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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts within the Essex 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3624
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads2339
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.038 %
As % of the category below6.825 %11.24 %
Daily rates quoted917
Average minimum daily rate£439£352
Average daily rate£458£387
% change on same period last year+18.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£478£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£381
% change on same period last year-8.33 %
Hourly rates quoted39
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00£24.89
Average hourly rate£46.67£26.73
% change on same period last year+74.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£48.33£28.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£30.01
% change on same period last year+7.04 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads337347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.456 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted10294
Average minimum daily rate£365£289
Average daily rate£382£316
% change on same period last year+20.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£398£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£358
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted4177
Average minimum hourly rate£22.86£27.28
Average hourly rate£24.24£28.10
% change on same period last year-13.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.62£28.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.29£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Sun East of EnglandSun
East of 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Essex Sun Hourly Rate Histogram

Sun
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the Essex region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BasildonUp+77£425+21.42 %
Sun East of EnglandSun
East of England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

121 (70.00 %)Solaris
219 (63.33 %)Oracle
219 (63.33 %)UNIX
314 (46.67 %)Java
314 (46.67 %)Linux
412 (40.00 %)SAN
511 (36.67 %)Apache
610 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
79 (30.00 %)NetApp
87 (23.33 %)Oracle 9i
87 (23.33 %)J2EE
87 (23.33 %)Finance
87 (23.33 %)Oracle Application Server
96 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
96 (20.00 %)Red Hat
96 (20.00 %)Sun Certification
96 (20.00 %)AIX
96 (20.00 %)SQL
105 (16.67 %)Degree
114 (13.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
114 (13.33 %)Firewall
114 (13.33 %)UML
114 (13.33 %)IBM
123 (10.00 %)Microsoft
123 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
123 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (10.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
123 (10.00 %)OO
123 (10.00 %)Oracle Reports
123 (10.00 %)SQL Server

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (23.33 %)J2EE
23 (10.00 %)Middleware
32 (6.667 %)WebSphere
41 (3.333 %)SOAP
41 (3.333 %)WebServices
41 (3.333 %)XML
41 (3.333 %)XSLT
41 (3.333 %)XML Schema
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (36.67 %)Apache
27 (23.33 %)Oracle Application Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.333 %)MS Visio
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications
21 (3.333 %)Oracle 11i
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (40.00 %)SAN
24 (13.33 %)Firewall
31 (3.333 %)SMS
31 (3.333 %)HTTP
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (23.33 %)Oracle 9i
23 (10.00 %)SQL Server
23 (10.00 %)Oracle Reports
23 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
23 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (3.333 %)Data Mining
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (10.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (23.33 %)Finance
22 (6.667 %)Banking
31 (3.333 %)Retail
31 (3.333 %)Marketing
31 (3.333 %)Front Office
31 (3.333 %)Construction
31 (3.333 %)Government
31 (3.333 %)Legal
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (23.33 %)Architect
26 (20.00 %)Technical Architect
35 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
35 (16.67 %)Administrator
35 (16.67 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
35 (16.67 %)UNIX Administrator
44 (13.33 %)UNIX Engineer
44 (13.33 %)Implementation Engineer
44 (13.33 %)Consultant
53 (10.00 %)Analyst
53 (10.00 %)Oracle DBA
53 (10.00 %)DBA
62 (6.667 %)Solutions Architect
62 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Technical Solutions Architect
62 (6.667 %)Server Specialist
71 (3.333 %)UNIX Support
71 (3.333 %)Senior UNIX Engineer
71 (3.333 %)Senior UNIX Systems Engineer
71 (3.333 %)Management Information Analyst
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.667 %)Replication
21 (3.333 %)Clustering
21 (3.333 %)Client/Server
21 (3.333 %)Management Information System
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (70.00 %)Solaris
219 (63.33 %)UNIX
314 (46.67 %)Linux
46 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
46 (20.00 %)AIX
53 (10.00 %)SUSE
61 (3.333 %)HPUX
61 (3.333 %)Windows
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (33.33 %)Disaster Recovery
24 (13.33 %)UML
33 (10.00 %)OO
33 (10.00 %)Validation
33 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
41 (3.333 %)System Testing
41 (3.333 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (3.333 %)RAD
41 (3.333 %)OOD
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (46.67 %)Java
26 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (3.333 %)VBA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (20.00 %)Sun Certification
25 (16.67 %)Degree
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (13.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.333 %)NetBackup
11 (3.333 %)Oracle RAC
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (63.33 %)Oracle
29 (30.00 %)NetApp
36 (20.00 %)Red Hat
44 (13.33 %)IBM
53 (10.00 %)Microsoft
61 (3.333 %)EMC
61 (3.333 %)Cisco
61 (3.333 %)Brocade
61 (3.333 %)VERITAS