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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 East of England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank10350
Rank change on same period last yearDown-53
Matching contract IT job ads48114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.121 %
As % of the category below2.740 %6.412 %
Daily rates quoted1743
Average minimum daily rate£391£373
Average daily rate£406£394
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£379
% change on same period last year-6.26 %
Hourly rates quoted316
Average minimum hourly rate£29.27£25.06
Average hourly rate£31.43£28.13
% change on same period last year+11.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.60£31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.06£31.15
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Vendors East of EnglandVendors
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads17521778
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.310 %1.886 %
Daily rates quoted499527
Average minimum daily rate£338£337
Average daily rate£358£359
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted231256
Average minimum hourly rate£20.98£23.33
Average hourly rate£22.18£24.78
% change on same period last year-10.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.38£26.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
Sun EnglandSun
England

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

East of England Sun Hourly Rate Histogram

Sun
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Sun within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 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
HertfordshireDown-3231£394-1.83 %
EssexDown-612£424+8.43 %
BedfordshireNew entry-2£450-
SuffolkDown-102--
CambridgeshireDown-221--
Sun EnglandSun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

164 (75.29 %)Solaris
234 (40.00 %)Unix
332 (37.65 %)VERITAS
430 (35.29 %)Brocade
525 (29.41 %)Oracle
623 (27.06 %)Perl
623 (27.06 %)Linux
722 (25.88 %)Shell Script
722 (25.88 %)EMC
722 (25.88 %)StorageTek
820 (23.53 %)NetApp
820 (23.53 %)Apache
820 (23.53 %)NetBackup
918 (21.18 %)Java
918 (21.18 %)SAN
1015 (17.65 %)Symmetrix
1015 (17.65 %)AWK
1114 (16.47 %)Finance
1212 (14.12 %)SQL
1212 (14.12 %)J2EE
1311 (12.94 %)SLA
1410 (11.76 %)Cisco
1410 (11.76 %)HP
1410 (11.76 %)Oracle 9i
159 (10.59 %)WebLogic
159 (10.59 %)Sun Certification
159 (10.59 %)WebSphere
168 (9.412 %)Telecoms
168 (9.412 %)Red Hat
168 (9.412 %)MySQL

