The first table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the Bristol 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certification
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Sun Certification 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
-1.84% -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 163 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.72% 19.18% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 92 59
Average daily rate £355 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.93% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £221 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% -53.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
Sun Certification
South West

Sun Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sun Certification across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bristol Sun Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Sun Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sun Certification across the Bristol region.

Bristol Sun Certification Daily Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Sun Certification 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 Sun Certification.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Sun Certification 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 Sun Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle APEX
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle