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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Rank 212 196 208
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +12
Permanent jobs citing RUP 42 49 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.582% 0.692% 0.355%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.762% 0.947% 0.518%
Number of salaries quoted 35 45 21
Average salary £65,000 £41,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.53% -18.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £27,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,000 £49,750 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5509 5172 4636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.38% 72.99% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4624 4529 4067
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
RUP
England

RUP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West RUP Salary Trend

RUP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RUP across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West 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 North West 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +6 13 £44,000 -2.22%
Manchester -29 11 £35,000 +7.69%
Lancashire +5 4 £75,000 +57.89%
RUP
England

RUP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 65 (64.36%) UML
2 55 (54.46%) Agile Software Development
3 43 (42.57%) .NET
4 41 (40.59%) DSDM
5 37 (36.63%) Project Management
5 37 (36.63%) Finance
6 34 (33.66%) PRINCE2
7 33 (32.67%) Java
7 33 (32.67%) SQL Server
7 33 (32.67%) Scrum
8 30 (29.70%) J2EE
9 28 (27.72%) ERP
10 23 (22.77%) Oracle
11 22 (21.78%) OOA/OOD
11 22 (21.78%) E-Commerce
11 22 (21.78%) .NET Framework
12 20 (19.80%) Use Case
13 19 (18.81%) Microsoft
13 19 (18.81%) CSS
13 19 (18.81%) HTML
14 18 (17.82%) OO
14 18 (17.82%) User Acceptance Testing
15 17 (16.83%) C#
15 17 (16.83%) PRINCE
15 17 (16.83%) Workflow
16 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (15.84%) Unified Process
16 16 (15.84%) SOA
16 16 (15.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 15 (14.85%) Change Management

RUP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 43 (42.57%) .NET
2 30 (29.70%) J2EE
3 22 (21.78%) .NET Framework
4 19 (18.81%) CSS
4 19 (18.81%) HTML
5 12 (11.88%) ASP.NET
5 12 (11.88%) WCF
6 11 (10.89%) WPF
6 11 (10.89%) WF
6 11 (10.89%) Silverlight
6 11 (10.89%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 11 (10.89%) Ajax
6 11 (10.89%) ADO.NET
7 7 (6.931%) LAMP
8 4 (3.960%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (3.960%) JMS
8 4 (3.960%) JDBC
8 4 (3.960%) JSP
8 4 (3.960%) JNDI
8 4 (3.960%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 12 (11.88%) IIS
1 12 (11.88%) SharePoint
1 12 (11.88%) BizTalk Server
1 12 (11.88%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (10.89%) SharePoint Foundation
3 9 (8.911%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (6.931%) Apache
4 7 (6.931%) CMS
4 7 (6.931%) Drupal
5 4 (3.960%) AquaLogic Service Bus
5 4 (3.960%) CICS
5 4 (3.960%) WebLogic Portal
5 4 (3.960%) WebLogic Integration
5 4 (3.960%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (3.960%) WebLogic
5 4 (3.960%) WebSphere Process Server
5 4 (3.960%) AquaLogic
5 4 (3.960%) ESB
6 1 (0.990%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.990%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 12 (11.88%) MS Office
2 11 (10.89%) InfoPath
3 5 (4.950%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.960%) Oracle BPM
1 4 (3.960%) AquaLogic BPM
2 1 (0.990%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.970%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (32.67%) SQL Server
2 14 (13.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (12.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (6.931%) MySQL
5 4 (3.960%) DB2
6 2 (1.980%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.980%) GIS
7 1 (0.990%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (12.87%) Visual Studio
2 12 (11.88%) NUnit
2 12 (11.88%) CruiseControl
2 12 (11.88%) Visual Studio Team System
2 12 (11.88%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.990%) Subversion
General
1 37 (36.63%) Finance
2 12 (11.88%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.960%) Advertising
4 3 (2.970%) Retail
5 2 (1.980%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.990%) Automotive
6 1 (0.990%) Banking
6 1 (0.990%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (28.71%) Business Analyst
1 29 (28.71%) Analyst
2 22 (21.78%) Architect
2 22 (21.78%) Project Manager
3 19 (18.81%) Developer
4 14 (13.86%) Technical Consultant
4 14 (13.86%) Consultant
5 10 (9.901%) Systems Analyst
5 10 (9.901%) UML Business Analyst
5 10 (9.901%) Senior Manager
5 10 (9.901%) Agile Project Manager
6 9 (8.911%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (7.921%) Technical Manager
8 7 (6.931%) Technical Project Manager
8 7 (6.931%) Drupal Developer
8 7 (6.931%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 6 (5.941%) SharePoint Developer
10 5 (4.950%) SharePoint Architect
11 4 (3.960%) Technical Architect
11 4 (3.960%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.89%) Enterprise Software
1 11 (10.89%) NHS
2 4 (3.960%) Open Source
2 4 (3.960%) IBM Mainframe
2 4 (3.960%) Mainframe
2 4 (3.960%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.88%) Windows
2 7 (6.931%) Linux
3 6 (5.941%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (64.36%) UML
2 55 (54.46%) Agile Software Development
3 41 (40.59%) DSDM
4 37 (36.63%) Project Management
5 34 (33.66%) PRINCE2
6 33 (32.67%) Scrum
7 28 (27.72%) ERP
8 22 (21.78%) OOA/OOD
8 22 (21.78%) E-Commerce
9 20 (19.80%) Use Case
10 18 (17.82%) OO
10 18 (17.82%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (16.83%) PRINCE
11 17 (16.83%) Workflow
12 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (15.84%) Unified Process
12 16 (15.84%) SOA
13 15 (14.85%) Change Management
14 14 (13.86%) Waterfall
15 13 (12.87%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 33 (32.67%) Java
2 17 (16.83%) C#
3 13 (12.87%) SQL
4 12 (11.88%) JavaScript
5 11 (10.89%) T-SQL
5 11 (10.89%) VB.NET
6 7 (6.931%) PHP
7 6 (5.941%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (15.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 12 (11.88%) SC Cleared
2 12 (11.88%) DV Cleared
2 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.960%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.990%) MCPD
4 1 (0.990%) MCTS
4 1 (0.990%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.990%) MCAD
4 1 (0.990%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.970%) COBIT
Vendors
1 23 (22.77%) Oracle
2 19 (18.81%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.921%) IBM
4 3 (2.970%) Ab Initio
4 3 (2.970%) VMware
4 3 (2.970%) TIBCO
4 3 (2.970%) Cisco
4 3 (2.970%) EMC
4 3 (2.970%) Citrix
Stockport, North West
Ideally you will have gained exposure to UML and OOA/D, although training will be provided, and you will have experience of prototyping tools and software development methodologies,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexi time
Posted: 29 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
3+ years’ experience using SQL Server 2008/2008R2/2012... Experience of working in an agile environment (Scrum, XP, RUP, Kanban). Pair Programming. Test Driven Development... Experience of working...
Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cheshire
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
You will have gained experience of managing projects using methodologies such as; RUP, Agile, Waterfall and Prince II. As this is a Senior Project Management role you will...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + Full benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013