The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 90 85 70
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -15
Contract jobs citing Sun 1 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.079% 0.309% 0.090%
As % of the Vendors category 0.177% 0.680% 0.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £341 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
564 735 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 44.30% 45.43% 35.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 374 149
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 42
Average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £31.25 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sun
Yorkshire

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -1 1 - -
Sun
Yorkshire

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 14 (100.00%) Solaris
2 9 (64.29%) GlassFish
3 8 (57.14%) Java
3 8 (57.14%) Internet
4 7 (50.00%) Process Management
4 7 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 6 (42.86%) Finance
5 6 (42.86%) ITIL
5 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
6 5 (35.71%) Oracle
7 4 (28.57%) UNIX
7 4 (28.57%) SQL
7 4 (28.57%) Firewall
7 4 (28.57%) Web Services
7 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle 9i
8 3 (21.43%) WAN
8 3 (21.43%) VPN
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
9 2 (14.29%) WebSphere
9 2 (14.29%) F5

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 4 (28.57%) Web Services
2 2 (14.29%) WebSphere
3 1 (7.143%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (64.29%) GlassFish
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (7.143%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Internet
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 3 (21.43%) WAN
3 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 2 (14.29%) SSL
5 1 (7.143%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (7.143%) SAN
5 1 (7.143%) DNS
5 1 (7.143%) NetScreen
5 1 (7.143%) Network Security
5 1 (7.143%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle 9i
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.143%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (21.43%) DBA
2 3 (21.43%) Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Web Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Server Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.143%) Server Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Linux Support
4 1 (7.143%) Sun Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Sun Support
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Support
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.143%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Beowulf
1 1 (7.143%) Grid Computing
1 1 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Solaris
2 4 (28.57%) UNIX
3 2 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (7.143%) Linux
4 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Process Management
1 7 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) VB
3 1 (7.143%) Perl
3 1 (7.143%) PHP
3 1 (7.143%) C
3 1 (7.143%) C++
3 1 (7.143%) Python
3 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
1 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware ESX
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.143%) Sendmail
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (7.143%) Blue Coat
4 1 (7.143%) VMware
4 1 (7.143%) Juniper
4 1 (7.143%) NetApp
4 1 (7.143%) Apple
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco
4 1 (7.143%) McAfee