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This section looks at the demand for Eclipse skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEclipse
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank123132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads206
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.006 %
As % of the category below6.231 %1.535 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£353-
Average daily rate£387-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£421-
UK excluding London average daily rate£406£338
% change on same period last year+20.20 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£39.25£30.00
Average hourly rate£41.88£32.50
% change on same period last year+28.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.56£38.60
% change on same period last year+5.07 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads321391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.428 %0.396 %
Daily rates quoted6880
Average minimum daily rate£311£278
Average daily rate£331£292
% change on same period last year+13.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted4040
Average minimum hourly rate£23.74£27.65
Average hourly rate£26.09£29.90
% change on same period last year-12.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.44£32.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Eclipse EnglandEclipse
England

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Eclipse Hourly Rate Histogram

Eclipse
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Eclipse within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
CheshireNew entry-11£410-
ManchesterDown-114£375-
LancashireNew entry-1£285-
MerseysideUp+21--
Eclipse EnglandEclipse
England

Eclipse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

143 (93.48 %)Java
230 (65.22 %)J2EE
329 (63.04 %)Oracle
423 (50.00 %)XML
521 (45.65 %)Ant
618 (39.13 %)UNIX
717 (36.96 %)UML
814 (30.43 %)Hibernate
913 (28.26 %)JSP
913 (28.26 %)SQL
1012 (26.09 %)Linux
1111 (23.91 %)HTML
1210 (21.74 %)EJB
1210 (21.74 %)WebSphere
139 (19.57 %)Spring
139 (19.57 %)JBoss
148 (17.39 %)Servlets
148 (17.39 %)WebServices
157 (15.22 %)Struts
157 (15.22 %)Tomcat
157 (15.22 %)ClearCase
166 (13.04 %)Oracle 10g
166 (13.04 %)Windows
166 (13.04 %)JUnit
166 (13.04 %)PL/SQL
166 (13.04 %)Subversion
166 (13.04 %)Degree
175 (10.87 %)Government
175 (10.87 %)JavaScript
175 (10.87 %)OO

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (65.22 %)J2EE
223 (50.00 %)XML
314 (30.43 %)Hibernate
413 (28.26 %)JSP
511 (23.91 %)HTML
610 (21.74 %)EJB
610 (21.74 %)WebSphere
79 (19.57 %)Spring
88 (17.39 %)Servlets
88 (17.39 %)WebServices
97 (15.22 %)Struts
105 (10.87 %)JDBC
105 (10.87 %)Swing
114 (8.696 %)XML Schema
123 (6.522 %)JMS
123 (6.522 %)XSL
123 (6.522 %)CSS
132 (4.348 %)CORBA
132 (4.348 %)AJAX
141 (2.174 %)JSTL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (19.57 %)JBoss
27 (15.22 %)Tomcat
34 (8.696 %)WebLogic
43 (6.522 %)Apache
51 (2.174 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (2.174 %)JRun
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (8.696 %)Internet
21 (2.174 %)Symposium
21 (2.174 %)Nortel Meridian
21 (2.174 %)SMS
21 (2.174 %)VoIP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (13.04 %)Oracle 10g
23 (6.522 %)Oracle 9i
32 (4.348 %)MySQL
41 (2.174 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (2.174 %)RDBMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (45.65 %)Ant
27 (15.22 %)ClearCase
36 (13.04 %)JUnit
36 (13.04 %)Subversion
42 (4.348 %)ClearQuest
51 (2.174 %)CruiseControl
51 (2.174 %)HttpUnit
51 (2.174 %)WebLogic Workshop
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (10.87 %)Government
24 (8.696 %)Retail
33 (6.522 %)Advertising
33 (6.522 %)Banking
33 (6.522 %)Finance
42 (4.348 %)Telecoms
42 (4.348 %)Online Banking
51 (2.174 %)Automotive
51 (2.174 %)Manufacturing
51 (2.174 %)Insurance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (71.74 %)Developer
230 (65.22 %)Java Developer
36 (13.04 %)J2EE Developer
36 (13.04 %)Java/J2EE Developer
36 (13.04 %)Software Engineer
36 (13.04 %)Configuration Manager
43 (6.522 %)Software Developer
43 (6.522 %)Java Software Engineer
52 (4.348 %)Senior Developer
52 (4.348 %)Software Development Engineer
61 (2.174 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (2.174 %)Senior Applications Developer
61 (2.174 %)Network Specialist
61 (2.174 %)J2EE Analyst Programmer
61 (2.174 %)Java Applications Developer
61 (2.174 %)Java Software Developer
61 (2.174 %)Software Designer
61 (2.174 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
61 (2.174 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (2.174 %)Programmer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (39.13 %)UNIX
212 (26.09 %)Linux
36 (13.04 %)Windows
41 (2.174 %)Solaris
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (36.96 %)UML
25 (10.87 %)OO
34 (8.696 %)Unit Testing
43 (6.522 %)Continuous Integration
43 (6.522 %)Requirements Analysis
43 (6.522 %)Configuration Management
52 (4.348 %)Service Management
52 (4.348 %)Scrum
52 (4.348 %)Use Case
52 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
61 (2.174 %)ITIL
61 (2.174 %)Web Development
61 (2.174 %)Unified Process
61 (2.174 %)Agile Software Development
61 (2.174 %)RUP
61 (2.174 %)SOA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (93.48 %)Java
213 (28.26 %)SQL
36 (13.04 %)PL/SQL
45 (10.87 %)JavaScript
52 (4.348 %)C++
52 (4.348 %)DHTML
52 (4.348 %)PHP
61 (2.174 %)Perl
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (13.04 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.348 %)QA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (63.04 %)Oracle
22 (4.348 %)IBM
22 (4.348 %)VMware
31 (2.174 %)Nortel
31 (2.174 %)BEA
31 (2.174 %)Cisco
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