The first table below looks at the demand for RUP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RUP 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 89 73 98
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +25
Permanent jobs citing RUP 3 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.255% 0.140% 0.190%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.357% 0.193% 0.263%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
840 517 761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.37% 72.51% 72.34%
Number of salaries quoted 709 459 689
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
RUP
South East

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent RUP Jobs Demand Trend

RUP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RUP across the Kent region.

Kent RUP Salary Trend

RUP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RUP across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent RUP Salary Histogram

RUP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RUP within the Kent 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidstone - 2 £42,500 -
Rochester - 1 £35,000 -
West Malling - 1 £35,000 -
Dartford - 1 £35,000 -
RUP
South East

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RUP.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Sitecore
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Sahi
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) soapUI
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) ETL

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RUP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) WCF
1 1 (33.33%) soapUI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) Sahi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Software Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Sitecore