The first table below looks at the demand for RUP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RUP over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Essex 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 40 42 32
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -10
Contract jobs citing RUP 11 8 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.600% 1.790% 4.134%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.741% 2.857% 6.780%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
Average daily rate £213 £188 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £370 £375
% change year-on-year
-12.83% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.11 £27.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.67% +27.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.49 £32.90 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.84 £40.32 £30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.11 £27.57
% change year-on-year
-21.67% +27.37%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
294 280 236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 69.50% 62.64% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 126 104
Average daily rate £325 £320 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £125 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 42 37
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.50 £27.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -0.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £41.80 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
RUP
East of England

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex RUP Daily Rate Trend

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) J2EE
1 11 (100.00%) JSP
1 11 (100.00%) XML
1 11 (100.00%) OO
2 10 (90.91%) XHTML
2 10 (90.91%) SQL
2 10 (90.91%) CSS
2 10 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 10 (90.91%) HTML
2 10 (90.91%) Scrum
2 10 (90.91%) Ajax
3 9 (81.82%) FQL
3 9 (81.82%) Facebook
3 9 (81.82%) Twitter
4 8 (72.73%) Social Media
5 6 (54.55%) Marketing
6 5 (45.45%) Oracle
6 5 (45.45%) UNIX
7 4 (36.36%) Ant
7 4 (36.36%) Legal
7 4 (36.36%) FatWire
7 4 (36.36%) IBM
7 4 (36.36%) RAD
7 4 (36.36%) Linux
7 4 (36.36%) WebSphere
7 4 (36.36%) WebCenter
7 4 (36.36%) Content Management
7 4 (36.36%) Android
7 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 11 (100.00%) J2EE
1 11 (100.00%) JSP
1 11 (100.00%) XML
2 10 (90.91%) HTML
2 10 (90.91%) CSS
2 10 (90.91%) XHTML
2 10 (90.91%) Ajax
3 4 (36.36%) WebSphere
3 4 (36.36%) WebCenter
4 1 (9.091%) JPA
4 1 (9.091%) EJB 3.0
4 1 (9.091%) JMS
4 1 (9.091%) XML Schema
4 1 (9.091%) JAXB
4 1 (9.091%) EJB
4 1 (9.091%) XSD
4 1 (9.091%) XSLT
4 1 (9.091%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) WebLogic
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
1 1 (9.091%) Tuxedo
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Ant
2 1 (9.091%) PVCS
General
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
2 4 (36.36%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Applications Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Applications Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Social Media
2 1 (9.091%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) UNIX
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 4 (36.36%) Android
2 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.091%) VME
3 1 (9.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) OO
2 10 (90.91%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) Content Management
3 4 (36.36%) RAD
4 1 (9.091%) SOA
4 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) UML
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 10 (90.91%) SQL
3 9 (81.82%) FQL
4 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
4 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) BC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Facebook
1 9 (81.82%) Twitter
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle
3 4 (36.36%) IBM
3 4 (36.36%) FatWire
4 1 (9.091%) Fujitsu
4 1 (9.091%) BEA
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