The first table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Eclipse over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Eclipse
Rank 48 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing Eclipse 1 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.222% 1.929% -
As % of the Development Applications category 3.226% 27.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.28% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +9.58%
All Development Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
31 43 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 6.889% 6.913% 9.202%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 31
Average daily rate £425 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% +16.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £37.00 £37.50 £65.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Eclipse
West Midlands

Eclipse
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Eclipse Jobs Demand Trend

Eclipse
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Eclipse across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Eclipse Daily Rate Trend

Eclipse
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Eclipse 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Eclipse.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Eclipse also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Eclipse. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware Engineer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP