The first table below looks at the demand for RUP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 99 125 107
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -18
Contract jobs citing RUP 15 7 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.701% 0.237% 0.756%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.051% 0.368% 1.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 7
Average daily rate £450 £335 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.32% -16.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £219 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £350 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £393 £363
% change year-on-year
-17.19% +8.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.49 £32.60 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.15 £35.18 £30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +28.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
RUP
England

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England RUP Daily Rate Trend

RUP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RUP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England RUP Daily Rate Histogram

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RUP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Essex +1 10 £213 -36.56%
Hertfordshire - 3 £450 -
East Anglia - 1 £310 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £600 -
RUP
England

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 16 (72.73%) J2EE
1 16 (72.73%) Java
1 16 (72.73%) SQL
1 16 (72.73%) JSP
1 16 (72.73%) XML
2 15 (68.18%) CSS
2 15 (68.18%) JavaScript
3 11 (50.00%) Oracle
4 10 (45.45%) OO
5 9 (40.91%) HTML
5 9 (40.91%) XHTML
5 9 (40.91%) Scrum
5 9 (40.91%) Ajax
6 8 (36.36%) FQL
6 8 (36.36%) Facebook
6 8 (36.36%) Twitter
6 8 (36.36%) UML
7 7 (31.82%) XML Schema
7 7 (31.82%) Social Media
8 6 (27.27%) ActiveMQ
8 6 (27.27%) Spring
8 6 (27.27%) JSF
8 6 (27.27%) Maven
8 6 (27.27%) Hibernate
8 6 (27.27%) Unit Testing
8 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
8 6 (27.27%) Struts2
8 6 (27.27%) Open Source
8 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (27.27%) Apache

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 16 (72.73%) J2EE
1 16 (72.73%) JSP
1 16 (72.73%) XML
2 15 (68.18%) CSS
3 9 (40.91%) HTML
3 9 (40.91%) XHTML
3 9 (40.91%) Ajax
4 7 (31.82%) XML Schema
5 6 (27.27%) Spring
5 6 (27.27%) JSF
5 6 (27.27%) Hibernate
5 6 (27.27%) Struts2
5 6 (27.27%) Struts
5 6 (27.27%) Web Services
5 6 (27.27%) DHTML
6 4 (18.18%) WebSphere
6 4 (18.18%) WebCenter
7 1 (4.545%) JAXB
7 1 (4.545%) JMS
7 1 (4.545%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) ActiveMQ
1 6 (27.27%) Apache
2 4 (18.18%) Liferay
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (4.545%) Tuxedo
3 1 (4.545%) WebLogic
3 1 (4.545%) IIS
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) JasperReports
2 4 (18.18%) GIS
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Maven
2 4 (18.18%) Ant
3 1 (4.545%) PVCS
General
1 5 (22.73%) Marketing
2 4 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (9.091%) Automotive
4 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Java Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Integration Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Applications Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Agile Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Java/J2EE Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Java Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Lead Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) J2EE Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Applications Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Social Media
2 6 (27.27%) Open Source
3 1 (4.545%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (4.545%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.545%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) UNIX
2 4 (18.18%) Android
2 4 (18.18%) Apple iOS
2 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 1 (4.545%) Solaris
3 1 (4.545%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) OO
2 9 (40.91%) Scrum
3 8 (36.36%) UML
4 6 (27.27%) Unit Testing
4 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (22.73%) Workflow
6 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
6 4 (18.18%) Content Management
6 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) RAD
7 2 (9.091%) ETL
8 1 (4.545%) E-business
8 1 (4.545%) Configuration Management
8 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
8 1 (4.545%) ERP
8 1 (4.545%) SOA
8 1 (4.545%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) Java
1 16 (72.73%) SQL
2 15 (68.18%) JavaScript
3 8 (36.36%) FQL
4 1 (4.545%) C
4 1 (4.545%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Oracle
2 8 (36.36%) Facebook
2 8 (36.36%) Twitter
3 4 (18.18%) FatWire
3 4 (18.18%) IBM
4 3 (13.64%) TIBCO
5 2 (9.091%) Informatica
6 1 (4.545%) webMethods
6 1 (4.545%) BEA
6 1 (4.545%) hybris
6 1 (4.545%) Fujitsu
6 1 (4.545%) Endeca
EAST ANGLIA
Hands on experience of process design and orchestration using tools such as webMethods, TIBCO or equivalents6... Experience working in a .NET, SQL environment8... Experience of working within an...
Provisio Solutions
Rate: £300 - £32O per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Posted: 30 April 2013