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This section looks at the demand for Eclipse skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Eclipse over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEclipse
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank220221
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads529670
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.698 %0.711 %
As % of the category below7.697 %8.211 %
Daily rates quoted148229
Average minimum daily rate£414£380
Average daily rate£443£402
% change on same period last year+10.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£428£343
% change on same period last year+24.74 %
Hourly rates quoted1776
Average minimum hourly rate£38.22£37.06
Average hourly rate£39.89£38.67
% change on same period last year+3.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.56£40.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.32£38.52
% change on same period last year+4.68 %
Development Applications UKDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads68738160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.063 %8.656 %
Daily rates quoted22082390
Average minimum daily rate£339£358
Average daily rate£362£379
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£329
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted495591
Average minimum hourly rate£30.64£32.25
Average hourly rate£32.71£33.99
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.77£35.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.57£34.00
% change on same period last year-1.26 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Eclipse within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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 within the UK.

Eclipse Daily Rate Trend

Eclipse
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Eclipse within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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 within the UK.

Eclipse Hourly Rate Trend

Eclipse
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Eclipse within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Eclipse Hourly Rate Histogram

Eclipse
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Eclipse within the UK over the 3 months to 4 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
EnglandUp+7506£445+8.93 %
LondonUp+21213£453+1.57 %
South EastDown-22121£466+38.25 %
East of EnglandUp+2168£397-4.64 %
HertfordshireUp+3756£404+30.29 %
City of LondonDown-3652£473-6.10 %
BerkshireUp+4944£383+12.48 %
YorkshireUp+2630£292-16.57 %
North WestUp+926£393-1.71 %
HampshireDown-4317£400+14.28 %
SurreyDown-1217£550+76.70 %
East MidlandsUp+416£301+9.27 %
ScotlandUp+2915£270-10.38 %
West YorkshireUp+1313£275-21.42 %
CheshireDown-1012£395-1.25 %
MidlandsUp+912--
BuckinghamshireUp+1212£521-
ReadingDown-411£341+3.01 %
BasingstokeDown-1811--
RickmansworthNew entry-11£475-
SheffieldNew entry-10£301-
Thames ValleyUp+3210--
South YorkshireNew entry-10£301-
South WestDown-2010--
BracknellUp+209£425+16.66 %
Docklands, LondonUp+269£318+22.43 %
LeedsDown-67£275-21.42 %
GlasgowUp+37£270-10.38 %
West MidlandsUp+16--
East AngliaNew entry-6--

Eclipse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11120 (87.50 %)Java
2680 (53.13 %)J2EE
3611 (47.73 %)Hibernate
4572 (44.69 %)Spring
5551 (43.05 %)Oracle
6476 (37.19 %)SQL
7442 (34.53 %)XML
8411 (32.11 %)UML
9371 (28.98 %)OO
10360 (28.13 %)Ant
11358 (27.97 %)JUnit
12339 (26.48 %)Linux
13327 (25.55 %)Struts
14289 (22.58 %)Finance
15278 (21.72 %)JSP
16271 (21.17 %)Banking
17236 (18.44 %)WebLogic
18232 (18.13 %)Unix
19186 (14.53 %)EJB
20181 (14.14 %)HTML
21173 (13.52 %)WebSphere
22160 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
23158 (12.34 %)JavaScript
24153 (11.95 %)WebServices
24153 (11.95 %)JBoss
25152 (11.88 %)Windows
26147 (11.48 %)Tomcat
27142 (11.09 %)Subversion
28138 (10.78 %)JSF
29134 (10.47 %)RAD

