The first table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 - 20 35
Contract jobs citing Eclipse 0 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 3.008% 0.292%
As % of the Development Applications category - 24.24% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.28% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +9.58%
All Development Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
17 33 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 9.884% 12.41% 4.665%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 4
Average daily rate £375 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Eclipse
England

Eclipse
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Eclipse Daily Rate Trend

Eclipse
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Eclipse Hourly Rate Trend

Eclipse
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM