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The table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills within the Lancashire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEclipse
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank39-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.703 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£270-
Average daily rate£285-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£336
% change on same period last year+8.93 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.20£34.39
% change on same period last year+2.33 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads3761
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted911
Average minimum daily rate£204£341
Average daily rate£220£354
% change on same period last year-37.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£237£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£328
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted1310
Average minimum hourly rate£22.96£25.70
Average hourly rate£24.52£27.80
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.07£29.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.49£31.36
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Eclipse North WestEclipse
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Eclipse Daily Rate Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
BlackburnNew entry-1£285-
Eclipse North WestEclipse
North West

Eclipse
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)Scrum
21 (50.00 %)Spring
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)Ant
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Servlets
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (50.00 %)XML Schema
21 (50.00 %)RDBMS
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (50.00 %)Internet

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)Spring
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)XML Schema
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Servlets
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Ant
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Senior Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)Scrum
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle