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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Rational RequisitePro skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RequisitePro over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Rational RequisitePro
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank490561
Rank change on same period last yearUp+71
Matching contract IT job ads6080
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.080 %
As % of the category below0.978 %0.962 %
Daily rates quoted2821
Average minimum daily rate£351£388
Average daily rate£368£408
% change on same period last year-9.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£434
% change on same period last year-3.13 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads61338314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.567 %8.353 %
Daily rates quoted20192515
Average minimum daily rate£338£349
Average daily rate£363£371
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted437677
Average minimum hourly rate£29.84£30.28
Average hourly rate£31.81£32.21
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.79£34.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.97£32.21
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
RequisitePro UKRequisitePro
UK

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.

RequisitePro
Demand Trend

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

England RequisitePro Demand Trend

RequisitePro
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RequisitePro Daily Rate Trend

RequisitePro
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RequisitePro across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England RequisitePro Daily Rate Histogram

RequisitePro
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RequisitePro Hourly Rate Trend

RequisitePro
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RequisitePro within the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+6343£362-9.91 %
South EastUp+409£360-12.19 %
East of EnglandUp+274£401-12.45 %
North WestUp+72£500-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
RequisitePro UKRequisitePro
UK

RequisitePro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RequisitePro 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 RequisitePro.

1122 (57.55 %)RUP
289 (41.98 %)UML
387 (41.04 %)ClearQuest
486 (40.57 %)Unified Process
577 (36.32 %)Use Case
667 (31.60 %)Rational Rose
759 (27.83 %)Java
858 (27.36 %)IBM
957 (26.89 %)Oracle
1047 (22.17 %)XML
1047 (22.17 %)OO
1142 (19.81 %)MS Project
1239 (18.40 %)SQL
1336 (16.98 %)PRINCE2
1434 (16.04 %)OOA/OOD
1434 (16.04 %)Systems Analysis
1533 (15.57 %)Finance
1632 (15.09 %)Change Management
1632 (15.09 %)ClearCase
1731 (14.62 %)Security Cleared
1829 (13.68 %)Project Management
1928 (13.21 %)MS Office
2027 (12.74 %)Oracle 10g
2027 (12.74 %)Government
2126 (12.26 %)PL/SQL
2126 (12.26 %)SC Cleared
2225 (11.79 %)JUnit
2324 (11.32 %)XSL
2324 (11.32 %)Workflow
2324 (11.32 %)Oracle Application Server

