The first table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certification
Rank - 175 170
Permanent jobs citing Sun Certification 0 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.027% 0.154%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.116% 0.605%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 6
Average salary - £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.03%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 865 991
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.82% 23.76% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 908 722 880
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 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Sun Certification
North West

Sun Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Sun Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Sun Certification
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Sun Certification Salary Trend

Sun Certification
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Swing
1 1 (100.00%) J2SE
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) OSGi
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Swing
1 1 (100.00%) J2SE
1 1 (100.00%) OSGi
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript