The first table below looks at the demand for ClearQuest skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ClearQuest over the 3 months to 21 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 Development Applications category for the North West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational ClearQuest
Rank 115 134 123
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -11
Contract jobs citing ClearQuest 4 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.169% 0.032% 0.233%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.569% 0.383% 3.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £348 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.26% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-11.05% +21.42%
All Development Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
255 261 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.80% 8.275% 7.276%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 138 116
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.96 £16.15 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £33.32 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
ClearQuest
England

ClearQuest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West ClearQuest Jobs Demand Trend

ClearQuest
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West ClearQuest Daily Rate Trend

ClearQuest
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West ClearQuest Hourly Rate Trend

ClearQuest
Contract Locations

The table below 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 21 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire - 3 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
ClearQuest
England

ClearQuest
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
1 4 (80.00%) VB
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (80.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 4 (80.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
1 4 (80.00%) InstallShield
1 4 (80.00%) VB6
1 4 (80.00%) FinalBuilder
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) IBM

ClearQuest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (80.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 4 (80.00%) InstallShield
1 4 (80.00%) FinalBuilder
2 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Support Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
1 4 (80.00%) VB
1 4 (80.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
1 4 (80.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) IBM