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This section looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT jobs within the North West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Certification
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank239280
Rank change on same period last yearUp+41
Matching permanent IT job ads3411
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.403 %0.405 %
Salaries quoted2411
Average minimum salary£34,292£33,909
Average salary£37,719£38,636
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Average maximum salary£41,146£43,364
UK excluding London average salary£40,722£42,012
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads24232719
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.279 %1.113 %
Salaries quoted19842327
Average minimum salary£32,476£35,286
Average salary£35,742£38,071
% change on same period last year-6.11 %
Average maximum salary£39,008£40,857
UK excluding London average salary£37,731£38,242
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Sun Certification EnglandSun Certification
England

Sun Certification
Demand Trend

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

North West Sun Certification Demand Trend

Sun Certification
Salary Trend

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

North West Sun Certification Salary Trend

Sun Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Sun Certification Salary Histogram

Sun Certification
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sun Certification within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+5632£38,148-4.03 %
CheshireDown-42£33,000-
Sun Certification EnglandSun Certification
England

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

156 (93.33 %)Sun
252 (86.67 %)Java
349 (81.67 %)J2EE
441 (68.33 %)Oracle
533 (55.00 %)Degree
629 (48.33 %)UML
725 (41.67 %)JBoss
817 (28.33 %)SQL
914 (23.33 %)XML
1010 (16.67 %)Spring
1010 (16.67 %)Eclipse
119 (15.00 %)Hibernate
119 (15.00 %)OO
128 (13.33 %)Solaris
128 (13.33 %)JDBC
128 (13.33 %)VERITAS
128 (13.33 %)QA
137 (11.67 %)JavaBeans
145 (8.333 %)SWT
145 (8.333 %)WebServices
154 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
154 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
154 (6.667 %)SQL Server
154 (6.667 %)Ant
154 (6.667 %)JUnit
154 (6.667 %)Finance
154 (6.667 %)OOD
154 (6.667 %)SQLPlus
163 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
163 (5.000 %)RDBMS

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
149 (81.67 %)J2EE
214 (23.33 %)XML
310 (16.67 %)Spring
49 (15.00 %)Hibernate
58 (13.33 %)JDBC
67 (11.67 %)JavaBeans
75 (8.333 %)WebServices
75 (8.333 %)SWT
83 (5.000 %)Swing
83 (5.000 %)JSP
83 (5.000 %)Servlets
83 (5.000 %)EJB
92 (3.333 %)SOAP
92 (3.333 %)Struts
92 (3.333 %)XSLT
92 (3.333 %)ActiveX
101 (1.667 %)J2SE
101 (1.667 %)MVC
101 (1.667 %)CSS
101 (1.667 %)HTML
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (41.67 %)JBoss
23 (5.000 %)WebLogic
31 (1.667 %)Tomcat
31 (1.667 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (1.667 %)Oracle 10gAS
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (6.667 %)SQL Server
14 (6.667 %)SQLPlus
23 (5.000 %)RDBMS
23 (5.000 %)Oracle 10g
32 (3.333 %)Oracle 9i
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (16.67 %)Eclipse
24 (6.667 %)Ant
24 (6.667 %)JUnit
31 (1.667 %)JDeveloper
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (6.667 %)Finance
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (63.33 %)Developer
237 (61.67 %)Java Developer
333 (55.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
420 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
513 (21.67 %)Java Programmer
513 (21.67 %)Programmer
68 (13.33 %)Senior Java Developer
68 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
77 (11.67 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
77 (11.67 %)Technical Lead
77 (11.67 %)Infrastructure Engineer
86 (10.00 %)Senior J2EE Developer
95 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Manager
95 (8.333 %)Java Team Leader
95 (8.333 %)J2EE Team Leader
95 (8.333 %)Team Leader
104 (6.667 %)SQL Developer
104 (6.667 %)SQL DBA
104 (6.667 %)SQL Server Developer
104 (6.667 %)Oracle DBA
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.333 %)Computer Science
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (13.33 %)Solaris
22 (3.333 %)Linux
22 (3.333 %)Windows
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (48.33 %)UML
29 (15.00 %)OO
34 (6.667 %)OOD
43 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
43 (5.000 %)Scrum
52 (3.333 %)Agile Software Development
52 (3.333 %)SOA
52 (3.333 %)Software Engineering
52 (3.333 %)SC Cleared
52 (3.333 %)DV Cleared
52 (3.333 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.667 %)TDD
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
152 (86.67 %)Java
217 (28.33 %)SQL
34 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
34 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
43 (5.000 %)JavaScript
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (55.00 %)Degree
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (13.33 %)QA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.667 %)AquaLogic
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
156 (93.33 %)Sun
241 (68.33 %)Oracle
38 (13.33 %)VERITAS
41 (1.667 %)BEA
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