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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 Liverpool 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2426
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.004 %
As % of the category below8.257 %3.670 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£247
Average daily rate-£257
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£378
% change on same period last year-6.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.61£30.40
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Liverpool
Matching contract IT job ads109109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.110 %
Daily rates quoted3243
Average minimum daily rate£343£272
Average daily rate£360£285
% change on same period last year+26.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted815
Average minimum hourly rate£16.93£22.83
Average hourly rate£17.57£25.89
% change on same period last year-32.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.21£28.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Sun MerseysideSun
Merseyside

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

113 (65.00 %)UNIX
113 (65.00 %)Solaris
212 (60.00 %)Oracle
212 (60.00 %)Oracle 10g
311 (55.00 %)Security Cleared
410 (50.00 %)Oracle Application Server
410 (50.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
410 (50.00 %)Government
59 (45.00 %)Oracle Applications
59 (45.00 %)Oracle RMAN
59 (45.00 %)Change Management
59 (45.00 %)Oracle RAC
59 (45.00 %)Oracle Forms
59 (45.00 %)Oracle 9i
59 (45.00 %)Oracle 11i
59 (45.00 %)Linux
59 (45.00 %)Windows
68 (40.00 %)Middleware
77 (35.00 %)SAN
77 (35.00 %)LAN
77 (35.00 %)WAN
77 (35.00 %)SC Cleared
85 (25.00 %)BC Cleared
93 (15.00 %)iBATIS
93 (15.00 %)Spring
93 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
93 (15.00 %)RDBMS
93 (15.00 %)MCSE
93 (15.00 %)NetApp
93 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (40.00 %)Middleware
23 (15.00 %)Spring
23 (15.00 %)iBATIS
23 (15.00 %)HTML
23 (15.00 %)J2EE
23 (15.00 %)CSS
23 (15.00 %)JSP
23 (15.00 %)Servlets
23 (15.00 %)Struts
23 (15.00 %)WebServices
23 (15.00 %)XML
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (50.00 %)Oracle Application Server
110 (50.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (45.00 %)Oracle 11i
19 (45.00 %)Oracle Applications
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (35.00 %)LAN
17 (35.00 %)WAN
17 (35.00 %)SAN
23 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (10.00 %)DEFINITY
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (60.00 %)Oracle 10g
29 (45.00 %)Oracle 9i
33 (15.00 %)RDBMS
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (45.00 %)Oracle Forms
23 (15.00 %)Ant
23 (15.00 %)JUnit
31 (5.000 %)JDeveloper
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (50.00 %)Government
22 (10.00 %)Telecoms
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (45.00 %)DBA
19 (45.00 %)Administrator
19 (45.00 %)Oracle DBA
26 (30.00 %)Consultant
26 (30.00 %)Infrastructure Consultant
34 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
43 (15.00 %)Developer
43 (15.00 %)Java Developer
51 (5.000 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
51 (5.000 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (5.000 %)Systems Administrator
51 (5.000 %)Applications Developer
51 (5.000 %)Java Applications Developer
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (65.00 %)UNIX
113 (65.00 %)Solaris
29 (45.00 %)Linux
29 (45.00 %)Windows
33 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (55.00 %)Security Cleared
29 (45.00 %)Change Management
37 (35.00 %)SC Cleared
45 (25.00 %)BC Cleared
53 (15.00 %)UML
61 (5.000 %)Service Delivery
61 (5.000 %)TDD
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)Java
13 (15.00 %)JavaScript
13 (15.00 %)SQL
22 (10.00 %)C
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.00 %)MCSE
13 (15.00 %)CCNA
13 (15.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (15.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (15.00 %)Sun Certification
21 (5.000 %)Degree
21 (5.000 %)HND
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)QA
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (45.00 %)Oracle RMAN
19 (45.00 %)Oracle RAC
22 (10.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (60.00 %)Oracle
23 (15.00 %)NetApp
32 (10.00 %)VMware
32 (10.00 %)Avaya
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