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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Rational Robot skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Rational Robot over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Rational Robot
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-283
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads05
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.372 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate-£285
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.00
Average hourly rate-£34.60
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.63£34.60
% change on same period last year+8.74 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads10221344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.668 %1.472 %
Daily rates quoted281291
Average minimum daily rate£297£314
Average daily rate£318£331
% change on same period last year-3.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£324
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Hourly rates quoted127213
Average minimum hourly rate£29.49£28.75
Average hourly rate£31.68£30.31
% change on same period last year+4.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.88£31.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.60£30.57
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
Rational Robot EnglandRational Robot
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.

Rational Robot
Demand Trend

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

South East Rational Robot Demand Trend

Rational Robot
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational Robot across the South East region.

South East Rational Robot Daily Rate Trend

Rational Robot
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Rational Robot across the South East region.

South East Rational Robot Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Robot
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Rational Robot 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 Robot.

13 (75.00 %)Java
13 (75.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (50.00 %)Use Case
22 (50.00 %)RequisitePro
22 (50.00 %)Performance Testing
22 (50.00 %)Oracle
31 (25.00 %)Aerospace
31 (25.00 %)Automotive
31 (25.00 %)Chemicals
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)CORBA
31 (25.00 %)ClearCase
31 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
31 (25.00 %)Rational Rose
31 (25.00 %)Test Management
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)Manual Testing
31 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (25.00 %)BC Cleared
31 (25.00 %)Network Planning
31 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (25.00 %)C++

Rational Robot
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Rational Robot 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 Robot. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)CORBA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)RequisitePro
21 (25.00 %)ClearCase
21 (25.00 %)Rational Rose
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Aerospace
11 (25.00 %)Automotive
11 (25.00 %)Chemicals
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Test Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Performance Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Performance Test Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Integration Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Software Integration Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (50.00 %)Use Case
22 (50.00 %)Performance Testing
31 (25.00 %)Test Management
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)Manual Testing
31 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (25.00 %)BC Cleared
31 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (25.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)Network Planning
31 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)C++
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle