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This section looks at the demand for Rational Unified Process (RUP) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited RUP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRational Unified Process (RUP)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank165165
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads319455
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.421 %0.476 %
As % of the category below1.794 %2.003 %
Daily rates quoted154175
Average minimum daily rate£421£406
Average daily rate£443£424
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£465£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£434£393
% change on same period last year+10.61 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00£80.00
Average hourly rate£51.13£80.00
% change on same period last year-36.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£57.25£80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.47£33.09
% change on same period last year+16.28 %
Processes & Methodologies LondonProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1778422721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.45 %23.76 %
Daily rates quoted79688969
Average minimum daily rate£411£422
Average daily rate£441£450
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£472£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted584784
Average minimum hourly rate£26.65£29.57
Average hourly rate£28.60£31.71
% change on same period last year-9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.56£33.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
RUP EnglandRUP
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London 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 job ads citing RUP within the London region over the 3 months to 8 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
City of LondonDown-1964£486+4.81 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1340£320-9.19 %
Canary WharfUp+1314£357-55.38 %
CroydonNew entry-5£483-
HendonNew entry-1--
RUP EnglandRUP
England

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1301 (47.10 %)UML
2186 (29.11 %)Finance
3162 (25.35 %)Unified Process
4161 (25.20 %)Banking
5139 (21.75 %)OO
6136 (21.28 %)Oracle
7123 (19.25 %)Use Case
8119 (18.62 %)XML
9113 (17.68 %)RequisitePro
1097 (15.18 %)J2EE
1097 (15.18 %)Java
1194 (14.71 %)PRINCE2
1293 (14.55 %)MS Project
1390 (14.08 %)SQL
1481 (12.68 %)Rational Rose
1572 (11.27 %)XSL
1671 (11.11 %)Project Management
1770 (10.95 %)Data Modelling
1770 (10.95 %)Investment Banking
1869 (10.80 %)IBM
1968 (10.64 %)Business Analysis
2066 (10.33 %)Derivative
2165 (10.17 %)WebServices
2263 (9.859 %)Fixed Income
2361 (9.546 %)OOA/OOD
2361 (9.546 %)DSDM
2459 (9.233 %)ClearQuest
2459 (9.233 %)Security Cleared
2554 (8.451 %)SOA
2653 (8.294 %)MS Office

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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
1119 (18.62 %)XML
297 (15.18 %)J2EE
372 (11.27 %)XSL
465 (10.17 %)WebServices
547 (7.355 %)XSD
642 (6.573 %).NET
738 (5.947 %)WebSphere
834 (5.321 %)Struts
834 (5.321 %)HTML
834 (5.321 %)Hibernate
931 (4.851 %)ASP.NET
1030 (4.695 %)SOAP
1128 (4.382 %)JSP
1227 (4.225 %)EJB
1323 (3.599 %)WSDL
1420 (3.130 %)Servlets
1519 (2.973 %)CSS
1618 (2.817 %)Spring
1618 (2.817 %)JavaBeans
1717 (2.660 %)JDBC
Application Platforms
134 (5.321 %)WebLogic
225 (3.912 %)Oracle Application Server
323 (3.599 %)Oracle 10gAS
419 (2.973 %)WPS
516 (2.504 %)Apache
516 (2.504 %)Tomcat
615 (2.347 %)Documentum
713 (2.034 %)SharePoint
713 (2.034 %)WebLogic Portal
811 (1.721 %)IIS
811 (1.721 %)Office Project Server
910 (1.565 %)CMS
107 (1.095 %)MS Exchange
116 (0.939 %)TIBCO EMS
124 (0.626 %)JBoss
133 (0.469 %)MQSeries
133 (0.469 %)WebSphere Application Server
142 (0.313 %)Oracle Workflow
142 (0.313 %)BizTalk Server
142 (0.313 %)Oracle 9iAS
Applications
193 (14.55 %)MS Project
253 (8.294 %)MS Office
328 (4.382 %)MS Visio
423 (3.599 %)MS Excel
59 (1.408 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.313 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.156 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
14 (0.626 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
23 (0.469 %)SAP HR
32 (0.313 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.313 %)HiInvest
41 (0.156 %)Murex MxG2000
41 (0.156 %)Summit
Communications & Networking
123 (3.599 %)Internet
216 (2.504 %)LDAP
311 (1.721 %)TCP/IP
49 (1.408 %)HTTP
57 (1.095 %)IIOP
63 (0.469 %)Intranet
72 (0.313 %)BSS
72 (0.313 %)Firewall
72 (0.313 %)Extranet
72 (0.313 %)SAN
72 (0.313 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
141 (6.416 %)Oracle 10g
233 (5.164 %)SQL Server
326 (4.069 %)RDBMS
417 (2.660 %)Oracle 9i
417 (2.660 %)TOAD
59 (1.408 %)Reference Data
67 (1.095 %)Oracle Reports
67 (1.095 %)MS Access
76 (0.939 %)EDRMS
76 (0.939 %)Datawarehouse
85 (0.782 %)Ingres
93 (0.469 %)ETL
102 (0.313 %)DB2
111 (0.156 %)Adabas
111 (0.156 %)SQL Server 7
111 (0.156 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.156 %)Oracle OWB
111 (0.156 %)GIS
111 (0.156 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1113 (17.68 %)RequisitePro
281 (12.68 %)Rational Rose
359 (9.233 %)ClearQuest
429 (4.538 %)ClearCase
526 (4.069 %)JUnit
623 (3.599 %)JDeveloper
710 (1.565 %)Eclipse
710 (1.565 %)Ant
88 (1.252 %)XDE
97 (1.095 %)PowerBuilder
97 (1.095 %)WebLogic Workshop
105 (0.782 %)LoadRunner
105 (0.782 %)Rational Robot
112 (0.313 %)Visual Studio
112 (0.313 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
121 (0.156 %)TestDirector
121 (0.156 %)JMeter
121 (0.156 %)Subversion
General
1186 (29.11 %)Finance
2161 (25.20 %)Banking
370 (10.95 %)Investment Banking
450 (7.825 %)Government
549 (7.668 %)Retail
646 (7.199 %)Front Office
716 (2.504 %)Criminal Justice
716 (2.504 %)Back Office
716 (2.504 %)Telecoms
814 (2.191 %)Retail Banking
814 (2.191 %)Police
912 (1.878 %)Insurance
109 (1.408 %)Pharmaceutical
109 (1.408 %)Health
118 (1.252 %)Financial Institution
118 (1.252 %)Construction
126 (0.939 %)International Banking
126 (0.939 %)Billing
134 (0.626 %)Publishing
142 (0.313 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1274 (42.88 %)Analyst
2215 (33.65 %)Business Analyst
3112 (17.53 %)Project Manager
494 (14.71 %)Architect
575 (11.74 %)Developer
666 (10.33 %)Solutions Architect
743 (6.729 %)Systems Analyst
833 (5.164 %)Java Developer
932 (5.008 %)Banking Business Analyst
1019 (2.973 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1117 (2.660 %)Senior Analyst
1117 (2.660 %)UML Business Analyst
1216 (2.504 %)Consultant
1315 (2.347 %).NET Developer
1315 (2.347 %)Requirements Analyst
1315 (2.347 %)J2EE Developer
1414 (2.191 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1414 (2.191 %)Senior Business Analyst
1414 (2.191 %)Business Systems Analyst
159 (1.408 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
166 (10.33 %)Derivative
263 (9.859 %)Fixed Income
341 (6.416 %)Equities
422 (3.443 %)Asset Management
512 (1.878 %)W3C
512 (1.878 %)PMI
611 (1.721 %)N-Tier
710 (1.565 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.782 %)Management Information System
85 (0.782 %)Computer Science
85 (0.782 %)Credit Risk
85 (0.782 %)Taxonomies
94 (0.626 %)Fund Management
103 (0.469 %)Credit Derivative
103 (0.469 %)Interactive TV
112 (0.313 %)Contract for Difference
112 (0.313 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
112 (0.313 %)iDTV
121 (0.156 %)EPoS
121 (0.156 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
111 (1.721 %)Linux
111 (1.721 %)Windows
210 (1.565 %)Unix
35 (0.782 %)VMS
41 (0.156 %)Windows NT
41 (0.156 %)HPUX
41 (0.156 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1301 (47.10 %)UML
2162 (25.35 %)Unified Process
3139 (21.75 %)OO
4123 (19.25 %)Use Case
594 (14.71 %)PRINCE2
671 (11.11 %)Project Management
770 (10.95 %)Data Modelling
868 (10.64 %)Business Analysis
961 (9.546 %)OOA/OOD
961 (9.546 %)DSDM
1059 (9.233 %)Security Cleared
1154 (8.451 %)SOA
1247 (7.355 %)Systems Analysis
1337 (5.790 %)Enterprise Architecture
1436 (5.634 %)TOGAF
1436 (5.634 %)ITIL
1534 (5.321 %)SC Cleared
1629 (4.538 %)OOD
1728 (4.382 %)Requirements Management
1827 (4.225 %)SSADM
Programming Languages
197 (15.18 %)Java
290 (14.08 %)SQL
341 (6.416 %)PL/SQL
432 (5.008 %)C#
519 (2.973 %)C
616 (2.504 %)C++
616 (2.504 %)VBA
715 (2.347 %)JavaScript
813 (2.034 %)VB
911 (1.721 %)Perl
109 (1.408 %)VB6
112 (0.313 %)Korn
112 (0.313 %)Tcl
112 (0.313 %)XQuery
121 (0.156 %)Transact-SQL
121 (0.156 %)DHTML
121 (0.156 %)VB.NET
121 (0.156 %)NATURAL
Qualifications
120 (3.130 %)Degree
211 (1.721 %)PMP
211 (1.721 %)PMI Certification
310 (1.565 %)ISEB
48 (1.252 %)PRINCE2 Certification
48 (1.252 %)Sun Certification
56 (0.939 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
65 (0.782 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.156 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.156 %)CCEA
71 (0.156 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.156 %)MCSE
71 (0.156 %)MBA
71 (0.156 %)SCBCD
71 (0.156 %)SCDJWS
71 (0.156 %)SCJD
71 (0.156 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
131 (4.851 %)QA
225 (3.912 %)ISO9001
32 (0.313 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.313 %)Basel II
32 (0.313 %)SLA
41 (0.156 %)WCAG
41 (0.156 %)WAI
System Software
117 (2.660 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.156 %)VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1136 (21.28 %)Oracle
269 (10.80 %)IBM
331 (4.851 %)Microsoft
429 (4.538 %)Altova
519 (2.973 %)BEA
618 (2.817 %)Citrix
711 (1.721 %)SAP
711 (1.721 %)Macromedia
711 (1.721 %)Sun
711 (1.721 %)Fundtech
89 (1.408 %)HP
89 (1.408 %)TIBCO
97 (1.095 %)Mantas
105 (0.782 %)Vignette
105 (0.782 %)Red Hat
105 (0.782 %)Perforce
113 (0.469 %)Primavera
122 (0.313 %)LatentZero
122 (0.313 %)FileNet
122 (0.313 %)Stellent
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