South East Rational Rose Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Rational Rose 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 Rose over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Rational Rose
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Crawley Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire Livingston London Manchester Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Portsmouth Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	214	254
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	30	45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.045 %
As % of the category below	2.513 %	2.966 %
Daily rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum daily rate	£479	£450
Average daily rate	£493	£450
% change on same period last year	+9.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£507	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£445	£453
% change on same period last year	-1.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.80	£36.25
Average hourly rate	£36.80	£36.63
% change on same period last year	+0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.80	£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.40	£35.78
% change on same period last year	+12.90 %
Development Applications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1194	1517
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.591 %	1.513 %
Daily rates quoted	322	397
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£312
Average daily rate	£339	£335
% change on same period last year	+1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£335
% change on same period last year	-2.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	117	192
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.70	£32.64
Average hourly rate	£33.76	£34.99
% change on same period last year	-3.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.82	£37.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.37	£33.40
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
Rational Rose 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rational Rose across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rational Rose across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rose within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Buckinghamshire	+9	10	£550	-
Hampshire	+31	10	£350	-
West Sussex	+12	5	-	-
Surrey	+11	2	-	-
Berkshire	+26	2	-	-

Rational Rose England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Rational Rose 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 Rose.

1 49 (59.76 %) UML 2 46 (56.10 %) Oracle 3 38 (46.34 %) Java 4 30 (36.59 %) C++ 5 29 (35.37 %) Windows 5 29 (35.37 %) Microsoft 5 29 (35.37 %) Use Case 6 24 (29.27 %) RUP 7 23 (28.05 %) J2EE 8 21 (25.61 %) Workflow 8 21 (25.61 %) Systems Analysis 9 20 (24.39 %) Web Development 9 20 (24.39 %) CMS 9 20 (24.39 %) RequisitePro 9 20 (24.39 %) Linux

