Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the England 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Certification
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank471499
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads48126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.135 %
As % of the category below0.807 %1.454 %
Daily rates quoted1535
Average minimum daily rate£315£357
Average daily rate£345£378
% change on same period last year-8.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£367
% change on same period last year-12.08 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£24.02£30.00
Average hourly rate£24.38£35.00
% change on same period last year-30.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.75£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£35.00
% change on same period last year-30.33 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching contract IT job ads59498668
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.370 %9.288 %
Daily rates quoted19832872
Average minimum daily rate£338£341
Average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£325
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted715926
Average minimum hourly rate£23.98£24.30
Average hourly rate£25.42£26.05
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.86£27.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.56£25.68
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Sun Certification UKSun Certification
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England 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 England region.

England Sun Certification Daily Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Sun Certification Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Sun Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Sun Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

Sun Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun Certification within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
South WestUp+2515--
YorkshireNew entry-11£300-
South EastUp+1310£323-28.04 %
LondonUp+576£416+10.22 %
East of EnglandUp+294--
East MidlandsUp+41--
North WestUp+101--
Sun Certification UKSun Certification
UK

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1130 (83.33 %)Sun
2125 (80.13 %)Java
3106 (67.95 %)J2EE
479 (50.64 %)XML
573 (46.79 %)OO
662 (39.74 %)Oracle
760 (38.46 %)Solaris
858 (37.18 %)HTML
947 (30.13 %)Ant
1046 (29.49 %)Shell Script
1143 (27.56 %)UML
1239 (25.00 %)HTTP
1338 (24.36 %)Extranet
1338 (24.36 %)ATG
1338 (24.36 %)ATG Dynamo
1435 (22.44 %)Security Cleared
1534 (21.79 %)RUP
1632 (20.51 %)JSP
1728 (17.95 %)Struts
1728 (17.95 %)Windows
1827 (17.31 %)UNIX
1925 (16.03 %)WebLogic
2024 (15.38 %)Eclipse
2024 (15.38 %)Unified Process
2122 (14.10 %)Tomcat
2122 (14.10 %)Oracle 9i
2221 (13.46 %)Hibernate
2221 (13.46 %)DV Cleared
2320 (12.82 %)SQL
2419 (12.18 %)EJB

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1106 (67.95 %)J2EE
279 (50.64 %)XML
358 (37.18 %)HTML
432 (20.51 %)JSP
528 (17.95 %)Struts
621 (13.46 %)Hibernate
719 (12.18 %)EJB
719 (12.18 %)WebSphere
817 (10.90 %)Spring
915 (9.615 %)WebServices
1014 (8.974 %)Servlets
1014 (8.974 %)XSD
1014 (8.974 %)Castor
1112 (7.692 %)Middleware
1112 (7.692 %).NET
1210 (6.410 %)XSLT
139 (5.769 %)JSF
148 (5.128 %)JMS
148 (5.128 %)SOAP
157 (4.487 %)ASP.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
138 (24.36 %)ATG Dynamo
225 (16.03 %)WebLogic
322 (14.10 %)Tomcat
419 (12.18 %)Apache
513 (8.333 %)JBoss
69 (5.769 %)WebSphere Application Server
73 (1.923 %)WebSphere MQ
73 (1.923 %)WebLogic Portal
82 (1.282 %)ESB
91 (0.641 %)Oracle Workflow
91 (0.641 %)Oracle Application Server
91 (0.641 %)WebLogic Integration
91 (0.641 %)Tuxedo
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (1.282 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
139 (25.00 %)HTTP
238 (24.36 %)Extranet
35 (3.205 %)SAN
44 (2.564 %)Firewall
53 (1.923 %)GPRS
62 (1.282 %)TCP/IP
62 (1.282 %)DNS
71 (0.641 %)LDAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (14.10 %)Oracle 9i
27 (4.487 %)TOAD
34 (2.564 %)Oracle 10g
34 (2.564 %)SQL Server
42 (1.282 %)DB2
42 (1.282 %)RDBMS
51 (0.641 %)MySQL
51 (0.641 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.641 %)Adabas
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
147 (30.13 %)Ant
224 (15.38 %)Eclipse
317 (10.90 %)ClearCase
410 (6.410 %)JUnit
54 (2.564 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
61 (0.641 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.641 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.641 %)WebLogic Workshop
61 (0.641 %)CheckStyle
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (12.18 %)Finance
211 (7.051 %)Banking
310 (6.410 %)Investment Banking
49 (5.769 %)Government
58 (5.128 %)Construction
67 (4.487 %)Criminal Justice
75 (3.205 %)Police
84 (2.564 %)Telecoms
93 (1.923 %)Pharmaceutical
102 (1.282 %)Automotive
102 (1.282 %)Education
111 (0.641 %)Financial Institution
111 (0.641 %)Law
111 (0.641 %)Legal
111 (0.641 %)Publishing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1110 (70.51 %)Developer
255 (35.26 %)Java Developer
350 (32.05 %)J2EE Developer
440 (25.64 %)Lead Developer
527 (17.31 %)Java/J2EE Developer
614 (8.974 %)Architect
713 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
87 (4.487 %)Web Developer
87 (4.487 %)Administrator
96 (3.846 %)Technical Architect
105 (3.205 %)Senior Java Developer
114 (2.564 %)Senior J2EE Developer
114 (2.564 %)Analyst Programmer
114 (2.564 %)Programmer
114 (2.564 %)Support Engineer
114 (2.564 %)Analyst
123 (1.923 %)Systems Developer
123 (1.923 %)C# Developer
123 (1.923 %)Hardware Engineer
123 (1.923 %)Systems Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (5.769 %)Credit Risk
24 (2.564 %)Thin Client
24 (2.564 %)Fat Client
33 (1.923 %)NHS
42 (1.282 %)HACMP
42 (1.282 %)N-Tier
42 (1.282 %)Clustering
51 (0.641 %)Speech Recognition
51 (0.641 %)Market Risk
51 (0.641 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51 (0.641 %)Fixed Income
51 (0.641 %)DataPower
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (38.46 %)Solaris
228 (17.95 %)Windows
327 (17.31 %)UNIX
414 (8.974 %)Windows NT
57 (4.487 %)AIX
66 (3.846 %)Linux
71 (0.641 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.641 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.641 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.641 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
173 (46.79 %)OO
243 (27.56 %)UML
335 (22.44 %)Security Cleared
434 (21.79 %)RUP
524 (15.38 %)Unified Process
621 (13.46 %)DV Cleared
715 (9.615 %)ITIL
715 (9.615 %)Configuration Management
814 (8.974 %)Extreme Programming
814 (8.974 %)SC Cleared
912 (7.692 %)OOD
107 (4.487 %)Unit Testing
116 (3.846 %)Service Management
116 (3.846 %)ITSM
116 (3.846 %)OOP
116 (3.846 %)OOA/OOD
125 (3.205 %)Data Modelling
134 (2.564 %)Workflow
134 (2.564 %)Quality Management
134 (2.564 %)RAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1125 (80.13 %)Java
246 (29.49 %)Shell Script
320 (12.82 %)SQL
418 (11.54 %)XPath
59 (5.769 %)PL/SQL
59 (5.769 %)C
68 (5.128 %)JavaScript
75 (3.205 %)Perl
75 (3.205 %)C#
83 (1.923 %)C++
91 (0.641 %)VB
91 (0.641 %)NATURAL
91 (0.641 %)Korn
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (5.769 %)ISEB
27 (4.487 %)Degree
35 (3.205 %)HP APS
44 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (2.564 %)MCP
44 (2.564 %)MCSE
44 (2.564 %)MCSA
44 (2.564 %)OCA
44 (2.564 %)Oracle Certification
44 (2.564 %)SCJD
53 (1.923 %)ISEB Practitioner
53 (1.923 %)SCBCD
53 (1.923 %)SCDJWS
53 (1.923 %)Cisco Certification
62 (1.282 %)CCNP
62 (1.282 %)SCJP
62 (1.282 %)IBM AIX Certification
71 (0.641 %)SCSA
71 (0.641 %)RHCE
71 (0.641 %)CCNA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.205 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.641 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.564 %)NFS
22 (1.282 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.641 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.564 %)Tivoli
22 (1.282 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.641 %)CA SiteMinder
31 (0.641 %)Legato
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1130 (83.33 %)Sun
262 (39.74 %)Oracle
338 (24.36 %)ATG
414 (8.974 %)BEA
512 (7.692 %)IBM
68 (5.128 %)HP
68 (5.128 %)VERITAS
75 (3.205 %)VMware
84 (2.564 %)Compaq
93 (1.923 %)Cisco
102 (1.282 %)EMC
102 (1.282 %)Sarvega
102 (1.282 %)Software AG
111 (0.641 %)Genesys
111 (0.641 %)Intel
111 (0.641 %)Interwoven
111 (0.641 %)Sybase
111 (0.641 %)Red Hat
111 (0.641 %)webMethods
111 (0.641 %)Symantec