The first table below looks at the demand for RUP 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 RUP over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 60 - 57
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RUP 3 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.471% - 0.793%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.656% - 1.270%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £450 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +28.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 641 551
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.01% 62.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 287 240
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 £265 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.93 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (85.71%) DHTML
1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
1 6 (85.71%) J2EE
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
1 6 (85.71%) JSP
1 6 (85.71%) Struts
1 6 (85.71%) Web Services
1 6 (85.71%) XML
1 6 (85.71%) Apache
1 6 (85.71%) XML Schema
1 6 (85.71%) UML
1 6 (85.71%) Hibernate
1 6 (85.71%) ActiveMQ
1 6 (85.71%) Spring
1 6 (85.71%) JSF
1 6 (85.71%) Maven
1 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
1 6 (85.71%) Struts2
1 6 (85.71%) Open Source
1 6 (85.71%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) JasperReports
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (57.14%) GIS

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (85.71%) DHTML
1 6 (85.71%) J2EE
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
1 6 (85.71%) JSP
1 6 (85.71%) Struts
1 6 (85.71%) Web Services
1 6 (85.71%) XML
1 6 (85.71%) XML Schema
1 6 (85.71%) Hibernate
1 6 (85.71%) Spring
1 6 (85.71%) JSF
1 6 (85.71%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) Apache
1 6 (85.71%) ActiveMQ
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) Liferay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) JasperReports
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (57.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Maven
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Java Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Java/J2EE Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Java Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Report Developer
3 1 (14.29%) J2EE Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) UML
1 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
1 6 (85.71%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 4 (57.14%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) CTC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle