The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Rhapsody skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational Rhapsody over the 3 months to 20 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 Development Applications category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Rhapsody
Rank 48 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 1 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.189% 0.834% -
As % of the Development Applications category 2.703% 9.459% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £388 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.54% +29.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
Average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
All Development Applications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
37 74 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 7.008% 8.820% 6.129%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 45 19
Average daily rate £325 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £291 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Rational Rhapsody
South West

Rational Rhapsody
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Rational Rhapsody across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Bristol Rational Rhapsody Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Rhapsody
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Rational Rhapsody across the Bristol region.

Bristol Rational Rhapsody Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Rhapsody
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Rational Rhapsody 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Rational Rhapsody.

1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS

Rational Rhapsody
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Rational Rhapsody also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Rational Rhapsody. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft