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This section looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Certification
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank121127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.305 %0.217 %
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£350£350
% change on same period last year-
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£47.50£30.25
% change on same period last year+57.02 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads328460
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.437 %0.466 %
Daily rates quoted102136
Average minimum daily rate£295£319
Average daily rate£310£337
% change on same period last year-7.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted2673
Average minimum hourly rate£23.32£29.75
Average hourly rate£24.49£32.56
% change on same period last year-24.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.67£35.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.94£25.67
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Sun Certification EnglandSun Certification
England

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Sun Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Sun Certification
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun Certification within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
BirminghamUp+141--
Sun Certification EnglandSun Certification
England

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

19 (100.00 %)Java
19 (100.00 %)SQL
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
19 (100.00 %)XML
19 (100.00 %)Sun
28 (88.89 %)Apache
28 (88.89 %)HTML
28 (88.89 %)CSS
36 (66.67 %)Oracle
36 (66.67 %)WebSphere
45 (55.56 %)Agile Software Development
45 (55.56 %)SQL Server
45 (55.56 %)IIS
45 (55.56 %)MySQL
45 (55.56 %)JavaScript
45 (55.56 %)JSP
45 (55.56 %)Servlets
53 (33.33 %)Struts
53 (33.33 %)OO
53 (33.33 %)Spring
53 (33.33 %)Back Office
61 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
61 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
61 (11.11 %)JSF
61 (11.11 %)Hibernate
61 (11.11 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (11.11 %)JMS
61 (11.11 %)EAI
61 (11.11 %)JAXB

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
19 (100.00 %)XML
28 (88.89 %)CSS
28 (88.89 %)HTML
36 (66.67 %)WebSphere
45 (55.56 %)JSP
45 (55.56 %)Servlets
53 (33.33 %)Struts
53 (33.33 %)Spring
61 (11.11 %)JSF
61 (11.11 %)JDBC
61 (11.11 %)EJB
61 (11.11 %)XSLT
61 (11.11 %)JMS
61 (11.11 %)JAXB
61 (11.11 %)Hibernate
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (88.89 %)Apache
25 (55.56 %)IIS
31 (11.11 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (11.11 %)WebSphere MQ
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (55.56 %)MySQL
15 (55.56 %)SQL Server
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (33.33 %)Back Office
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
28 (88.89 %)Java Developer
32 (22.22 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (11.11 %)J2EE Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)Agile Software Development
23 (33.33 %)OO
31 (11.11 %)EAI
31 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
31 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)Java
19 (100.00 %)SQL
25 (55.56 %)JavaScript
31 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (100.00 %)Sun
26 (66.67 %)Oracle
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