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
112 (14.12 %)J2EE
29 (10.59 %)WebSphere
36 (7.059 %)Spring
45 (5.882 %)HTML
45 (5.882 %)CSS
45 (5.882 %)Servlets
54 (4.706 %)JSP
54 (4.706 %)XML
54 (4.706 %)Hibernate
63 (3.529 %)LAMP
72 (2.353 %)XHTML
72 (2.353 %)NetBeans
72 (2.353 %)PicoContainer
72 (2.353 %)WebServices
72 (2.353 %)JSF
72 (2.353 %)Apache Axis
81 (1.176 %)XMLBeans
81 (1.176 %)AJAX
81 (1.176 %)XSLT
81 (1.176 %)Struts
Application Platforms
120 (23.53 %)Apache
29 (10.59 %)WebLogic
37 (8.235 %)Tomcat
46 (7.059 %)IIS
54 (4.706 %)JBoss
54 (4.706 %)Oracle Application Server
62 (2.353 %)Resin
71 (1.176 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (1.176 %)Lotus Notes
71 (1.176 %)Lotus Domino
71 (1.176 %)MQSeries
71 (1.176 %)MS Exchange
71 (1.176 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (1.176 %)IBM HTTP Server
Applications
16 (7.059 %)MS Visio
21 (1.176 %)CA Clarity
21 (1.176 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
16 (7.059 %)Oracle 11i
21 (1.176 %)Oracle Applications
21 (1.176 %)Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
118 (21.18 %)SAN
27 (8.235 %)DNS
35 (5.882 %)Firewall
44 (4.706 %)Internet
53 (3.529 %)TCP/IP
53 (3.529 %)LAN
62 (2.353 %)SMS
62 (2.353 %)UMTS
62 (2.353 %)WLAN
62 (2.353 %)LDAP
62 (2.353 %)ATM
62 (2.353 %)GPRS
62 (2.353 %)GSM
62 (2.353 %)VPN
62 (2.353 %)IPv6
62 (2.353 %)MPLS
62 (2.353 %)OSPF
62 (2.353 %)BGP
62 (2.353 %)Wireless
62 (2.353 %)SMPP
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (11.76 %)Oracle 9i
28 (9.412 %)MySQL
36 (7.059 %)SQL Server
36 (7.059 %)Oracle 10g
43 (3.529 %)DB2
51 (1.176 %)Informix
51 (1.176 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.176 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.176 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.176 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.176 %)Data Mining
Development Applications
15 (5.882 %)Eclipse
23 (3.529 %)JUnit
32 (2.353 %)JBuilder
32 (2.353 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
32 (2.353 %)JDeveloper
General
114 (16.47 %)Finance
28 (9.412 %)Telecoms
36 (7.059 %)Financial Institution
42 (2.353 %)Government
51 (1.176 %)Legal
51 (1.176 %)Banking
51 (1.176 %)Retail
51 (1.176 %)Insurance
51 (1.176 %)Marketing
51 (1.176 %)Front Office
51 (1.176 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.176 %)Automotive
51 (1.176 %)Education
Job Titles
119 (22.35 %)Storage Specialist
212 (14.12 %)Architect
39 (10.59 %)Developer
39 (10.59 %)Analyst
48 (9.412 %)Consultant
56 (7.059 %)Project Manager
56 (7.059 %)Administrator
56 (7.059 %)Java Developer
56 (7.059 %)UNIX Administrator
65 (5.882 %)Technical Manager
65 (5.882 %)Technical Architect
65 (5.882 %)Technical Project Manager
74 (4.706 %)Support Engineer
74 (4.706 %)Technical Analyst
83 (3.529 %)Oracle DBA
83 (3.529 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
83 (3.529 %)Support Specialist
83 (3.529 %)DBA
83 (3.529 %)Support Analyst
83 (3.529 %)Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
115 (17.65 %)Symmetrix
26 (7.059 %)Client/Server
33 (3.529 %)IPTV
42 (2.353 %)Clustering
51 (1.176 %)Management Information System
51 (1.176 %)Web 2.0
51 (1.176 %)Wiki
Operating Systems
164 (75.29 %)Solaris
234 (40.00 %)Unix
323 (27.06 %)Linux
48 (9.412 %)HPUX
57 (8.235 %)Windows
66 (7.059 %)FreeBSD
75 (5.882 %)AIX
81 (1.176 %)Windows 2000
81 (1.176 %)NetWare
81 (1.176 %)IRIX
81 (1.176 %)Tru64
81 (1.176 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
18 (9.412 %)OO
27 (8.235 %)Technical Architecture
35 (5.882 %)RAD
35 (5.882 %)UML
44 (4.706 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (3.529 %)Security Management
53 (3.529 %)Agile Software Development
53 (3.529 %)Supplier Management
53 (3.529 %)Project Management
62 (2.353 %)E-Commerce
62 (2.353 %)SOA
62 (2.353 %)MVC
62 (2.353 %)Load Balancing
62 (2.353 %)Systems Analysis
62 (2.353 %)Security Cleared
71 (1.176 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (1.176 %)SC Cleared
71 (1.176 %)Workflow
71 (1.176 %)Incident Management
71 (1.176 %)Content Management
Programming Languages
123 (27.06 %)Perl
222 (25.88 %)Shell Script
318 (21.18 %)Java
415 (17.65 %)AWK
512 (14.12 %)SQL
65 (5.882 %)JavaScript
74 (4.706 %)PHP
82 (2.353 %)PL/SQL
91 (1.176 %)VBA
91 (1.176 %)C
91 (1.176 %)C++
91 (1.176 %)XPath
Qualifications
19 (10.59 %)Sun Certification
27 (8.235 %)Degree
33 (3.529 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (2.353 %)Cisco Certification
42 (2.353 %)MCP
42 (2.353 %)CCNP
42 (2.353 %)CCIP
51 (1.176 %)CISSP
51 (1.176 %)MCSE
51 (1.176 %)ITIL Certification
51 (1.176 %)CCSA
51 (1.176 %)CCSE
51 (1.176 %)SNIA Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (12.94 %)SLA
22 (2.353 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
120 (23.53 %)NetBackup
26 (7.059 %)Oracle RAC
32 (2.353 %)ISA Server
32 (2.353 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
12 (2.353 %)HP Data Protector
21 (1.176 %)OpenView
21 (1.176 %)Legato
21 (1.176 %)OpenView Configuration Management
21 (1.176 %)AutoSys
Vendors
132 (37.65 %)VERITAS
230 (35.29 %)Brocade
325 (29.41 %)Oracle
422 (25.88 %)StorageTek
422 (25.88 %)EMC
520 (23.53 %)NetApp
610 (11.76 %)Cisco
610 (11.76 %)HP
78 (9.412 %)Red Hat
85 (5.882 %)Microsoft
94 (4.706 %)Dell
94 (4.706 %)IBM
103 (3.529 %)Intel
103 (3.529 %)Citrix
103 (3.529 %)CheckPoint
112 (2.353 %)Crossbeam
112 (2.353 %)PeopleSoft
112 (2.353 %)Compaq
121 (1.176 %)Interwoven
121 (1.176 %)BEA
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