East of England ClearQuest Jobs

This section looks at the demand for IBM Rational ClearQuest skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited ClearQuest over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Rational ClearQuest
Location Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester Chorley City of London Coventry Docklands, London East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Lancashire London M4 Corridor Middlesex Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Reading Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey Swindon UK Uxbridge West Midlands Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	258	262
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching permanent IT job ads	24	22
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	2.071 %	1.736 %
Salaries quoted	19	20
Average minimum salary	£40,263	£41,000
Average salary	£44,342	£44,310
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Average maximum salary	£48,421	£47,619
UK excluding London average salary	£41,250	£41,710
% change on same period last year	-1.10 %
Development Applications East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads	1159	1267
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.605 %	0.523 %
Salaries quoted	1005	1036
Average minimum salary	£32,933	£34,976
Average salary	£35,880	£37,683
% change on same period last year	-4.78 %
Average maximum salary	£38,827	£40,390
UK excluding London average salary	£34,844	£35,828
% change on same period last year	-2.74 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ClearQuest across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ClearQuest across the East of England region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ClearQuest across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing ClearQuest within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+7	15	£44,583	+7.42 %
Essex	-2	6	£40,000	+3.70 %
Hertfordshire	+5	3	£53,750	-7.80 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing ClearQuest 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ClearQuest.

1 15 (46.88 %) Windows 1 15 (46.88 %) Microsoft 2 14 (43.75 %) SQL Server 3 12 (37.50 %) C# 3 12 (37.50 %) .NET 3 12 (37.50 %) Project Management 3 12 (37.50 %) Perforce 3 12 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (37.50 %) Statistics 4 11 (34.38 %) WPF 4 11 (34.38 %) Scrum 4 11 (34.38 %) ClearCase 4 11 (34.38 %) MS Office 4 11 (34.38 %) Multithreading 5 6 (18.75 %) RUP

5 6 (18.75 %) UML 6 5 (15.63 %) Oracle 6 5 (15.63 %) Military 7 4 (12.50 %) TestDirector 7 4 (12.50 %) Use Case 7 4 (12.50 %) SQL 7 4 (12.50 %) C++ 7 4 (12.50 %) Java 7 4 (12.50 %) Rational Rose 7 4 (12.50 %) Manual Testing 8 3 (9.375 %) System Testing 8 3 (9.375 %) Validation 8 3 (9.375 %) 3GPP 8 3 (9.375 %) DHCP 8 3 (9.375 %) TCP/IP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing ClearQuest also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ClearQuest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 12 (37.50 %) .NET 2 11 (34.38 %) WPF 3 3 (9.375 %) Hibernate 3 3 (9.375 %) Spring 3 3 (9.375 %) J2EE 4 2 (6.250 %) XML 5 1 (3.125 %) Java EE 5 1 (3.125 %) STL 5 1 (3.125 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 3 (9.375 %) WebLogic 2 1 (3.125 %) CICS
Applications 1 11 (34.38 %) MS Office 2 2 (6.250 %) Windchill 2 2 (6.250 %) Pro/ENGINEER 3 1 (3.125 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 3 (9.375 %) 3GPP 1 3 (9.375 %) DHCP 1 3 (9.375 %) TCP/IP 1 3 (9.375 %) 3G 1 3 (9.375 %) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (43.75 %) SQL Server 2 12 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (3.125 %) DB2 3 1 (3.125 %) Oracle Reports 3 1 (3.125 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 11 (34.38 %) ClearCase 2 4 (12.50 %) Rational Rose 2 4 (12.50 %) TestDirector 3 3 (9.375 %) JIRA 4 1 (3.125 %) QuickTest Pro 4 1 (3.125 %) ChangeMan
General 1 5 (15.63 %) Military 2 3 (9.375 %) Telecoms 3 2 (6.250 %) Finance 4 1 (3.125 %) Government 4 1 (3.125 %) Health 4 1 (3.125 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 7 (21.88 %) Team Leader 2 6 (18.75 %) Development Team Leader 2 6 (18.75 %) .NET Team Leader 3 5 (15.63 %) Project Manager 4 4 (12.50 %) Analyst 4 4 (12.50 %) Test Engineer 4 4 (12.50 %) .NET Project Manager 5 3 (9.375 %) Architect 5 3 (9.375 %) 3G Engineer 5 3 (9.375 %) Test Manager 5 3 (9.375 %) Test Analyst 5 3 (9.375 %) Solutions Architect 6 2 (6.250 %) Functional Analyst 6 2 (6.250 %) Functional Test Analyst 6 2 (6.250 %) Software Manager 7 1 (3.125 %) Functional Tester 7 1 (3.125 %) Software Team Leader 7 1 (3.125 %) Lead Project Manager 7 1 (3.125 %) Applications Project Manager 7 1 (3.125 %) Web Manager
Miscellaneous 1 12 (37.50 %) Statistics 2 11 (34.38 %) Multithreading 3 1 (3.125 %) Mathematics 3 1 (3.125 %) Physics	Operating Systems 1 15 (46.88 %) Windows 2 3 (9.375 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (37.50 %) Project Management 2 11 (34.38 %) Scrum 3 6 (18.75 %) UML 3 6 (18.75 %) RUP 4 4 (12.50 %) Use Case 4 4 (12.50 %) Manual Testing 5 3 (9.375 %) System Testing 5 3 (9.375 %) Integration Testing 5 3 (9.375 %) Software Engineering 5 3 (9.375 %) OOA/OOD 5 3 (9.375 %) Validation 6 2 (6.250 %) Regression Testing 6 2 (6.250 %) Systems Analysis 6 2 (6.250 %) Unit Testing 6 2 (6.250 %) Time Management 6 2 (6.250 %) Enterprise Architecture 7 1 (3.125 %) Test Scripting 7 1 (3.125 %) Data Analysis 7 1 (3.125 %) Business Analysis 7 1 (3.125 %) Software Testing	Programming Languages 1 12 (37.50 %) C# 2 4 (12.50 %) C++ 2 4 (12.50 %) Java 2 4 (12.50 %) SQL 3 3 (9.375 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (3.125 %) COBOL 4 1 (3.125 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 2 (6.250 %) ISEB 2 1 (3.125 %) Degree	Vendors 1 15 (46.88 %) Microsoft 2 12 (37.50 %) Perforce 3 5 (15.63 %) Oracle 4 3 (9.375 %) BEA 4 3 (9.375 %) MKS 5 1 (3.125 %) HP