Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts within the South East 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank114100
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads148239
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.247 %
As % of the category below2.750 %3.267 %
Daily rates quoted3940
Average minimum daily rate£341£374
Average daily rate£364£392
% change on same period last year-6.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£384
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Hourly rates quoted1554
Average minimum hourly rate£29.01£28.15
Average hourly rate£30.01£30.54
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.01£32.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.14£31.16
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South East
Matching contract IT job ads53817316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.669 %7.566 %
Daily rates quoted12501728
Average minimum daily rate£349£344
Average daily rate£370£361
% change on same period last year+2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£353
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted6111041
Average minimum hourly rate£22.87£23.55
Average hourly rate£24.38£24.90
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.89£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.37£24.17
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
BerkshireUp+649£403+4.32 %
HampshireUp+3330£323-24.11 %
SurreyDown-422£338-17.30 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1916£365+12.30 %
MiddlesexDown-1210£344-
OxfordshireDown-84--
West SussexUp+124£400-
M4 CorridorUp+22£450-
Home CountiesNew entry-1--
SussexNew entry-1--
East SussexUp+81--
Sun EnglandSun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1210 (70.47 %)Solaris
2158 (53.02 %)UNIX
3111 (37.25 %)Windows
468 (22.82 %)IBM
566 (22.15 %)Windows Server 2003
662 (20.81 %)HP
662 (20.81 %)Oracle
759 (19.80 %)Security Cleared
854 (18.12 %)SC Cleared
953 (17.79 %)Java
1045 (15.10 %)SAN
1144 (14.77 %)AIX
1243 (14.43 %)Active Directory
1342 (14.09 %)Linux
1440 (13.42 %)Microsoft
1538 (12.75 %)Finance
1637 (12.42 %)Shell Script
1637 (12.42 %)SQL
1736 (12.08 %)VMware
1835 (11.74 %)Citrix
1934 (11.41 %)TCP/IP
2032 (10.74 %)LDAP
2032 (10.74 %)WebSphere
2130 (10.07 %)HPUX
2229 (9.732 %).NET
2229 (9.732 %)Cisco
2327 (9.060 %)Firewall
2426 (8.725 %)Clustering
2426 (8.725 %)IIS
2525 (8.389 %)Government

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (10.74 %)WebSphere
229 (9.732 %).NET
321 (7.047 %)J2EE
420 (6.711 %).NET Framework
57 (2.349 %)WSH
66 (2.013 %)Hibernate
66 (2.013 %)Struts
66 (2.013 %)Spring
66 (2.013 %)AJAX
75 (1.678 %)HTML
75 (1.678 %)WebServices
83 (1.007 %)XML
83 (1.007 %)ASP
83 (1.007 %)JSP
83 (1.007 %)JAXB
83 (1.007 %)Middleware
83 (1.007 %)MVC
83 (1.007 %)Spring MVC
91 (0.336 %)MDX
91 (0.336 %)Servlets
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (8.725 %)IIS
215 (5.034 %)Apache
311 (3.691 %)WebSphere MQ
49 (3.020 %)MS Exchange
58 (2.685 %)Tomcat
66 (2.013 %)WebSphere Application Server
75 (1.678 %)WebLogic
75 (1.678 %)BizTalk Server
83 (1.007 %)Oracle Application Server
83 (1.007 %)Rendezvous
83 (1.007 %)SAS
92 (0.671 %)SharePoint
92 (0.671 %)LiveLink
92 (0.671 %)ESB
101 (0.336 %)Exchange Server 2007
101 (0.336 %)WebSphere Message Broker
101 (0.336 %)WPS
101 (0.336 %)Exchange Server 2003
101 (0.336 %)SharePoint Portal Server
101 (0.336 %)Commerce Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (5.369 %)MS Excel
211 (3.691 %)Shockwave
35 (1.678 %)MS Office
42 (0.671 %)MS Visio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.671 %)WebTrends
12 (0.671 %)Siebel Analytics
21 (0.336 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.336 %)BusinessWorks
21 (0.336 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.336 %)Staffware
21 (0.336 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.336 %)arcHouse
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
145 (15.10 %)SAN
234 (11.41 %)TCP/IP
332 (10.74 %)LDAP
427 (9.060 %)Firewall
514 (4.698 %)LAN
514 (4.698 %)VPN
514 (4.698 %)DNS
613 (4.362 %)Internet
712 (4.027 %)SSH
87 (2.349 %)Intrusion Detection
87 (2.349 %)Cisco PIX
95 (1.678 %)DHCP
95 (1.678 %)WAN
104 (1.342 %)HTTP
113 (1.007 %)GPRS
113 (1.007 %)VoIP
113 (1.007 %)Network Security
113 (1.007 %)3G
113 (1.007 %)DMZ
113 (1.007 %)SSL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (6.040 %)SQL Server
215 (5.034 %)Oracle 8/8i
312 (4.027 %)Oracle 10g
411 (3.691 %)Oracle 9i
57 (2.349 %)RDBMS
66 (2.013 %)BusinessObjects
74 (1.342 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (1.342 %)MS Access
83 (1.007 %)DB2
92 (0.671 %)SQLPlus
101 (0.336 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
101 (0.336 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.336 %)PowerCenter
101 (0.336 %)BusinessObjects XI
101 (0.336 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.336 %)MySQL
101 (0.336 %)ROLAP
101 (0.336 %)Star Schema
101 (0.336 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.336 %)ETL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (3.691 %)Flash
26 (2.013 %)Ant
33 (1.007 %)Eclipse
41 (0.336 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.336 %)MSI
41 (0.336 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.336 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (12.75 %)Finance
225 (8.389 %)Government
317 (5.705 %)Telecoms
412 (4.027 %)Banking
510 (3.356 %)Back Office
67 (2.349 %)Pharmaceutical
76 (2.013 %)Insurance
85 (1.678 %)Front Office
93 (1.007 %)Auditing
93 (1.007 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.336 %)Retail
101 (0.336 %)Multimedia
101 (0.336 %)Education
101 (0.336 %)Health
101 (0.336 %)Legal
101 (0.336 %)Publishing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
176 (25.50 %)Administrator
243 (14.43 %)UNIX Administrator
342 (14.09 %)Systems Administrator
430 (10.07 %)Architect
528 (9.396 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
626 (8.725 %)Analyst
719 (6.376 %)Project Manager
818 (6.040 %)Solaris Administrator
913 (4.362 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
913 (4.362 %)Support Engineer
913 (4.362 %)Consultant
913 (4.362 %)Infrastructure Manager
1012 (4.027 %)Developer
119 (3.020 %)AIX Administrator
119 (3.020 %)Server Administrator
128 (2.685 %)Infrastructure Project Leader
128 (2.685 %)DBA
128 (2.685 %)Infrastructure Architect
128 (2.685 %)Oracle DBA
128 (2.685 %)Project Leader
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (8.725 %)Clustering
26 (2.013 %)Mainframe
35 (1.678 %)Replication
44 (1.342 %)N-Tier
44 (1.342 %)IPTV
53 (1.007 %)HACMP
53 (1.007 %)CLARiiON
62 (0.671 %)Client/Server
62 (0.671 %)Thin Client
62 (0.671 %)Cryptography
62 (0.671 %)PKI
62 (0.671 %)CMDB
62 (0.671 %)Fat Client
62 (0.671 %)IBM Mainframe
62 (0.671 %)AS400
71 (0.336 %)Computer Science
71 (0.336 %)German Language
71 (0.336 %)Symmetrix
71 (0.336 %)Management Information System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1210 (70.47 %)Solaris
2158 (53.02 %)UNIX
3111 (37.25 %)Windows
466 (22.15 %)Windows Server 2003
544 (14.77 %)AIX
642 (14.09 %)Linux
730 (10.07 %)HPUX
823 (7.718 %)Windows 2000
919 (6.376 %)Windows XP
