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This section looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the Leeds 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
Rank6671
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.002 %
As % of the category below6.780 %1.527 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£328
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
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£41.75£27.90
% change on same period last year+49.64 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads177131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.234 %0.130 %
Daily rates quoted5130
Average minimum daily rate£320£328
Average daily rate£342£339
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted411
Average minimum hourly rate£23.14£23.13
Average hourly rate£27.57£23.94
% change on same period last year+15.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.31£25.67
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Sun Certification West YorkshireSun Certification
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Sun Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

111 (91.67 %)Java
111 (91.67 %)XML
111 (91.67 %)Sun
210 (83.33 %)Solaris
39 (75.00 %)OO
39 (75.00 %)HTML
39 (75.00 %)J2EE
39 (75.00 %)Ant
39 (75.00 %)ATG
39 (75.00 %)ATG Dynamo
39 (75.00 %)HTTP
39 (75.00 %)Extranet
39 (75.00 %)Shell Script
43 (25.00 %)Oracle
52 (16.67 %)JUnit
52 (16.67 %)JSP
52 (16.67 %)SQL
52 (16.67 %)RAD
52 (16.67 %)Apache
52 (16.67 %)Eclipse
52 (16.67 %)UML
52 (16.67 %)DOM
52 (16.67 %)SAX
52 (16.67 %)JSF
52 (16.67 %)WebSphere
52 (16.67 %)XPath
52 (16.67 %)Hibernate
61 (8.333 %)CCNA
61 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
61 (8.333 %)Cisco

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (91.67 %)XML
29 (75.00 %)HTML
29 (75.00 %)J2EE
32 (16.67 %)JSP
32 (16.67 %)DOM
32 (16.67 %)SAX
32 (16.67 %)JSF
32 (16.67 %)WebSphere
32 (16.67 %)Hibernate
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (75.00 %)ATG Dynamo
22 (16.67 %)Apache
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (75.00 %)HTTP
19 (75.00 %)Extranet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (75.00 %)Ant
22 (16.67 %)JUnit
22 (16.67 %)Eclipse
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
29 (75.00 %)Lead Developer
29 (75.00 %)J2EE Developer
32 (16.67 %)Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Architect
41 (8.333 %)Architect
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (83.33 %)Solaris
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (75.00 %)OO
22 (16.67 %)RAD
22 (16.67 %)UML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (91.67 %)Java
29 (75.00 %)Shell Script
32 (16.67 %)SQL
32 (16.67 %)XPath
41 (8.333 %)Perl
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)CCNA
11 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (91.67 %)Sun
29 (75.00 %)ATG
33 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (8.333 %)Cisco