England Sun Certification Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chelmsford City of London Corby Coventry Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Greenford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Reading Sandwich Scotland Solihull South East South West Staines Surrey UK West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 9 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	694	523
Rank change on same period last year	-171
Matching permanent IT job ads	221	541
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.114 %	0.225 %
As % of the category below	0.578 %	1.173 %
Salaries quoted	178	461
Average minimum salary	£39,322	£38,420
Average salary	£42,412	£43,334
% change on same period last year	-2.12 %
Average maximum salary	£45,503	£48,248
UK excluding London average salary	£40,052	£42,279
% change on same period last year	-5.26 %
Qualifications England
Matching permanent IT job ads	38240	46114
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	19.65 %	19.21 %
Salaries quoted	32500	37625
Average minimum salary	£37,563	£39,000
Average salary	£40,888	£42,521
% change on same period last year	-3.84 %
Average maximum salary	£44,213	£46,042
UK excluding London average salary	£37,617	£38,207
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
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Sun Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Sun Certification across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Sun Certification
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sun Certification across the England region.

Sun Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

Sun Certification
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Sun Certification within the England region over the 3 months to 9 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-28	73	£48,616	+1.58 %
South East	-106	52	£42,538	-13.88 %
North West	+32	27	£34,138	-16.86 %
East Midlands	+19	26	£35,750	-4.53 %
Yorkshire	-23	19	£44,529	+54.66 %
East of England	-14	13	£35,042	-6.65 %
West Midlands	-5	10	£37,958	+5.28 %
South West	-80	2	-	-

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Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sun Certification.

1 416 (85.77 %) Sun 2 326 (67.22 %) Java 3 249 (51.34 %) J2EE 4 170 (35.05 %) Oracle 5 159 (32.78 %) Solaris 6 158 (32.58 %) XML 7 148 (30.52 %) UML 8 147 (30.31 %) Unix 9 133 (27.42 %) SQL 10 130 (26.80 %) Struts 11 125 (25.77 %) Degree 12 109 (22.47 %) JSP 13 96 (19.79 %) WebSphere 14 93 (19.18 %) Hibernate 15 92 (18.97 %) WebLogic

16 90 (18.56 %) EJB 16 90 (18.56 %) JBoss 17 86 (17.73 %) HTML 18 84 (17.32 %) OO 19 82 (16.91 %) Servlets 19 82 (16.91 %) VERITAS 20 78 (16.08 %) JUnit 21 77 (15.88 %) JavaScript 22 76 (15.67 %) IBM 23 75 (15.46 %) Finance 24 73 (15.05 %) Eclipse 25 72 (14.85 %) CSS 25 72 (14.85 %) SAN 25 72 (14.85 %) Spring 26 64 (13.20 %) EMC

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sun Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 249 (51.34 %) J2EE 2 158 (32.58 %) XML 3 130 (26.80 %) Struts 4 109 (22.47 %) JSP 5 96 (19.79 %) WebSphere 6 93 (19.18 %) Hibernate 7 90 (18.56 %) EJB 8 86 (17.73 %) HTML 9 82 (16.91 %) Servlets 10 72 (14.85 %) CSS 10 72 (14.85 %) Spring 11 63 (12.99 %) MVC 12 57 (11.75 %) JDBC 13 56 (11.55 %) J2SE 14 53 (10.93 %) JMS 15 42 (8.660 %) WebServices 15 42 (8.660 %) .NET 16 41 (8.454 %) XHTML 17 28 (5.773 %) XSLT 17 28 (5.773 %) JSF	Application Platforms 1 92 (18.97 %) WebLogic 2 90 (18.56 %) JBoss 3 50 (10.31 %) Tomcat 4 38 (7.835 %) Apache 5 24 (4.948 %) MQSeries 6 14 (2.887 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 5 (1.031 %) Content Management Server 8 3 (0.619 %) WebSphere MQ 8 3 (0.619 %) WebLogic Portal 8 3 (0.619 %) Oracle Workflow 8 3 (0.619 %) TeamSite 8 3 (0.619 %) Oracle 10gAS 9 2 (0.412 %) ESB 10 1 (0.206 %) WPS 10 1 (0.206 %) Oracle Application Server 10 1 (0.206 %) SmartSockets 10 1 (0.206 %) ATG Dynamo 10 1 (0.206 %) BizTalk Server 10 1 (0.206 %) IIS 10 1 (0.206 %) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications 1 4 (0.825 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.412 %) MS Visio 2 2 (0.412 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (0.412 %) Oracle 11i 1 2 (0.412 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 72 (14.85 %) SAN 2 16 (3.299 %) TCP/IP 3 14 (2.887 %) Internet 4 12 (2.474 %) DNS 5 9 (1.856 %) HTTP 6 8 (1.649 %) SMTP 7 4 (0.825 %) LAN 7 4 (0.825 %) WAN 7 4 (0.825 %) SSL 7 4 (0.825 %) Firewall 8 3 (0.619 %) Intranet 8 3 (0.619 %) LDAP 9 2 (0.412 %) VoIP 9 2 (0.412 %) DHCP 9 2 (0.412 %) Wireless 9 2 (0.412 %) SSH 9 2 (0.412 %) Extranet 10 1 (0.206 %) X.509 10 1 (0.206 %) FTP 10 1 (0.206 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (8.660 %) SQL Server 2 40 (8.247 %) DB2 3 36 (7.423 %) MySQL 4 31 (6.392 %) Oracle 9i 5 28 (5.773 %) Oracle 10g 6 20 (4.124 %) RDBMS 7 16 (3.299 %) TOAD 8 8 (1.649 %) Informix 9 7 (1.443 %) SQL Server 2000 10 6 (1.237 %) Oracle 11g 11 5 (1.031 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 4 (0.825 %) Oracle Reports 12 4 (0.825 %) GIS 13 3 (0.619 %) SQLPlus 14 2 (0.412 %) PostgreSQL 15 1 (0.206 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 78 (16.08 %) JUnit 2 73 (15.05 %) Eclipse 3 57 (11.75 %) Ant 4 35 (7.216 %) Log4j 5 25 (5.155 %) JDeveloper 6 23 (4.742 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 7 22 (4.536 %) JBuilder 8 9 (1.856 %) HttpUnit 9 5 (1.031 %) WebLogic Workshop 10 3 (0.619 %) ERwin 10 3 (0.619 %) ClearCase 11 2 (0.412 %) PVCS 11 2 (0.412 %) Oracle Forms 11 2 (0.412 %) Subversion 11 2 (0.412 %) StarTeam	General 1 75 (15.46 %) Finance 2 43 (8.866 %) Banking 3 36 (7.423 %) Education 4 19 (3.918 %) Retail 5 11 (2.268 %) Financial Institution 6 9 (1.856 %) Back Office 7 8 (1.649 %) Pensions 8 6 (1.237 %) Government 8 6 (1.237 %) Telecoms 8 6 (1.237 %) Construction 9 4 (0.825 %) Health 9 4 (0.825 %) Investment Banking 10 3 (0.619 %) Insurance 10 3 (0.619 %) Marketing 11 1 (0.206 %) Auditing 11 1 (0.206 %) Telemarketing 11 1 (0.206 %) Retail Banking 11 1 (0.206 %) Electronics 11 1 (0.206 %) Automotive
Job Titles 1 248 (51.13 %) Developer 2 204 (42.06 %) Java Developer 3 91 (18.76 %) Administrator 4 74 (15.26 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 68 (14.02 %) J2EE Developer 6 52 (10.72 %) Solaris Administrator 7 50 (10.31 %) Systems Administrator 8 49 (10.10 %) Senior Developer 9 48 (9.897 %) Senior Java Developer 10 46 (9.485 %) Architect 11 35 (7.216 %) UNIX Administrator 12 32 (6.598 %) Solaris Systems Administrator 13 26 (5.361 %) Analyst 14 25 (5.155 %) Technical Support 15 23 (4.742 %) Support Analyst 16 22 (4.536 %) Java Architect 17 20 (4.124 %) Programmer 18 18 (3.711 %) Java Programmer 19 17 (3.505 %) Technical Support Analyst 19 17 (3.505 %) Technical Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 25 (5.155 %) Computer Science 2 21 (4.330 %) Mainframe 3 17 (3.505 %) Robotics 4 15 (3.093 %) Client/Server 5 8 (1.649 %) Clustering 6 6 (1.237 %) N-Tier 7 5 (1.031 %) CLARiiON 8 4 (0.825 %) Derivative 9 3 (0.619 %) HACMP 10 2 (0.412 %) W3C 10 2 (0.412 %) Artificial Intelligence 10 2 (0.412 %) Multithreading 11 1 (0.206 %) Interest Rate Derivative 11 1 (0.206 %) Credit Risk 11 1 (0.206 %) Fat Client 11 1 (0.206 %) PKI 11 1 (0.206 %) Web 2.0 11 1 (0.206 %) Credit Derivative 11 1 (0.206 %) Cryptography 11 1 (0.206 %) Fixed Income
Operating Systems 1 159 (32.78 %) Solaris 2 147 (30.31 %) Unix 3 50 (10.31 %) Linux 4 37 (7.629 %) AIX 5 33 (6.804 %) Windows 6 11 (2.268 %) Windows NT 7 10 (2.062 %) Windows 2000 8 6 (1.237 %) Windows Server 2003 9 3 (0.619 %) MVS 10 2 (0.412 %) SUSE 10 2 (0.412 %) Debian 10 2 (0.412 %) Fedora 10 2 (0.412 %) Ubuntu 11 1 (0.206 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 148 (30.52 %) UML 2 84 (17.32 %) OO 3 50 (10.31 %) E-Commerce 4 26 (5.361 %) RUP 5 18 (3.711 %) OOA/OOD 6 15 (3.093 %) SOA 6 15 (3.093 %) ITIL 6 15 (3.093 %) Disaster Recovery 7 13 (2.680 %) Change Management 8 12 (2.474 %) Configuration Management 9 11 (2.268 %) Performance Management 10 9 (1.856 %) Business Continuity 11 8 (1.649 %) Process Management 12 7 (1.443 %) OOD 12 7 (1.443 %) Content Management 12 7 (1.443 %) Web Development 12 7 (1.443 %) Load Balancing 12 7 (1.443 %) Security Cleared 13 6 (1.237 %) TDD 14 5 (1.031 %) Scrum
Programming Languages 1 326 (67.22 %) Java 2 133 (27.42 %) SQL 3 77 (15.88 %) JavaScript 4 21 (4.330 %) XPath 5 20 (4.124 %) Perl 5 20 (4.124 %) C# 6 13 (2.680 %) PL/SQL 7 11 (2.268 %) Shell Script 8 8 (1.649 %) C 9 6 (1.237 %) C++ 10 3 (0.619 %) DHTML 10 3 (0.619 %) VB 11 1 (0.206 %) VB.NET 11 1 (0.206 %) Python 11 1 (0.206 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 125 (25.77 %) Degree 2 39 (8.041 %) RHCE 3 36 (7.423 %) SCNA 4 22 (4.536 %) SCWCD 5 15 (3.093 %) SCBCD 5 15 (3.093 %) SCSA 6 11 (2.268 %) IBM AIX Certification 7 10 (2.062 %) Microsoft Certification 7 10 (2.062 %) SCJD 8 8 (1.649 %) SCEA 8 8 (1.649 %) MCSE 9 7 (1.443 %) MCP 10 6 (1.237 %) SCJP 10 6 (1.237 %) MCSA 11 4 (0.825 %) SCJA 12 3 (0.619 %) CITP 12 3 (0.619 %) MBCS 12 3 (0.619 %) Oracle Certification 12 3 (0.619 %) SCDJWS 13 1 (0.206 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 21 (4.330 %) SLA 2 5 (1.031 %) QA 3 3 (0.619 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 3 (0.619 %) ISO8583 4 1 (0.206 %) GAMP 4 1 (0.206 %) ISO9001 4 1 (0.206 %) GxP	System Software 1 46 (9.485 %) NetBackup 2 35 (7.216 %) VMware ESX 3 8 (1.649 %) NFS 4 3 (0.619 %) AquaLogic 5 1 (0.206 %) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management 1 11 (2.268 %) Tivoli 2 5 (1.031 %) CONTROL-M 2 5 (1.031 %) Legato 3 2 (0.412 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 416 (85.77 %) Sun 2 170 (35.05 %) Oracle 3 82 (16.91 %) VERITAS 4 76 (15.67 %) IBM 5 64 (13.20 %) EMC 6 57 (11.75 %) VMware 7 39 (8.041 %) Red Hat 8 37 (7.629 %) BEA 9 19 (3.918 %) Remedy 10 14 (2.887 %) Microsoft 11 11 (2.268 %) Sybase 12 10 (2.062 %) HP 13 9 (1.856 %) Compaq 13 9 (1.856 %) NetApp 14 6 (1.237 %) Intel 15 5 (1.031 %) Vignette 16 3 (0.619 %) Ab Initio 17 2 (0.412 %) Cisco 17 2 (0.412 %) Fujitsu 17 2 (0.412 %) Infragistics