Rational Rhapsody Contracts

IBM Rational Rhapsody
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Rational Rhapsody skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Rational Rhapsody over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 674 816
Rank change year-on-year +129 +142 -191
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 37 38 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.063% 0.044%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.72% 0.41% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 3
10th Percentile - £282 £340
25th Percentile £259 £311 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% -19.44% +50.00%
75th Percentile £260 £417 £556
90th Percentile £311 £448 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £260 £363 £641
% change year-on-year -28.41% -43.47% +68.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 27 16
10th Percentile £61.00 £52.75 £50.07
25th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.25 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -23.33% +57.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.25 -
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.25 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +16.96% -23.33% +57.89%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Rational Rhapsody is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,146 9,169 16,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.79% 15.24% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,477 6,438 11,343
10th Percentile £356 £388 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 261 214
10th Percentile £31.71 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £45.88 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +12.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.23
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.63% +11.82% +22.22%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Rational Rhapsody as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Rational Rhapsody in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Rational Rhapsody.

Daily rate trend for Rational Rhapsody in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Rational Rhapsody over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Rational Rhapsody in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Rational Rhapsody.

Hourly rate trend for Rational Rhapsody in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Rational Rhapsody over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Rational Rhapsody in the UK

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Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rhapsody within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +123 36 £260 -28.41% 16
UK excluding London +55 35 £260 -28.41% 18
Midlands +51 15 £260 -1.14%
West Midlands +45 15 £260 -1.14%
East of England +4 14 - - 3
South West +15 5 - - 12
Work from Home +119 2 £406 - 7
London +103 1 £438 -
South East - 1 - - 1

Rational Rhapsody
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.70%) Git
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
1 1 (2.70%) MagicDraw
1 1 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (35.14%) Electronics
2 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
2 2 (5.41%) Law
3 1 (2.70%) Aviation
3 1 (2.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Developer
2 15 (40.54%) Integration Developer
3 14 (37.84%) Ada Engineer
3 14 (37.84%) Ada Software Engineer
3 14 (37.84%) Software Engineer
4 12 (32.43%) Embedded Engineer
4 12 (32.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior
5 7 (18.92%) Senior Developer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior Integration Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Software Integration Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) C++ Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Integration Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) FHIR
1 1 (2.70%) Node.js
1 1 (2.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Device Driver
2 1 (2.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) VxWorks
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) UML
2 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
3 10 (27.03%) Code Quality
3 10 (27.03%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (27.03%) Systems Engineering
3 10 (27.03%) Validation
4 3 (8.11%) Device Driver Development
4 3 (8.11%) Software Testing
5 2 (5.41%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.70%) Agile
6 1 (2.70%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.70%) DevOps
6 1 (2.70%) Full Stack Development
6 1 (2.70%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 1 (2.70%) OO
6 1 (2.70%) OOD
6 1 (2.70%) Requirements Management
6 1 (2.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) Ada
1 16 (43.24%) C
2 15 (40.54%) SQL
3 7 (18.92%) C++
4 4 (10.81%) MATLAB
5 2 (5.41%) Ada 95
6 1 (2.70%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (40.54%) HL7
2 4 (10.81%) MISRA
3 3 (8.11%) Def Stans
3 3 (8.11%) DO-178B
4 1 (2.70%) IEC 61508
4 1 (2.70%) MISRA C
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) IBM
2 1 (2.70%) Twitter