Eclipse Contract Job Trends

Eclipse
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Eclipse skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 488 477
Rank change year-on-year -136 -11 +84
Contract jobs citing Eclipse 42 64 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.67% 1.30% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 33 24
10th Percentile £204 £204 £388
25th Percentile £475 £340 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £529
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -10.17% -9.03%
75th Percentile £663 £550 £769
90th Percentile £675 £653 £921
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £358 £410
% change year-on-year +53.63% -12.68% -23.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 44
10th Percentile £62.00 £56.16 £61.63
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +261.11%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,261 4,932 4,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.74% 14.88% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,007 3,328 3,282
10th Percentile £350 £322 £350
25th Percentile £413 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 113 213
10th Percentile £31.87 £26.42 £28.65
25th Percentile £55.94 £50.00 £47.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% - +0.97%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.09 £84.95 £73.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%

Eclipse
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Eclipse job vacancy trend in the UK

Eclipse
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Eclipse

Eclipse
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Eclipse over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Eclipse in the UK

Eclipse
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Eclipse

Eclipse
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Eclipse within the UK over the 6 months to 10 August 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
England -133 42 £600 +26.32% 19
UK excluding London -116 27 £550 +53.63% 13
Work from Home -51 15 £379 -14.70% 1
London -86 15 £650 +21.50% 7
East of England -24 8 - -
South East -85 7 £208 -56.32% 2
South West -37 6 - - 6
North West -46 3 £550 +61.76% 1
Midlands -51 3 £650 +91.18% 3
North of England -65 3 £550 +61.76% 1
West Midlands - 3 £650 - 1

Eclipse
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (9.52%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.38%) JBoss
2 1 (2.38%) Mule
2 1 (2.38%) Mule ESB
2 1 (2.38%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 5 (11.90%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) SaaS
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 3 (7.14%) Sauce Labs
4 1 (2.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.95%) Ethernet
1 13 (30.95%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (30.95%) Relational Database
2 4 (9.52%) MongoDB
2 4 (9.52%) NoSQL
3 3 (7.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 10 (23.81%) Jenkins
3 6 (14.29%) Ant
3 6 (14.29%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (11.90%) Maven
5 4 (9.52%) Git
5 4 (9.52%) Subversion
6 3 (7.14%) Android Studio
6 3 (7.14%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (7.14%) Xcode
7 2 (4.76%) JUnit
8 1 (2.38%) Cypress.io
8 1 (2.38%) IntelliJ
8 1 (2.38%) JMeter
8 1 (2.38%) Postman
8 1 (2.38%) REST Assured
8 1 (2.38%) Selenium
8 1 (2.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (2.38%) TestNG
8 1 (2.38%) TestRail
General
1 13 (30.95%) Military
2 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.52%) Retail
6 3 (7.14%) Automotive
7 2 (4.76%) Finance
8 1 (2.38%) Advertising
8 1 (2.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) C# Software Engineer
1 11 (26.19%) Software Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Developer
3 9 (21.43%) Lead
4 8 (19.05%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Applications Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Salesforce Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Salesforce Technical Leader
6 3 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Salesforce Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Leader
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) UX Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (47.62%) Web Services
2 13 (30.95%) Node.js
3 11 (26.19%) REST
4 7 (16.67%) SOAP
5 6 (14.29%) HTML
5 6 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (14.29%) Visualforce
6 5 (11.90%) Jakarta EE
6 5 (11.90%) XML
7 4 (9.52%) RESTful
7 4 (9.52%) Spring
7 4 (9.52%) Spring Boot
8 3 (7.14%) Ajax
8 3 (7.14%) AngularJS
8 3 (7.14%) CSS
8 3 (7.14%) GraphQL
8 3 (7.14%) React
9 1 (2.38%) DCOM
9 1 (2.38%) JSON
9 1 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) AI Agents
2 3 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (50.00%) Linux
2 17 (40.48%) Windows
3 3 (7.14%) Android
3 3 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) CI/CD
2 21 (50.00%) Agile
3 18 (42.86%) Validation
4 16 (38.10%) TDD
4 16 (38.10%) Unit Testing
5 15 (35.71%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
6 14 (33.33%) Digital Twin
6 14 (33.33%) Synthetic Environment
7 12 (28.57%) Migration
7 12 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 12 (28.57%) Verification and Validation
7 12 (28.57%) Visualisation
8 8 (19.05%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (14.29%) Code Coverage
9 6 (14.29%) Data Modelling
9 6 (14.29%) Data Validation
9 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (14.29%) Workflow
10 4 (9.52%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (40.48%) JavaScript
2 14 (33.33%) C#
2 14 (33.33%) C++
3 13 (30.95%) Java
4 11 (26.19%) SQL
5 6 (14.29%) Apex Code
5 6 (14.29%) SOQL
5 6 (14.29%) SOSL
6 4 (9.52%) Python
7 3 (7.14%) Perl
8 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) SC Cleared
1 11 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
3 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Docker
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Oracle
3 7 (16.67%) Splunk
4 6 (14.29%) Salesforce
5 5 (11.90%) Guidewire
6 4 (9.52%) Atlassian
6 4 (9.52%) Dynatrace
6 4 (9.52%) IBM
6 4 (9.52%) New Relic