ClearQuest Contracts in the UK excluding London

IBM Rational ClearQuest
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ClearQuest skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ClearQuest over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 432 506
Rank change year-on-year +49 +74 -72
Contract jobs citing ClearQuest 5 15 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.063% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% 0.44% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 3
10th Percentile £425 £515 -
25th Percentile £463 £539 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £465
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +21.94% +24.00%
75th Percentile £563 £618 £476
90th Percentile £585 £628 £479
UK median daily rate £513 £562 £540
% change year-on-year -8.81% +4.07% +44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.25
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year - +25.87% -12.69%
75th Percentile - - £42.20
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £42.21
% change year-on-year - +18.46% -7.24%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

ClearQuest is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,251 3,374 4,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.90% 14.13% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 2,389 3,232
10th Percentile £350 £350 £360
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 177 108
10th Percentile £40.94 £45.75 £37.95
25th Percentile £55.50 £52.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £84.00 £78.00 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +16.67%

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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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ClearQuest in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ClearQuest in the UK excluding London

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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

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ClearQuest within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +14 5 £525 -10.03% 2
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UK

ClearQuest
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) ClearCase
2 3 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Kanban
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Cross-Platform Development
2 3 (60.00%) Memory Management
2 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (60.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Backlog
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) QMS
4 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Sparx