The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Application Developer skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational Application Developer over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Application Developer (IBM RAD)
Rank 529 562 553
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -9
Contract jobs citing Rational Application Developer 12 8 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% 0.014% 0.077%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.227% 0.145% 0.718%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 12
Average daily rate £375 £300 £429
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -30.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £281 £378
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £435 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £285 £429
% change year-on-year
+31.57% -33.52%
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
5287 5509 6681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.99% 9.493% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3305 3239 3901
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 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 213 289
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £22.50 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%

Rational Application Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Rational Application Developer Daily Rate Trend

Rational Application Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Rational Application Developer within the UK.

Rational Application Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Application Developer
Top 15 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Scotland -6 7 £375 +31.57%
England +13 5 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Leeds - - - -
Livingston - - - -
London - - - -
Watford - - - -
Worcester - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
West Lothian - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - -
Worcestershire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
City of London - - - -
West Midlands - - - -

Rational Application Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (72.73%) Java
2 20 (60.61%) UML
3 18 (54.55%) SOA
4 17 (51.52%) IBM
4 17 (51.52%) WebSphere
5 16 (48.48%) WebSphere Application Server
6 14 (42.42%) Middleware
7 12 (36.36%) Tivoli
8 11 (33.33%) CRM
8 11 (33.33%) Web Services
8 11 (33.33%) eTOM
9 8 (24.24%) Content Management
9 8 (24.24%) JSF
9 8 (24.24%) WebSphere Portal
9 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (24.24%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
10 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
10 7 (21.21%) WSDL
10 7 (21.21%) Visual Studio
10 7 (21.21%) KML
10 7 (21.21%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 7 (21.21%) Unit Testing
10 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
10 7 (21.21%) WebSphere Process Server
10 7 (21.21%) SharePoint Server
11 6 (18.18%) Spring
11 6 (18.18%) ESB
11 6 (18.18%) J2EE

Rational Application Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 17 (51.52%) WebSphere
2 14 (42.42%) Middleware
3 11 (33.33%) Web Services
4 8 (24.24%) JSF
5 7 (21.21%) WSDL
5 7 (21.21%) KML
6 6 (18.18%) Spring
6 6 (18.18%) J2EE
7 5 (15.15%) JSP
7 5 (15.15%) Servlets
7 5 (15.15%) CSS
8 4 (12.12%) jQuery
8 4 (12.12%) Dojo
8 4 (12.12%) JSR 286
8 4 (12.12%) JAX-WS
8 4 (12.12%) Java EE
8 4 (12.12%) .NET
8 4 (12.12%) XSLT
9 3 (9.091%) .NET Framework
10 1 (3.030%) XML
Application Platforms
1 16 (48.48%) WebSphere Application Server
2 8 (24.24%) WebSphere Portal
3 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
3 7 (21.21%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 7 (21.21%) WebSphere Process Server
3 7 (21.21%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (18.18%) ESB
5 4 (12.12%) FileNet
6 1 (3.030%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Photoshop
2 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) LDAP
1 4 (12.12%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) DB2
2 1 (3.030%) TOAD
2 1 (3.030%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.030%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Visual Studio
2 6 (18.18%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.061%) ClearCase
4 1 (3.030%) JUnit
4 1 (3.030%) Maven
4 1 (3.030%) Build Forge
4 1 (3.030%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.030%) Mockito
General
1 1 (3.030%) Finance
1 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Developer
2 14 (42.42%) WebSphere Developer
3 12 (36.36%) Designer
3 12 (36.36%) Architect
3 12 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (36.36%) Solutions Designer
4 8 (24.24%) SOA Architect
4 8 (24.24%) CRM Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Portal Developer
6 3 (9.091%) WebSphere Portal Developer
7 2 (6.061%) Java Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (12.12%) Open Source
2 4 (12.12%) Web 2.0
2 4 (12.12%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.030%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Linux
2 3 (9.091%) UNIX
2 3 (9.091%) Windows
3 1 (3.030%) AIX
3 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) UML
2 18 (54.55%) SOA
3 11 (33.33%) CRM
3 11 (33.33%) eTOM
4 8 (24.24%) Content Management
4 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (21.21%) Unit Testing
6 6 (18.18%) RAD
7 5 (15.15%) OO
7 5 (15.15%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (12.12%) Web Design
9 1 (3.030%) Migration
9 1 (3.030%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (72.73%) Java
2 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (3.030%) Perl
4 1 (3.030%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.030%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 12 (36.36%) Tivoli
2 8 (24.24%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (3.030%) Control-M
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) IBM
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Lotus
4 3 (9.091%) Genesys
4 3 (9.091%) Chordiant
4 3 (9.091%) Fujitsu
5 1 (3.030%) Oracle
5 1 (3.030%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.030%) HP
5 1 (3.030%) MKS
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Posted: 18 June 2013