The first table below looks at the demand for SCJP in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCJP over the 3 months to 24 May 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 for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified Programmer (SCJP)
Rank 188 - 168
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SCJP 4 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.098% - 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.378% - 0.196%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
Average salary £39,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 867 1018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.84% 23.92% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 901 721 904
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SCJP
North West

SCJP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SCJP across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Manchester SCJP Jobs Demand Trend

SCJP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SCJP across the Manchester region.

Manchester SCJP Salary Trend

SCJP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing SCJP 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 SCJP.

1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 4 (100.00%) SCJA
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
2 2 (50.00%) C#

SCJP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing SCJP 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 SCJP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SCJA