The first table below looks at the demand for Eclipse RCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Eclipse RCP over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP)
Rank 508 563 507
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -56
Contract jobs citing Eclipse RCP 6 7 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.013% 0.103%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.129% 0.138% 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 48
Average daily rate £375 £325 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -32.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £370 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4666 5076 5924
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.05% 9.357% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2989 3074 3416
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 207 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Eclipse RCP
UK

Eclipse RCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Eclipse RCP Jobs Demand Trend

Eclipse RCP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Eclipse RCP Daily Rate Trend

Eclipse RCP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Eclipse RCP across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Eclipse RCP Daily Rate Histogram

Eclipse RCP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Eclipse RCP across the England region.

England Eclipse RCP Hourly Rate Trend

Eclipse RCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Eclipse RCP within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +30 3 £375 +36.36%
South East +18 2 £300 -
South West - 1 £450 -
Eclipse RCP
UK

Eclipse RCP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Eclipse RCP 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 RCP.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) Eclipse
2 8 (66.67%) SWT
3 5 (41.67%) JIRA
3 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) C
3 5 (41.67%) Perforce
3 5 (41.67%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) UNIX
4 3 (25.00%) JBoss
4 3 (25.00%) Swing
4 3 (25.00%) J2EE
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle
4 3 (25.00%) Sybase
4 3 (25.00%) WebLogic
4 3 (25.00%) EJB
4 3 (25.00%) WebSphere
4 3 (25.00%) GlassFish
5 2 (16.67%) JDBC
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) Spring

Eclipse RCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Eclipse RCP 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 RCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) SWT
2 3 (25.00%) Swing
2 3 (25.00%) J2EE
2 3 (25.00%) EJB
2 3 (25.00%) WebSphere
3 2 (16.67%) JDBC
3 2 (16.67%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (25.00%) GlassFish
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Eclipse
2 5 (41.67%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (83.33%) Java Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Java Swing Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
5 1 (8.333%) Java Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Perforce
2 3 (25.00%) JBoss
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Sybase