The first table below looks at the demand for SCJP in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCJP over the 3 months to 22 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified Programmer (SCJP)
Rank 431 436 400
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -36
Permanent jobs citing SCJP 4 8 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.018% 0.033% 0.111%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.055% 0.099% 0.399%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 24
Average salary £65,000 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% +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
7219 8097 6261
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.50% 33.56% 27.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5814 7070 5373
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £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%
SCJP
England

SCJP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East SCJP Salary Trend

SCJP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCJP within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Kent - 3 £65,000 -
Surrey - 1 £67,500 -
SCJP
England

SCJP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 20 (100.00%) SQL
1 20 (100.00%) J2EE
2 16 (80.00%) Java
2 16 (80.00%) Degree
3 14 (70.00%) Sun
3 14 (70.00%) Sun Certification
4 11 (55.00%) Scrum
5 10 (50.00%) EJB
6 9 (45.00%) CSS
6 9 (45.00%) JDBC
6 9 (45.00%) JUnit
6 9 (45.00%) UNIX
6 9 (45.00%) HTML
6 9 (45.00%) Swing
6 9 (45.00%) AWT
6 9 (45.00%) Log4j
6 9 (45.00%) Banking
6 9 (45.00%) JMX
6 9 (45.00%) Investment Banking
6 9 (45.00%) Regular Expression
7 7 (35.00%) SCJD
7 7 (35.00%) SCJA
7 7 (35.00%) Struts
8 6 (30.00%) JSP
8 6 (30.00%) Perl
8 6 (30.00%) OOP
8 6 (30.00%) OOA/OOD
8 6 (30.00%) JBoss
8 6 (30.00%) JavaBeans
8 6 (30.00%) SCEA

SCJP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 20 (100.00%) J2EE
2 10 (50.00%) EJB
3 9 (45.00%) CSS
3 9 (45.00%) JDBC
3 9 (45.00%) HTML
3 9 (45.00%) Swing
3 9 (45.00%) AWT
3 9 (45.00%) JMX
3 9 (45.00%) Regular Expression
4 7 (35.00%) Struts
5 6 (30.00%) JSP
5 6 (30.00%) JavaBeans
6 5 (25.00%) Spring
7 4 (20.00%) ASP
7 4 (20.00%) Web Services
7 4 (20.00%) XML
7 4 (20.00%) Middleware
7 4 (20.00%) WebSphere
8 1 (5.000%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (20.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (5.000%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.000%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (20.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) JUnit
1 9 (45.00%) Log4j
2 4 (20.00%) Ant
2 4 (20.00%) ClearCase
2 4 (20.00%) RequisitePro
General
1 9 (45.00%) Banking
1 9 (45.00%) Investment Banking
2 4 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Developer
2 13 (65.00%) Senior Developer
3 10 (50.00%) Java Developer
4 9 (45.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 9 (45.00%) ScrumMaster
5 4 (20.00%) Software Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Leader
6 2 (10.00%) Lead Project Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Development Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Development Project Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Developer Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Software Support Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) PMI
2 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) UNIX
2 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Scrum
2 6 (30.00%) OOP
2 6 (30.00%) OOA/OOD
3 4 (20.00%) B2C
3 4 (20.00%) UML
3 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (80.00%) Java
3 6 (30.00%) Perl
4 4 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 4 (20.00%) VB
4 4 (20.00%) NATURAL
4 4 (20.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Degree
2 14 (70.00%) Sun Certification
3 7 (35.00%) SCJD
3 7 (35.00%) SCJA
4 6 (30.00%) SCEA
4 6 (30.00%) SCBCD
5 4 (20.00%) ISEB
6 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Sun
2 6 (30.00%) JBoss
3 5 (25.00%) Oracle