The first table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex 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
21 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 Essex - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.84% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Qualifications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
96 71 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 22.86% 17.40% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 30 38
Average daily rate £325 £125 £95
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+160.00% +31.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £99 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 23
Average hourly rate £36.28 £41.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.59% +10.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £27.62 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.75 £95.50 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Sun Certification
East of England

Sun Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Sun Certification Daily Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Sun Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) Sun
1 6 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 2 (33.33%) XSLT
2 2 (33.33%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 1 (16.67%) JAXB
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Java EE
3 1 (16.67%) AccuRev

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) JAXB
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) Java EE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Developer
3 2 (33.33%) PL/SQL Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Java Developer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) Sun
2 1 (16.67%) AccuRev