The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Process 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 Unified Process 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Process
Rank 192 214 239
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +25
Contract jobs citing Unified Process 11 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.172% 0.051% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.235% 0.071% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 4
Average daily rate £298 £650 £526
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.23% +23.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £650 £501
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £650 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £455 £310
% change year-on-year
-36.81% +46.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4690 5642 7035
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.52% 71.74% 71.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3529 4083 5194
Average daily rate £450 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 98 100
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Unified Process
London

Unified Process
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Unified Process across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Unified Process Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Process
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Unified Process Daily Rate Trend

Unified Process
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unified Process across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Unified Process Daily Rate Histogram

Unified Process
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Unified Process Hourly Rate Trend

Unified Process
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Unified Process 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 Unified Process.

1 21 (100.00%) RUP
2 18 (85.71%) UML
3 11 (52.38%) Project Management
3 11 (52.38%) Business Analysis
3 11 (52.38%) QA
4 7 (33.33%) IBM
5 6 (28.57%) ClearQuest
5 6 (28.57%) OOA/OOD
5 6 (28.57%) OO
5 6 (28.57%) MS Office
5 6 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (28.57%) Content Management
5 6 (28.57%) Information Governance
6 5 (23.81%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (23.81%) HTML
6 5 (23.81%) CSS
6 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
7 4 (19.05%) MS Project
7 4 (19.05%) EMC
7 4 (19.05%) Intranet
7 4 (19.05%) HTML5
8 3 (14.29%) Cash Management
8 3 (14.29%) Middleware
8 3 (14.29%) Documentum
8 3 (14.29%) HTTP
8 3 (14.29%) Oracle
8 3 (14.29%) Wholesale Banking
8 3 (14.29%) Finance
8 3 (14.29%) Banking
8 3 (14.29%) Zachman Framework

Unified Process
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Unified Process 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 Unified Process. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (23.81%) HTML
1 5 (23.81%) CSS
2 4 (19.05%) HTML5
3 3 (14.29%) Middleware
4 2 (9.524%) Java EE
4 2 (9.524%) CSS3
5 1 (4.762%) ASP
5 1 (4.762%) XML
5 1 (4.762%) XSD
5 1 (4.762%) XSL
5 1 (4.762%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Documentum
1 3 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (4.762%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) MS Office
2 4 (19.05%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Intranet
2 3 (14.29%) HTTP
3 1 (4.762%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) ClearQuest
General
1 3 (14.29%) Wholesale Banking
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
1 3 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (9.524%) Publishing
2 2 (9.524%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Business Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.524%) Software Architect
5 2 (9.524%) UML Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Agile Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Documentum Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) SQL Developer
6 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.762%) Telematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) RUP
2 18 (85.71%) UML
3 11 (52.38%) Project Management
3 11 (52.38%) Business Analysis
4 6 (28.57%) OOA/OOD
4 6 (28.57%) OO
4 6 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (28.57%) Content Management
4 6 (28.57%) Information Governance
5 5 (23.81%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
6 3 (14.29%) Cash Management
6 3 (14.29%) Zachman Framework
6 3 (14.29%) TOGAF
7 2 (9.524%) CMMI
7 2 (9.524%) TQM
7 2 (9.524%) Workflow
7 2 (9.524%) Web Design
7 2 (9.524%) BPMN
7 2 (9.524%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) Java
2 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) VBScript
2 1 (4.762%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) IBM
2 4 (19.05%) EMC
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle