The first table below looks at the demand for Sun Certification in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certification
Rank 211 200 202
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Sun Certification 5 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.095% 0.271% 0.232%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.300% 0.738% 0.700%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 14
Average salary £37,500 £38,750 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +5.44%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.45% -1.87%
All Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1669 2032 1999
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 31.81% 36.71% 33.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1441 1751 1694
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Sun Certification
England

Sun Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Sun Certification Salary Trend

Sun Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sun Certification within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Gloucestershire +5 3 - -
Bristol -5 2 £37,500 +11.11%
Sun Certification
England

Sun Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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.

1 13 (92.86%) Java
1 13 (92.86%) UNIX
2 12 (85.71%) Sun
3 11 (78.57%) Eclipse
3 11 (78.57%) J2EE
3 11 (78.57%) Oracle
3 11 (78.57%) WebSphere
4 10 (71.43%) Finance
4 10 (71.43%) JUnit
5 8 (57.14%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (57.14%) CSS
5 8 (57.14%) JDBC
5 8 (57.14%) JSP
5 8 (57.14%) Struts
5 8 (57.14%) XML
5 8 (57.14%) HTML
5 8 (57.14%) DB2
5 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
5 8 (57.14%) Perl
5 8 (57.14%) SQL
5 8 (57.14%) XHTML
5 8 (57.14%) E-Commerce
5 8 (57.14%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 8 (57.14%) RAD
5 8 (57.14%) Games
5 8 (57.14%) IBM
5 8 (57.14%) MVC
5 8 (57.14%) Web Development
5 8 (57.14%) Content Management
5 8 (57.14%) JSTL

Sun Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 11 (78.57%) J2EE
1 11 (78.57%) WebSphere
2 8 (57.14%) CSS
2 8 (57.14%) JDBC
2 8 (57.14%) JSP
2 8 (57.14%) Struts
2 8 (57.14%) XML
2 8 (57.14%) HTML
2 8 (57.14%) XHTML
2 8 (57.14%) JSTL
3 3 (21.43%) Swing
3 3 (21.43%) EJB
3 3 (21.43%) SWT
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (21.43%) GlassFish
2 3 (21.43%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) VPN
1 1 (7.143%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Eclipse
2 10 (71.43%) JUnit
3 8 (57.14%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 8 (57.14%) Rational Application Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Eclipse RCP
5 2 (14.29%) Selenium
5 2 (14.29%) JBehave
5 2 (14.29%) Cucumber
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 8 (57.14%) Games
2 8 (57.14%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
1 11 (78.57%) Java Developer
2 8 (57.14%) J2EE Developer
2 8 (57.14%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Developer Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Support Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Support Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Java Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) J2EE Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) IP Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Network Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Network Support
6 1 (7.143%) Technical Support
6 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) UNIX
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) E-Commerce
1 8 (57.14%) RAD
1 8 (57.14%) MVC
1 8 (57.14%) Web Development
1 8 (57.14%) Content Management
1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) Scrum
2 2 (14.29%) User Stories
2 2 (14.29%) Automation Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 2 (14.29%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Java
2 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 8 (57.14%) Perl
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 8 (57.14%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SCJP
3 1 (7.143%) CCNP
3 1 (7.143%) CCNA
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.143%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.143%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Sun
2 11 (78.57%) Oracle
3 8 (57.14%) IBM
4 3 (21.43%) Sybase
4 3 (21.43%) JBoss
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