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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank146105
Rank change on same period last yearDown-41
Matching contract IT job ads7411479
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.043 %1.495 %
As % of the category below2.408 %3.394 %
Daily rates quoted205452
Average minimum daily rate£363£385
Average daily rate£381£407
% change on same period last year-6.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£380
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Hourly rates quoted89141
Average minimum hourly rate£29.91£28.64
Average hourly rate£31.61£31.26
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.31£33.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25£31.02
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3077743582
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.33 %44.04 %
Daily rates quoted902612449
Average minimum daily rate£370£387
Average daily rate£395£411
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted28134000
Average minimum hourly rate£23.16£23.18
Average hourly rate£24.63£24.62
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.09£26.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sun within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 within the UK.

Sun Daily Rate Trend

Sun
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 within the UK.

Sun Hourly Rate Trend

Sun
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sun within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Sun Hourly Rate Histogram

Sun
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 10 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
EnglandDown-49665£384-5.51 %
LondonDown-61274£399-6.15 %
South EastDown-18148£354-6.75 %
YorkshireUp+3384£372-1.19 %
City of LondonDown-5966£383-10.10 %
ScotlandUp+3458£363-12.39 %
East of EnglandDown-1753£403+1.90 %
South WestDown-1550£327+1.17 %
South YorkshireUp+2348£335-10.66 %
BerkshireDown-647£374-1.56 %
SheffieldUp+1845£325-13.33 %
ReadingUp+3333£381+8.88 %
HampshireUp+3632£323-28.33 %
EdinburghUp+2732£389-8.42 %
North WestUp+127£433+47.14 %
EssexDown-726£445+10.27 %
West YorkshireNo change024£408+13.62 %
LeedsDown-123£408+2.08 %
SurreyNo change021£340-9.61 %
West MidlandsDown-5217--
BristolUp+1316£326-3.14 %
DevonUp+2016--
BuckinghamshireDown-1616£365+12.30 %
Docklands, LondonUp+716£450-4.54 %
GlasgowUp+3015£292-25.00 %
Milton KeynesDown-514£365+32.72 %
IpswichUp+1613--
SuffolkUp+2713--
MiddlesexDown-611£335-
ManchesterDown-210--

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11018 (66.71 %)Solaris
2722 (47.31 %)UNIX
3469 (30.73 %)Oracle
4384 (25.16 %)Linux
5344 (22.54 %)Windows
6303 (19.86 %)VERITAS
7297 (19.46 %)Java
8275 (18.02 %)SAN
9255 (16.71 %)HP
10250 (16.38 %)IBM
10250 (16.38 %)Finance
11222 (14.55 %)AIX
12204 (13.37 %)Shell Script
13172 (11.27 %)EMC
14171 (11.21 %)J2EE
15167 (10.94 %)Security Cleared
16158 (10.35 %)SQL
17148 (9.699 %)NetBackup
18145 (9.502 %)Perl
18145 (9.502 %)Sun Certification
19137 (8.978 %)Banking
19137 (8.978 %)Cisco
19137 (8.978 %)HPUX
20132 (8.650 %)Windows Server 2003
21125 (8.191 %)Microsoft
22124 (8.126 %)Red Hat
23120 (7.864 %)SC Cleared
24118 (7.733 %)Red Hat Linux
25112 (7.339 %)TCP/IP
26109 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1171 (11.21 %)J2EE
2105 (6.881 %)WebSphere
3101 (6.619 %)XML
472 (4.718 %)HTML
546 (3.014 %).NET
645 (2.949 %)JSP
734 (2.228 %)Spring
833 (2.163 %)Middleware
931 (2.031 %)Hibernate
1030 (1.966 %)WebServices
1128 (1.835 %)Struts
1223 (1.507 %)Servlets
1320 (1.311 %)EJB
1416 (1.048 %)JMS
1416 (1.048 %).NET Framework
1513 (0.852 %)Castor
1513 (0.852 %)XSD
1611 (0.721 %)CSS
1611 (0.721 %)ASP
1611 (0.721 %)Java EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1106 (6.946 %)Apache
290 (5.898 %)WebLogic
360 (3.932 %)Tomcat
449 (3.211 %)IIS
541 (2.687 %)Oracle Application Server
637 (2.425 %)ATG Dynamo
734 (2.228 %)WebSphere Application Server
832 (2.097 %)MS Exchange
924 (1.573 %)WebSphere MQ
1017 (1.114 %)Lotus Notes
1115 (0.983 %)JBoss
1115 (0.983 %)WebLogic Portal
1214 (0.917 %)ArcGIS
1214 (0.917 %)CMS
1214 (0.917 %)ArcSDE
1214 (0.917 %)Lotus Domino
1312 (0.786 %)iPlanet
1410 (0.655 %)IBM HTTP Server
1410 (0.655 %)Oracle Spatial
159 (0.590 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (2.883 %)MS Excel
225 (1.638 %)MS Office
317 (1.114 %)MS Visio
47 (0.459 %)Shockwave
55 (0.328 %)MS Project
62 (0.131 %)Photoshop
62 (0.131 %)InDesign
62 (0.131 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (0.917 %)Oracle Applications
211 (0.721 %)Oracle EBS
38 (0.524 %)Oracle 11i
44 (0.262 %)SAP FI
44 (0.262 %)Kondor+
53 (0.197 %)SAP ERP
62 (0.131 %)Siebel Analytics
62 (0.131 %)Summit
62 (0.131 %)WebTrends
62 (0.131 %)SAP Oil and Gas
62 (0.131 %)arcHouse
71 (0.066 %)Dynamics NAV
71 (0.066 %)Dynamics AX
71 (0.066 %)Dynamics GP
71 (0.066 %)SAP CRM
71 (0.066 %)SAP FI/CO
71 (0.066 %)Global One
71 (0.066 %)SoftGrid
71 (0.066 %)BusinessWorks
71 (0.066 %)SAP HR
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1275 (18.02 %)SAN
2112 (7.339 %)TCP/IP
397 (6.356 %)LDAP
483 (5.439 %)Firewall
566 (4.325 %)HTTP
663 (4.128 %)DNS
754 (3.539 %)Internet
852 (3.408 %)LAN
939 (2.556 %)Extranet
1037 (2.425 %)WAN
1128 (1.835 %)SNA
1224 (1.573 %)VPN
1322 (1.442 %)DHCP
1418 (1.180 %)Intranet
1516 (1.048 %)SSH
1615 (0.983 %)VLAN
1712 (0.786 %)SSL
1712 (0.786 %)DMZ
1811 (0.721 %)FTP
1910 (0.655 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1109 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
2100 (6.553 %)SQL Server
391 (5.963 %)Oracle 9i
453 (3.473 %)Oracle 8/8i
534 (2.228 %)RDBMS
628 (1.835 %)BusinessObjects
727 (1.769 %)GIS
821 (1.376 %)SQL Server 2005
919 (1.245 %)MySQL
919 (1.245 %)DB2
1017 (1.114 %)Informix
1116 (1.048 %)SQL Server 2000
1215 (0.983 %)Oracle Reports
1312 (0.786 %)TOAD
148 (0.524 %)Datawarehouse
148 (0.524 %)NonStop SQL
156 (0.393 %)MS Access
165 (0.328 %)SQLPlus
165 (0.328 %)SQL Server 2008
174 (0.262 %)Sybase ASE
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
174 (4.849 %)Ant
236 (2.359 %)Eclipse
335 (2.294 %)JUnit
424 (1.573 %)ClearCase
514 (0.917 %)Flash
613 (0.852 %)Oracle Forms
712 (0.786 %)CruiseControl
811 (0.721 %)LoadRunner
96 (0.393 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
103 (0.197 %)TestDirector
103 (0.197 %)ProC
112 (0.131 %)MSI
112 (0.131 %)WebLogic Workshop
112 (0.131 %)Visual Studio
112 (0.131 %)VSS/SourceSafe
121 (0.066 %)JBuilder
121 (0.066 %)QuickTest Pro
121 (0.066 %)Rational Rose
121 (0.066 %)Dreamweaver
121 (0.066 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1250 (16.38 %)Finance
2137 (8.978 %)Banking
377 (5.046 %)Government
466 (4.325 %)Telecoms
563 (4.128 %)Investment Banking
628 (1.835 %)Legal
724 (1.573 %)Financial Institution
823 (1.507 %)Retail
920 (1.311 %)Insurance
1018 (1.180 %)Back Office
1116 (1.048 %)Pharmaceutical
1215 (0.983 %)Health
1310 (0.655 %)Education
1310 (0.655 %)Front Office
149 (0.590 %)Police
158 (0.524 %)Law
167 (0.459 %)Criminal Justice
167 (0.459 %)Retail Banking
176 (0.393 %)Home Office
185 (0.328 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1300 (19.66 %)Administrator
2168 (11.01 %)Systems Administrator
3165 (10.81 %)Developer
4151 (9.895 %)Analyst
5143 (9.371 %)UNIX Administrator
6118 (7.733 %)Consultant
7111 (7.274 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
892 (6.029 %)Architect
984 (5.505 %)Support Engineer
1079 (5.177 %)Solaris Administrator
1176 (4.980 %)Java Developer
1275 (4.915 %)DBA
1370 (4.587 %)UNIX Engineer
1467 (4.391 %)Oracle DBA
1559 (3.866 %)Project Manager
1654 (3.539 %)J2EE Developer
1741 (2.687 %)Support Analyst
1837 (2.425 %)Lead Developer
1837 (2.425 %)Technical Architect
1936 (2.359 %)Storage Specialist
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
192 (6.029 %)Clustering
235 (2.294 %)HACMP
332 (2.097 %)Symmetrix
428 (1.835 %)Replication
527 (1.769 %)Thin Client
527 (1.769 %)Fat Client
618 (1.180 %)CLARiiON
714 (0.917 %)AS400
812 (0.786 %)Mainframe
812 (0.786 %)Client/Server
911 (0.721 %)Management Information System
109 (0.590 %)IPTV
118 (0.524 %)N-Tier
125 (0.328 %)PKI
125 (0.328 %)Equities
134 (0.262 %)Statistics
134 (0.262 %)Firmware
134 (0.262 %)IBM Mainframe
134 (0.262 %)Credit Risk
143 (0.197 %)Data Conversion
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11018 (66.71 %)Solaris
2722 (47.31 %)UNIX
3384 (25.16 %)Linux
4344 (22.54 %)Windows
5222 (14.55 %)AIX
6137 (8.978 %)HPUX
7132 (8.650 %)Windows Server 2003
8118 (7.733 %)Red Hat Linux
969 (4.522 %)Windows 2000
1040 (2.621 %)Windows XP
1127 (1.769 %)Windows 2000 Server
1224 (1.573 %)Windows NT
1323 (1.507 %)SUSE
1417 (1.114 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1417 (1.114 %)OpenVMS
1515 (0.983 %)Tru64
1611 (0.721 %)VMS
1611 (0.721 %)FreeBSD
1710 (0.655 %)Mac OS X
187 (0.459 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1167 (10.94 %)Security Cleared
2120 (7.864 %)SC Cleared
3103 (6.750 %)ITIL
485 (5.570 %)OO
570 (4.587 %)Migration
654 (3.539 %)Project Management
750 (3.277 %)UML
848 (3.145 %)Disaster Recovery
947 (3.080 %)Change Management
1038 (2.490 %)RUP
1136 (2.359 %)ERP
1233 (2.163 %)PRINCE2
1331 (2.031 %)Identity Management
1428 (1.835 %)Service Delivery
1428 (1.835 %)Configuration Management
1428 (1.835 %)Load Balancing
1526 (1.704 %)DV Cleared
1623 (1.507 %)Service Management
1623 (1.507 %)Unified Process
1721 (1.376 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1297 (19.46 %)Java
2204 (13.37 %)Shell Script
3158 (10.35 %)SQL
4145 (9.502 %)Perl
557 (3.735 %)Korn
643 (2.818 %)C
739 (2.556 %)PL/SQL
828 (1.835 %)VB
922 (1.442 %)AWK
1018 (1.180 %)XPath
1116 (1.048 %)JavaScript
1215 (0.983 %)C++
1313 (0.852 %)VBScript
1410 (0.655 %)C#
156 (0.393 %)Pascal
165 (0.328 %)COBOL
165 (0.328 %)Transact-SQL
174 (0.262 %)PHP
174 (0.262 %)Python
183 (0.197 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1145 (9.502 %)Sun Certification
238 (2.490 %)Degree
328 (1.835 %)Cisco Certification
328 (1.835 %)Microsoft Certification
427 (1.769 %)IBM Certification
525 (1.638 %)CCNA
624 (1.573 %)MCSE
716 (1.048 %)ITIL Certification
814 (0.917 %)HP APS
913 (0.852 %)SNIA Certification
1012 (0.786 %)MCSA
1111 (0.721 %)Oracle Certification
1111 (0.721 %)SCSA
1210 (0.655 %)ISEB
138 (0.524 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
146 (0.393 %)SCJD
146 (0.393 %)PMP
146 (0.393 %)PMI Certification
146 (0.393 %)MCP
155 (0.328 %)OCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
143 (2.818 %)SLA
216 (1.048 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
39 (0.590 %)QA
47 (0.459 %)GxP
54 (0.262 %)GLP
54 (0.262 %)HL7
62 (0.131 %)ISO27001
62 (0.131 %)COBIT
62 (0.131 %)MiFID
62 (0.131 %)ISO17799
71 (0.066 %)GMP
71 (0.066 %)GAAP
71 (0.066 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1148 (9.699 %)NetBackup
285 (5.570 %)Active Directory
341 (2.687 %)Oracle RAC
438 (2.490 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
535 (2.294 %)VMware Infrastructure
634 (2.228 %)NFS
725 (1.638 %)Oracle RMAN
824 (1.573 %)VMware ESX
910 (0.655 %)ISA Server
910 (0.655 %)Samba
109 (0.590 %)Citrix Presentation Server
117 (0.459 %)Backup Exec
117 (0.459 %)Terminal Services
125 (0.328 %)ClearTrust
133 (0.197 %)Terminal Server
142 (0.131 %)Xen
151 (0.066 %)AquaLogic
151 (0.066 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
166 (4.325 %)Tivoli
254 (3.539 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
333 (2.163 %)OpenView
430 (1.966 %)Legato
527 (1.769 %)CA SiteMinder
622 (1.442 %)HP Data Protector
714 (0.917 %)Netcool
813 (0.852 %)Unicenter
911 (0.721 %)BMC PATROL
109 (0.590 %)AutoSys
118 (0.524 %)EMC NetWorker
127 (0.459 %)WSUS
136 (0.393 %)MIIS
136 (0.393 %)OVPA
136 (0.393 %)OpenView Configuration Management
136 (0.393 %)MOM
136 (0.393 %)Tivoli Monitoring
145 (0.328 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
154 (0.262 %)CONTROL-M
154 (0.262 %)Nagios
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1469 (30.73 %)Oracle
2303 (19.86 %)VERITAS
3255 (16.71 %)HP
4250 (16.38 %)IBM
5172 (11.27 %)EMC
6137 (8.978 %)Cisco
7125 (8.191 %)Microsoft
8124 (8.126 %)Red Hat
993 (6.094 %)VMware
1088 (5.767 %)Brocade
1172 (4.718 %)NetApp
1254 (3.539 %)Citrix
1344 (2.883 %)StorageTek
1440 (2.621 %)Intel
1440 (2.621 %)BEA
1537 (2.425 %)SAP
1537 (2.425 %)ATG
1636 (2.359 %)CA
1734 (2.228 %)Compaq
1734 (2.228 %)Symantec