The first table below looks at the demand for Eclipse skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Eclipse over the 3 months to 23 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 West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Eclipse
Rank 90 90 97
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Contract jobs citing Eclipse 7 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.429% 0.667% 0.157%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.263% 7.463% 2.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £260 £295 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.86% -29.76%
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
133 201 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 8.155% 8.937% 6.332%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 105 69
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 7
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +20.68%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West 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 West Midlands region.

West 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham +1 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Eclipse
England

Eclipse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 12 (80.00%) Java
2 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (46.67%) J2EE
3 7 (46.67%) CSS
3 7 (46.67%) HTML
3 7 (46.67%) Subversion
4 6 (40.00%) Maven
4 6 (40.00%) Ant
4 6 (40.00%) Apache
4 6 (40.00%) Tomcat
4 6 (40.00%) JSP
4 6 (40.00%) jQuery
4 6 (40.00%) JSTL
5 5 (33.33%) QA
5 5 (33.33%) Android
5 5 (33.33%) iPhone
5 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 5 (33.33%) iOS SDK
5 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
5 5 (33.33%) Objective-C
5 5 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 5 (33.33%) JSON
6 3 (20.00%) XML
7 2 (13.33%) Oracle
7 2 (13.33%) SQL
7 2 (13.33%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (6.667%) RichFaces
8 1 (6.667%) REST
8 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
8 1 (6.667%) Validation

Eclipse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 7 (46.67%) J2EE
1 7 (46.67%) CSS
1 7 (46.67%) HTML
2 6 (40.00%) JSP
2 6 (40.00%) jQuery
2 6 (40.00%) JSTL
3 5 (33.33%) iOS SDK
3 5 (33.33%) JSON
4 3 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (6.667%) RichFaces
5 1 (6.667%) REST
5 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
5 1 (6.667%) XSLT
5 1 (6.667%) Spring
5 1 (6.667%) JSF
5 1 (6.667%) Middleware
5 1 (6.667%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) Apache
1 6 (40.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (6.667%) CMS
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Subversion
2 6 (40.00%) Maven
2 6 (40.00%) Ant
3 2 (13.33%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) Java Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Web Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Java Web Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Middleware Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) iPhone
1 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Android
1 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.667%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.667%) Validation
2 1 (6.667%) Scrum
2 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (6.667%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Java
2 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (33.33%) Objective-C
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) JBoss
2 1 (6.667%) Alterian
2 1 (6.667%) SAP
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