The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Process skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Process over the 3 months to 21 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 West Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Process
Rank 87 - 71
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Unified Process 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.389% - 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.546% - 0.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £455 £310
% change year-on-year
-36.81% +46.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
915 1168 716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 71.26% 72.82% 65.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 669 346
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 27
Average hourly rate £23.75 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.37% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Unified Process
Yorkshire

Unified Process
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Unified Process Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Process
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Unified Process Daily Rate Trend

Unified Process
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Process within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds - 5 £500 -
Unified Process
Yorkshire

Unified Process
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Unified Process 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 Unified Process.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) SOAP
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) LAMP
1 5 (100.00%) Java EE
1 5 (100.00%) ESB
1 5 (100.00%) REST
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (60.00%) QA
3 2 (40.00%) PHP
3 2 (40.00%) OpenView
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) JMS
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Server
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) RESTful
3 2 (40.00%) CA Wily
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) VMware

Unified Process
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Unified Process 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 Unified Process. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SOAP
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) LAMP
1 5 (100.00%) Java EE
1 5 (100.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) JMS
2 2 (40.00%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) ESB
2 2 (40.00%) ActiveMQ
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Server
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) OpenView
1 2 (40.00%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) VMware