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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 Berkshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank9876
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching contract IT job ads3096
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.097 %
As % of the category below1.853 %4.125 %
Daily rates quoted430
Average minimum daily rate£468£368
Average daily rate£474£382
% change on same period last year+24.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£378
% change on same period last year-6.57 %
Hourly rates quoted221
Average minimum hourly rate£29.00£30.45
Average hourly rate£29.00£31.75
% change on same period last year-8.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.00£33.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.61£30.40
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads16192327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.158 %2.354 %
Daily rates quoted340735
Average minimum daily rate£332£354
Average daily rate£353£374
% change on same period last year-5.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted167236
Average minimum hourly rate£22.60£28.15
Average hourly rate£24.10£29.73
% change on same period last year-18.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.59£31.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Sun South EastSun
South East

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.

Sun
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Sun Demand Trend

Sun
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sun across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sun Daily Rate Trend

Sun
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire Sun Daily Rate Histogram

Sun
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+1115£500-
BracknellUp+113£425+8.51 %
SloughDown-101--
Sun South EastSun
South East

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

147 (64.38 %)Solaris
235 (47.95 %)UNIX
322 (30.14 %)Windows
417 (23.29 %)Microsoft
516 (21.92 %)HP
615 (20.55 %)Finance
615 (20.55 %)TCP/IP
713 (17.81 %)Linux
713 (17.81 %)Oracle
713 (17.81 %)Windows Server 2003
713 (17.81 %)Security Cleared
812 (16.44 %)SC Cleared
911 (15.07 %)Perl
1010 (13.70 %)SAN
1010 (13.70 %)Active Directory
119 (12.33 %)IBM
119 (12.33 %)Red Hat
119 (12.33 %)SQL
119 (12.33 %)AIX
119 (12.33 %)HPUX
128 (10.96 %)Retail
128 (10.96 %)Korn
128 (10.96 %)Citrix
137 (9.589 %)DNS
137 (9.589 %)Clustering
137 (9.589 %)Telecoms
146 (8.219 %)LDAP
146 (8.219 %)Firewall
146 (8.219 %)VERITAS
155 (6.849 %)Shell Script

