The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 24 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 North East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 30 38 43
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +5
Contract jobs citing Sun 4 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.429% 1.822% 0.458%
As % of the Vendors category 3.390% 3.659% 0.781%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £260 £448 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.89% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -24.13%
All Vendors
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
118 246 256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 42.14% 49.80% 58.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 123 103
Average daily rate £295 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.60% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £232 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £550 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 13
Average hourly rate £10.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.92 £10.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £50.00 £27.50
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Sun Daily Rate Trend

Sun
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sun across the North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tyne and Wear +10 4 £260 -35.80%
Sun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 6 (100.00%) Perl
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) AIX
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) LDAP
1 6 (100.00%) SSL
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) Informatica
1 6 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 6 (100.00%) FileNet
1 6 (100.00%) Workflow
1 6 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 6 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Change Control
2 4 (66.67%) Solaris
3 3 (50.00%) Siebel
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) JBoss
4 2 (33.33%) WebLogic
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (16.67%) HP
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (16.67%) Axway

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) FileNet
2 2 (33.33%) WebLogic
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LDAP
1 6 (100.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Build Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX Administrator
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) AIX
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Workflow
1 6 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (100.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Perl
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) Informatica
1 6 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (50.00%) Siebel
3 2 (33.33%) JBoss
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) Axway