10 19 (23.17 %) C 10 19 (23.17 %) Security Cleared 11 17 (20.73 %) Oracle 10g 12 16 (19.51 %) VC++ 13 15 (18.29 %) Eclipse 13 15 (18.29 %) HTML 13 15 (18.29 %) XML 14 14 (17.07 %) Content Management 14 14 (17.07 %) Spring 15 13 (15.85 %) DV Cleared 15 13 (15.85 %) Hibernate 15 13 (15.85 %) Finance 15 13 (15.85 %) BEA 15 13 (15.85 %) .NET 15 13 (15.85 %) EJB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Rational Rose 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 Rose. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 23 (28.05 %) J2EE 2 15 (18.29 %) HTML 2 15 (18.29 %) XML 3 14 (17.07 %) Spring 4 13 (15.85 %) Hibernate 4 13 (15.85 %) .NET 4 13 (15.85 %) EJB 4 13 (15.85 %) JSP 5 4 (4.878 %) WebSphere 6 3 (3.659 %) OC4J 6 3 (3.659 %) SOAP 7 2 (2.439 %) Servlets 7 2 (2.439 %) XSLT 7 2 (2.439 %) Swing 7 2 (2.439 %) WSDL 8 1 (1.220 %) Middleware 8 1 (1.220 %) CORBA 8 1 (1.220 %) JSR 168 8 1 (1.220 %) Struts 8 1 (1.220 %) COM+	Application Platforms 1 20 (24.39 %) CMS 2 3 (3.659 %) WebLogic 3 2 (2.439 %) SharePoint 3 2 (2.439 %) SAS 4 1 (1.220 %) Commerce Server 4 1 (1.220 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 8 (9.756 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.220 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.220 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (1.220 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.439 %) HTTP 1 2 (2.439 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (1.220 %) VPN 2 1 (1.220 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (20.73 %) Oracle 10g 2 13 (15.85 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 8 (9.756 %) PowerCenter 4 6 (7.317 %) ETL 5 5 (6.098 %) Datawarehouse 6 3 (3.659 %) BusinessObjects 7 2 (2.439 %) MySQL 7 2 (2.439 %) RDBMS 8 1 (1.220 %) SQL Server 8 1 (1.220 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (1.220 %) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications 1 20 (24.39 %) RequisitePro 2 15 (18.29 %) Eclipse 3 13 (15.85 %) Ant 3 13 (15.85 %) JUnit 4 12 (14.63 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 5 (6.098 %) ClearCase 6 3 (3.659 %) JDeveloper 6 3 (3.659 %) Visual Studio 7 2 (2.439 %) JBuilder 7 2 (2.439 %) Subversion 8 1 (1.220 %) Rational Robot 8 1 (1.220 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 13 (15.85 %) Finance 2 7 (8.537 %) Government 3 6 (7.317 %) Banking 4 4 (4.878 %) Military 5 3 (3.659 %) Aerospace 5 3 (3.659 %) Construction 6 2 (2.439 %) Investment Banking 7 1 (1.220 %) Insurance 7 1 (1.220 %) Retail Banking 7 1 (1.220 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (1.220 %) Telecoms 7 1 (1.220 %) Retail 7 1 (1.220 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 34 (41.46 %) Analyst 2 24 (29.27 %) Systems Analyst 3 21 (25.61 %) Developer 4 14 (17.07 %) Java/J2EE Developer 4 14 (17.07 %) Java Developer 5 13 (15.85 %) Software Engineer 6 7 (8.537 %) Business Analyst 7 3 (3.659 %) Database Designer 7 3 (3.659 %) SQL Developer 7 3 (3.659 %) PL/SQL Developer 8 2 (2.439 %) Functional Analyst 8 2 (2.439 %) Banking Business Analyst 8 2 (2.439 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 8 2 (2.439 %) Senior Consultant 8 2 (2.439 %) Consultant 8 2 (2.439 %) Systems Engineer 9 1 (1.220 %) Software Developer 9 1 (1.220 %) Architect 9 1 (1.220 %) Solutions Architect 9 1 (1.220 %) Applications Developer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.439 %) Derivative 2 1 (1.220 %) Statistics 2 1 (1.220 %) Celerra 2 1 (1.220 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 29 (35.37 %) Windows 2 20 (24.39 %) Linux 3 9 (10.98 %) Windows XP 3 9 (10.98 %) UNIX 4 5 (6.098 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (2.439 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 49 (59.76 %) UML 2 29 (35.37 %) Use Case 3 24 (29.27 %) RUP 4 21 (25.61 %) Workflow 4 21 (25.61 %) Systems Analysis 5 20 (24.39 %) Web Development 6 19 (23.17 %) Security Cleared 7 14 (17.07 %) Content Management 8 13 (15.85 %) DV Cleared 9 10 (12.20 %) Data Modelling 10 6 (7.317 %) Business Analysis 11 5 (6.098 %) Software Engineering 11 5 (6.098 %) Requirements Management 11 5 (6.098 %) DSDM 12 3 (3.659 %) OO 12 3 (3.659 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 13 2 (2.439 %) Enterprise Architecture 13 2 (2.439 %) GAP Analysis 13 2 (2.439 %) Data Analysis 13 2 (2.439 %) CTC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 38 (46.34 %) Java 2 30 (36.59 %) C++ 3 19 (23.17 %) C 4 16 (19.51 %) VC++ 5 4 (4.878 %) PL/SQL 5 4 (4.878 %) SQL 6 3 (3.659 %) VB 7 2 (2.439 %) Assembly Language 7 2 (2.439 %) JavaScript 7 2 (2.439 %) PHP 8 1 (1.220 %) Shell Script 8 1 (1.220 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 12 (14.63 %) Degree
System Software 1 1 (1.220 %) MSMQ 1 1 (1.220 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (1.220 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 46 (56.10 %) Oracle 2 29 (35.37 %) Microsoft 3 13 (15.85 %) BEA 4 4 (4.878 %) ATG 5 3 (3.659 %) Informatica 5 3 (3.659 %) Business Objects 6 2 (2.439 %) IBM 7 1 (1.220 %) Stellent 7 1 (1.220 %) EMC 7 1 (1.220 %) Vignette 7 1 (1.220 %) Cisco 7 1 (1.220 %) Tridion 7 1 (1.220 %) Remedy