North West ClearQuest Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Rational ClearQuest skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ClearQuest over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Rational ClearQuest
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheadle Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West North Yorkshire Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Stockport Surrey Swansea Telford UK Wales Wells West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	134	131
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	9	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	2.804 %	1.790 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£316
% change on same period last year	+6.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.25	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£19.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-35.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.63	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.78	£37.28
% change on same period last year	-14.75 %
Development Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	321	391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.428 %	0.396 %
Daily rates quoted	68	80
Average minimum daily rate	£311	£278
Average daily rate	£331	£292
% change on same period last year	+13.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£331
% change on same period last year	-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.74	£27.65
Average hourly rate	£26.09	£29.90
% change on same period last year	-12.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.44	£32.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.89	£34.13
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
ClearQuest 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.

ClearQuest
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ClearQuest across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

ClearQuest
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ClearQuest across the North West region.

ClearQuest
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ClearQuest across the North West region.

ClearQuest
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ClearQuest across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ClearQuest
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ClearQuest within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-	8	-	-
Cheshire	-11	1	-	-

ClearQuest England

ClearQuest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ClearQuest 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 ClearQuest.

1 9 (47.37 %) ClearCase 2 8 (42.11 %) Microsoft 2 8 (42.11 %) Project Management 2 8 (42.11 %) MS Project 2 8 (42.11 %) MS Office 2 8 (42.11 %) SAP 2 8 (42.11 %) MS Excel 2 8 (42.11 %) Banking 2 8 (42.11 %) MS PowerPoint 3 5 (26.32 %) UNIX 3 5 (26.32 %) Configuration Management 4 3 (15.79 %) XML 4 3 (15.79 %) C 4 3 (15.79 %) C++ 4 3 (15.79 %) Java

5 2 (10.53 %) PHP 5 2 (10.53 %) MySQL 5 2 (10.53 %) HTML 5 2 (10.53 %) JSP 5 2 (10.53 %) HNC 5 2 (10.53 %) RUP 5 2 (10.53 %) Linux 5 2 (10.53 %) Ada 5 2 (10.53 %) Eclipse 5 2 (10.53 %) Electric 5 2 (10.53 %) VMware 5 2 (10.53 %) Software Engineering 6 1 (5.263 %) Project Planning 6 1 (5.263 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (5.263 %) Security Cleared

ClearQuest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ClearQuest 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 ClearQuest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (15.79 %) XML 2 2 (10.53 %) HTML 2 2 (10.53 %) JSP 3 1 (5.263 %) WebServices 3 1 (5.263 %) CORBA 3 1 (5.263 %) Middleware	Applications 1 8 (42.11 %) MS Project 1 8 (42.11 %) MS Office 1 8 (42.11 %) MS Excel 1 8 (42.11 %) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (10.53 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 9 (47.37 %) ClearCase 2 2 (10.53 %) Eclipse
General 1 8 (42.11 %) Banking 2 2 (10.53 %) Electric	Job Titles 1 5 (26.32 %) Software Engineer 1 5 (26.32 %) Administrator 2 4 (21.05 %) PMO Administrator 2 4 (21.05 %) PMO Assistant 3 2 (10.53 %) Software Development Engineer 3 2 (10.53 %) Architect 3 2 (10.53 %) Configuration Manager 4 1 (5.263 %) Applications Architect 4 1 (5.263 %) UNIX Engineer 4 1 (5.263 %) Analyst 4 1 (5.263 %) Test Analyst 4 1 (5.263 %) Consultant
Operating Systems 1 5 (26.32 %) UNIX 2 2 (10.53 %) Linux 3 1 (5.263 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (42.11 %) Project Management 2 5 (26.32 %) Configuration Management 3 2 (10.53 %) RUP 3 2 (10.53 %) Software Engineering 4 1 (5.263 %) Project Planning 4 1 (5.263 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (5.263 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (5.263 %) UML 4 1 (5.263 %) Validation
Programming Languages 1 3 (15.79 %) C 1 3 (15.79 %) C++ 1 3 (15.79 %) Java 2 2 (10.53 %) PHP 2 2 (10.53 %) Ada	Qualifications 1 2 (10.53 %) HNC
Vendors 1 8 (42.11 %) SAP 1 8 (42.11 %) Microsoft 2 2 (10.53 %) VMware