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This section looks at the demand for Rational Unified Process (RUP) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RUP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRational Unified Process (RUP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank182175
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads571871
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.761 %0.881 %
As % of the category below1.501 %1.884 %
Daily rates quoted214291
Average minimum daily rate£414£392
Average daily rate£432£411
% change on same period last year+4.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£424£391
% change on same period last year+8.43 %
Hourly rates quoted914
Average minimum hourly rate£41.89£35.25
Average hourly rate£43.75£36.00
% change on same period last year+21.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.61£36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.11£32.61
% change on same period last year+23.00 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3805046228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.72 %46.77 %
Daily rates quoted1413915557
Average minimum daily rate£390£394
Average daily rate£417£419
% change on same period last year-0.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted22402855
Average minimum hourly rate£27.15£28.88
Average hourly rate£28.92£30.71
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.69£32.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
RUP UKRUP
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.

RUP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RUP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England RUP Demand Trend

RUP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RUP Daily Rate Trend

RUP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RUP across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England RUP Daily Rate Histogram

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RUP across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England RUP Hourly Rate Histogram

RUP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RUP within the England region over the 3 months to 25 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.

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+1307£435+1.56 %
South EastUp+3794£455+13.46 %
South WestUp+2247£321-18.60 %
East of EnglandDown-2041£421+9.31 %
West MidlandsDown-1034£390-7.55 %
YorkshireDown-3517£400+18.92 %
MidlandsUp+311£400-
North WestDown-189£375-
East MidlandsUp+47£478-
South CoastNew entry-4--
North EastNo change02£368-
RUP UKRUP
UK

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1593 (49.96 %)UML
2341 (28.73 %)Finance
3330 (27.80 %)Java
4316 (26.62 %)J2EE
5302 (25.44 %)Oracle
6268 (22.58 %)Unified Process
7240 (20.22 %)OO
8216 (18.20 %)XML
9199 (16.76 %)Use Case
10184 (15.50 %)Banking
11182 (15.33 %)Security Cleared
12181 (15.25 %)SQL
13160 (13.48 %)PRINCE2
14137 (11.54 %)RequisitePro
15135 (11.37 %)WebSphere
16134 (11.29 %)SOA
17126 (10.61 %)IBM
18116 (9.773 %).NET
19115 (9.688 %)Rational Rose
20113 (9.520 %)Project Management
21112 (9.436 %)Government
22106 (8.930 %)Business Analysis
22106 (8.930 %)ClearCase
23103 (8.677 %)MS Project
24102 (8.593 %)DV Cleared
2597 (8.172 %)MS Office
2694 (7.919 %)OOA/OOD
2791 (7.666 %)ClearQuest
2889 (7.498 %)Data Modelling
2889 (7.498 %)EJB

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1316 (26.62 %)J2EE
2216 (18.20 %)XML
3135 (11.37 %)WebSphere
4116 (9.773 %).NET
589 (7.498 %)EJB
685 (7.161 %)Struts
784 (7.077 %)WebServices
879 (6.655 %)Hibernate
973 (6.150 %)JSP
973 (6.150 %)HTML
1069 (5.813 %)XSL
1166 (5.560 %)ASP.NET
1259 (4.971 %)Spring
1353 (4.465 %)SOAP
1447 (3.960 %)Servlets
1541 (3.454 %)XSD
1638 (3.201 %)JMS
1727 (2.275 %)XML Schema
1826 (2.190 %)WSDL
1826 (2.190 %).NET Framework
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
179 (6.655 %)WebLogic
234 (2.864 %)Oracle Application Server
333 (2.780 %)WebSphere Application Server
426 (2.190 %)SharePoint
524 (2.022 %)Oracle 10gAS
623 (1.938 %)Apache
722 (1.853 %)IIS
821 (1.769 %)JBoss
821 (1.769 %)Tomcat
919 (1.601 %)WPS
1018 (1.516 %)CMS
1115 (1.264 %)Documentum
1213 (1.095 %)WebLogic Portal
1213 (1.095 %)Office Project Server
1311 (0.927 %)MQSeries
149 (0.758 %)TIBCO EMS
157 (0.590 %)Tuxedo
166 (0.505 %)BizTalk Server
166 (0.505 %)ESB
174 (0.337 %)MS Exchange
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1103 (8.677 %)MS Project
297 (8.172 %)MS Office
341 (3.454 %)MS Visio
438 (3.201 %)MS Excel
510 (0.842 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.337 %)InfoPath
72 (0.168 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.168 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.084 %)Photoshop
81 (0.084 %)Open Workbench
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.337 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
23 (0.253 %)Oracle Applications
23 (0.253 %)SAP HR
32 (0.168 %)HiInvest
32 (0.168 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.168 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (0.084 %)Great Plains
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (2.696 %)Internet
216 (1.348 %)LDAP
311 (0.927 %)TCP/IP
49 (0.758 %)Intranet
58 (0.674 %)HTTP
67 (0.590 %)IIOP
73 (0.253 %)SSL
73 (0.253 %)Extranet
73 (0.253 %)Firewall
82 (0.168 %)BSS
82 (0.168 %)SAN
82 (0.168 %)ATM
91 (0.084 %)VPN
91 (0.084 %)Network Security
91 (0.084 %)DVB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
179 (6.655 %)SQL Server
275 (6.318 %)Oracle 10g
374 (6.234 %)RDBMS
439 (3.286 %)DB2
529 (2.443 %)Oracle 9i
628 (2.359 %)Oracle Reports
720 (1.685 %)Oracle 8/8i
817 (1.432 %)TOAD
912 (1.011 %)Datawarehouse
108 (0.674 %)Reference Data
117 (0.590 %)SQL Server 7
117 (0.590 %)SQL Server 2005
117 (0.590 %)MS Access
117 (0.590 %)Ingres
126 (0.505 %)ETL
126 (0.505 %)BusinessObjects
126 (0.505 %)SQL Server 2000
126 (0.505 %)EDRMS
135 (0.421 %)GIS
135 (0.421 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1137 (11.54 %)RequisitePro
2115 (9.688 %)Rational Rose
3106 (8.930 %)ClearCase
491 (7.666 %)ClearQuest
570 (5.897 %)JUnit
658 (4.886 %)Ant
658 (4.886 %)Eclipse
724 (2.022 %)JDeveloper
817 (1.432 %)Visual Studio
912 (1.011 %)TestDirector
912 (1.011 %)JMeter
1010 (0.842 %)WebLogic Workshop
119 (0.758 %)PowerBuilder
126 (0.505 %)LoadRunner
126 (0.505 %)CruiseControl
135 (0.421 %)VSS/SourceSafe
135 (0.421 %)Rational Robot
144 (0.337 %)XDE
144 (0.337 %)PVCS
144 (0.337 %)Synon
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1341 (28.73 %)Finance
2184 (15.50 %)Banking
3112 (9.436 %)Government
473 (6.150 %)Investment Banking
557 (4.802 %)Retail
647 (3.960 %)Front Office
744 (3.707 %)Insurance
823 (1.938 %)Telecoms
918 (1.516 %)Financial Institution
918 (1.516 %)Pensions
1016 (1.348 %)Back Office
1115 (1.264 %)Retail Banking
1214 (1.179 %)Criminal Justice
1312 (1.011 %)Pharmaceutical
1312 (1.011 %)Construction
1410 (0.842 %)Education
1410 (0.842 %)Police
1410 (0.842 %)Health
158 (0.674 %)Billing
167 (0.590 %)International Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1433 (36.48 %)Analyst
2329 (27.72 %)Business Analyst
3224 (18.87 %)Developer
4179 (15.08 %)Architect
5165 (13.90 %)Project Manager
6146 (12.30 %)Java Developer
7102 (8.593 %)Systems Analyst
894 (7.919 %)Java/J2EE Developer
983 (6.992 %)Solutions Architect
1062 (5.223 %)J2EE Developer
1141 (3.454 %)Tester
1240 (3.370 %)Business Systems Analyst
1336 (3.033 %)Technical Architect
1430 (2.527 %)Banking Business Analyst
1528 (2.359 %)UML Business Analyst
1625 (2.106 %)Systems Tester
1723 (1.938 %).NET Developer
1822 (1.853 %)Consultant
1921 (1.769 %)Senior Analyst
2019 (1.601 %)C# Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
165 (5.476 %)Derivative
257 (4.802 %)Fixed Income
336 (3.033 %)Equities
415 (1.264 %)Management Information System
415 (1.264 %)PMI
514 (1.179 %)N-Tier
612 (1.011 %)W3C
710 (0.842 %)Web 2.0
89 (0.758 %)Computer Science
95 (0.421 %)Credit Risk
95 (0.421 %)Taxonomies
95 (0.421 %)Credit Derivative
95 (0.421 %)EFT
104 (0.337 %)E-Learning
113 (0.253 %)SCORM
113 (0.253 %)Interactive TV
122 (0.168 %)Neural Network
122 (0.168 %)Mainframe
122 (0.168 %)Cryptography
122 (0.168 %)Contract for Difference
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
175 (6.318 %)Windows
260 (5.055 %)Linux
348 (4.044 %)UNIX
49 (0.758 %)Solaris
58 (0.674 %)Windows 2000
65 (0.421 %)Windows NT
65 (0.421 %)VMS
65 (0.421 %)AIX
71 (0.084 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1593 (49.96 %)UML
2268 (22.58 %)Unified Process
3240 (20.22 %)OO
4199 (16.76 %)Use Case
5182 (15.33 %)Security Cleared
6160 (13.48 %)PRINCE2
7134 (11.29 %)SOA
8113 (9.520 %)Project Management
9106 (8.930 %)Business Analysis
10102 (8.593 %)DV Cleared
1194 (7.919 %)OOA/OOD
1289 (7.498 %)Data Modelling
1385 (7.161 %)DSDM
1481 (6.824 %)Systems Analysis
1558 (4.886 %)Scrum
1656 (4.718 %)Agile Software Development
1656 (4.718 %)Enterprise Architecture
1752 (4.381 %)SC Cleared
1851 (4.297 %)RAD
1947 (3.960 %)TOGAF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1330 (27.80 %)Java
2181 (15.25 %)SQL
375 (6.318 %)C#
465 (5.476 %)C++
563 (5.307 %)C
654 (4.549 %)PL/SQL
729 (2.443 %)VB
820 (1.685 %)JavaScript
916 (1.348 %)Perl
1014 (1.179 %)VBA
1113 (1.095 %)VB6
1210 (0.842 %)Transact-SQL
139 (0.758 %)VB.NET
145 (0.421 %)Shell Script
154 (0.337 %)RPG
163 (0.253 %)Delphi
172 (0.168 %)VBScript
172 (0.168 %)XQuery
181 (0.084 %)Tcl
181 (0.084 %)NATURAL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
152 (4.381 %)Degree
243 (3.623 %)Sun Certification
342 (3.538 %)ISEB
416 (1.348 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
515 (1.264 %)PRINCE2 Certification
613 (1.095 %)PMP
613 (1.095 %)PMI Certification
74 (0.337 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (0.337 %)ITIL Certification
83 (0.253 %)SCJD
83 (0.253 %)ISEB Practitioner
92 (0.168 %)SCBCD
92 (0.168 %)SCDJWS
92 (0.168 %)MCP
92 (0.168 %)MCAD
92 (0.168 %)MCSD
101 (0.084 %)MCSE
101 (0.084 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.084 %)CCEA
101 (0.084 %)CISSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
161 (5.139 %)QA
224 (2.022 %)ISO9001
36 (0.505 %)PCI DSS
43 (0.253 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.168 %)Basel II
61 (0.084 %)WCAG
61 (0.084 %)WAI
61 (0.084 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (1.769 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.084 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.084 %)MSMQ
21 (0.084 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.084 %)CA SiteMinder
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1302 (25.44 %)Oracle
2126 (10.61 %)IBM
368 (5.729 %)BEA
465 (5.476 %)Microsoft
550 (4.212 %)Sun
631 (2.612 %)Altova
719 (1.601 %)Citrix
813 (1.095 %)SAP
912 (1.011 %)ILOG
912 (1.011 %)TIBCO
1011 (0.927 %)Fundtech
1110 (0.842 %)Mantas
1110 (0.842 %)Macromedia
129 (0.758 %)Red Hat
138 (0.674 %)HP
147 (0.590 %)Mercator
156 (0.505 %)Business Objects
165 (0.421 %)Vignette
174 (0.337 %)Tridion
174 (0.337 %)Primavera
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