The first table below looks at the demand for ClearQuest skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ClearQuest over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational ClearQuest
Rank 111 127 107
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -20
Permanent jobs citing ClearQuest 22 5 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.014% 0.221% 0.743%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.402% 1.634% 5.000%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 12
Average salary £67,500 £34,000 £11,600
Average salary % change year-on-year
+98.52% +193.10%
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.82% +6.25%
All Development Applications
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
234 306 280
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 10.79% 13.52% 14.85%
Number of salaries quoted 181 266 216
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +11.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £33,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
ClearQuest
Berkshire

ClearQuest
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ClearQuest across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Reading ClearQuest Jobs Demand Trend

ClearQuest
Salary Trend

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

Reading ClearQuest Salary Trend

ClearQuest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 28 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 28 (100.00%) IBM
2 26 (92.86%) DB2
3 22 (78.57%) UNIX
4 20 (71.43%) AIX
4 20 (71.43%) Solaris
4 20 (71.43%) Shell Script
5 18 (64.29%) HTML
6 16 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (57.14%) WebSphere
7 15 (53.57%) Finance
8 14 (50.00%) Niku
9 13 (46.43%) Perl
10 12 (42.86%) HP
10 12 (42.86%) Oracle
10 12 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
11 9 (32.14%) Maven
12 8 (28.57%) Remedy
12 8 (28.57%) ITIL
12 8 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (28.57%) OOD
12 8 (28.57%) CGI
12 8 (28.57%) Ant
12 8 (28.57%) Java
12 8 (28.57%) UML
12 8 (28.57%) MS Office
12 8 (28.57%) Spring
12 8 (28.57%) WebSphere MQ
12 8 (28.57%) Ab Initio
12 8 (28.57%) DataPower

ClearQuest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 18 (64.29%) HTML
2 16 (57.14%) WebSphere
3 8 (28.57%) CGI
3 8 (28.57%) Spring
4 7 (25.00%) Hibernate
4 7 (25.00%) JRules
5 6 (21.43%) J2EE
5 6 (21.43%) JSP
5 6 (21.43%) Struts
5 6 (21.43%) Ajax
5 6 (21.43%) JSF
5 6 (21.43%) JPA
5 6 (21.43%) Spring Security
5 6 (21.43%) Spring Web Flow
6 1 (3.571%) Web Services
6 1 (3.571%) Java SE
6 1 (3.571%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) WebSphere MQ
2 6 (21.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (92.86%) DB2
2 8 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (100.00%) ClearCase
2 9 (32.14%) Maven
3 8 (28.57%) Ant
3 8 (28.57%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Team Leader
1 12 (42.86%) Software Manager
2 9 (32.14%) Software Configuration Manager
2 9 (32.14%) Configuration Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Development Team Leader
4 3 (10.71%) Java Team Leader
5 2 (7.143%) J2EE Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) C++ Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Release Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) DataPower
2 6 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.571%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 22 (78.57%) UNIX
2 20 (71.43%) AIX
2 20 (71.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
2 8 (28.57%) OOD
2 8 (28.57%) UML
3 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (25.00%) Multithreading
3 7 (25.00%) V-Model
3 7 (25.00%) Scrum
3 7 (25.00%) OO
3 7 (25.00%) RUP
4 4 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Resource Management
6 2 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (71.43%) Shell Script
2 13 (46.43%) Perl
3 8 (28.57%) Java
4 7 (25.00%) SQL
5 6 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.571%) C
6 1 (3.571%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (3.571%) Sun Certification
Systems Management
1 12 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) IBM
2 14 (50.00%) Niku
3 12 (42.86%) HP
3 12 (42.86%) Oracle
4 8 (28.57%) Remedy
4 8 (28.57%) Ab Initio
5 7 (25.00%) ILOG