The first table below looks at the demand for RUP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RUP 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 Docklands, 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
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 29 26 51
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +25
Contract jobs citing RUP 1 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 0.585% 2.370% 0.995%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.781% 2.994% 1.364%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Average daily rate £200 £450 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.55% -7.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £393 £363
% change year-on-year
-17.19% +8.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +28.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
128 167 440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 74.85% 79.15% 72.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 109 199
Average daily rate £450 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £360 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £605 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
RUP
London

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London RUP Jobs Demand Trend

RUP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RUP across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London RUP Daily Rate Trend

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RUP across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing RUP 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 RUP.

1 11 (84.62%) UML
2 10 (76.92%) CSS
2 10 (76.92%) HTML
3 9 (69.23%) IBM
4 7 (53.85%) EMC
4 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (46.15%) Intranet
5 6 (46.15%) HTTP
5 6 (46.15%) Web Services
5 6 (46.15%) XML
5 6 (46.15%) XSD
5 6 (46.15%) XSL
5 6 (46.15%) PL/SQL
5 6 (46.15%) SQL
6 5 (38.46%) MS Office
6 5 (38.46%) Publishing
6 5 (38.46%) Unified Process
6 5 (38.46%) Content Management
6 5 (38.46%) Information Governance
7 4 (30.77%) HTML5
7 4 (30.77%) CSS3
7 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
7 4 (30.77%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (30.77%) Java
7 4 (30.77%) J2EE
7 4 (30.77%) Oracle
7 4 (30.77%) Documentum
7 4 (30.77%) Rational Rose
8 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
8 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (76.92%) CSS
1 10 (76.92%) HTML
2 6 (46.15%) Web Services
2 6 (46.15%) XML
2 6 (46.15%) XSD
2 6 (46.15%) XSL
3 4 (30.77%) HTML5
3 4 (30.77%) CSS3
3 4 (30.77%) J2EE
4 2 (15.38%) SOAP
4 2 (15.38%) ASP
4 2 (15.38%) ODBC
5 1 (7.692%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Documentum
2 2 (15.38%) CMS
2 2 (15.38%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Intranet
1 6 (46.15%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Rational Rose
2 2 (15.38%) ClearQuest
General
1 5 (38.46%) Publishing
2 4 (30.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Developer
2 4 (30.77%) PL/SQL Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Software Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Telematics
2 2 (15.38%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) UML
2 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (38.46%) Unified Process
3 5 (38.46%) Content Management
3 5 (38.46%) Information Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Information Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Document Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Web Design
5 2 (15.38%) OO
5 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.692%) OOD
6 1 (7.692%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (7.692%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) PL/SQL
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) VBScript
3 2 (15.38%) VB
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) IBM
2 7 (53.85%) EMC
3 4 (30.77%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft