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The table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Eclipse over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEclipse
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank226210
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads380656
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.603 %0.698 %
As % of the category below7.158 %8.439 %
Daily rates quoted136207
Average minimum daily rate£344£367
Average daily rate£377£388
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£344
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2917
Average minimum hourly rate£27.76£34.18
Average hourly rate£30.15£36.13
% change on same period last year-16.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.53£38.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£36.13
% change on same period last year-14.02 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads53097773
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.418 %8.274 %
Daily rates quoted16762444
Average minimum daily rate£324£350
Average daily rate£348£372
% change on same period last year-6.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£324
% change on same period last year-3.86 %
Hourly rates quoted430632
Average minimum hourly rate£28.09£28.97
Average hourly rate£30.04£30.76
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.99£32.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.62£30.99
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
Eclipse UKEclipse
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Eclipse
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Eclipse across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England Eclipse Demand Trend

Eclipse
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Eclipse Daily Rate Trend

Eclipse
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Eclipse across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Eclipse Daily Rate Histogram

Eclipse
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Eclipse Hourly Rate Trend

Eclipse
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Eclipse across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Eclipse Hourly Rate Histogram

Eclipse
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Eclipse within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+42227£385-12.04 %
South WestUp+554£263-28.36 %
South EastDown-852£352+2.91 %
East of EnglandDown-613£342-9.40 %
West MidlandsUp+2512£425+6.25 %
North WestUp+1212£425+59.37 %
YorkshireDown-15£275-7.97 %
East MidlandsUp+173£350-
South CoastNew entry-2--
MidlandsUp+121£550-
Eclipse UKEclipse
UK

Eclipse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1621 (78.71 %)Java
2337 (42.71 %)J2EE
3312 (39.54 %)Hibernate
4305 (38.66 %)Spring
5277 (35.11 %)Oracle
6222 (28.14 %)Ant
7220 (27.88 %)XML
8198 (25.10 %)JSP
8198 (25.10 %)SQL
9173 (21.93 %)Struts
10165 (20.91 %)JUnit
11163 (20.66 %)MySQL
12160 (20.28 %)OO
13159 (20.15 %)WebLogic
14156 (19.77 %)UML
15119 (15.08 %)JBoss
15119 (15.08 %)Tomcat
16117 (14.83 %)Agile Software Development
17114 (14.45 %)Linux
18112 (14.20 %)JavaScript
19107 (13.56 %)Subversion
20104 (13.18 %)HTML
2187 (11.03 %)AJAX
2187 (11.03 %)WebServices
2283 (10.52 %)UNIX
2380 (10.14 %)Windows
2478 (9.886 %)Telecoms
2576 (9.632 %)C++
2576 (9.632 %)Apache
2576 (9.632 %)Security Cleared

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1337 (42.71 %)J2EE
2312 (39.54 %)Hibernate
3305 (38.66 %)Spring
4220 (27.88 %)XML
5198 (25.10 %)JSP
6173 (21.93 %)Struts
7104 (13.18 %)HTML
887 (11.03 %)WebServices
887 (11.03 %)AJAX
963 (7.985 %)MVC
1058 (7.351 %)WebSphere
1156 (7.098 %)Servlets
1255 (6.971 %)XSLT
1255 (6.971 %)JSF
1352 (6.591 %)Swing
1352 (6.591 %).NET
1352 (6.591 %)EJB
1449 (6.210 %)CSS
1449 (6.210 %)JDBC
1544 (5.577 %)SOAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1159 (20.15 %)WebLogic
2119 (15.08 %)JBoss
2119 (15.08 %)Tomcat
376 (9.632 %)Apache
426 (3.295 %)CMS
524 (3.042 %)IIS
623 (2.915 %)WebSphere Application Server
719 (2.408 %)ATG Dynamo
816 (2.028 %)ColdFusion
914 (1.774 %)Alfresco
106 (0.760 %)WebSphere MQ
115 (0.634 %)WebLogic Portal
124 (0.507 %)Documentum
124 (0.507 %)ESB
133 (0.380 %)WebSphere Message Broker
133 (0.380 %)TIBCO EMS
133 (0.380 %)Rendezvous
142 (0.253 %)CICS
142 (0.253 %)NetWeaver
142 (0.253 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (0.760 %)MS Excel
16 (0.760 %)Quicktime
25 (0.634 %)Photoshop
32 (0.253 %)FrameMaker
41 (0.127 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.127 %)Fireworks
41 (0.127 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.507 %)Cerner Millennium
22 (0.253 %)PeopleSoft Financials
22 (0.253 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
31 (0.127 %)WebTrends
31 (0.127 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.127 %)Apache OFBiz
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (3.169 %)HTTP
214 (1.774 %)Extranet
311 (1.394 %)Internet
45 (0.634 %)TCP/IP
54 (0.507 %)DNS
54 (0.507 %)SSL
54 (0.507 %)Softphone
54 (0.507 %)FTP
54 (0.507 %)Intranet
63 (0.380 %)Wireless
63 (0.380 %)MD110
63 (0.380 %)LDAP
63 (0.380 %)PBX
72 (0.253 %)Broadband
72 (0.253 %)CTI
81 (0.127 %)SMS
81 (0.127 %)UMTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1163 (20.66 %)MySQL
256 (7.098 %)SQL Server
328 (3.549 %)Oracle 9i
423 (2.915 %)DB2
522 (2.788 %)Oracle 10g
618 (2.281 %)RDBMS
713 (1.648 %)Oracle 8/8i
811 (1.394 %)PostgreSQL
93 (0.380 %)Reference Data
93 (0.380 %)ETL
102 (0.253 %)BusinessObjects
111 (0.127 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.127 %)GIS
111 (0.127 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (0.127 %)DB2 UDB
111 (0.127 %)TOAD
111 (0.127 %)Crystal Reports
111 (0.127 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1222 (28.14 %)Ant
2165 (20.91 %)JUnit
3107 (13.56 %)Subversion
459 (7.478 %)Flash
526 (3.295 %)Selenium
620 (2.535 %)FitNesse
719 (2.408 %)MTASC
816 (2.028 %)ClearCase
912 (1.521 %)Rational Rose
912 (1.521 %)Visual Studio
1011 (1.394 %)QuickTest Pro
1011 (1.394 %)ClearQuest
1110 (1.267 %)CruiseControl
128 (1.014 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
137 (0.887 %)IntelliJ
137 (0.887 %)JBuilder
146 (0.760 %)JDeveloper
155 (0.634 %)Bugzilla
155 (0.634 %)Log4j
155 (0.634 %)JIRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
178 (9.886 %)Telecoms
268 (8.619 %)Finance
359 (7.478 %)Banking
437 (4.689 %)Government
533 (4.183 %)Games
533 (4.183 %)Investment Banking
624 (3.042 %)Retail
723 (2.915 %)Multimedia
820 (2.535 %)Back Office
916 (2.028 %)Front Office
1014 (1.774 %)Insurance
1113 (1.648 %)Aerospace
1211 (1.394 %)Online Games
138 (1.014 %)Military
146 (0.760 %)Advertising
146 (0.760 %)Online Betting
155 (0.634 %)Legal
155 (0.634 %)Pharmaceutical
155 (0.634 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.507 %)Pensions
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1614 (77.82 %)Developer
