The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Application Developer skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational Application Developer over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Application Developer (IBM RAD)
Rank 113 101 97
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -4
Contract jobs citing Rational Application Developer 8 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.323% 0.149% 0.475%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.909% 2.339% 5.118%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 9
Average daily rate £375 £280 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.92% -34.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £275 £395
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £401 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £280 £425
% change year-on-year
+38.48% -34.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
275 171 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 11.10% 6.390% 9.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 75 133
Average daily rate £350 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £224 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £420 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 £27.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.63% +30.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Rational Application Developer
UK

Rational Application Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Rational Application Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Scotland Rational Application Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Application Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational Application Developer across the Scotland region.

Scotland Rational Application Developer Daily Rate Trend

Rational Application Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Application Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Edinburgh +7 5 £375 -16.66%
Midlothian - 2 - -
Stirling - 1 £401 -
Rational Application Developer
UK

Rational Application Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Rational Application Developer 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 Rational Application Developer.

1 24 (82.76%) Java
2 20 (68.97%) SOA
2 20 (68.97%) Middleware
3 19 (65.52%) UML
4 14 (48.28%) eTOM
4 14 (48.28%) CRM
5 12 (41.38%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (31.03%) WebSphere
7 9 (31.03%) IBM
8 7 (24.14%) JSF
8 7 (24.14%) Content Management
8 7 (24.14%) WebSphere Application Server
8 7 (24.14%) WebSphere Portal
9 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (17.24%) RAD
11 4 (13.79%) LDAP
11 4 (13.79%) OO
11 4 (13.79%) Eclipse
11 4 (13.79%) HTTP
11 4 (13.79%) CSS
11 4 (13.79%) Linux
11 4 (13.79%) JSP
11 4 (13.79%) Servlets
11 4 (13.79%) Web Services
11 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
11 4 (13.79%) J2EE
11 4 (13.79%) DB2
11 4 (13.79%) Spring

Rational Application Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Rational Application Developer 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 Rational Application Developer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (68.97%) Middleware
2 9 (31.03%) WebSphere
3 7 (24.14%) JSF
4 4 (13.79%) CSS
4 4 (13.79%) JSP
4 4 (13.79%) Servlets
4 4 (13.79%) Web Services
4 4 (13.79%) J2EE
4 4 (13.79%) Spring
4 4 (13.79%) JAX-WS
4 4 (13.79%) JSR 286
5 3 (10.34%) jQuery
5 3 (10.34%) Dojo
6 1 (3.448%) JAXB
6 1 (3.448%) XML
6 1 (3.448%) XSLT
6 1 (3.448%) HTML
6 1 (3.448%) JDBC
6 1 (3.448%) Ajax
6 1 (3.448%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 7 (24.14%) WebSphere Application Server
1 7 (24.14%) WebSphere Portal
2 4 (13.79%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) LDAP
1 4 (13.79%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) DB2
2 1 (3.448%) TOAD
2 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.448%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.448%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Solutions Designer
1 18 (62.07%) Designer
2 16 (55.17%) Solutions Architect
2 16 (55.17%) Architect
3 11 (37.93%) CRM Architect
3 11 (37.93%) SOA Architect
4 8 (27.59%) Developer
5 7 (24.14%) WebSphere Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Portal Developer
6 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Portal Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (10.34%) Open Source
2 3 (10.34%) Graphic Design
2 3 (10.34%) Web 2.0
3 1 (3.448%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) SOA
2 19 (65.52%) UML
3 14 (48.28%) eTOM
3 14 (48.28%) CRM
4 11 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (24.14%) Content Management
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (17.24%) RAD
8 4 (13.79%) OO
9 3 (10.34%) Web Design
10 1 (3.448%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (82.76%) Java
2 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Tivoli
2 1 (3.448%) Control-M
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) IBM
2 4 (13.79%) Lotus
3 3 (10.34%) Genesys
3 3 (10.34%) Chordiant
4 1 (3.448%) Oracle
4 1 (3.448%) MKS
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013