The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Rhapsody skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational Rhapsody over the 3 months to 19 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 Development Applications category for the Hertfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Rhapsody
Rank 56 73 59
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -14
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 2 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.313% 0.602% 1.522%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.961% 5.405% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £388 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.54% +29.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 14
Average hourly rate £36.75 £37.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.25 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-8.66% -
All Development Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
102 111 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.96% 11.14% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 38
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £456 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 30
Average hourly rate £33.00 £36.00 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -2.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £33.90 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
Rational Rhapsody
East of England

Rational Rhapsody
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Rational Rhapsody Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Rhapsody
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Rational Rhapsody Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Rhapsody
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rhapsody within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Vacancies
Stevenage -2 2 - -
Rational Rhapsody
East of England

Rational Rhapsody
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Rational Rhapsody 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 Rhapsody.

1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Serena
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SysML
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace

Rational Rhapsody
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Rational Rhapsody 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 Rhapsody. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) SysML
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Serena
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
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