The first table below looks at the demand for Build Forge skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Build Forge over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Build Forge
Rank 520 581 576
Rank change year-on-year
+61 -5
Contract jobs citing Build Forge 9 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.005% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.177% 0.056% 0.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £500 £475 £493
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -3.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £475 £427
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £475 £559
UK excluding London average daily rate £444 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5093 5313 6437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.98% 9.110% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3197 3137 3627
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 217 316
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.33 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

Build Forge
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Build Forge within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Build Forge Jobs Demand Trend

Build Forge
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Build Forge within the UK.

Build Forge Daily Rate Trend

Build Forge
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Build Forge within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Build Forge Daily Rate Histogram

Build Forge
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build Forge within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +52 7 £500 +5.26%
London +41 4 £553 +16.31%
Leeds - 2 £444 -
Belfast - 2 - -
County Antrim - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £444 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £444 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 £525 -
Norfolk - 1 - -
Norwich - 1 - -

Build Forge
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Build Forge 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 Build Forge.

1 12 (57.14%) Degree
1 12 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
2 11 (52.38%) WebSphere
3 10 (47.62%) C++
3 10 (47.62%) Multithreading
3 10 (47.62%) Hudson
3 10 (47.62%) Risk Management
3 10 (47.62%) CruiseControl
4 9 (42.86%) Front Office
4 9 (42.86%) MVC
4 9 (42.86%) WebSphere Process Server
4 9 (42.86%) C
5 8 (38.10%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (38.10%) STL
5 8 (38.10%) Linux
5 8 (38.10%) OOP
5 8 (38.10%) OO
5 8 (38.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 8 (38.10%) Finance
6 6 (28.57%) Java
6 6 (28.57%) Perl
6 6 (28.57%) IBM
7 5 (23.81%) Ant
7 5 (23.81%) UNIX
7 5 (23.81%) Migration
7 5 (23.81%) Jython
7 5 (23.81%) ESB
8 4 (19.05%) Lombardi
8 4 (19.05%) Hedge funds
8 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution

Build Forge
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Build Forge 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 Build Forge. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (52.38%) WebSphere
2 8 (38.10%) STL
2 8 (38.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (14.29%) J2EE
3 3 (14.29%) soapUI
3 3 (14.29%) REST
4 1 (4.762%) .NET
4 1 (4.762%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (42.86%) WebSphere Process Server
2 8 (38.10%) WebSphere Application Server
3 5 (23.81%) ESB
4 2 (9.524%) WebSphere Portal
4 2 (9.524%) Documentum
4 2 (9.524%) WebSphere MQ
Development Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Hudson
1 10 (47.62%) CruiseControl
2 5 (23.81%) Ant
3 3 (14.29%) JUnit
4 1 (4.762%) Eclipse
4 1 (4.762%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 9 (42.86%) Front Office
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
4 2 (9.524%) Banking
5 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Front Office Developer
3 4 (19.05%) WebSphere Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Process Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Excel Developer
5 2 (9.524%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) UNIX
3 4 (19.05%) Windows
4 3 (14.29%) AIX
5 2 (9.524%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
2 10 (47.62%) Multithreading
2 10 (47.62%) Risk Management
3 9 (42.86%) MVC
4 8 (38.10%) OOP
4 8 (38.10%) OO
5 5 (23.81%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) SOA
7 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (4.762%) Risk Analysis
8 1 (4.762%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) C++
2 9 (42.86%) C
3 6 (28.57%) Java
3 6 (28.57%) Perl
4 5 (23.81%) Jython
5 4 (19.05%) VBA
6 2 (9.524%) Python
6 2 (9.524%) C#
7 1 (4.762%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) IBM Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Tivoli
1 1 (4.762%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) IBM
2 4 (19.05%) Lombardi
3 2 (9.524%) Siebel
3 2 (9.524%) Oracle
3 2 (9.524%) Adobe
4 1 (4.762%) Red Hat