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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 Leeds 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank113102
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads3970
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.029 %
As % of the category below2.784 %3.919 %
Salaries quoted3366
Average minimum salary£32,273£33,459
Average salary£35,644£36,292
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum salary£39,015£39,126
UK excluding London average salary£41,558£42,757
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads14011786
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.754 %0.744 %
Salaries quoted11221493
Average minimum salary£31,613£33,622
Average salary£34,383£37,017
% change on same period last year-7.11 %
Average maximum salary£37,153£40,411
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Sun West YorkshireSun
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leeds Sun Salary Histogram

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

171 (65.14 %)Solaris
265 (59.63 %)UNIX
336 (33.03 %)IBM
435 (32.11 %)Linux
528 (25.69 %)HTML
627 (24.77 %)JSP
725 (22.94 %)Java
725 (22.94 %)Oracle
824 (22.02 %)SQL
923 (21.10 %)XML
1019 (17.43 %)J2EE
1118 (16.51 %)Oracle 9i
1118 (16.51 %)Finance
1217 (15.60 %)Oracle 10g
1217 (15.60 %)WebSphere
1315 (13.76 %)DB2
1414 (12.84 %)ASP
1414 (12.84 %)JavaScript
1414 (12.84 %)Intel
1414 (12.84 %)E-Commerce
1513 (11.93 %)PL/SQL
1513 (11.93 %)SQL Server
1513 (11.93 %)Service Delivery
1612 (11.01 %)SQL Server 2000
1612 (11.01 %)UML
1612 (11.01 %)Sun Certification
1711 (10.09 %)Microsoft
1711 (10.09 %)WebLogic
1711 (10.09 %)Red Hat
1810 (9.174 %)AJAX

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (25.69 %)HTML
227 (24.77 %)JSP
323 (21.10 %)XML
419 (17.43 %)J2EE
517 (15.60 %)WebSphere
614 (12.84 %)ASP
710 (9.174 %)EJB
710 (9.174 %)Struts
710 (9.174 %)JSF
710 (9.174 %)AJAX
88 (7.339 %)Servlets
97 (6.422 %)Hibernate
97 (6.422 %)Java EE
97 (6.422 %)Spring
106 (5.505 %)SiteMesh
106 (5.505 %)CSS
106 (5.505 %)JDBC
114 (3.670 %)JMS
122 (1.835 %)J2SE
122 (1.835 %)WebServices
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (10.09 %)WebLogic
29 (8.257 %)Lotus Domino
38 (7.339 %)Apache
45 (4.587 %)JBoss
53 (2.752 %)Tomcat
61 (0.917 %)iPlanet
61 (0.917 %)Oracle Application Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.917 %)ResourceLink
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (8.257 %)DNS
25 (4.587 %)FTP
33 (2.752 %)HTTP
33 (2.752 %)Broadband
33 (2.752 %)HTTPS
33 (2.752 %)SMTP
33 (2.752 %)TCP/IP
33 (2.752 %)ICMP
42 (1.835 %)Wireless
42 (1.835 %)Nortel Alteon
42 (1.835 %)SAN
42 (1.835 %)Internet
42 (1.835 %)LAN
42 (1.835 %)WAN
51 (0.917 %)SNMP
51 (0.917 %)SSH
51 (0.917 %)BIG-IP
51 (0.917 %)Firewall
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (16.51 %)Oracle 9i
217 (15.60 %)Oracle 10g
315 (13.76 %)DB2
413 (11.93 %)SQL Server
512 (11.01 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (5.505 %)RDBMS
72 (1.835 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (1.835 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.917 %)MySQL
81 (0.917 %)Oracle Reports
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.835 %)Ant
12 (1.835 %)Eclipse
12 (1.835 %)Subversion
21 (0.917 %)Oracle Forms
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (16.51 %)Finance
27 (6.422 %)Pensions
36 (5.505 %)Banking
45 (4.587 %)Financial Institution
54 (3.670 %)Telecoms
54 (3.670 %)Investment Banking
63 (2.752 %)Multimedia
72 (1.835 %)Insurance
81 (0.917 %)Billing
81 (0.917 %)Retail
81 (0.917 %)Health
81 (0.917 %)Legal
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (22.02 %)UNIX Engineer
220 (18.35 %)Analyst
313 (11.93 %)Sun Engineer
412 (11.01 %)Administrator
511 (10.09 %)Support Analyst
511 (10.09 %)UNIX Support
610 (9.174 %)Systems Administrator
78 (7.339 %)Support Engineer
78 (7.339 %)Developer
87 (6.422 %)Systems Engineer
87 (6.422 %)DBA
96 (5.505 %)Oracle DBA
96 (5.505 %)J2EE Developer
96 (5.505 %)Linux Engineer
96 (5.505 %)Database Manager
105 (4.587 %)UNIX Administrator
105 (4.587 %)UNIX Support Engineer
105 (4.587 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
114 (3.670 %)J2EE Architect
114 (3.670 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (8.257 %)AS400
26 (5.505 %)HACMP
32 (1.835 %)Mainframe
41 (0.917 %)Management Information System
41 (0.917 %)Smartcard
41 (0.917 %)Clustering
41 (0.917 %)PMI
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
171 (65.14 %)Solaris
265 (59.63 %)UNIX
335 (32.11 %)Linux
410 (9.174 %)AIX
410 (9.174 %)Red Hat Linux
58 (7.339 %)Windows
67 (6.422 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
75 (4.587 %)i5/OS
83 (2.752 %)Windows Server 2003
92 (1.835 %)SUSE
92 (1.835 %)NetBSD
92 (1.835 %)FreeBSD
101 (0.917 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.917 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.917 %)HPUX
101 (0.917 %)Tru64
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (12.84 %)E-Commerce
213 (11.93 %)Service Delivery
312 (11.01 %)UML
410 (9.174 %)ITIL
58 (7.339 %)RUP
66 (5.505 %)OOA/OOD
74 (3.670 %)OO
74 (3.670 %)Scrum
74 (3.670 %)Agile Software Development
83 (2.752 %)Incident Management
92 (1.835 %)Operations Management
101 (0.917 %)System Testing
101 (0.917 %)AOP
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (22.94 %)Java
224 (22.02 %)SQL
314 (12.84 %)JavaScript
413 (11.93 %)PL/SQL
59 (8.257 %)RPG
68 (7.339 %)Perl
77 (6.422 %)Tcl
83 (2.752 %)Shell Script
92 (1.835 %)Jython
92 (1.835 %)Groovy
101 (0.917 %)Korn
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (11.01 %)Sun Certification
25 (4.587 %)IBM Certification
34 (3.670 %)Degree
42 (1.835 %)ITIL Certification
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.752 %)SLA
22 (1.835 %)QA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (7.339 %)Oracle RAC
25 (4.587 %)NetBackup
31 (0.917 %)Active Directory
31 (0.917 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.917 %)Tivoli
11 (0.917 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (0.917 %)Netcool
11 (0.917 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (33.03 %)IBM
225 (22.94 %)Oracle
314 (12.84 %)Intel
411 (10.09 %)Microsoft
411 (10.09 %)Red Hat
59 (8.257 %)Lotus
59 (8.257 %)HP
66 (5.505 %)VERITAS
66 (5.505 %)BEA
74 (3.670 %)Cisco
82 (1.835 %)Nortel
82 (1.835 %)Compaq
82 (1.835 %)Dell
82 (1.835 %)NetApp
91 (0.917 %)Novell
91 (0.917 %)Fujitsu