The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Rose skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational Rose over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Rose
Rank 209 196 249
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +53
Contract jobs citing Rational Rose 1 16 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.015% 0.207% 0.020%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.128% 2.159% 0.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
Average daily rate £298 £600 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-50.41% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £284 £375 £418
% change year-on-year
-24.33% -10.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £38.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
- +2.00%
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
783 741 1019
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 11.55% 9.572% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 569 787
Average daily rate £400 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 6
Average hourly rate £42.50 £34.00 £33.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.99% +2.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £23.80 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.30 £39.20 £81.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Rational Rose
London

Rational Rose
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Rational Rose Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Rose
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational Rose across the City of London region.

City of London Rational Rose Daily Rate Trend

Rational Rose
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Rational Rose across the City of London region.

City of London Rational Rose Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Rose
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Rational Rose 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 Rose.

1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) BPMN
2 2 (66.67%) Pega
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (66.67%) TOAD
2 2 (66.67%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) RequisitePro
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) RUP
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management

Rational Rose
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Rational Rose 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 Rose. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) RequisitePro
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Banking Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) BPMN
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) RUP
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Pega
1 2 (66.67%) HP