MQSeries Contract Job Trends in England

IBM MQSeries
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring MQSeries skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 488 544
Rank change year-on-year -50 +56 +185
Contract jobs citing MQSeries 11 23 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.079% 0.035%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.33% 0.71% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 9
10th Percentile £482 - £363
25th Percentile £525 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +7.98% -11.25%
75th Percentile £600 £723 £563
90th Percentile - £760 £595
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £533
% change year-on-year +4.35% +7.98% -11.25%

All Application Platform Skills
England

MQSeries falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,346 3,236 3,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.65% 11.09% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,304 2,028 2,491
10th Percentile £290 £263 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £788 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 68 125
10th Percentile £15.60 £17.05 £14.12
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £32.77 £41.91 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.81% +61.19% +40.54%
75th Percentile £69.36 £64.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.40 £70.38 £73.25
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £26.78
% change year-on-year -22.26% +30.69% +44.76%

MQSeries
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MQSeries relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MQSeries job vacancy trend in England

MQSeries
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MQSeries.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MQSeries

MQSeries
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MQSeries in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MQSeries in England

MQSeries
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MQSeries.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MQSeries

MQSeries
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MQSeries within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -11 11 £563 -12.79% 2
MQSeries
UK

MQSeries
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (72.73%) Banking
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Private Banking
3 4 (36.36%) Financial Institution
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Front Office
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) Analyst Developer
3 5 (45.45%) AS400 Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Java Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Kafka Developer
5 2 (18.18%) RPG Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (9.09%) Applications Support
6 1 (9.09%) Applications Support Specialist
6 1 (9.09%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) XML
2 4 (36.36%) Kafka
3 1 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) AS400
2 3 (27.27%) iSeries
2 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Derivative
3 1 (9.09%) Equities
3 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Change Control
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (45.45%) Wealth Management
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) DevOps
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (9.09%) ITIL
5 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Release Management
5 1 (9.09%) Runbook
5 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) Java
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
3 7 (63.64%) RPG
4 1 (9.09%) Bash
4 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Control-M
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Grafana
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) Bloomberg
2 1 (9.09%) Calypso
2 1 (9.09%) Dynatrace
2 1 (9.09%) Murex
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Reuters
2 1 (9.09%) Sophis
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk