The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Process skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Process 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the South East 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
Unified Process
Rank 204 245 226
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -19
Contract jobs citing Unified Process 25 1 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.316% 0.010% 0.156%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.465% 0.015% 0.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 10
Average daily rate £288 £400 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.12% +29.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £455 £310
% change year-on-year
-36.81% +46.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5379 6721 6614
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.90% 64.97% 64.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2783 3216 3013
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 327 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.37 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Unified Process
England

Unified Process
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Unified Process across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Unified Process Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Process
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Unified Process across the South East region.

South East Unified Process Daily Rate Trend

Unified Process
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Unified Process across the South East region.

South East Unified Process Hourly Rate Trend

Unified Process
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Process within the South East 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
Hampshire - 22 £288 -
Berkshire - 2 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Unified Process
England

Unified Process
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Unified Process 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 Unified Process.

1 27 (100.00%) UML
2 24 (88.89%) RUP
3 15 (55.56%) OOD
3 15 (55.56%) C++
3 15 (55.56%) Security Cleared
4 14 (51.85%) C
4 14 (51.85%) UNIX
4 14 (51.85%) Linux
4 14 (51.85%) Configuration Management
5 13 (48.15%) Project Management
5 13 (48.15%) Subversion
5 13 (48.15%) Use Case
5 13 (48.15%) ClearCase
6 12 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (40.74%) Rational Rose
7 11 (40.74%) XML
8 10 (37.04%) Ant
8 10 (37.04%) NUnit
8 10 (37.04%) Motif
8 10 (37.04%) CppUnit
8 10 (37.04%) GoogleTest
9 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
9 9 (33.33%) Multithreading
9 9 (33.33%) E-Commerce
9 9 (33.33%) Retail
9 9 (33.33%) ATG
9 9 (33.33%) Scrum
9 9 (33.33%) Requirements Management
9 9 (33.33%) Business Analysis
9 9 (33.33%) Java

Unified Process
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Unified Process 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 Unified Process. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (40.74%) XML
2 10 (37.04%) Motif
3 4 (14.81%) wxWidgets
4 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 3 (11.11%) Web Services
4 3 (11.11%) .NET
4 3 (11.11%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) CM System
1 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 3 (11.11%) MS Project Server
1 3 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.11%) MS Project
2 3 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (14.81%) Ingres
2 3 (11.11%) DTS
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) OLAP
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (11.11%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Subversion
1 13 (48.15%) ClearCase
2 11 (40.74%) Rational Rose
3 10 (37.04%) Ant
3 10 (37.04%) NUnit
3 10 (37.04%) CppUnit
3 10 (37.04%) GoogleTest
4 4 (14.81%) CruiseControl
4 4 (14.81%) ClearQuest
5 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
6 2 (7.407%) PVCS
General
1 9 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Agile Business Analyst
1 9 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Developer
3 6 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) C++ Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Team Leader
6 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Development Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) UNIX
1 14 (51.85%) Linux
2 7 (25.93%) Windows
3 4 (14.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) UML
2 24 (88.89%) RUP
3 15 (55.56%) OOD
4 14 (51.85%) Configuration Management
5 13 (48.15%) Project Management
5 13 (48.15%) Use Case
6 12 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (33.33%) Multithreading
7 9 (33.33%) E-Commerce
7 9 (33.33%) Scrum
7 9 (33.33%) Requirements Management
7 9 (33.33%) Business Analysis
7 9 (33.33%) OOA/OOD
7 9 (33.33%) OO
7 9 (33.33%) RAD
8 8 (29.63%) Memory Management
9 7 (25.93%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
11 4 (14.81%) Refactoring
11 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) C++
2 14 (51.85%) C
3 9 (33.33%) Java
3 9 (33.33%) SQL
4 4 (14.81%) Python
5 3 (11.11%) C#
5 3 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (11.11%) MCSD
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) ATG
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.81%) Red Hat
4 3 (11.11%) Meridio
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Posted: 17 May 2013