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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2823
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.725 %4.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£375
% change on same period last year-7.34 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.92£30.56
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads138125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.182 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted2011
Average minimum daily rate£287£400
Average daily rate£300£412
% change on same period last year-27.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted2813
Average minimum hourly rate£23.18£12.76
Average hourly rate£23.74£13.29
% change on same period last year+78.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.31£13.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Sun ScotlandSun
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sun across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Aberdeen Sun Demand Trend

Sun
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sun across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Sun Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Sun 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sun.

14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
14 (100.00 %)Linux
14 (100.00 %)SAN
14 (100.00 %)VERITAS
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (75.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)NetBackup
32 (50.00 %)Eclipse
41 (25.00 %)NFS
41 (25.00 %)SUSE

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Sun also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sun. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)SAN
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Eclipse
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
12 (50.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
21 (25.00 %)UNIX Administrator
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
14 (100.00 %)Linux
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (25.00 %)SUSE
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)SQL
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)NetBackup
21 (25.00 %)NFS
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)VERITAS
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat
23 (75.00 %)Oracle