Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ClearQuest skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ClearQuest over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

LinkIBM Rational ClearQuest
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank625556715
Rank change year-on-year
Down-69Up+159
Matching permanent IT job ads64123258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.075 %0.145 %0.126 %
As % of the Development Applications category0.836 %1.822 %1.662 %
Salaries quoted58114188
Average salary£38,000£47,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00 %+5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£36,000£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£62,500£62,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,500£47,500£39,500
% change year-on-year
-23.15 %+20.25 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7655674915520
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.949 %7.948 %7.609 %
Salaries quoted6470567913085
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

ClearQuest
Demand Trend

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

ClearQuest Demand Trend

ClearQuest
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ClearQuest within the UK.

ClearQuest Salary Trend

ClearQuest
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ClearQuest over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 within the UK.

ClearQuest Salary Histogram

ClearQuest
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ClearQuest within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-5361£38,000-20.00 %
South EastDown-1130£36,500-23.15 %
LondonDown-6626£38,000-36.66 %
HampshireUp+1823£36,500-23.15 %
City of LondonDown-478£55,000-15.38 %
BerkshireDown-286£40,000-15.78 %
SouthamptonNew entry-4£36,750-
MiddlesexUp+113£32,500+8.33 %
BasingstokeUp+162£50,000+16.27 %
East MidlandsNo change02£31,500-20.75 %
ReadingDown-32£41,250-13.15 %
SurreyDown-82£40,000-15.78 %
DerbyshireNew entry-2£31,500-
DerbyNew entry-2£31,500-
EssexUp+241£31,500-42.72 %
GloucestershireUp+91£40,000-
South WestUp+81£40,000-
MidlandsUp+31£35,000-
Docklands, LondonDown-11£70,000+7.69 %
East of EnglandDown-71£31,500-18.70 %
West WalesNew entry-1£36,723-
WalesNew entry-1£36,723-
SwanseaNew entry-1£36,723-
GloucesterNew entry-1£40,000-
BasildonNew entry-1£31,500-

ClearQuest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

188 (77.88 %)ClearCase
243 (38.05 %)C++
340 (35.40 %)UML
439 (34.51 %)UNIX
538 (33.63 %)Windows
637 (32.74 %)XML
736 (31.86 %)Java
831 (27.43 %)Configuration Management
831 (27.43 %)C
831 (27.43 %)Visual Studio
831 (27.43 %)Security Cleared
930 (26.55 %)Oracle
1027 (23.89 %)Linux
1027 (23.89 %)Degree
1123 (20.35 %)Web Services
1123 (20.35 %).NET
1221 (18.58 %)C#
1319 (16.81 %)SQL
1417 (15.04 %)Python
1516 (14.16 %)IBM
1516 (14.16 %)Subversion
1615 (13.27 %)QA
1615 (13.27 %)Perl
1714 (12.39 %)PL/SQL
1714 (12.39 %)Motif
1813 (11.50 %)Derivative
1813 (11.50 %)Oracle 10g
1813 (11.50 %)Ingres
1912 (10.62 %)J2EE
1912 (10.62 %)Ant

ClearQuest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
137 (32.74 %)XML
223 (20.35 %)Web Services
223 (20.35 %).NET
314 (12.39 %)Motif
412 (10.62 %)J2EE
412 (10.62 %)WebSphere
511 (9.735 %)XSLT
511 (9.735 %)X-Windows
610 (8.850 %)Hibernate
610 (8.850 %)JAAS
610 (8.850 %)AWT
610 (8.850 %)JMS
610 (8.850 %)XSD
610 (8.850 %)ASP
610 (8.850 %)EJB
610 (8.850 %)CSS
610 (8.850 %)JSP
610 (8.850 %)Servlets
610 (8.850 %)Struts
610 (8.850 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (9.735 %)CMS
210 (8.850 %)MQSeries
210 (8.850 %)Tomcat
210 (8.850 %)Apache
210 (8.850 %)WebSphere Application Server
34 (3.540 %)WebLogic
42 (1.770 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
42 (1.770 %)Confluence
42 (1.770 %)AquaLogic
42 (1.770 %)SharePoint
51 (0.885 %)Office Project Server
51 (0.885 %)GlassFish
51 (0.885 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (4.425 %)MS Project
23 (2.655 %)MS Visio
23 (2.655 %)MATLAB
32 (1.770 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (1.770 %)MS Excel
32 (1.770 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.770 %)GL Clearvision
21 (0.885 %)SAP Oil and Gas
21 (0.885 %)SAP MDM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (11.50 %)Oracle 10g
113 (11.50 %)Ingres
211 (9.735 %)Oracle OLAP
211 (9.735 %)OLAP
36 (5.310 %)SQL Server
45 (4.425 %)Datawarehouse
54 (3.540 %)TOAD
62 (1.770 %)Oracle 11g
71 (0.885 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.885 %)ETL
71 (0.885 %)DTS
71 (0.885 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.885 %)SAP BW
71 (0.885 %)QlikView
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
188 (77.88 %)ClearCase
231 (27.43 %)Visual Studio
316 (14.16 %)Subversion
412 (10.62 %)Ant
510 (8.850 %)Log4j
510 (8.850 %)JUnit
68 (7.080 %)JIRA
76 (5.310 %)RequisitePro
76 (5.310 %)Rational Robot
84 (3.540 %)TestDirector
93 (2.655 %)LabVIEW
93 (2.655 %)Team Foundation Server
102 (1.770 %)Mercurial
102 (1.770 %)Git (software)
102 (1.770 %)Rational Functional Tester
111 (0.885 %)VSS/SourceSafe
111 (0.885 %)Rational Rose
111 (0.885 %)Eclipse
111 (0.885 %)Bugzilla
111 (0.885 %)WinRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (10.62 %)Military
211 (9.735 %)3D Graphics
310 (8.850 %)Telecoms
48 (7.080 %)Banking
48 (7.080 %)Government
56 (5.310 %)Investment Banking
56 (5.310 %)Finance
64 (3.540 %)Billing
64 (3.540 %)Aerospace
73 (2.655 %)Automotive
82 (1.770 %)Marketing
91 (0.885 %)Health
91 (0.885 %)Back Office
91 (0.885 %)Pensions
91 (0.885 %)Insurance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
134 (30.09 %)Software Engineer
233 (29.20 %)Developer
315 (13.27 %)Configuration Manager
414 (12.39 %)C++ Developer
414 (12.39 %)C# Developer
512 (10.62 %)C Developer
512 (10.62 %)C++ Software Engineer
611 (9.735 %)Senior Software Engineer
77 (6.195 %)Analyst
86 (5.310 %)Test Engineer
86 (5.310 %)Test Analyst
95 (4.425 %)Test Manager
95 (4.425 %)Software Developer
95 (4.425 %)Software Test Engineer
95 (4.425 %)Software Manager
104 (3.540 %)Tester
113 (2.655 %)Development Specialist
113 (2.655 %)Systems Engineer
113 (2.655 %)QA Tester
113 (2.655 %)C++ Software Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (11.50 %)Derivative
212 (10.62 %)Open Source
311 (9.735 %)Equities
311 (9.735 %)Credit Derivative
311 (9.735 %)Interest Rate Derivative
311 (9.735 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
49 (7.965 %)Computer Science
54 (3.540 %)N-Tier
63 (2.655 %)CMDB
72 (1.770 %)Credit Risk
72 (1.770 %)E-Learning
81 (0.885 %)Client/Server
81 (0.885 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
139 (34.51 %)UNIX
238 (33.63 %)Windows
327 (23.89 %)Linux
410 (8.850 %)AIX
51 (0.885 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
140 (35.40 %)UML
231 (27.43 %)Configuration Management
312 (10.62 %)Software Engineering
411 (9.735 %)SOA
411 (9.735 %)Project Management
510 (8.850 %)ITIL
510 (8.850 %)Data Modelling
510 (8.850 %)Web Development
510 (8.850 %)AOP
510 (8.850 %)Web Design
510 (8.850 %)Release Management
68 (7.080 %)Validation
76 (5.310 %)Agile Software Development
85 (4.425 %)Test Management
94 (3.540 %)Automated Testing
94 (3.540 %)Business Intelligence
94 (3.540 %)RUP
103 (2.655 %)Regression Testing
103 (2.655 %)Document Management
103 (2.655 %)Information Security
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
143 (38.05 %)C++
236 (31.86 %)Java
331 (27.43 %)C
421 (18.58 %)C#
519 (16.81 %)SQL
617 (15.04 %)Python
715 (13.27 %)Perl
814 (12.39 %)PL/SQL
912 (10.62 %)PHP
1011 (9.735 %)Shell Script
1110 (8.850 %)XPath
128 (7.080 %)VC++
133 (2.655 %)VB.NET
142 (1.770 %)T-SQL
142 (1.770 %)VB
151 (0.885 %)Tcl
151 (0.885 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (27.43 %)Security Cleared
227 (23.89 %)Degree
37 (6.195 %)SC Cleared
46 (5.310 %)ISEB
52 (1.770 %)ISTQB
61 (0.885 %)ISEB Practitioner
61 (0.885 %)BC Cleared
61 (0.885 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (13.27 %)QA
22 (1.770 %)SLA
31 (0.885 %)TickIT
31 (0.885 %)ISO12207
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.885 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
130 (26.55 %)Oracle
216 (14.16 %)IBM
310 (8.850 %)hybris
47 (6.195 %)Microsoft
47 (6.195 %)HP
53 (2.655 %)Cognos
62 (1.770 %)Atlassian
62 (1.770 %)BEA
62 (1.770 %)Perforce
71 (0.885 %)SAP
71 (0.885 %)Business Objects
71 (0.885 %)Sybase
71 (0.885 %)JBoss
71 (0.885 %)VMware
71 (0.885 %)Sun
71 (0.885 %)Compuware
71 (0.885 %)MicroStrategy
71 (0.885 %)Borland