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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 Dorset 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8382
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads75
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.522 %0.911 %
Salaries quoted55
Average minimum salary£38,000£49,375
Average salary£40,800£50,188
% change on same period last year-18.70 %
Average maximum salary£43,600£51,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,533£42,465
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Dorset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Dorset
Matching permanent IT job ads460549
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.251 %0.231 %
Salaries quoted353444
Average minimum salary£32,868£38,364
Average salary£35,531£42,093
% change on same period last year-15.59 %
Average maximum salary£38,193£45,823
UK excluding London average salary£40,005£41,895
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
Sun South WestSun
South West

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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Dorset Sun Salary Histogram

Sun
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BournemouthUp+175£36,667-27.21 %
Sun South WestSun
South West

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

129 (60.42 %)UNIX
129 (60.42 %)Solaris
217 (35.42 %)SAN
217 (35.42 %).NET
313 (27.08 %)Finance
411 (22.92 %)Oracle
411 (22.92 %)Windows
510 (20.83 %)AIX
510 (20.83 %)Degree
69 (18.75 %)Fujitsu
69 (18.75 %)Banking
69 (18.75 %)VERITAS
69 (18.75 %)Great Plains
69 (18.75 %)Navision
69 (18.75 %)VB.NET
69 (18.75 %)CODA
69 (18.75 %)Agresso
69 (18.75 %)Sage
78 (16.67 %)STL
78 (16.67 %)Motif
78 (16.67 %)Clustering
78 (16.67 %)C++
78 (16.67 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
85 (10.42 %)Symantec
85 (10.42 %)Tivoli
85 (10.42 %)PL/SQL
85 (10.42 %)SQL
85 (10.42 %)SQL Server
85 (10.42 %)Ada
85 (10.42 %)Microsoft

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (35.42 %).NET
28 (16.67 %)STL
28 (16.67 %)Motif
Dorset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.083 %)SAS
Dorset IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (18.75 %)Great Plains
19 (18.75 %)Navision
Dorset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (35.42 %)SAN
21 (2.083 %)DNS
Dorset IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (10.42 %)SQL Server
24 (8.333 %)BusinessObjects
32 (4.167 %)Oracle 10g
41 (2.083 %)OLAP
41 (2.083 %)Datawarehouse
41 (2.083 %)ETL
Dorset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (8.333 %)ERwin
Dorset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (27.08 %)Finance
29 (18.75 %)Banking
34 (8.333 %)Wholesale Banking
42 (4.167 %)Retail
42 (4.167 %)Aerospace
51 (2.083 %)Investment Banking
51 (2.083 %)Telecoms
Dorset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (35.42 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
213 (27.08 %)Systems Administrator
213 (27.08 %)Administrator
312 (25.00 %)UNIX Administrator
49 (18.75 %)Systems Support
58 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
66 (12.50 %)Analyst
75 (10.42 %)Business Analyst
84 (8.333 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
84 (8.333 %)Solaris Administrator
92 (4.167 %)Technical Analyst
92 (4.167 %)UNIX Support
92 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
92 (4.167 %)UNIX Engineer
92 (4.167 %)UNIX Support Engineer
92 (4.167 %)Technical Business Analyst
92 (4.167 %)Consultant
92 (4.167 %)Support Engineer
92 (4.167 %)Technical Consultant
92 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support
Dorset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (16.67 %)Clustering
24 (8.333 %)Replication
31 (2.083 %)Equities
31 (2.083 %)Derivative
31 (2.083 %)Credit Risk
Dorset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (60.42 %)Solaris
129 (60.42 %)UNIX
211 (22.92 %)Windows
310 (20.83 %)AIX
45 (10.42 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (6.250 %)Red Hat Linux
53 (6.250 %)Linux
62 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
62 (4.167 %)Windows XP
62 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (4.167 %)SUSE
62 (4.167 %)Debian
62 (4.167 %)Fedora
62 (4.167 %)Ubuntu
62 (4.167 %)Windows Vista
62 (4.167 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
62 (4.167 %)CentOS
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (6.250 %)Requirements Analysis
13 (6.250 %)Technical Architecture
13 (6.250 %)SC Cleared
13 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
22 (4.167 %)Data Modelling
31 (2.083 %)Business Intelligence
31 (2.083 %)Project Management
31 (2.083 %)Service Delivery
31 (2.083 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (2.083 %)Business Analysis
31 (2.083 %)Software Testing
31 (2.083 %)Performance Testing
31 (2.083 %)Performance Management
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (18.75 %)VB.NET
28 (16.67 %)C++
35 (10.42 %)PL/SQL
35 (10.42 %)SQL
35 (10.42 %)Ada
Dorset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (20.83 %)Degree
25 (10.42 %)Chartered Engineer
32 (4.167 %)RHCE
32 (4.167 %)Sun Certification
32 (4.167 %)SCSA
Dorset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.083 %)QA
Dorset IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (8.333 %)Oracle RAC
Dorset IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (16.67 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
25 (10.42 %)Tivoli
34 (8.333 %)Tivoli Monitoring
41 (2.083 %)AutoSys
Dorset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (22.92 %)Oracle
29 (18.75 %)VERITAS
29 (18.75 %)CODA
29 (18.75 %)Agresso
29 (18.75 %)Sage
29 (18.75 %)Fujitsu
35 (10.42 %)Symantec
35 (10.42 %)Microsoft
44 (8.333 %)Informatica
44 (8.333 %)Business Objects
53 (6.250 %)Red Hat
61 (2.083 %)Cisco
61 (2.083 %)IBM
61 (2.083 %)Infovista