ClearQuest Contracts

IBM Rational ClearQuest
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 695 838
Rank change year-on-year +119 +143 -165
Contract jobs citing ClearQuest 6 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.028% 0.019%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.12% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 5
10th Percentile £431 £503 -
25th Percentile £472 £515 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £562 £480
Median % change year-on-year -8.81% +17.08% +28.00%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £600
90th Percentile £581 £627 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £567 £465
% change year-on-year -7.41% +21.94% +24.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £37.99
25th Percentile - - £39.11
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £42.21
Median % change year-on-year - +18.46% -7.24%
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - £44.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year - +25.87% -12.69%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,146 9,169 16,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.79% 15.24% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,477 6,438 11,343
10th Percentile £356 £388 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 261 214
10th Percentile £31.71 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £45.88 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +12.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.23
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.63% +11.82% +22.22%

ClearQuest
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ClearQuest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ClearQuest in the UK

ClearQuest
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ClearQuest.

Daily rate trend for ClearQuest in the UK

ClearQuest
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ClearQuest over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ClearQuest in the UK

ClearQuest
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ClearQuest.

Hourly rate trend for ClearQuest in the UK

ClearQuest
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +113 6 £513 -8.81% 4
UK excluding London +47 5 £525 -7.41% 4
South East +6 5 £525 -10.03% 3
London +103 1 £500 -

ClearQuest
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (66.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) ClearCase
2 4 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Kanban
1 5 (83.33%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 4 (66.67%) OO
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Cross-Platform Development
3 3 (50.00%) Memory Management
3 3 (50.00%) Sprint Backlog
4 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (33.33%) QMS
4 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
4 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (16.67%) OOD
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) System Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) HP
2 4 (66.67%) Sparx