The first table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Eclipse over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Eclipse
Rank 27 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Eclipse 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.980% - 0.403%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.81% - 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £330
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
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
27 31 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.37% 11.88% 8.871%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 9
Average daily rate £356 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £300 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £17.51 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Eclipse
North West

Eclipse
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Eclipse Daily Rate Trend

Eclipse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) VBScript
2 4 (80.00%) VB
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (80.00%) ASP
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) NHS
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Android
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) soapUI
3 1 (20.00%) Twitter
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) ASP
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) soapUI
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Android
1 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) OO
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) VBScript
2 4 (80.00%) VB
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter