The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 278 253 210
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -43
Contract jobs citing Sun 109 175 256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.496% 0.640% 0.835%
As % of the Vendors category 1.096% 1.437% 1.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 108 169
Average daily rate £400 £473 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.34% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £310 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £341 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £18.70 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.02%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -24.13%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9944 12176 13868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.21% 44.54% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6264 7379 8380
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £270 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 302 402
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sun
England

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Sun Daily Rate Trend

Sun
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Sun Daily Rate Histogram

Sun
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -8 20 £445 +4.70%
Hammersmith +3 3 £255 -
Uxbridge +5 1 - -
Feltham -3 1 - -
Canary Wharf -8 1 £704 +25.15%
Greenwich - 1 £380 -
Sun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 161 (70.31%) Solaris
2 149 (65.07%) Linux
3 143 (62.45%) UNIX
4 115 (50.22%) Finance
5 100 (43.67%) Oracle
6 86 (37.55%) SAN
7 85 (37.12%) Veritas
8 82 (35.81%) Red Hat
9 80 (34.93%) Banking
10 73 (31.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 71 (31.00%) VMware
12 68 (29.69%) HP
13 65 (28.38%) Investment Banking
14 62 (27.07%) EMC
15 54 (23.58%) Perl
16 50 (21.83%) VMware Infrastructure
17 49 (21.40%) ITIL
18 47 (20.52%) Shell Script
19 46 (20.09%) Windows
19 46 (20.09%) AIX
20 42 (18.34%) Migration
21 40 (17.47%) Change Management
21 40 (17.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
22 39 (17.03%) Veritas Cluster Server
23 36 (15.72%) Sybase
24 33 (14.41%) SQL
25 31 (13.54%) SUSE
26 30 (13.10%) Problem Management
27 29 (12.66%) HPUX
28 28 (12.23%) Java

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (5.240%) XML
2 8 (3.493%) HTML
3 6 (2.620%) Middleware
3 6 (2.620%) .NET
3 6 (2.620%) ASP
4 5 (2.183%) JSP
4 5 (2.183%) Web Services
5 4 (1.747%) SAP Basis
5 4 (1.747%) J2EE
5 4 (1.747%) XHTML
5 4 (1.747%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.310%) XSLT
6 3 (1.310%) Servlets
6 3 (1.310%) SOAP
7 2 (0.873%) WinForms
7 2 (0.873%) OLE DB
7 2 (0.873%) FIXML
7 2 (0.873%) CSS
7 2 (0.873%) ODBC
7 2 (0.873%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 25 (10.92%) SharePoint
2 20 (8.734%) Apache
3 13 (5.677%) Tomcat
4 8 (3.493%) IIS
5 6 (2.620%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.747%) MS Exchange
6 4 (1.747%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (1.310%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.873%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.873%) CMS
8 2 (0.873%) Rendezvous
8 2 (0.873%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.873%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (0.873%) Site Server
8 2 (0.873%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (0.873%) MTS
8 2 (0.873%) SAS
8 2 (0.873%) Rackspace Cloud
8 2 (0.873%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.873%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 11 (4.803%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.057%) MS Office
3 5 (2.183%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.437%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.437%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.873%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (0.873%) RMDS
1 2 (0.873%) Remedy AR System
1 2 (0.873%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 86 (37.55%) SAN
2 26 (11.35%) NAS
3 20 (8.734%) DNS
4 17 (7.424%) Firewall
5 16 (6.987%) DHCP
6 14 (6.114%) LDAP
7 11 (4.803%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.183%) Internet
9 4 (1.747%) FTP
9 4 (1.747%) HTTP
9 4 (1.747%) LAN
9 4 (1.747%) VPN
10 3 (1.310%) Softswitch
10 3 (1.310%) SSH
10 3 (1.310%) VoIP
10 3 (1.310%) DPNSS
10 3 (1.310%) MGCP
10 3 (1.310%) SS7
10 3 (1.310%) Megaco
10 3 (1.310%) Q.931
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.297%) Oracle Exadata
2 12 (5.240%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.493%) DB2
3 8 (3.493%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (2.183%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (1.747%) SAP BW
5 4 (1.747%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.310%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (1.310%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.310%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (1.310%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.310%) MySQL
7 2 (0.873%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.873%) MS Access
7 2 (0.873%) Oracle 9i
7 2 (0.873%) DTS
7 2 (0.873%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.873%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.873%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.437%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 4 (1.747%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.873%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.873%) Hudson
2 2 (0.873%) TeamCity
2 2 (0.873%) WinDbg
2 2 (0.873%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.437%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.437%) JIRA
3 1 (0.437%) Selenium
3 1 (0.437%) SilkPerformer
3 1 (0.437%) Maven
3 1 (0.437%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.437%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (50.22%) Finance
2 80 (34.93%) Banking
3 65 (28.38%) Investment Banking
4 8 (3.493%) Retail
5 7 (3.057%) General Ledger
5 7 (3.057%) Financial Institution
6 5 (2.183%) Law
7 4 (1.747%) Legal
7 4 (1.747%) Front Office
7 4 (1.747%) Back Office
8 3 (1.310%) Marketing
8 3 (1.310%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.873%) Publishing
10 1 (0.437%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.437%) German Language
10 1 (0.437%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (26.64%) UNIX Systems Administrator
2 45 (19.65%) Administrator
3 37 (16.16%) UNIX Administrator
4 34 (14.85%) Systems Administrator
5 27 (11.79%) Analyst
6 24 (10.48%) UNIX Engineer
7 13 (5.677%) Architect
8 12 (5.240%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.367%) Tester
9 10 (4.367%) Developer
9 10 (4.367%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.367%) Linux Administrator
10 9 (3.930%) Infrastructure Architect
11 8 (3.493%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.493%) Consultant
11 8 (3.493%) UNIX Support
12 7 (3.057%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 5 (2.183%) Systems Tester
13 5 (2.183%) Senior Linux Administrator
13 5 (2.183%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.23%) Symmetrix DMX
2 27 (11.79%) Clustering
3 21 (9.170%) CLARiiON
4 19 (8.297%) Wiki
5 12 (5.240%) Derivative
6 8 (3.493%) Mainframe
7 6 (2.620%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.620%) Computer Science
7 6 (2.620%) Hedge funds
8 5 (2.183%) Celerra
9 4 (1.747%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.747%) Symmetrix
9 4 (1.747%) Replication
9 4 (1.747%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.747%) Open Source
10 3 (1.310%) Digital Media
10 3 (1.310%) Equity Derivative
10 3 (1.310%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.310%) Handset
11 2 (0.873%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 161 (70.31%) Solaris
2 149 (65.07%) Linux
3 143 (62.45%) UNIX
4 73 (31.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 46 (20.09%) Windows
5 46 (20.09%) AIX
6 31 (13.54%) SUSE
7 29 (12.66%) HPUX
8 21 (9.170%) Windows Server 2003
9 14 (6.114%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (4.367%) Windows 2000
11 8 (3.493%) Windows XP
12 4 (1.747%) Windows 7
13 3 (1.310%) CentOS
13 3 (1.310%) VMS
13 3 (1.310%) zOS
14 2 (0.873%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.437%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.437%) NetWare
15 1 (0.437%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (21.40%) ITIL
2 42 (18.34%) Migration
3 40 (17.47%) Change Management
4 30 (13.10%) Problem Management
5 24 (10.48%) RDF
6 20 (8.734%) Software Deployment
7 14 (6.114%) Load Balancing
8 11 (4.803%) High Availability
9 10 (4.367%) Project Management
9 10 (4.367%) TOGAF
10 9 (3.930%) Test Scripting
10 9 (3.930%) Workflow
10 9 (3.930%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (3.493%) Configuration Management
11 8 (3.493%) Infrastructure Management
11 8 (3.493%) Data Migration
12 6 (2.620%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (2.620%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (2.620%) Capacity Management
13 5 (2.183%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (23.58%) Perl
2 47 (20.52%) Shell Script
3 33 (14.41%) SQL
4 28 (12.23%) Java
5 25 (10.92%) Korn
6 7 (3.057%) PL/SQL
6 7 (3.057%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.057%) VB
7 6 (2.620%) C-shell
8 5 (2.183%) C#
9 4 (1.747%) C++
9 4 (1.747%) ABAP
9 4 (1.747%) VBScript
9 4 (1.747%) Python
10 3 (1.310%) Bash shell
10 3 (1.310%) PHP
11 2 (0.873%) C
12 1 (0.437%) R
12 1 (0.437%) Delphi
12 1 (0.437%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (10.48%) Sun Certification
2 19 (8.297%) SCSA
3 9 (3.930%) Degree
4 7 (3.057%) Oracle Certification
5 6 (2.620%) MCSE
5 6 (2.620%) OCA
5 6 (2.620%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.183%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.183%) CCNA
7 4 (1.747%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.310%) RHCE
9 2 (0.873%) MCSD
9 2 (0.873%) HND
9 2 (0.873%) PMP
9 2 (0.873%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.873%) IBM Certification
9 2 (0.873%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.873%) MCITP
10 1 (0.437%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.437%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.367%) SLA
2 2 (0.873%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.873%) QA
3 1 (0.437%) GAAP
System Software
1 50 (21.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (17.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 39 (17.03%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 21 (9.170%) VMware ESX
5 13 (5.677%) Veritas File System
6 12 (5.240%) Active Directory
6 12 (5.240%) NFS
7 4 (1.747%) Samba
7 4 (1.747%) Cronacle
8 3 (1.310%) XenApp
8 3 (1.310%) vSphere
8 3 (1.310%) Sendmail
8 3 (1.310%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.873%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.437%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.437%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.437%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 16 (6.987%) NetBackup
2 13 (5.677%) Backup Exec
3 7 (3.057%) Legato
4 5 (2.183%) Puppet
4 5 (2.183%) EMC NetWorker
5 3 (1.310%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.310%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 3 (1.310%) HP SIM
5 3 (1.310%) SCOM
5 3 (1.310%) Netcool
6 2 (0.873%) Nagios
6 2 (0.873%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 2 (0.873%) Splunk
6 2 (0.873%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.437%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.437%) Oracle Statspack
7 1 (0.437%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.437%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.437%) EMC Navisphere
Vendors
1 100 (43.67%) Oracle
2 85 (37.12%) Veritas
3 82 (35.81%) Red Hat
4 71 (31.00%) VMware
5 68 (29.69%) HP
6 62 (27.07%) EMC
7 36 (15.72%) Sybase
8 24 (10.48%) IBM
9 21 (9.170%) Cisco
10 15 (6.550%) Microsoft
11 14 (6.114%) Dell
11 14 (6.114%) F5
12 13 (5.677%) Murex
13 8 (3.493%) Symantec
13 8 (3.493%) NetApp
13 8 (3.493%) Altiris
14 7 (3.057%) SAP
15 6 (2.620%) Unisys
16 5 (2.183%) Teradata
17 4 (1.747%) Lotus
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