RequisitePro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RequisitePro 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 RequisitePro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
147 (22.17 %)XML
224 (11.32 %)XSL
322 (10.38 %)SOAP
419 (8.962 %)JavaBeans
419 (8.962 %)Hibernate
515 (7.075 %)J2EE
614 (6.604 %)XML Schema
79 (4.245 %).NET
87 (3.302 %)JSP
87 (3.302 %)Struts
87 (3.302 %)WebServices
95 (2.358 %)EJB
95 (2.358 %)HTML
95 (2.358 %)JSTL
104 (1.887 %)WebSphere
104 (1.887 %)JDBC
113 (1.415 %)ASP.NET
122 (0.943 %)CSS
122 (0.943 %)Middleware
122 (0.943 %)Java EE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (11.32 %)Oracle Application Server
220 (9.434 %)Oracle 10gAS
313 (6.132 %)CMS
45 (2.358 %)Documentum
54 (1.887 %)Oracle 9iAS
54 (1.887 %)SharePoint
61 (0.472 %)Apache
61 (0.472 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.472 %)WebSphere Message Broker
61 (0.472 %)ESB
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (19.81 %)MS Project
228 (13.21 %)MS Office
320 (9.434 %)MS Visio
43 (1.415 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (2.358 %)HTTP
24 (1.887 %)Internet
31 (0.472 %)LDAP
31 (0.472 %)ATM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (12.74 %)Oracle 10g
24 (1.887 %)Oracle 9i
32 (0.943 %)DB2
41 (0.472 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.472 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
187 (41.04 %)ClearQuest
267 (31.60 %)Rational Rose
332 (15.09 %)ClearCase
425 (11.79 %)JUnit
510 (4.717 %)Rational Robot
66 (2.830 %)TestDirector
75 (2.358 %)LoadRunner
84 (1.887 %)Ant
93 (1.415 %)JDeveloper
102 (0.943 %)CaliberRM
111 (0.472 %)Rational Functional Tester
111 (0.472 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (15.57 %)Finance
227 (12.74 %)Government
311 (5.189 %)Banking
49 (4.245 %)Insurance
49 (4.245 %)Financial Institution
56 (2.830 %)Criminal Justice
65 (2.358 %)Police
74 (1.887 %)Retail
83 (1.415 %)Retail Banking
83 (1.415 %)International Banking
83 (1.415 %)Construction
83 (1.415 %)Auditing
92 (0.943 %)Front Office
92 (0.943 %)Back Office
92 (0.943 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (0.943 %)Electric
92 (0.943 %)Online Banking
101 (0.472 %)Pensions
101 (0.472 %)General Ledger
101 (0.472 %)Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1130 (61.32 %)Analyst
256 (26.42 %)Business Analyst
353 (25.00 %)Systems Analyst
430 (14.15 %)Project Manager
520 (9.434 %)Requirements Analyst
613 (6.132 %)UML Business Analyst
712 (5.660 %)Requirements Manager
811 (5.189 %)Business Systems Analyst
99 (4.245 %)Developer
99 (4.245 %)Test Manager
99 (4.245 %)Configuration Manager
106 (2.830 %)Banking Business Analyst
115 (2.358 %)Java Developer
115 (2.358 %)Test Analyst
115 (2.358 %)Tester
124 (1.887 %)Junior
133 (1.415 %)Systems Designer
133 (1.415 %)Senior Manager
133 (1.415 %)J2EE Developer
133 (1.415 %)Technical Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (1.887 %)Management Information System
23 (1.415 %)W3C
23 (1.415 %)CMDB
32 (0.943 %)German Language
32 (0.943 %)Fixed Income
32 (0.943 %)Equities
32 (0.943 %)Derivative
41 (0.472 %)Ergonomics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (3.302 %)Linux
17 (3.302 %)Red Hat Linux
24 (1.887 %)Windows
33 (1.415 %)UNIX
42 (0.943 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1122 (57.55 %)RUP
289 (41.98 %)UML
386 (40.57 %)Unified Process
477 (36.32 %)Use Case
547 (22.17 %)OO
636 (16.98 %)PRINCE2
734 (16.04 %)OOA/OOD
734 (16.04 %)Systems Analysis
832 (15.09 %)Change Management
931 (14.62 %)Security Cleared
1029 (13.68 %)Project Management
1126 (12.26 %)SC Cleared
1224 (11.32 %)Business Analysis
1224 (11.32 %)Workflow
1319 (8.962 %)Requirements Management
1418 (8.491 %)Web Development
1514 (6.604 %)System Testing
1514 (6.604 %)Data Modelling
1613 (6.132 %)ITIL
1613 (6.132 %)Content Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
159 (27.83 %)Java
239 (18.40 %)SQL
326 (12.26 %)PL/SQL
45 (2.358 %)VBA
54 (1.887 %)RPG
54 (1.887 %)VB.NET
62 (0.943 %)JavaScript
62 (0.943 %)Perl
62 (0.943 %)Shell Script
71 (0.472 %)C
71 (0.472 %)C#
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (4.717 %)Degree
26 (2.830 %)ISEB
31 (0.472 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (7.075 %)QA
27 (3.302 %)ISO9001
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
158 (27.36 %)IBM
257 (26.89 %)Oracle
316 (7.547 %)Altova
49 (4.245 %)Microsoft
58 (3.774 %)Fundtech
67 (3.302 %)Red Hat
73 (1.415 %)Mantas
82 (0.943 %)NetApp
91 (0.472 %)Tridion
91 (0.472 %)Stellent
91 (0.472 %)Macromedia
91 (0.472 %)Vignette
91 (0.472 %)SAP