East of England Rational Rose Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Rational Rose skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Rational Rose over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Crawley Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Hampshire Leicestershire Livingston London Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Swansea Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	149	112
Rank change on same period last year	-37
Matching contract IT job ads	2	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	0.410 %	6.737 %
Daily rates quoted	2	13
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£422
Average daily rate	£550	£454
% change on same period last year	+21.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£650	£487
UK excluding London average daily rate	£400	£398
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	8
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.75
Average hourly rate	-	£31.38
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.22	£32.12
% change on same period last year	+19.00 %
Development Applications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	488	475
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.644 %	0.504 %
Daily rates quoted	122	157
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£342
Average daily rate	£354	£363
% change on same period last year	-2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£329
% change on same period last year	+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	51
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.92	£27.59
Average hourly rate	£31.43	£29.30
% change on same period last year	+7.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.94	£31.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.57	£34.00
% change on same period last year	-1.26 %
Rational Rose England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Rational Rose across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational Rose across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rational Rose across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Rational Rose across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Rational Rose within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	-18	2	£550	+21.79 %

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 2 (66.67 %) UML 1 2 (66.67 %) Banking 1 2 (66.67 %) Derivative 1 2 (66.67 %) Equity Derivative 2 1 (33.33 %) Insurance 2 1 (33.33 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (33.33 %) Supplier Management 2 1 (33.33 %) RequisitePro 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Development Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) RequisitePro	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Banking 2 1 (33.33 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Business Analyst 1 2 (66.67 %) Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) Derivative 1 2 (66.67 %) Equity Derivative
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) UML 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (33.33 %) Supplier Management