The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Process 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 Unified Process over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Process
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Unified Process 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1419 1903 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.93% 64.51% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 804 915 788
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 £240 £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 122 155 189
Average hourly rate £35.14 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.12 £12.50 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Unified Process
England

Unified Process
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Unified Process Daily Rate Trend

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 East of England region.

East of England Unified Process Hourly Rate Trend

Unified Process
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) RAD
1 2 (100.00%) RUP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) webMethods
1 2 (100.00%) Talend Open Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Talend
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) ESB
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling

Unified Process
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (50.00%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) RAD
1 2 (100.00%) RUP
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) webMethods
1 2 (100.00%) Talend
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft