The first table below looks at the demand for Rational DOORS skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational DOORS over the 3 months to 21 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 Development Applications category for the 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational DOORS
Rank 474 502 480
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -22
Contract jobs citing Rational DOORS 38 55 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.090% 0.103% 0.135%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.811% 1.093% 1.272%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 1
Average daily rate £350 £400 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -38.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £400 £650
% change year-on-year
-23.43% -38.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 51
Average hourly rate £37.80 £37.25 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% +4.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.56 £35.00 £32.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.75 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £37.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+2.16% +4.22%
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4684 5033 5895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.07% 9.407% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2996 3048 3394
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 204 313
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Rational DOORS
UK

Rational DOORS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Rational DOORS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England Rational DOORS Jobs Demand Trend

Rational DOORS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational DOORS across the England region.

England Rational DOORS Daily Rate Trend

Rational DOORS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Rational DOORS Hourly Rate Trend

Rational DOORS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rational DOORS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Rational DOORS Hourly Rate Histogram

Rational DOORS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational DOORS within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
South East +27 11 £363 -4.91%
West Midlands +13 7 - -
London +15 6 £381 +1.66%
East of England +9 6 £306 -
South West +11 5 £265 -33.75%
North West - 3 £300 -
Rational DOORS
UK

Rational DOORS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Rational DOORS 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 DOORS.

1 31 (43.06%) Requirements Management
2 25 (34.72%) UML
3 22 (30.56%) Security Cleared
4 16 (22.22%) Time Management
4 16 (22.22%) Validation
5 15 (20.83%) C++
6 14 (19.44%) ClearCase
6 14 (19.44%) Project Management
7 13 (18.06%) ClearQuest
7 13 (18.06%) Manufacturing
7 13 (18.06%) OO
7 13 (18.06%) ENOVIA
8 12 (16.67%) PLM
8 12 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 12 (16.67%) Windows
8 12 (16.67%) SAP
9 10 (13.89%) Aerospace
9 10 (13.89%) Visual Studio
9 10 (13.89%) Rational Rhapsody
10 9 (12.50%) Degree
10 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
11 8 (11.11%) Configuration Management
11 8 (11.11%) Ada
12 7 (9.722%) Military
12 7 (9.722%) DO-178B
12 7 (9.722%) Linux
12 7 (9.722%) C#
13 6 (8.333%) Avionics
13 6 (8.333%) Use Case
13 6 (8.333%) Software Engineering

Rational DOORS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Rational DOORS 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 DOORS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.556%) .NET
1 4 (5.556%) Qt
2 3 (4.167%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.778%) OpenGL
3 2 (2.778%) HTML
3 2 (2.778%) CSS
3 2 (2.778%) XML
4 1 (1.389%) STL
Applications
1 3 (4.167%) MS Visio
1 3 (4.167%) MS Office
1 3 (4.167%) Simulink
2 2 (2.778%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (18.06%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.167%) Ethernet
1 3 (4.167%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.389%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 14 (19.44%) ClearCase
2 13 (18.06%) ClearQuest
3 10 (13.89%) Visual Studio
3 10 (13.89%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (4.167%) Eclipse
5 2 (2.778%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (2.778%) JIRA
6 1 (1.389%) NUnit
6 1 (1.389%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.389%) Axure RP
6 1 (1.389%) CppUnit
6 1 (1.389%) PVCS
General
1 13 (18.06%) Manufacturing
2 10 (13.89%) Aerospace
3 7 (9.722%) Military
4 6 (8.333%) Avionics
5 3 (4.167%) Automotive
5 3 (4.167%) Electronics
6 1 (1.389%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (34.72%) Software Engineer
2 13 (18.06%) Requirements Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) Analyst
3 12 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 11 (15.28%) Business Analyst
5 10 (13.89%) Applications Engineer
6 8 (11.11%) Test Engineer
7 6 (8.333%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (4.167%) Business Systems Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Developer
10 2 (2.778%) Consultant
10 2 (2.778%) Support Engineer
10 2 (2.778%) Integration Engineer
10 2 (2.778%) UML Business Analyst
11 1 (1.389%) IT Business Analyst
11 1 (1.389%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 1 (1.389%) Software Manager
11 1 (1.389%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.556%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (4.167%) Client/Server
2 3 (4.167%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.389%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.389%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.67%) Windows
2 7 (9.722%) Linux
3 3 (4.167%) VxWorks
4 2 (2.778%) UNIX
4 2 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.389%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (43.06%) Requirements Management
2 25 (34.72%) UML
3 16 (22.22%) Time Management
3 16 (22.22%) Validation
4 14 (19.44%) Project Management
5 13 (18.06%) OO
6 12 (16.67%) PLM
7 8 (11.11%) Configuration Management
8 6 (8.333%) Use Case
8 6 (8.333%) Software Engineering
8 6 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
9 5 (6.944%) Unit Testing
9 5 (6.944%) Integration Testing
10 4 (5.556%) OOD
10 4 (5.556%) Scrum
10 4 (5.556%) Business Analysis
10 4 (5.556%) SysML
11 3 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (4.167%) BPMN
11 3 (4.167%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) C++
2 8 (11.11%) Ada
3 7 (9.722%) C#
4 5 (6.944%) Java
4 5 (6.944%) MATLAB
5 4 (5.556%) Python
5 4 (5.556%) Bash shell
6 3 (4.167%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.167%) SQL
7 2 (2.778%) VB
7 2 (2.778%) Perl
7 2 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (2.778%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.389%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.722%) DO-178B
2 3 (4.167%) DO-254
3 1 (1.389%) TickIT
Vendors
1 12 (16.67%) SAP
2 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.944%) Serena
4 2 (2.778%) TOWER Software
4 2 (2.778%) IBM
5 1 (1.389%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (1.389%) Oracle
5 1 (1.389%) EMC
Wimborne, Dorset
Requirements capture, allocation, derivation and validation... Qualifications and experience: Degree in mechanical, systems or aeronautical engineering or equivalent... Experience of requirements management using tools such as DOORS or...
Alexander Mann Solutions
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013
South West England
My client in the Dorset area is currently looking for a Development Engineer. You main tasks and responsibilities will include: - Provide technical input to requirements definition and validation. -...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
The role will involve Systems Integration working with Requirements Management (DOORS) Software applying the Systems Safety concept. Interfacing with Subcontractors/ customers and Bid Management and Business Development Teams...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £0.00 per hour + Market Rate
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Candidate should possess the following: Essential * Experience of capturing business requirements in a structured form * Experience of defining use cases * Experience of analysing requirements * Experience of producing professional...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013