The first table below looks at the demand for SCJD in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SCJD 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Certified Developer (SCJD)
Rank 854 888 859
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -29
Permanent jobs citing SCJD 10 12 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.010% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.033% 0.035% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 10
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29939 34010 32034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.52% 27.73% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 24086 28944 26762
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

SCJD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SCJD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

SCJD Jobs Demand Trend

SCJD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SCJD within the UK.

SCJD Salary Trend

SCJD
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCJD within the UK 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
England +30 10 £37,500 +15.38%
Northamptonshire +11 10 £37,500 +15.38%
East Midlands +8 10 £37,500 +15.38%
Northampton +7 10 £37,500 +15.38%
West Midlands -2 10 £37,500 +15.38%
Coventry -7 10 £37,500 +15.38%
Leicestershire - 10 £37,500 -
Leicester - 10 £37,500 -

SCJD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SCJD 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 SCJD.

1 23 (100.00%) Java
1 23 (100.00%) J2EE
1 23 (100.00%) Struts
1 23 (100.00%) SCJP
1 23 (100.00%) SCJA
2 22 (95.65%) EJB
3 17 (73.91%) Apache
3 17 (73.91%) Sun
3 17 (73.91%) Sun Certification
3 17 (73.91%) Spring
4 16 (69.57%) SCWCD
4 16 (69.57%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (30.43%) Degree
5 7 (30.43%) SQL
6 6 (26.09%) JavaBeans
6 6 (26.09%) OOP
6 6 (26.09%) OOA/OOD
6 6 (26.09%) JBoss
6 6 (26.09%) JSP
6 6 (26.09%) Perl
6 6 (26.09%) SCBCD
6 6 (26.09%) SCEA
7 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.696%) PMI
7 2 (8.696%) PMI Certification
7 2 (8.696%) Project Management
7 2 (8.696%) Scrum
8 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
8 1 (4.348%) Hibernate
8 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering

SCJD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SCJD 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 SCJD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (100.00%) J2EE
1 23 (100.00%) Struts
2 22 (95.65%) EJB
3 17 (73.91%) Spring
4 6 (26.09%) JavaBeans
4 6 (26.09%) JSP
5 1 (4.348%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 17 (73.91%) Apache
2 1 (4.348%) Tomcat
Job Titles
1 21 (91.30%) Developer
2 17 (73.91%) Java Developer
2 17 (73.91%) J2EE Developer
2 17 (73.91%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Software Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Development Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Development Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Leader
4 2 (8.696%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Software Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (69.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.696%) PMI
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) OOP
1 6 (26.09%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
2 2 (8.696%) Project Management
2 2 (8.696%) Scrum
3 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
3 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (30.43%) SQL
3 6 (26.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) SCJP
1 23 (100.00%) SCJA
2 17 (73.91%) Sun Certification
3 16 (69.57%) SCWCD
4 7 (30.43%) Degree
5 6 (26.09%) SCBCD
5 6 (26.09%) SCEA
6 2 (8.696%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Sun
2 6 (26.09%) JBoss
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle