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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT jobs within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to 23 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank10691
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads2841
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.017 %
As % of the category below2.004 %3.369 %
Salaries quoted1936
Average minimum salary£30,789£44,564
Average salary£34,961£52,508
% change on same period last year-33.41 %
Average maximum salary£39,132£60,453
UK excluding London average salary£41,604£42,634
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads13971217
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.735 %0.500 %
Salaries quoted12271014
Average minimum salary£35,492£37,809
Average salary£39,077£41,581
% change on same period last year-6.02 %
Average maximum salary£42,663£45,352
UK excluding London average salary£39,846£42,033
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Sun West MidlandsSun
West Midlands

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 permanent IT jobs citing Sun across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham Sun Demand Trend

Sun
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sun across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008.

Birmingham Sun Salary Histogram

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sun.

141 (55.41 %)UNIX
238 (51.35 %)Solaris
328 (37.84 %)HP
426 (35.14 %)Java
524 (32.43 %)Oracle
623 (31.08 %)AIX
719 (25.68 %)Linux
719 (25.68 %)Red Hat
818 (24.32 %)HPUX
917 (22.97 %)SUSE
917 (22.97 %)IBM
1015 (20.27 %)J2EE
1114 (18.92 %)WebSphere
1213 (17.57 %)HTML
1213 (17.57 %)Struts
1213 (17.57 %)UML
1312 (16.22 %)XML
1312 (16.22 %)SQL
1411 (14.86 %)JMS
1411 (14.86 %)Degree
1510 (13.51 %)Sun Certification
1510 (13.51 %)Dell
1510 (13.51 %)Internet
1510 (13.51 %)EJB
1510 (13.51 %)JSP
1510 (13.51 %)Servlets
169 (12.16 %)Windows
169 (12.16 %)Oracle 9i
169 (12.16 %)LDAP
169 (12.16 %)Tru64

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sun. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (20.27 %)J2EE
214 (18.92 %)WebSphere
313 (17.57 %)HTML
313 (17.57 %)Struts
412 (16.22 %)XML
511 (14.86 %)JMS
610 (13.51 %)JSP
610 (13.51 %)Servlets
610 (13.51 %)EJB
78 (10.81 %)JSF
78 (10.81 %)AJAX
85 (6.757 %)Hibernate
85 (6.757 %)ODBC
85 (6.757 %)WebServices
85 (6.757 %)CSS
85 (6.757 %)JDBC
85 (6.757 %)Acegi Security
93 (4.054 %)Spring
101 (1.351 %).NET
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (12.16 %)Oracle 10gAS
28 (10.81 %)WebLogic
28 (10.81 %)JBoss
31 (1.351 %)MQSeries
31 (1.351 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (12.16 %)Oracle EBS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (13.51 %)Internet
29 (12.16 %)LDAP
38 (10.81 %)SAN
46 (8.108 %)TCP/IP
55 (6.757 %)HTTP
55 (6.757 %)SSL
61 (1.351 %)Firewall
61 (1.351 %)DNS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (12.16 %)Oracle 9i
19 (12.16 %)Oracle 10g
25 (6.757 %)DB2
33 (4.054 %)GIS
42 (2.703 %)SQLPlus
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (5.405 %)Eclipse
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (5.405 %)Finance
14 (5.405 %)Auditing
23 (4.054 %)Pensions
23 (4.054 %)Construction
32 (2.703 %)Education
41 (1.351 %)Banking
41 (1.351 %)Investment Banking
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (24.32 %)Developer
216 (21.62 %)Java Developer
313 (17.57 %)Analyst
411 (14.86 %)Senior Developer
411 (14.86 %)Senior Java Developer
510 (13.51 %)Administrator
69 (12.16 %)Oracle DBA
69 (12.16 %)DBA
69 (12.16 %)Linux Administrator
78 (10.81 %)J2EE Technical Architect
78 (10.81 %)Java Architect
78 (10.81 %)Technical Architect
78 (10.81 %)Java Technical Architect
78 (10.81 %)Architect
78 (10.81 %)J2EE Architect
87 (9.459 %)J2EE Developer
87 (9.459 %)Hardware Engineer
96 (8.108 %)Consultant
105 (6.757 %)Team Leader
105 (6.757 %)Support Team Leader
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (10.81 %)Clustering
25 (6.757 %)Client/Server
34 (5.405 %)AS400
42 (2.703 %)Computer Science
51 (1.351 %)N-Tier
51 (1.351 %)Firmware
51 (1.351 %)HACMP
51 (1.351 %)Management Information System
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
141 (55.41 %)UNIX
238 (51.35 %)Solaris
323 (31.08 %)AIX
419 (25.68 %)Linux
518 (24.32 %)HPUX
617 (22.97 %)SUSE
79 (12.16 %)Tru64
79 (12.16 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (17.57 %)UML
28 (10.81 %)OO
28 (10.81 %)RUP
35 (6.757 %)OOD
35 (6.757 %)SOA
35 (6.757 %)Software Engineering
43 (4.054 %)Unit Testing
43 (4.054 %)Agile Software Development
52 (2.703 %)QMS
61 (1.351 %)Network Design
61 (1.351 %)Performance Management
61 (1.351 %)Business Continuity
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (35.14 %)Java
212 (16.22 %)SQL
38 (10.81 %)JavaScript
45 (6.757 %)C
45 (6.757 %)Shell Script
54 (5.405 %)C++
62 (2.703 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.351 %)C#
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (14.86 %)Degree
210 (13.51 %)Sun Certification
32 (2.703 %)SCJD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.351 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (8.108 %)NetBackup
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (8.108 %)Legato
16 (8.108 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
16 (8.108 %)BMC PATROL
21 (1.351 %)Nagios
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (37.84 %)HP
224 (32.43 %)Oracle
319 (25.68 %)Red Hat
417 (22.97 %)IBM
510 (13.51 %)Dell
69 (12.16 %)Hyperion
78 (10.81 %)BEA
86 (8.108 %)BMC
86 (8.108 %)CommVault
86 (8.108 %)StorageTek
86 (8.108 %)VERITAS
95 (6.757 %)Cisco
104 (5.405 %)Redback
112 (2.703 %)Remedy
121 (1.351 %)VMware
121 (1.351 %)Brocade
121 (1.351 %)Symantec
121 (1.351 %)Microsoft
121 (1.351 %)EMC
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