The first table below looks at the demand for ClearCase skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ClearCase over the 3 months to 17 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 for the West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational ClearCase
Rank 82 92 88
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Contract jobs citing ClearCase 13 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.787% 0.493% 0.317%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.559% 5.392% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £388 £321 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.62% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-23.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.80 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+0.80% +7.14%
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
136 204 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 8.237% 9.144% 6.332%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 108 68
Average daily rate £325 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 9
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +32.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
ClearCase
England

ClearCase
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ClearCase across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Midlands ClearCase Jobs Demand Trend

ClearCase
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ClearCase Daily Rate Trend

ClearCase
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ClearCase across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands ClearCase Daily Rate Histogram

ClearCase
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ClearCase Hourly Rate Trend

ClearCase
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ClearCase within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Coventry - 8 - -
Shropshire +5 2 - -
Birmingham +4 1 £475 -
Herefordshire - 1 £300 -
ClearCase
England

ClearCase
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ClearCase 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 ClearCase.

1 20 (76.92%) ClearQuest
2 14 (53.85%) Validation
3 13 (50.00%) PLM
3 13 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 13 (50.00%) ENOVIA
3 13 (50.00%) Requirements Management
3 13 (50.00%) Project Management
3 13 (50.00%) Time Management
3 13 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
4 12 (46.15%) SAP
5 8 (30.77%) UNIX
5 8 (30.77%) Configuration Management
6 7 (26.92%) IBM
6 7 (26.92%) Java
6 7 (26.92%) Oracle
7 6 (23.08%) Subversion
8 5 (19.23%) Windows
8 5 (19.23%) Linux
8 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (15.38%) TortoiseSVN
9 4 (15.38%) HPUX
9 4 (15.38%) DB2
9 4 (15.38%) IBM Certification
9 4 (15.38%) Windows NT
9 4 (15.38%) EAI
9 4 (15.38%) SOA
9 4 (15.38%) zOS
9 4 (15.38%) WebSphere MQ
9 4 (15.38%) Middleware
9 4 (15.38%) RDBMS

ClearCase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ClearCase 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 ClearCase. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (15.38%) Middleware
1 4 (15.38%) WebSphere
2 3 (11.54%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (15.38%) ESB
1 4 (15.38%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (3.846%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 13 (50.00%) ENOVIA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) DB2
1 4 (15.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (76.92%) ClearQuest
2 13 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (23.08%) Subversion
4 4 (15.38%) TortoiseSVN
5 1 (3.846%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Requirements Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Applications Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Developer
4 4 (15.38%) WebSphere Developer
4 4 (15.38%) WebSphere Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Configuration Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Administrator
6 2 (7.692%) Software Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Java Software Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Java Architect
7 1 (3.846%) ClearCase Configuration Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Embedded Software Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) UNIX Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) UNIX
2 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Linux
3 4 (15.38%) Windows NT
3 4 (15.38%) zOS
3 4 (15.38%) Windows 2000 Server
3 4 (15.38%) HPUX
4 1 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Validation
2 13 (50.00%) PLM
2 13 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 13 (50.00%) Time Management
2 13 (50.00%) Project Management
3 8 (30.77%) Configuration Management
4 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (15.38%) SOA
5 4 (15.38%) EAI
6 3 (11.54%) ITIL
6 3 (11.54%) Project Planning
6 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
7 2 (7.692%) Software Architecture
8 1 (3.846%) Problem Management
8 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
8 1 (3.846%) Scrum
8 1 (3.846%) OO
8 1 (3.846%) RUP
8 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
8 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Java
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 1 (3.846%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.846%) Perl
3 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.846%) C
3 1 (3.846%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) IBM Certification
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) SAP
2 7 (26.92%) IBM
2 7 (26.92%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.846%) HP
3 1 (3.846%) BEA
3 1 (3.846%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.846%) webMethods
3 1 (3.846%) VMware
3 1 (3.846%) Serena
3 1 (3.846%) Pega