Eclipse Contract Job Trends in the North West

Eclipse
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Eclipse skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 122 136
Rank change year-on-year -40 +14 +12
Contract jobs citing Eclipse 3 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.085% 0.25% 0.035%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.74% 1.65% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £340 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £655 - -
England median daily rate £575 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +8.49% +0.95% -12.50%

All Development Application Skills
North West

Eclipse falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 403 303 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.46% 15.13% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 231 200
10th Percentile £350 £333 £350
25th Percentile £380 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -13.09% -5.96%
75th Percentile £575 £513 £550
90th Percentile £640 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 14
10th Percentile £34.49 £64.65 £30.86
25th Percentile £37.25 £70.12 £37.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £73.75 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% +60.75% -0.65%
75th Percentile £73.75 £77.81 £67.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.70 £80.45
England median hourly rate £67.50 £59.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.41% -9.23% +5.69%

Eclipse
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Eclipse relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Eclipse job vacancy trend in the North West

Eclipse
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Eclipse.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Eclipse

Eclipse
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Eclipse.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Eclipse

Eclipse
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Eclipse within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 2 £550 - 2
Cheshire -15 1 £650 +91.18%
Eclipse
England

Eclipse
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) JBoss
1 1 (33.33%) Mule
1 1 (33.33%) Mule ESB
1 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) J2EE
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Guidewire
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle