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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the Scotland 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
Rank97127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.660 %0.274 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£363-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
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 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads241365
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.339 %0.369 %
Daily rates quoted5682
Average minimum daily rate£299£293
Average daily rate£314£309
% change on same period last year+1.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted3524
Average minimum hourly rate£21.15£17.63
Average hourly rate£23.09£18.70
% change on same period last year+23.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.03£19.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.54£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Sun Certification Hourly 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 Scotland 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
EdinburghUp+142--
Sun Certification UKSun Certification
UK

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

17 (70.00 %)Solaris
26 (60.00 %)Sun
26 (60.00 %)VERITAS
26 (60.00 %)UNIX
35 (50.00 %)AIX
35 (50.00 %)HPUX
35 (50.00 %)Perl
44 (40.00 %)Shell Script
53 (30.00 %)Java
53 (30.00 %)J2EE
53 (30.00 %)XML
53 (30.00 %)Finance
62 (20.00 %)Management Information System
62 (20.00 %)SOA
62 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
62 (20.00 %)Banking
62 (20.00 %)Problem Management
71 (10.00 %)Java EE
71 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
71 (10.00 %)Spring
71 (10.00 %)Insurance
71 (10.00 %)RAD
71 (10.00 %)Apache
71 (10.00 %)Tomcat
71 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (10.00 %)Oracle
71 (10.00 %)JUnit
71 (10.00 %)HTML
71 (10.00 %)SQL
71 (10.00 %).NET

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)J2EE
13 (30.00 %)XML
21 (10.00 %)Hibernate
21 (10.00 %)Spring
21 (10.00 %)Java EE
21 (10.00 %)HTML
21 (10.00 %).NET
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Apache
11 (10.00 %)Tomcat
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)JUnit
11 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Banking
31 (10.00 %)Insurance
31 (10.00 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Administrator
25 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
33 (30.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
33 (30.00 %)UNIX Administrator
42 (20.00 %)Solaris Administrator
42 (20.00 %)Java Developer
42 (20.00 %)Developer
51 (10.00 %)Consultant
51 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
51 (10.00 %)Team Leader
51 (10.00 %)Senior Solaris Administrator
51 (10.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (10.00 %)Java Team Leader
51 (10.00 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
51 (10.00 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (10.00 %).NET Team Leader
51 (10.00 %)J2EE Team Leader
51 (10.00 %)UNIX Consultant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Management Information System
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Solaris
26 (60.00 %)UNIX
35 (50.00 %)AIX
35 (50.00 %)HPUX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)SOA
12 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
12 (20.00 %)Problem Management
21 (10.00 %)RAD
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)Perl
24 (40.00 %)Shell Script
33 (30.00 %)Java
41 (10.00 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Sun
16 (60.00 %)VERITAS
21 (10.00 %)Oracle