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (5.479 %)JSP
14 (5.479 %)XML
23 (4.110 %)CGI
32 (2.740 %)HTML
32 (2.740 %)J2EE
32 (2.740 %)CSS
32 (2.740 %)WAP
32 (2.740 %)WebSphere
41 (1.370 %)SOAP
41 (1.370 %)WebServices
41 (1.370 %)VXML
41 (1.370 %)NetBeans
41 (1.370 %)XHTML
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (6.849 %)Apache
24 (5.479 %)MS Exchange
24 (5.479 %)Exchange Server 5.5
24 (5.479 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (4.110 %)Exchange Server 2000
33 (4.110 %)WebLogic
42 (2.740 %)LiveLink
51 (1.370 %)ESB
51 (1.370 %)IIS
51 (1.370 %)Oracle HTTP Server
51 (1.370 %)BizTalk Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.740 %)MS Visio
21 (1.370 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.740 %)WebTrends
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (20.55 %)TCP/IP
210 (13.70 %)SAN
37 (9.589 %)DNS
46 (8.219 %)LDAP
46 (8.219 %)Firewall
54 (5.479 %)LAN
63 (4.110 %)SMTP
63 (4.110 %)DHCP
63 (4.110 %)Internet
63 (4.110 %)Network Security
72 (2.740 %)SMS
72 (2.740 %)WAN
81 (1.370 %)HTTP
81 (1.370 %)SSH
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (5.479 %)MySQL
23 (4.110 %)SQL Server
23 (4.110 %)Oracle 9i
23 (4.110 %)Oracle 10g
32 (2.740 %)MS Access
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.370 %)Ant
11 (1.370 %)Flash
11 (1.370 %)ClearCase
11 (1.370 %)Eclipse
11 (1.370 %)MSI
11 (1.370 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (20.55 %)Finance
28 (10.96 %)Retail
37 (9.589 %)Telecoms
45 (6.849 %)Front Office
45 (6.849 %)Back Office
53 (4.110 %)Government
62 (2.740 %)Insurance
71 (1.370 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (16.44 %)Administrator
29 (12.33 %)UNIX Administrator
29 (12.33 %)UNIX Engineer
38 (10.96 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
38 (10.96 %)IT Consultant
38 (10.96 %)Consultant
38 (10.96 %)Systems Administrator
46 (8.219 %)Architect
46 (8.219 %)Analyst
46 (8.219 %)Support Engineer
46 (8.219 %)Systems Integrator
55 (6.849 %)UNIX Support Engineer
55 (6.849 %)UNIX Support
55 (6.849 %)Technical Support
55 (6.849 %)Infrastructure Engineer
64 (5.479 %)Developer
73 (4.110 %)Project Manager
73 (4.110 %)3rd Line Support
73 (4.110 %)Technical Support Engineer
73 (4.110 %)Technical Engineer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (9.589 %)Clustering
22 (2.740 %)Replication
31 (1.370 %)Grid Computing
31 (1.370 %)iDTV
31 (1.370 %)PMI
31 (1.370 %)Thin Client
31 (1.370 %)Japanese Language
31 (1.370 %)Spanish Language
31 (1.370 %)Fat Client
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (64.38 %)Solaris
235 (47.95 %)UNIX
322 (30.14 %)Windows
413 (17.81 %)Linux
413 (17.81 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (12.33 %)AIX
59 (12.33 %)HPUX
63 (4.110 %)Windows 2000
72 (2.740 %)FreeBSD
72 (2.740 %)Windows NT
72 (2.740 %)SUSE
81 (1.370 %)Windows XP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (17.81 %)Security Cleared
212 (16.44 %)SC Cleared
34 (5.479 %)Migration
43 (4.110 %)Change Management
43 (4.110 %)Identity Management
43 (4.110 %)Validation
52 (2.740 %)Risk Management
52 (2.740 %)Configuration Management
52 (2.740 %)Service Management
52 (2.740 %)PRINCE2
52 (2.740 %)RAD
52 (2.740 %)Web Design
52 (2.740 %)Agile Software Development
52 (2.740 %)Supplier Management
52 (2.740 %)Load Balancing
52 (2.740 %)Unit Testing
52 (2.740 %)Time Management
61 (1.370 %)DV Cleared
61 (1.370 %)CRM
61 (1.370 %)ERP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (15.07 %)Perl
29 (12.33 %)SQL
38 (10.96 %)Korn
45 (6.849 %)Shell Script
45 (6.849 %)Java
53 (4.110 %)VBScript
53 (4.110 %)PL/SQL
61 (1.370 %)VB
61 (1.370 %)JavaScript
61 (1.370 %)C
61 (1.370 %)C#
61 (1.370 %)PowerShell
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.740 %)MCSE
12 (2.740 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (2.740 %)PMP
12 (2.740 %)PMI Certification
12 (2.740 %)EMC Certification
21 (1.370 %)Sun Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.110 %)SLA
22 (2.740 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (13.70 %)Active Directory
25 (6.849 %)NetBackup
34 (5.479 %)Citrix Presentation Server
43 (4.110 %)MetaFrame
52 (2.740 %)NFS
52 (2.740 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (1.370 %)Terminal Services
61 (1.370 %)Samba
61 (1.370 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (5.479 %)OpenView
23 (4.110 %)Tivoli
23 (4.110 %)Netcool
23 (4.110 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (1.370 %)Netcool/Webtop
31 (1.370 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (1.370 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (23.29 %)Microsoft
216 (21.92 %)HP
313 (17.81 %)Oracle
49 (12.33 %)IBM
49 (12.33 %)Red Hat
58 (10.96 %)Citrix
66 (8.219 %)VERITAS
75 (6.849 %)Dell
84 (5.479 %)EMC
84 (5.479 %)Compaq
84 (5.479 %)NetApp
93 (4.110 %)Cisco
102 (2.740 %)BEA
102 (2.740 %)FatWire
102 (2.740 %)VMware
111 (1.370 %)AppSense
111 (1.370 %)Fujitsu Siemens
111 (1.370 %)CA
111 (1.370 %)Siemens
111 (1.370 %)Sybase
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