The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Canary Wharf region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 53 42 57
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +15
Contract jobs citing Sun 1 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 0.249% 1.832% 0.803%
As % of the Vendors category 0.649% 3.553% 1.951%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £704 £563 £675
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.15% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £22.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
-6.81% -24.13%
All Vendors
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
154 197 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 38.31% 51.57% 41.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 117 161
Average daily rate £575 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £334 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £675 £600 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Sun
London

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sun across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Canary Wharf Sun Jobs Demand Trend

Sun
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Sun Daily Rate Trend

Sun
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Sybase
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Solaris
1 4 (80.00%) NFS
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
1 4 (80.00%) Veritas
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) C-shell
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) SLA

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX Systems Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (80.00%) C-shell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) NFS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Sybase
1 4 (80.00%) Veritas