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The table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEclipse
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank84110
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.015 %
As % of the category below5.143 %3.423 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£278£299
Average daily rate£299£318
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£346
% change on same period last year-0.75 %
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£31.07£36.13
% change on same period last year-14.02 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads175409
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.281 %0.439 %
Daily rates quoted3370
Average minimum daily rate£279£310
Average daily rate£292£318
% change on same period last year-8.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£324
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Hourly rates quoted45
Average minimum hourly rate£21.50£16.83
Average hourly rate£22.88£18.17
% change on same period last year+25.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.25£19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.55£30.87
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Eclipse Hourly 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 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
GlasgowUp+104£238-20.44 %
EdinburghUp+221--
Eclipse UKEclipse
UK

Eclipse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

125 (92.59 %)Java
125 (92.59 %)J2EE
217 (62.96 %)Oracle
217 (62.96 %)Spring
313 (48.15 %)Hibernate
412 (44.44 %)EJB
511 (40.74 %)SQL
610 (37.04 %)JUnit
610 (37.04 %)UML
79 (33.33 %)JMS
79 (33.33 %)XML
88 (29.63 %)Ant
88 (29.63 %)JSP
88 (29.63 %)Servlets
96 (22.22 %)RDBMS
105 (18.52 %)Struts
105 (18.52 %)PL/SQL
114 (14.81 %)HTML
114 (14.81 %)JavaScript
114 (14.81 %)SOA
114 (14.81 %)Chordiant
114 (14.81 %)JDeveloper
114 (14.81 %)eTOM
123 (11.11 %)JSTL
123 (11.11 %)Billing
123 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
123 (11.11 %)JBoss
132 (7.407 %)Tomcat
132 (7.407 %)OO
132 (7.407 %)Ingres

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (92.59 %)J2EE
217 (62.96 %)Spring
313 (48.15 %)Hibernate
412 (44.44 %)EJB
59 (33.33 %)XML
59 (33.33 %)JMS
68 (29.63 %)JSP
68 (29.63 %)Servlets
75 (18.52 %)Struts
84 (14.81 %)HTML
93 (11.11 %)JSTL
102 (7.407 %)MVC
102 (7.407 %)JSF
102 (7.407 %)Tapestry
111 (3.704 %)NetBeans
111 (3.704 %)WAP
111 (3.704 %)XML Schema
111 (3.704 %)WebServices
111 (3.704 %)J2ME
111 (3.704 %)JDBC
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.11 %)JBoss
22 (7.407 %)Tomcat
22 (7.407 %)Documentum
31 (3.704 %)CMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.704 %)LDAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (22.22 %)RDBMS
22 (7.407 %)EDRMS
22 (7.407 %)Ingres
31 (3.704 %)SQL Server
31 (3.704 %)DB2
31 (3.704 %)Oracle 9i
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (37.04 %)JUnit
28 (29.63 %)Ant
34 (14.81 %)JDeveloper
41 (3.704 %)PVCS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (11.11 %)Billing
22 (7.407 %)Games
31 (3.704 %)Finance
31 (3.704 %)3D Graphics
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (51.85 %)Developer
213 (48.15 %)Java Developer
36 (22.22 %)J2EE Developer
45 (18.52 %)Java/J2EE Developer
53 (11.11 %)Java Programmer
53 (11.11 %)Programmer
62 (7.407 %)Analyst
62 (7.407 %)Senior Developer
62 (7.407 %)Analyst Programmer
62 (7.407 %)Senior J2EE Developer
62 (7.407 %)Senior Java Developer
62 (7.407 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
62 (7.407 %)Java Analyst Programmer
71 (3.704 %)Junior Java Developer
71 (3.704 %)J2EE Analyst Programmer
71 (3.704 %)Junior
71 (3.704 %)Junior Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.704 %)Linux
11 (3.704 %)zOS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (37.04 %)UML
24 (14.81 %)SOA
24 (14.81 %)eTOM
33 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
42 (7.407 %)RDF
42 (7.407 %)OO
51 (3.704 %)TDD
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (92.59 %)Java
211 (40.74 %)SQL
35 (18.52 %)PL/SQL
44 (14.81 %)JavaScript
51 (3.704 %)Groovy
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.704 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (62.96 %)Oracle
24 (14.81 %)Chordiant
31 (3.704 %)IBM