ClearQuest Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM Rational ClearQuest
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ClearQuest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ClearQuest over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 381 429
Rank change year-on-year - +48 +74
Contract jobs citing ClearQuest 0 5 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - 0.024% 0.060%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.22% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 11
10th Percentile - £425 £515
25th Percentile - £463 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £567
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +21.94%
75th Percentile - £563 £618
90th Percentile - £585 £628
UK median daily rate - £513 £562
% change year-on-year - -8.81% -6.33%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

ClearQuest falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,746 2,226 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.59% 10.87% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,156 1,441 2,309
10th Percentile £325 £350 £348
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £625 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 176 173
10th Percentile £28.22 £40.94 £46.26
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +11.82%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.18 £80.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.69% +16.85%

ClearQuest
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ClearQuest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ClearQuest in the UK excluding London

ClearQuest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ClearQuest in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ClearQuest in the UK excluding London

ClearQuest
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ClearQuest in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ClearQuest in the UK excluding London