3 (7.317%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (7.317%) TDD
4 3 (7.317%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.317%) UML
4 3 (7.317%) EAI
4 3 (7.317%) SOA
5 2 (4.878%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Shell Script
2 5 (12.20%) Java
3 3 (7.317%) Objective-C
3 3 (7.317%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 32 (78.05%) Oracle
2 27 (65.85%) IBM
3 24 (58.54%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.439%) SAP
4 1 (2.439%) HP
Warwickshire, West Midlands
The role will be focused around the design, implementation and support for server equipment; primarily architected using WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker in predominantly aRedhat Linux environment. Skills...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013