The first table below looks at the demand for RUP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RUP over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 42 47 55
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +8
Contract jobs citing RUP 1 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.234% 1.573% 0.602%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.338% 2.426% 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £600 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +28.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
296 371 416
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.32% 64.86% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 181 186
Average daily rate £370 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £509
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
RUP
UK

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales RUP Jobs Demand Trend

RUP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RUP across the Wales region.

Wales RUP Daily Rate Trend

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RUP across the Wales region.

Wales RUP Hourly Rate Trend

RUP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RUP within the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales -7 1 - -
RUP
UK

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing RUP 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 RUP.

1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) PRINCE2
3 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) DSDM
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
4 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 5 (41.67%) Change Control
5 4 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (33.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 4 (33.33%) ISEB
5 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (33.33%) SAS
6 3 (25.00%) ClearCase
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) PL/SQL
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle
6 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (25.00%) MS Project
6 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
6 3 (25.00%) UNIX
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) Linux
6 3 (25.00%) UML
6 3 (25.00%) NHS
6 3 (25.00%) ClearQuest
6 3 (25.00%) Scrum
6 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing RUP 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 RUP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (25.00%) MS Project
3 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) ClearCase
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (25.00%) ClearQuest
1 3 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) SAS Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Developer
3 3 (25.00%) PL/SQL Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) UNIX
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) PRINCE2
2 5 (41.67%) DSDM
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 5 (41.67%) Change Control
3 3 (25.00%) UML
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (8.333%) ISEB Practitioner
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle