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This section looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the Merseyside 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Certification
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£330£328
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
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 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads3845
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted818
Average minimum daily rate£294£362
Average daily rate£327£392
% change on same period last year-16.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted54
Average minimum hourly rate£21.70£19.57
Average hourly rate£23.95£22.50
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.20£25.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.48£25.68
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Sun Certification North WestSun Certification
North 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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Merseyside Sun Certification Demand 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Sun Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Ant
12 (100.00 %)JUnit
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)Servlets
12 (100.00 %)Struts
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)RDBMS
12 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
12 (100.00 %)Sun
12 (100.00 %)Government
12 (100.00 %)Spring
12 (100.00 %)iBATIS
12 (100.00 %)BC Cleared
12 (100.00 %)Security Cleared

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)Servlets
12 (100.00 %)Struts
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Spring
12 (100.00 %)iBATIS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)RDBMS
12 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)Ant
12 (100.00 %)JUnit
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Government
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)BC Cleared
12 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Sun