The first table below looks at the demand for RUP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RUP over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 59 59 55
Rank change year-on-year
0 -4
Contract jobs citing RUP 10 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.344% 1.336% 0.164%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.832% 1.863% 0.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 0
Average daily rate £325 £335 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.98% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £363
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £33.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-17.91% +22.93%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
546 644 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.39% 71.71% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 379 207
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.62% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £11.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
RUP
West Yorkshire

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds RUP Daily Rate Trend

RUP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RUP across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leeds RUP Daily Rate Histogram

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) CMMI
2 5 (50.00%) Perforce
2 5 (50.00%) JIRA
3 4 (40.00%) WinForms
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (30.00%) UML
4 3 (30.00%) MVC
4 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) REST
5 2 (20.00%) Web Development
5 2 (20.00%) Java EE
5 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (20.00%) WCF
5 2 (20.00%) WPF
5 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (20.00%) IVR
5 2 (20.00%) LAMP
5 2 (20.00%) HTTP
5 2 (20.00%) IBM
5 2 (20.00%) OOD
5 2 (20.00%) CTI
5 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (20.00%) CRM
5 2 (20.00%) SOAP
5 2 (20.00%) XML
5 2 (20.00%) Java

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (40.00%) WinForms
3 3 (30.00%) REST
4 2 (20.00%) LAMP
4 2 (20.00%) Java EE
4 2 (20.00%) WCF
4 2 (20.00%) WPF
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (20.00%) SOAP
4 2 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (10.00%) Middleware
5 1 (10.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
1 2 (20.00%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) IVR
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) CMMI
2 3 (30.00%) UML
2 3 (30.00%) MVC
2 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Web Development
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) OOD
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) DSDM
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Perforce
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy