The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Rational Rose 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 Rose over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

IBM Rational Rose
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank510522470
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-52
Matching contract IT job ads695966
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.117 %0.096 %0.120 %
As % of the Development Applications category1.267 %0.919 %1.195 %
Number of daily rates quoted372316
Average daily rate£375£320£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£290£335
% change year-on-year
+15.51 %-13.43 %
Number of hourly rates quoted120
Average hourly rate£40.00£37.50-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£37.50-
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
544464185525
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK9.198 %10.46 %10.03 %
Number of daily rates quoted321535912708
Average daily rate£375£400£367
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+9.06 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£265£263£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£580£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£325£315
% change year-on-year
+1.53 %+3.17 %
Number of hourly rates quoted212320226
Average hourly rate£35.00£35.00£35.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.88£23.38£19.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£35.00£35.00

Rational Rose
Demand Trend

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

Rational Rose Demand Trend

Rational Rose
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational Rose within the UK.

Rational Rose Daily Rate Trend

Rational Rose
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rational Rose within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Rational Rose Daily Rate Histogram

Rational Rose
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Rational Rose Hourly Rate Trend

Rational Rose
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rose within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+2369£375+17.18 %
LondonUp+5456£543+69.53 %
South EastDown-913£335+13.55 %
SurreyUp+811£350-30.00 %
Canary WharfUp+1710--
City of LondonUp+428£550-
LeatherheadNew entry-4£375-
Docklands, LondonUp+311--
HampshireDown-11£213-26.72 %
West SussexNew entry-1--
UxbridgeNew entry-1£350-
BasingstokeNew entry-1£213-
Burgess HillNew entry-1--

Rational Rose
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1126 (82.89 %)UML
256 (36.84 %)RUP
343 (28.29 %)Oracle
442 (27.63 %)Use Case
540 (26.32 %)OO
639 (25.66 %)Java
731 (20.39 %)J2EE
731 (20.39 %)RequisitePro
731 (20.39 %)Unified Process
826 (17.11 %)XML
925 (16.45 %)SQL
1024 (15.79 %)Finance
1024 (15.79 %)IBM
1024 (15.79 %)Test Scripting
1123 (15.13 %)Degree
1123 (15.13 %)Data Modelling
1222 (14.47 %)Project Management
1321 (13.82 %)OOD
1321 (13.82 %)MS Visio
1419 (12.50 %)ClearQuest
1419 (12.50 %)User Acceptance Testing
1419 (12.50 %)Stakeholder Engagement
1518 (11.84 %)Business Analysis
1518 (11.84 %)Pharmaceutical
1616 (10.53 %)ClearCase
1616 (10.53 %).NET
1616 (10.53 %)PL/SQL
1616 (10.53 %)Banking
1715 (9.868 %)Oracle 10g
1814 (9.211 %)SOA

Rational Rose
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
131 (20.39 %)J2EE
226 (17.11 %)XML
316 (10.53 %).NET
414 (9.211 %)Hibernate
414 (9.211 %)Spring
510 (6.579 %)EJB
510 (6.579 %)JDBC
510 (6.579 %)JSP
510 (6.579 %)JMS
510 (6.579 %)Java RMI
510 (6.579 %)Swing
69 (5.921 %)JRules
69 (5.921 %)Drools
69 (5.921 %)Web Services
69 (5.921 %)XSD
69 (5.921 %)XSL
74 (2.632 %)Struts
74 (2.632 %)SOAP
74 (2.632 %)Middleware
83 (1.974 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (7.237 %)WebLogic
22 (1.316 %)Apache
22 (1.316 %)ESB
31 (0.658 %)LiveCycle
31 (0.658 %)Oracle 10gAS
31 (0.658 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (0.658 %)SharePoint
31 (0.658 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (13.82 %)MS Visio
25 (3.289 %)MS Office
34 (2.632 %)MS Excel
42 (1.316 %)MS Project
51 (0.658 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.658 %)Oracle BPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.316 %)FTP
12 (1.316 %)HTTP
12 (1.316 %)TCP/IP
21 (0.658 %)SAN
21 (0.658 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (9.868 %)Oracle 10g
210 (6.579 %)Data Warehouse
34 (2.632 %)DB2
43 (1.974 %)ETL
52 (1.316 %)MySQL
52 (1.316 %)SQL Server
61 (0.658 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (20.39 %)RequisitePro
219 (12.50 %)ClearQuest
316 (10.53 %)ClearCase
49 (5.921 %)JIRA
49 (5.921 %)Ant
55 (3.289 %)Rational Functional Tester
55 (3.289 %)Rational Robot
55 (3.289 %)ERwin
64 (2.632 %)Telelogic TAU
73 (1.974 %)Subversion
73 (1.974 %)WinRunner
73 (1.974 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (1.974 %)Eclipse
82 (1.316 %)Rational Application Developer
91 (0.658 %)Valgrind
91 (0.658 %)Rational Rhapsody
91 (0.658 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
124 (15.79 %)Finance
218 (11.84 %)Pharmaceutical
316 (10.53 %)Banking
412 (7.895 %)Investment Banking
56 (3.947 %)Back Office
65 (3.289 %)Telecoms
73 (1.974 %)Corporate Banking
82 (1.316 %)Publishing
82 (1.316 %)Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
181 (53.29 %)Analyst
256 (36.84 %)Business Analyst
320 (13.16 %)Project Manager
320 (13.16 %)Developer
411 (7.237 %)Architect
411 (7.237 %)Systems Analyst
510 (6.579 %)Lead Developer
69 (5.921 %)Technical Leader
69 (5.921 %)Java Developer
69 (5.921 %)Oracle Developer
69 (5.921 %)SQL Developer
69 (5.921 %)PL/SQL Developer
69 (5.921 %)Java Swing Developer
69 (5.921 %)WebLogic Developer
69 (5.921 %)Technical Developer
69 (5.921 %)Senior Analyst
78 (5.263 %)Information Architect
78 (5.263 %)Test Analyst
85 (3.289 %)Test Engineer
85 (3.289 %)Senior Test Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (6.579 %)Fixed Income
24 (2.632 %)Mathematics
24 (2.632 %)Physics
24 (2.632 %)Computer Science
24 (2.632 %)Derivative
24 (2.632 %)FMCG
33 (1.974 %)Credit Risk
33 (1.974 %)Management Information System
42 (1.316 %)Client/Server
42 (1.316 %)Reference Data
51 (0.658 %)Kindle
51 (0.658 %)3D Graphics
51 (0.658 %)Equities
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (1.974 %)UNIX
22 (1.316 %)Windows
22 (1.316 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1126 (82.89 %)UML
256 (36.84 %)RUP
342 (27.63 %)Use Case
440 (26.32 %)OO
531 (20.39 %)Unified Process
624 (15.79 %)Test Scripting
723 (15.13 %)Data Modelling
822 (14.47 %)Project Management
921 (13.82 %)OOD
1019 (12.50 %)User Acceptance Testing
1019 (12.50 %)Stakeholder Engagement
1118 (11.84 %)Business Analysis
1214 (9.211 %)SOA
1214 (9.211 %)Systems Analysis
1311 (7.237 %)Data Analysis
1410 (6.579 %)Migration
1410 (6.579 %)Data Management
159 (5.921 %)Disaster Recovery
168 (5.263 %)Requirements Analysis
177 (4.605 %)Programme Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
139 (25.66 %)Java
225 (16.45 %)SQL
316 (10.53 %)PL/SQL
413 (8.553 %)JavaScript
56 (3.947 %)C#
65 (3.289 %)C++
73 (1.974 %)Perl
82 (1.316 %)Python
82 (1.316 %)VC++
82 (1.316 %)PHP
82 (1.316 %)VB
91 (0.658 %)Shell Script
91 (0.658 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (15.13 %)Degree
25 (3.289 %)Security Cleared
34 (2.632 %)DV Cleared
41 (0.658 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.658 %)ISEB
41 (0.658 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (7.237 %)QA
23 (1.974 %)Data Quality
32 (1.316 %)SLA
41 (0.658 %)Basel II
41 (0.658 %)ISO 9001
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.974 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
143 (28.29 %)Oracle
224 (15.79 %)IBM
39 (5.921 %)BEA
39 (5.921 %)Informatica
45 (3.289 %)Metastorm
54 (2.632 %)Telelogic
61 (0.658 %)IT2
61 (0.658 %)Microsoft
61 (0.658 %)Adobe
61 (0.658 %)Chordiant