2406 (51.46 %)Java Developer
3165 (20.91 %)J2EE Developer
4127 (16.10 %)Java/J2EE Developer
5126 (15.97 %)Senior Developer
6100 (12.67 %)Senior Java Developer
767 (8.492 %)Senior J2EE Developer
839 (4.943 %)Software Engineer
937 (4.689 %)Flash Developer
1022 (2.788 %)Analyst
1022 (2.788 %)Architect
1120 (2.535 %)ActionScript Developer
1219 (2.408 %)Lead Developer
1317 (2.155 %)Flex Developer
1416 (2.028 %)Java Swing Developer
1416 (2.028 %)Web Developer
1514 (1.774 %)Programmer
1514 (1.774 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1613 (1.648 %)Software Developer
1712 (1.521 %)Java Software Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (3.802 %)Derivative
224 (3.042 %)Social Network
321 (2.662 %)N-Tier
420 (2.535 %)Fixed Income
514 (1.774 %)Equities
514 (1.774 %)Spread Betting
613 (1.648 %)Blackberry
613 (1.648 %)iSeries
712 (1.521 %)iPhone
712 (1.521 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
811 (1.394 %)Handset
910 (1.267 %)Client/Server
910 (1.267 %)Multithreading
108 (1.014 %)Computer Science
108 (1.014 %)Contract for Difference
117 (0.887 %)Interactive TV
126 (0.760 %)W3C
135 (0.634 %)Equity Derivative
135 (0.634 %)RIA
144 (0.507 %)STB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1114 (14.45 %)Linux
283 (10.52 %)UNIX
380 (10.14 %)Windows
441 (5.196 %)Solaris
514 (1.774 %)AIX
514 (1.774 %)Windows NT
69 (1.141 %)Windows Mobile
69 (1.141 %)Red Hat Linux
78 (1.014 %)Mac OS X
83 (0.380 %)zOS
83 (0.380 %)Android
92 (0.253 %)CentOS
92 (0.253 %)Windows XP
92 (0.253 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.127 %)HPUX
101 (0.127 %)Embedded Linux
101 (0.127 %)MVS
101 (0.127 %)Symbian OS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1160 (20.28 %)OO
2156 (19.77 %)UML
3117 (14.83 %)Agile Software Development
476 (9.632 %)Security Cleared
559 (7.478 %)TDD
651 (6.464 %)Scrum
745 (5.703 %)E-Commerce
842 (5.323 %)Web Development
941 (5.196 %)Pair Programming
1038 (4.816 %)Unit Testing
1038 (4.816 %)SC Cleared
1135 (4.436 %)SOA
1233 (4.183 %)Continuous Integration
1331 (3.929 %)OOD
1425 (3.169 %)RAD
1425 (3.169 %)Content Management
1524 (3.042 %)OOP
1616 (2.028 %)OOA/OOD
1715 (1.901 %)Extreme Programming
1814 (1.774 %)Project Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1621 (78.71 %)Java
2198 (25.10 %)SQL
3112 (14.20 %)JavaScript
476 (9.632 %)C++
561 (7.731 %)ActionScript
640 (5.070 %)PL/SQL
734 (4.309 %)Shell Script
830 (3.802 %)C
929 (3.676 %)XPath
1028 (3.549 %)C#
1127 (3.422 %)Perl
1217 (2.155 %)PHP
137 (0.887 %)DHTML
145 (0.634 %)VC++
145 (0.634 %)Python
145 (0.634 %)Embedded C
145 (0.634 %)XQuery
154 (0.507 %)PHP5
154 (0.507 %)PHP4
154 (0.507 %)VB
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
150 (6.337 %)Degree
224 (3.042 %)Sun Certification
32 (0.253 %)ISEB
41 (0.127 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.267 %)QA
22 (0.253 %)ISO9001
22 (0.253 %)WAI
31 (0.127 %)COBIT
31 (0.127 %)MiFID
31 (0.127 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (1.014 %)Active Directory
23 (0.380 %)Samba
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1277 (35.11 %)Oracle
228 (3.549 %)Sybase
327 (3.422 %)Sun
419 (2.408 %)ATG
518 (2.281 %)Microsoft
616 (2.028 %)Perforce
713 (1.648 %)Google
713 (1.648 %)BEA
810 (1.267 %)Red Hat
810 (1.267 %)Symbian
810 (1.267 %)IBM
98 (1.014 %)Macromedia
107 (0.887 %)TIBCO
116 (0.760 %)Adobe
116 (0.760 %)Yahoo!
116 (0.760 %)Pega
124 (0.507 %)Zend
124 (0.507 %)PeopleSoft
124 (0.507 %)Genesys
124 (0.507 %)Cerner