The first table below looks at the demand for SCJA in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCJA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified Java Associate (SCJA)
Rank 441 430 396
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -34
Permanent jobs citing SCJA 1 12 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.004% 0.050% 0.134%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.014% 0.148% 0.477%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 32
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7300 8124 6714
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.65% 34.16% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5947 7011 5744
Average salary £41,500 £40,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.46% +1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
SCJA
England

SCJA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SCJA Jobs Demand Trend

SCJA
Salary Trend

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

South East SCJA Salary Trend

SCJA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCJA within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire - 1 £45,000 -
SCJA
England

SCJA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing SCJA 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 SCJA.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SCJP
2 3 (75.00%) SCJD
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) J2EE
2 3 (75.00%) Struts
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) EJB
3 2 (50.00%) JSP
3 2 (50.00%) OOP
3 2 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
3 2 (50.00%) JBoss
3 2 (50.00%) JavaBeans
3 2 (50.00%) Perl
3 2 (50.00%) Spring
3 2 (50.00%) Hibernate
3 2 (50.00%) SCEA
3 2 (50.00%) SCBCD
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Ajax
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Sun
4 1 (25.00%) Sun Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Apache
4 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
4 1 (25.00%) WSDL
4 1 (25.00%) SOAP
4 1 (25.00%) XSLT
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle

SCJA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing SCJA 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 SCJA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) J2EE
1 3 (75.00%) Struts
2 2 (50.00%) EJB
2 2 (50.00%) JSP
2 2 (50.00%) JavaBeans
2 2 (50.00%) Hibernate
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) XSLT
3 1 (25.00%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 2 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (25.00%) J2EE Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) OOP
1 2 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Perl
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SCJP
2 3 (75.00%) SCJD
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) SCEA
3 2 (50.00%) SCBCD
4 1 (25.00%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) JBoss
2 1 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle