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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 London 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank166114
Rank change on same period last yearDown-52
Matching contract IT job ads331691
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.437 %0.688 %
As % of the category below2.274 %3.231 %
Daily rates quoted134285
Average minimum daily rate£378£386
Average daily rate£398£411
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£375
% change on same period last year-7.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2124
Average minimum hourly rate£28.05£33.06
Average hourly rate£30.35£34.80
% change on same period last year-12.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.66£36.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.92£30.56
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1455621389
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.21 %21.30 %
Daily rates quoted57607548
Average minimum daily rate£406£415
Average daily rate£433£442
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£461£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted8511242
Average minimum hourly rate£22.91£25.05
Average hourly rate£24.56£26.53
% change on same period last year-7.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.22£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London 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 jobs citing Sun within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
City of LondonDown-5187£440+3.87 %
Canary WharfUp+616£396-15.46 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1116£397-14.63 %
HounslowUp+34--
LewishamNew entry-2£140-
SouthwarkNew entry-1£200-
HayesNew entry-1--
Sun EnglandSun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1383 (63.94 %)Solaris
2314 (52.42 %)UNIX
3184 (30.72 %)Oracle
4181 (30.22 %)Linux
5125 (20.87 %)Finance
6124 (20.70 %)Banking
6124 (20.70 %)Windows
6124 (20.70 %)VERITAS
7109 (18.20 %)HP
898 (16.36 %)Java
993 (15.53 %)Perl
1088 (14.69 %)SAN
1179 (13.19 %)Red Hat
1278 (13.02 %)IBM
1376 (12.69 %)Red Hat Linux
1469 (11.52 %)SQL
1563 (10.52 %)Investment Banking
1660 (10.02 %)Microsoft
1758 (9.683 %)Shell Script
1758 (9.683 %)TCP/IP
1856 (9.349 %)Windows Server 2003
1954 (9.015 %)EMC
2051 (8.514 %)AIX
2150 (8.347 %)HPUX
2150 (8.347 %)Oracle 10g
2249 (8.180 %)Apache
2347 (7.846 %)WebLogic
2347 (7.846 %)NetBackup
2445 (7.513 %)J2EE
2445 (7.513 %)Windows 2000

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (7.513 %)J2EE
239 (6.511 %)XML
326 (4.341 %)WebSphere
421 (3.506 %)Middleware
520 (3.339 %)HTML
618 (3.005 %)Servlets
716 (2.671 %)JSP
815 (2.504 %).NET
913 (2.170 %)Struts
913 (2.170 %)WebServices
1010 (1.669 %)Spring
118 (1.336 %)Hibernate
118 (1.336 %)ArcObjects
127 (1.169 %)Swing
136 (1.002 %)ASP
136 (1.002 %)EJB
136 (1.002 %)JMS
145 (0.835 %)CSS
145 (0.835 %)JDBC
145 (0.835 %)XSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
149 (8.180 %)Apache
247 (7.846 %)WebLogic
327 (4.508 %)Tomcat
414 (2.337 %)ArcSDE
414 (2.337 %)ArcGIS
513 (2.170 %)WebSphere Application Server
513 (2.170 %)MS Exchange
69 (1.503 %)Oracle Spatial
69 (1.503 %)Oracle Application Server
69 (1.503 %)IIS
77 (1.169 %)ArcIMS
86 (1.002 %)iPlanet
86 (1.002 %)WebSphere MQ
86 (1.002 %)JBoss
86 (1.002 %)SAS
86 (1.002 %)MQSeries
86 (1.002 %)MapXtreme
94 (0.668 %)MQSI
94 (0.668 %)WebSphere Message Broker
94 (0.668 %)Exchange Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (3.172 %)MS Office
215 (2.504 %)MS Visio
39 (1.503 %)MS Excel
44 (0.668 %)MS Project
53 (0.501 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.167 %)MATLAB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.835 %)Oracle Applications
15 (0.835 %)Oracle 11i
24 (0.668 %)SAP FI
24 (0.668 %)Summit
24 (0.668 %)Oracle EBS
