The first table below looks at the demand for ClearCase skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ClearCase over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational ClearCase
Rank 60 63 68
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs citing ClearCase 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.274% 0.376% 0.404%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.439% 4.054% 7.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £315 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £375 £339
% change year-on-year
-23.33% +10.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £38.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-2.45% +9.15%
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
82 74 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.22% 9.273% 5.758%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 32
Average daily rate £375 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £355 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £33.75 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.75 £30.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £30.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
ClearCase
North West

ClearCase
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire ClearCase Jobs Demand Trend

ClearCase
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ClearCase across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire ClearCase Daily Rate Trend

ClearCase
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire ClearCase Hourly Rate Trend

ClearCase
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ClearCase 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 ClearCase.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) EJB
1 5 (100.00%) JSP
1 5 (100.00%) Servlets
1 5 (100.00%) Struts
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) XSD
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) JBoss
1 5 (100.00%) RUP
1 5 (100.00%) JMS
1 5 (100.00%) Chordiant
1 5 (100.00%) WSDL
1 5 (100.00%) PMI
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) CMMI
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion

ClearCase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ClearCase 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 ClearCase. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) EJB
1 5 (100.00%) JSP
1 5 (100.00%) Servlets
1 5 (100.00%) Struts
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) XSD
1 5 (100.00%) JMS
1 5 (100.00%) WSDL
1 5 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Ajax
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 5 (100.00%) jQuery
1 5 (100.00%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion
2 3 (60.00%) Gradle
2 3 (60.00%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) RUP
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) CMMI
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 5 (100.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) JBoss
1 5 (100.00%) Chordiant