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1680 (53.13 %)J2EE
2611 (47.73 %)Hibernate
3572 (44.69 %)Spring
4442 (34.53 %)XML
5327 (25.55 %)Struts
6278 (21.72 %)JSP
7186 (14.53 %)EJB
8181 (14.14 %)HTML
9173 (13.52 %)WebSphere
10153 (11.95 %)WebServices
11138 (10.78 %)JSF
12124 (9.688 %)JDBC
13111 (8.672 %)Swing
13111 (8.672 %)AJAX
14100 (7.813 %).NET
1588 (6.875 %)XSLT
1683 (6.484 %)Servlets
1777 (6.016 %)JMS
1873 (5.703 %)CSS
1966 (5.156 %)J2SE
Application Platforms
1236 (18.44 %)WebLogic
2153 (11.95 %)JBoss
3147 (11.48 %)Tomcat
489 (6.953 %)Apache
562 (4.844 %)WebSphere Application Server
628 (2.188 %)IIS
725 (1.953 %)MQSeries
818 (1.406 %)CMS
818 (1.406 %)WebLogic Portal
914 (1.094 %)WebSphere MQ
1011 (0.859 %)TIBCO EMS
1011 (0.859 %)Oracle Application Server
1110 (0.781 %)Exchange Server 2000
128 (0.625 %)ColdFusion
137 (0.547 %)ESB
137 (0.547 %)WebSphere Message Broker
146 (0.469 %)Oracle 10gAS
146 (0.469 %)Alfresco
155 (0.391 %)ATG Dynamo
164 (0.313 %)WebLogic Integration
Applications
130 (2.344 %)MS Office
210 (0.781 %)MS Project
39 (0.703 %)MS Excel
46 (0.469 %)Photoshop
46 (0.469 %)Quicktime
53 (0.234 %)MS Visio
62 (0.156 %)Fireworks
Business Applications
18 (0.625 %)BusinessWorks
22 (0.156 %)TIBCO iProcess
31 (0.078 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.078 %)Summit
Communications & Networking
130 (2.344 %)HTTP
224 (1.875 %)Internet
320 (1.563 %)TCP/IP
413 (1.016 %)LDAP
510 (0.781 %)Extranet
68 (0.625 %)SAN
68 (0.625 %)SMS
77 (0.547 %)IIOP
85 (0.391 %)FTP
85 (0.391 %)TELNET
85 (0.391 %)Wireless
85 (0.391 %)SSH
93 (0.234 %)Nortel Meridian
93 (0.234 %)Symposium
102 (0.156 %)SMPP
102 (0.156 %)VoIP
102 (0.156 %)CTI
111 (0.078 %)Intranet
111 (0.078 %)DPNSS
111 (0.078 %)RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
199 (7.734 %)MySQL
267 (5.234 %)Oracle 10g
363 (4.922 %)SQL Server
461 (4.766 %)DB2
542 (3.281 %)RDBMS
635 (2.734 %)Oracle 8/8i
733 (2.578 %)Oracle 9i
823 (1.797 %)Oracle Reports
911 (0.859 %)TOAD
911 (0.859 %)MS Access
106 (0.469 %)SQL Server 2005
115 (0.391 %)Crystal Reports
124 (0.313 %)DB2 UDB
124 (0.313 %)Reference Data
124 (0.313 %)JasperReports
132 (0.156 %)DTS
132 (0.156 %)ETL
132 (0.156 %)PostgreSQL
141 (0.078 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
141 (0.078 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1360 (28.13 %)Ant
2358 (27.97 %)JUnit
3142 (11.09 %)Subversion
484 (6.563 %)ClearCase
567 (5.234 %)ClearQuest
654 (4.219 %)Log4j
739 (3.047 %)JBuilder
838 (2.969 %)CruiseControl
932 (2.500 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1030 (2.344 %)IntelliJ
1126 (2.031 %)Rational Rose
1126 (2.031 %)FitNesse
1225 (1.953 %)JDeveloper
1320 (1.563 %)Selenium
1418 (1.406 %)JIRA
1516 (1.250 %)Flash
1516 (1.250 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1615 (1.172 %)JMeter
1713 (1.016 %)Visual Studio
1812 (0.938 %)CheckStyle
General
1289 (22.58 %)Finance
2271 (21.17 %)Banking
3128 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
472 (5.625 %)Government
563 (4.922 %)Back Office
660 (4.688 %)Telecoms
747 (3.672 %)Financial Institution
835 (2.734 %)Front Office
930 (2.344 %)Insurance
1026 (2.031 %)Games
1120 (1.563 %)Retail
1210 (0.781 %)Education
1210 (0.781 %)Manufacturing
138 (0.625 %)Online Games
146 (0.469 %)Multimedia
155 (0.391 %)Online Banking
155 (0.391 %)Pharmaceutical
155 (0.391 %)Online Betting
164 (0.313 %)Advertising
164 (0.313 %)Publishing
Job Titles
11039 (81.17 %)Developer
2791 (61.80 %)Java Developer
3259 (20.23 %)J2EE Developer
4239 (18.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
5152 (11.88 %)Senior Developer
6123 (9.609 %)Senior Java Developer
755 (4.297 %)Senior J2EE Developer
842 (3.281 %)Software Engineer
941 (3.203 %)Analyst
1039 (3.047 %)Architect
1039 (3.047 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1133 (2.578 %)Java Swing Developer
1231 (2.422 %)Tester
1324 (1.875 %)Java Architect
1421 (1.641 %)Applications Developer
1519 (1.484 %)Web Developer
1519 (1.484 %)Systems Tester
1618 (1.406 %)C++ Developer
1717 (1.328 %)J2EE Architect
1816 (1.250 %)WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
171 (5.547 %)Derivative
242 (3.281 %)Equities
333 (2.578 %)Credit Risk
432 (2.500 %)Multithreading
529 (2.266 %)Equity Derivative
624 (1.875 %)Handset
717 (1.328 %)Client/Server
717 (1.328 %)Computer Science
812 (0.938 %)Spread Betting
911 (0.859 %)W3C
1010 (0.781 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1010 (0.781 %)Asset Management
119 (0.703 %)Fixed Income
128 (0.625 %)Social Network
137 (0.547 %)Market Risk
146 (0.469 %)Mathematics
146 (0.469 %)Contract for Difference
146 (0.469 %)MPEG
155 (0.391 %)Interest Rate Derivative
164 (0.313 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1339 (26.48 %)Linux
2232 (18.13 %)Unix
3152 (11.88 %)Windows
478 (6.094 %)Solaris
531 (2.422 %)HPUX
619 (1.484 %)Windows 2000
714 (1.094 %)Windows Mobile
813 (1.016 %)Mac OS X
97 (0.547 %)Windows NT
106 (0.469 %)Symbian OS
114 (0.313 %)i5/OS
114 (0.313 %)zOS
114 (0.313 %)MVS
114 (0.313 %)AIX
123 (0.234 %)Windows Server 2003
132 (0.156 %)VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1411 (32.11 %)UML
2371 (28.98 %)OO
3134 (10.47 %)RAD
4113 (8.828 %)Security Cleared
5111 (8.672 %)SOA
6108 (8.438 %)Unit Testing
779 (6.172 %)Agile Software Development
872 (5.625 %)Continuous Integration
958 (4.531 %)RUP
958 (4.531 %)MVC
1057 (4.453 %)TDD
1156 (4.375 %)SC Cleared
1252 (4.063 %)E-Commerce
1347 (3.672 %)DV Cleared
1445 (3.516 %)Systems Analysis
1537 (2.891 %)Scrum
1537 (2.891 %)OOD
1636 (2.813 %)OOA/OOD
1729 (2.266 %)Risk Management
1825 (1.953 %)CRM
Programming Languages
11120 (87.50 %)Java
2476 (37.19 %)SQL
3160 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
4158 (12.34 %)JavaScript
5111 (8.672 %)C++
678 (6.094 %)Perl
766 (5.156 %)C
841 (3.203 %)C#
920 (1.563 %)PHP
1019 (1.484 %)Shell Script
1118 (1.406 %)VB
1216 (1.250 %)XPath
1315 (1.172 %)ActionScript
1414 (1.094 %)DHTML
1414 (1.094 %)Python
1513 (1.016 %)VBA
1610 (0.781 %)XQuery
1610 (0.781 %)VB6
178 (0.625 %)Transact-SQL
187 (0.547 %)Ruby
Qualifications
1102 (7.969 %)Degree
224 (1.875 %)ISEB
313 (1.016 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.078 %)SCWCD
41 (0.078 %)SCJD
41 (0.078 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
124 (1.875 %)QA
27 (0.547 %)ISO9001
27 (0.547 %)WCAG
31 (0.078 %)WAI
31 (0.078 %)SLA
System Software
19 (0.703 %)NetBackup
23 (0.234 %)AquaLogic
23 (0.234 %)NFS
32 (0.156 %)MSMQ
41 (0.078 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
12 (0.156 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1551 (43.05 %)Oracle
2105 (8.203 %)IBM
398 (7.656 %)BEA
479 (6.172 %)Sybase
544 (3.438 %)Microsoft
643 (3.359 %)Sun
731 (2.422 %)TIBCO
816 (1.250 %)Symbian
816 (1.250 %)Google
910 (0.781 %)Altova
109 (0.703 %)Macromedia
109 (0.703 %)VERITAS
109 (0.703 %)ATG
118 (0.625 %)Red Hat
127 (0.547 %)Perforce
136 (0.469 %)Brocade
136 (0.469 %)DataSynapse
144 (0.313 %)Adobe
144 (0.313 %)Calypso
153 (0.234 %)HP
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