24 (0.668 %)Kondor+
24 (0.668 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.167 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.167 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.167 %)Dynamics GP
31 (0.167 %)SunGard GMI
31 (0.167 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.167 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.167 %)Oracle HRMS
31 (0.167 %)Global One
31 (0.167 %)SoftGrid
31 (0.167 %)SAP FI/CO
31 (0.167 %)SAP CO
31 (0.167 %)Oracle Financials
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
188 (14.69 %)SAN
258 (9.683 %)TCP/IP
344 (7.346 %)DNS
438 (6.344 %)Internet
537 (6.177 %)LDAP
631 (5.175 %)Firewall
723 (3.840 %)LAN
821 (3.506 %)SNA
915 (2.504 %)WAN
1011 (1.836 %)DHCP
119 (1.503 %)HTTP
128 (1.336 %)FTP
128 (1.336 %)VLAN
137 (1.169 %)DMZ
137 (1.169 %)Intranet
144 (0.668 %)VPN
153 (0.501 %)Network Security
153 (0.501 %)Reverse Proxy
162 (0.334 %)BGP
162 (0.334 %)EIGRP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (8.347 %)Oracle 10g
242 (7.012 %)SQL Server
331 (5.175 %)GIS
430 (5.008 %)Oracle 9i
521 (3.506 %)BusinessObjects
617 (2.838 %)MySQL
716 (2.671 %)Oracle 8/8i
815 (2.504 %)SQL Server 2005
911 (1.836 %)SQL Server 2000
109 (1.503 %)TOAD
109 (1.503 %)RDBMS
113 (0.501 %)BusinessObjects XI
113 (0.501 %)Datawarehouse
113 (0.501 %)Informix
122 (0.334 %)DB2
122 (0.334 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.334 %)MS Access
122 (0.334 %)Reference Data
131 (0.167 %)Sybase IQ
131 (0.167 %)ETL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (2.337 %)Ant
213 (2.170 %)JUnit
39 (1.503 %)Eclipse
48 (1.336 %)LoadRunner
57 (1.169 %)Flash
66 (1.002 %)WinRunner
66 (1.002 %)QuickTest Pro
75 (0.835 %)Subversion
75 (0.835 %)ClearCase
75 (0.835 %)JBuilder
84 (0.668 %)CruiseControl
93 (0.501 %)PVCS
93 (0.501 %)ERwin
102 (0.334 %)PowerBuilder
102 (0.334 %)Visual Studio
111 (0.167 %)FrontPage
111 (0.167 %)Atlassian Bamboo
111 (0.167 %)Oracle Forms
111 (0.167 %)MSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1125 (20.87 %)Finance
2124 (20.70 %)Banking
363 (10.52 %)Investment Banking
429 (4.841 %)Government
518 (3.005 %)Telecoms
616 (2.671 %)Health
715 (2.504 %)Retail
813 (2.170 %)Legal
910 (1.669 %)Insurance
910 (1.669 %)Police
109 (1.503 %)Financial Institution
118 (1.336 %)Front Office
127 (1.169 %)Criminal Justice
127 (1.169 %)Law
136 (1.002 %)Home Office
145 (0.835 %)Publishing
145 (0.835 %)Education
153 (0.501 %)Wholesale Banking
153 (0.501 %)Games
162 (0.334 %)Pharmaceutical
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1113 (18.86 %)Administrator
264 (10.68 %)Systems Administrator
358 (9.683 %)UNIX Administrator
457 (9.516 %)Developer
550 (8.347 %)UNIX Engineer
646 (7.679 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
745 (7.513 %)Analyst
843 (7.179 %)Consultant
940 (6.678 %)Architect
1029 (4.841 %)DBA
1127 (4.508 %)Java Developer
1127 (4.508 %)Project Manager
1226 (4.341 %)Oracle DBA
1321 (3.506 %)Technical Architect
1321 (3.506 %)Senior UNIX Engineer
1420 (3.339 %)Solaris Administrator
1517 (2.838 %)Server Engineer
1612 (2.003 %)UNIX Support
1612 (2.003 %)Support Analyst
1612 (2.003 %)Support Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (4.841 %)Clustering
223 (3.840 %)HACMP
313 (2.170 %)Replication
410 (1.669 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
410 (1.669 %)Thin Client
410 (1.669 %)Fat Client
58 (1.336 %)Client/Server
58 (1.336 %)Equities
67 (1.169 %)Management Information System
67 (1.169 %)CLARiiON
76 (1.002 %)Derivative
85 (0.835 %)Symmetrix
94 (0.668 %)Credit Risk
94 (0.668 %)Statistics
103 (0.501 %)Data Conversion
103 (0.501 %)AS400
103 (0.501 %)Firmware
112 (0.334 %)Grid Computing
112 (0.334 %)Computer Science
112 (0.334 %)Equity Derivative
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1383 (63.94 %)Solaris
2314 (52.42 %)UNIX
3181 (30.22 %)Linux
4124 (20.70 %)Windows
576 (12.69 %)Red Hat Linux
656 (9.349 %)Windows Server 2003
751 (8.514 %)AIX
850 (8.347 %)HPUX
945 (7.513 %)Windows 2000
1024 (4.007 %)Windows XP
1113 (2.170 %)Windows 2000 Server
1212 (2.003 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
139 (1.503 %)SUSE
147 (1.169 %)VMS
156 (1.002 %)Mac OS X
163 (0.501 %)Windows NT
172 (0.334 %)Windows Vista
181 (0.167 %)Debian
181 (0.167 %)Fedora
181 (0.167 %)OpenVMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
143 (7.179 %)Security Cleared
235 (5.843 %)Project Management
332 (5.342 %)SC Cleared
430 (5.008 %)ITIL
524 (4.007 %)UML
622 (3.673 %)Migration
718 (3.005 %)OO
813 (2.170 %)Service Delivery
912 (2.003 %)Configuration Management
1011 (1.836 %)Disaster Recovery
1011 (1.836 %)PRINCE2
1011 (1.836 %)E-Commerce
1011 (1.836 %)ERP
1110 (1.669 %)RUP
1110 (1.669 %)Service Management
1110 (1.669 %)Release Management
1110 (1.669 %)Performance Testing
1110 (1.669 %)Load Balancing
129 (1.503 %)Data Migration
129 (1.503 %)Stakeholder Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
198 (16.36 %)Java
293 (15.53 %)Perl
369 (11.52 %)SQL
458 (9.683 %)Shell Script
533 (5.509 %)Korn
627 (4.508 %)PL/SQL
721 (3.506 %)C++
818 (3.005 %)C
912 (2.003 %)VB
912 (2.003 %)C#
107 (1.169 %)Transact-SQL
115 (0.835 %)AWK
115 (0.835 %)JavaScript
124 (0.668 %)PHP
132 (0.334 %)Pascal
132 (0.334 %)VBScript
132 (0.334 %)VBA
141 (0.167 %)Euclid
141 (0.167 %)VB6
141 (0.167 %)VC++
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (5.509 %)Sun Certification
221 (3.506 %)Degree
320 (3.339 %)IBM Certification
413 (2.170 %)Oracle Certification
511 (1.836 %)Cisco Certification
610 (1.669 %)Microsoft Certification
79 (1.503 %)HP APS
79 (1.503 %)CCNA
85 (0.835 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
85 (0.835 %)OCP
85 (0.835 %)RHCE
93 (0.501 %)SCBCD
93 (0.501 %)SCDJWS
93 (0.501 %)SCJD
93 (0.501 %)SCSA
93 (0.501 %)MCSE
93 (0.501 %)MCP
93 (0.501 %)OCA
102 (0.334 %)PRINCE2 Certification
102 (0.334 %)ISEB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.002 %)QA
25 (0.835 %)SLA
33 (0.501 %)MiFID
33 (0.501 %)GLP
33 (0.501 %)GxP
42 (0.334 %)ISO17799
42 (0.334 %)HL7
51 (0.167 %)COBIT
51 (0.167 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.167 %)GAAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
147 (7.846 %)NetBackup
234 (5.676 %)Active Directory
320 (3.339 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
417 (2.838 %)NFS
516 (2.671 %)VMware ESX
614 (2.337 %)Oracle RAC
614 (2.337 %)VMware Infrastructure
711 (1.836 %)Oracle RMAN
87 (1.169 %)Samba
93 (0.501 %)VMware GSX
93 (0.501 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.334 %)ISA Server
102 (0.334 %)Backup Exec
102 (0.334 %)ClearTrust
111 (0.167 %)AquaLogic
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
134 (5.676 %)Tivoli
224 (4.007 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
313 (2.170 %)Legato
411 (1.836 %)BMC PATROL
59 (1.503 %)AutoSys
66 (1.002 %)OpenView
75 (0.835 %)EMC NetWorker
75 (0.835 %)Nagios
84 (0.668 %)Netcool
84 (0.668 %)Tivoli Monitoring
92 (0.334 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
92 (0.334 %)MOM
101 (0.167 %)OVPA
101 (0.167 %)RepliStor
101 (0.167 %)EMC TimeFinder
101 (0.167 %)EMC Navisphere
101 (0.167 %)Tivoli Configuration Manager
101 (0.167 %)CONTROL-M
101 (0.167 %)CA SiteMinder
101 (0.167 %)ARCserve
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1184 (30.72 %)Oracle
2124 (20.70 %)VERITAS
3109 (18.20 %)HP
479 (13.19 %)Red Hat
578 (13.02 %)IBM
660 (10.02 %)Microsoft
754 (9.015 %)EMC
842 (7.012 %)VMware
939 (6.511 %)Cisco
1032 (5.342 %)Sybase
1125 (4.174 %)Dell
1221 (3.506 %)Business Objects
1320 (3.339 %)NetApp
1419 (3.172 %)Brocade
1518 (3.005 %)TIBCO
1617 (2.838 %)Citrix
1715 (2.504 %)BEA
1814 (2.337 %)Fujitsu
1814 (2.337 %)Intel
1814 (2.337 %)Compaq