The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank - 26 42
Contract jobs citing Sun 0 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset - 2.941% 0.313%
As % of the Vendors category - 6.838% 0.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
Average daily rate - £360 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -24.13%
All Vendors
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 117 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 46.23% 43.01% 55.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 66 87
Average daily rate £350 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £325 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £475 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+265.38% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sun
South West

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
1 3 (100.00%) Peregrine
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) CMDB
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceCenter
1 3 (100.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Peregrine