The first table below looks at the demand for SCJP in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCJP over the 3 months to 19 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified Programmer (SCJP)
Rank 210 202 215
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +13
Permanent jobs citing SCJP 2 12 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% 0.215% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.124% 0.592% 0.239%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 4
Average salary - £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1612 2026 2096
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 30.58% 36.27% 33.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1402 1756 1772
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,252
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Gloucestershire +8 2 - -
SCJP
England

SCJP
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Sybase
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) EJB
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) JBoss
1 5 (100.00%) Swing
1 5 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 5 (100.00%) Sun
1 5 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 5 (100.00%) SWT
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (100.00%) GlassFish
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Eclipse RCP

SCJP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) EJB
1 5 (100.00%) Swing
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 5 (100.00%) SWT
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) GlassFish
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 5 (100.00%) Eclipse RCP
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Sybase
1 5 (100.00%) JBoss
1 5 (100.00%) Sun