The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leicester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 54 57 44
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -13
Permanent jobs citing Sun 6 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 1.644% 0.488% 1.049%
As % of the Vendors category 2.703% 1.183% 2.308%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 3
Average salary £37,500 £31,250 £37,062
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.68%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All Vendors
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
222 169 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 60.82% 41.22% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 193 137 110
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £70,000 £49,850
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sun
Leicestershire

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester Sun Jobs Demand Trend

Sun
Salary Trend

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

Leicester Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) J2EE
1 16 (100.00%) EJB
1 16 (100.00%) Struts
1 16 (100.00%) Apache
1 16 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 16 (100.00%) SCWCD
1 16 (100.00%) SCJP
1 16 (100.00%) SCJD
1 16 (100.00%) Spring
1 16 (100.00%) SCJA
1 16 (100.00%) Enterprise Software

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

Application Development
1 16 (100.00%) J2EE
1 16 (100.00%) EJB
1 16 (100.00%) Struts
1 16 (100.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 16 (100.00%) Apache
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 16 (100.00%) J2EE Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 16 (100.00%) SCWCD
1 16 (100.00%) SCJP
1 16 (100.00%) SCJD
1 16 (100.00%) SCJA