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This section looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the East Midlands region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Certification
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9184
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.922 %1.600 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£328
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.00
Average hourly rate-£26.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.75£27.90
% change on same period last year+49.64 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads217250
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.286 %0.249 %
Daily rates quoted7265
Average minimum daily rate£298£305
Average daily rate£320£322
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted2726
Average minimum hourly rate£17.35£24.05
Average hourly rate£20.30£24.51
% change on same period last year-17.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.25£24.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.31£25.67
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Sun Certification EnglandSun Certification
England

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.

Sun Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sun Certification across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East Midlands Sun Certification Demand Trend

Sun Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Sun Certification Daily Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sun Certification across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Sun Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun Certification within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
DerbyshireUp+11--
Sun Certification EnglandSun Certification
England

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

17 (100.00 %)Sun
26 (85.71 %)Oracle
35 (71.43 %)Java
44 (57.14 %)Oracle 10g
44 (57.14 %)Hibernate
44 (57.14 %)Spring
44 (57.14 %)SQL
44 (57.14 %)J2EE
53 (42.86 %)JUnit
53 (42.86 %)XML
53 (42.86 %)UML
53 (42.86 %)Eclipse
53 (42.86 %)RDBMS
62 (28.57 %)TDD
62 (28.57 %)Java EE
62 (28.57 %)SCJD
62 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
62 (28.57 %)BEA
62 (28.57 %)VERITAS
62 (28.57 %)WebLogic Workshop
62 (28.57 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (28.57 %)Solaris
62 (28.57 %)WebServices
62 (28.57 %)JSP
62 (28.57 %)Servlets
62 (28.57 %)WebLogic
62 (28.57 %)EJB
71 (14.29 %)JDBC
71 (14.29 %)JavaScript
71 (14.29 %)PL/SQL

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)Hibernate
14 (57.14 %)Spring
14 (57.14 %)J2EE
23 (42.86 %)XML
32 (28.57 %)Java EE
32 (28.57 %)WebServices
32 (28.57 %)JSP
32 (28.57 %)Servlets
32 (28.57 %)EJB
41 (14.29 %)JDBC
41 (14.29 %)Struts
41 (14.29 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)MVC
41 (14.29 %)J2SE
41 (14.29 %)Java EE 5
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)WebLogic Portal
12 (28.57 %)WebLogic
21 (14.29 %)JBoss
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)Oracle 10g
23 (42.86 %)RDBMS
32 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)JUnit
13 (42.86 %)Eclipse
22 (28.57 %)WebLogic Workshop
31 (14.29 %)Ant
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Financial Institution
11 (14.29 %)Finance
11 (14.29 %)Education
11 (14.29 %)Government
11 (14.29 %)Insurance
11 (14.29 %)Banking
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
15 (71.43 %)Java Developer
22 (28.57 %)J2EE Developer
22 (28.57 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Senior Java Developer
22 (28.57 %)Senior Applications Developer
22 (28.57 %)Solaris Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Java Applications Developer
22 (28.57 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
22 (28.57 %)Java/J2EE Developer
22 (28.57 %)Systems Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Applications Developer
22 (28.57 %)Senior Developer
22 (28.57 %)Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Software Developer
31 (14.29 %)Java Software Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Solaris
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)UML
22 (28.57 %)TDD
31 (14.29 %)Use Case
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)Java
24 (57.14 %)SQL
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
31 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)SCJD
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Sun
26 (85.71 %)Oracle
32 (28.57 %)BEA
32 (28.57 %)VERITAS