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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 Birmingham 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5252
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.687 %2.964 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£363
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£375
% change on same period last year-7.21 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£48.00£26.40
Average hourly rate£48.50£27.55
% change on same period last year+76.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£49.00£28.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.03£30.56
% change on same period last year+4.79 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads291506
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.504 %
Daily rates quoted67117
Average minimum daily rate£286£336
Average daily rate£303£372
% change on same period last year-18.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted2489
Average minimum hourly rate£20.61£14.67
Average hourly rate£21.39£15.65
% change on same period last year+36.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.17£16.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Sun West MidlandsSun
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Sun Daily Rate 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

12 (66.67 %)SQL
12 (66.67 %)J2EE
12 (66.67 %)Oracle
12 (66.67 %)Sun Certification
12 (66.67 %)Java
21 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (33.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (33.33 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Electric
21 (33.33 %)Hibernate
21 (33.33 %)Spring
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere
21 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
21 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
21 (33.33 %)DataPower
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (33.33 %)EJB
21 (33.33 %)JDBC
21 (33.33 %)Struts
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)XSLT
21 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)Solaris
21 (33.33 %)UML
21 (33.33 %)OO
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)J2EE
21 (33.33 %)Hibernate
21 (33.33 %)Spring
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere
21 (33.33 %)EJB
21 (33.33 %)JDBC
21 (33.33 %)Struts
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)XSLT
21 (33.33 %)JMS
21 (33.33 %)JAXB
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebSphere MQ
11 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)Firewall
11 (33.33 %)SMTP
11 (33.33 %)SNMP
11 (33.33 %)DNS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Telecoms
11 (33.33 %)Finance
11 (33.33 %)Electric
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Architect
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Technical Architect
11 (33.33 %)Data Analyst
11 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
11 (33.33 %)Operations Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Data Centre Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)DataPower
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Solaris
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
11 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
11 (33.33 %)UML
11 (33.33 %)OO
11 (33.33 %)EAI
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
12 (66.67 %)Java
21 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (66.67 %)Sun Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (33.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Compaq
21 (33.33 %)Dell