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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the Gloucestershire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Certification
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5251
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below6.667 %3.750 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£387
% change on same period last year-16.75 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.43£24.60
% change on same period last year+39.97 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads9080
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.127 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted3319
Average minimum daily rate£334£315
Average daily rate£351£334
% change on same period last year+5.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted914
Average minimum hourly rate£22.32£28.77
Average hourly rate£25.93£29.09
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.55£29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.54£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Sun Certification South WestSun Certification
South West

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Sun Certification Daily Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
CheltenhamDown-23--
Sun Certification South WestSun Certification
South West

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

122 (100.00 %)Java
122 (100.00 %)RUP
122 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
221 (95.45 %)DV Cleared
221 (95.45 %)Sun
320 (90.91 %)J2EE
415 (68.18 %)Configuration Management
415 (68.18 %)Unified Process
415 (68.18 %)OO
415 (68.18 %)ClearCase
58 (36.36 %)C
67 (31.82 %)WebLogic
67 (31.82 %)EJB
67 (31.82 %)JBoss
67 (31.82 %)UML
67 (31.82 %)BEA
75 (22.73 %)Oracle Application Server
75 (22.73 %)WebSphere
75 (22.73 %)Java EE
75 (22.73 %)Oracle
75 (22.73 %)WebSphere Application Server
75 (22.73 %)JMS
75 (22.73 %)IBM
75 (22.73 %)SOAP
75 (22.73 %)XML
75 (22.73 %)Java EE 5
83 (13.64 %)SC Cleared
83 (13.64 %)Government
92 (9.091 %)Shell Script
92 (9.091 %)Apache

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (90.91 %)J2EE
27 (31.82 %)EJB
35 (22.73 %)SOAP
35 (22.73 %)XML
35 (22.73 %)JMS
35 (22.73 %)WebSphere
35 (22.73 %)Java EE
35 (22.73 %)Java EE 5
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (31.82 %)WebLogic
17 (31.82 %)JBoss
25 (22.73 %)WebSphere Application Server
25 (22.73 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (9.091 %)Apache
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (68.18 %)ClearCase
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (13.64 %)Government
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (100.00 %)Developer
122 (100.00 %)Java Developer
216 (72.73 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (100.00 %)RUP
122 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
221 (95.45 %)DV Cleared
315 (68.18 %)Unified Process
315 (68.18 %)Configuration Management
315 (68.18 %)OO
47 (31.82 %)UML
53 (13.64 %)SC Cleared
61 (4.545 %)QMS
61 (4.545 %)Quality Management
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (100.00 %)Java
28 (36.36 %)C
32 (9.091 %)Shell Script
41 (4.545 %)C++
41 (4.545 %)VB
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (95.45 %)Sun
27 (31.82 %)BEA
35 (22.73 %)Oracle
35 (22.73 %)IBM