1016 (5.369 %)OpenVMS
1113 (4.362 %)Tru64
1113 (4.362 %)Red Hat Linux
127 (2.349 %)FreeBSD
127 (2.349 %)Windows 2000 Server
135 (1.678 %)VMS
144 (1.342 %)Windows NT
153 (1.007 %)MVS
153 (1.007 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
153 (1.007 %)Windows Vista
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
159 (19.80 %)Security Cleared
254 (18.12 %)SC Cleared
315 (5.034 %)Migration
413 (4.362 %)PRINCE2
512 (4.027 %)ITIL
611 (3.691 %)Service Delivery
79 (3.020 %)Project Management
86 (2.013 %)Configuration Management
95 (1.678 %)Load Balancing
95 (1.678 %)DV Cleared
104 (1.342 %)Validation
104 (1.342 %)Problem Management
104 (1.342 %)Unit Testing
104 (1.342 %)Identity Management
104 (1.342 %)Change Management
104 (1.342 %)Service Management
113 (1.007 %)UML
113 (1.007 %)RUP
113 (1.007 %)Scrum
113 (1.007 %)Agile Software Development
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
153 (17.79 %)Java
237 (12.42 %)SQL
237 (12.42 %)Shell Script
320 (6.711 %)Korn
414 (4.698 %)Perl
512 (4.027 %)VBScript
611 (3.691 %)VB
710 (3.356 %)PL/SQL
88 (2.685 %)JavaScript
96 (2.013 %)C
103 (1.007 %)Python
112 (0.671 %)COBOL
121 (0.336 %)REXX
121 (0.336 %)JCL
121 (0.336 %)PowerShell
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (5.705 %)MCSE
117 (5.705 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (4.698 %)Sun Certification
311 (3.691 %)MCSA
46 (2.013 %)Degree
46 (2.013 %)HP APS
55 (1.678 %)ISEB
55 (1.678 %)PRINCE2 Certification
64 (1.342 %)Cisco Certification
64 (1.342 %)CCNA
64 (1.342 %)MCP
73 (1.007 %)PMP
73 (1.007 %)PMI Certification
82 (0.671 %)IBM AIX Certification
82 (0.671 %)EMC Certification
82 (0.671 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
82 (0.671 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.336 %)SCEA
91 (0.336 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (3.356 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
24 (1.342 %)GxP
33 (1.007 %)SLA
33 (1.007 %)QA
42 (0.671 %)ISO27001
51 (0.336 %)BS7799
51 (0.336 %)GMP
51 (0.336 %)GLP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
143 (14.43 %)Active Directory
217 (5.705 %)NetBackup
313 (4.362 %)Citrix Presentation Server
412 (4.027 %)VMware ESX
412 (4.027 %)ISA Server
511 (3.691 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
610 (3.356 %)VMware Infrastructure
75 (1.678 %)NFS
84 (1.342 %)Samba
91 (0.336 %)Xen
91 (0.336 %)Oracle RAC
91 (0.336 %)Terminal Services
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (5.705 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
216 (5.369 %)Tivoli
37 (2.349 %)WSUS
46 (2.013 %)Unicenter
46 (2.013 %)OpenView Configuration Management
55 (1.678 %)Netcool
64 (1.342 %)OpenView
73 (1.007 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
73 (1.007 %)MIIS
73 (1.007 %)CONTROL-M
73 (1.007 %)EMC NetWorker
82 (0.671 %)Netcool/Webtop
82 (0.671 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
82 (0.671 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.336 %)Legato
91 (0.336 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
91 (0.336 %)OVSD
91 (0.336 %)Nagios
91 (0.336 %)CA SiteMinder
91 (0.336 %)AllFusion Endevor
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
168 (22.82 %)IBM
262 (20.81 %)Oracle
262 (20.81 %)HP
340 (13.42 %)Microsoft
436 (12.08 %)VMware
535 (11.74 %)Citrix
629 (9.732 %)Cisco
722 (7.383 %)Intel
722 (7.383 %)VERITAS
820 (6.711 %)Compaq
919 (6.376 %)EMC
1013 (4.362 %)Adobe
1112 (4.027 %)Red Hat
1211 (3.691 %)Symantec
1211 (3.691 %)Unisys
1211 (3.691 %)ICL
1211 (3.691 %)CheckPoint
137 (2.349 %)NetApp
146 (2.013 %)StorageTek
146 (2.013 %)Remedy