The first table below looks at the demand for SCJA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCJA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 currently tracked.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified Java Associate (SCJA)
Rank 552 588 585
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -3
Contract jobs citing SCJA 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.023% 0.010% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £500 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -18.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £325 -
% change year-on-year
+53.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8856 10006 9823
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.19% 17.23% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4727 5172 4786
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 501 521 685
Average hourly rate £22.25 £20.06 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.91% -10.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.70 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%

SCJA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SCJA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

SCJA Jobs Demand Trend

SCJA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SCJA within the UK.

SCJA Daily Rate Trend

SCJA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SCJA within the UK.

SCJA Hourly Rate Trend

SCJA
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCJA within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England - 2 £500 -
North West - 1 £500 -
South East - 1 £500 -
West Midlands - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Fareham - - - -
Leicester - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Northampton - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
York - - - -
Hampshire - - - -
Leicestershire - - - -
North Yorkshire - - - -
Northamptonshire - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
East Midlands - - - -

SCJA
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SCJA 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 SCJA.

1 3 (100.00%) SCJP
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) JSP
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) JPA
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) OSSTMM
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) CSSLP
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment

SCJA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SCJA 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 SCJA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) JSP
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) UML
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) OSSTMM
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SCJP
2 1 (33.33%) CSSLP
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle