The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 24 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 London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 372 298 268
Rank change year-on-year
-74 -30
Permanent jobs citing Sun 226 423 493
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.517% 0.789% 0.850%
As % of the Vendors category 1.108% 1.685% 1.895%
Number of salaries quoted 164 321 435
Average salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £33,200
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £80,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-11.76% -
All Vendors
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20398 25100 26018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 46.64% 46.80% 44.86%
Number of salaries quoted 16804 21509 21680
Average salary £51,000 £52,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sun
England

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Sun Salary Histogram

Sun
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -49 54 £61,500 +4.23%
Canary Wharf +3 9 £77,500 +3.33%
Feltham +8 7 £55,000 +85.16%
Croydon +1 1 £30,000 -50.00%
Docklands, London -8 1 £80,000 +18.51%
Bromley - 1 - -
Sun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 239 (49.38%) UNIX
2 228 (47.11%) Finance
3 202 (41.74%) Oracle
4 190 (39.26%) Linux
5 187 (38.64%) Solaris
6 155 (32.02%) Windows
7 128 (26.45%) SQL
8 110 (22.73%) Java
9 99 (20.45%) Perl
10 94 (19.42%) Microsoft
10 94 (19.42%) SAN
11 89 (18.39%) Degree
12 88 (18.18%) SQL Server
12 88 (18.18%) ITIL
13 82 (16.94%) Banking
14 81 (16.74%) IBM
15 72 (14.88%) HP
16 68 (14.05%) Veritas
16 68 (14.05%) Red Hat
17 67 (13.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 61 (12.60%) EMC
19 59 (12.19%) Tomcat
20 57 (11.78%) Apache
21 56 (11.57%) TCP/IP
22 55 (11.36%) Shell Script
22 55 (11.36%) DNS
22 55 (11.36%) Problem Management
23 54 (11.16%) NetApp
24 51 (10.54%) Service Management
25 50 (10.33%) C#

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 48 (9.917%) J2EE
1 48 (9.917%) Middleware
2 42 (8.678%) .NET
3 41 (8.471%) WebSphere
4 36 (7.438%) XML
5 29 (5.992%) ASP.NET
6 28 (5.785%) Ajax
7 24 (4.959%) WinForms
7 24 (4.959%) NHibernate
7 24 (4.959%) .NET Framework
7 24 (4.959%) WCF
7 24 (4.959%) WPF
7 24 (4.959%) Silverlight
7 24 (4.959%) MonoRail
7 24 (4.959%) Castle Windsor
7 24 (4.959%) Razor View Engine
7 24 (4.959%) ASP.NET MVC
8 21 (4.339%) SOAP
8 21 (4.339%) REST
9 18 (3.719%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 59 (12.19%) Tomcat
2 57 (11.78%) Apache
3 38 (7.851%) WebLogic
4 29 (5.992%) TIBCO EMS
5 26 (5.372%) MQSeries
6 22 (4.545%) Rendezvous
7 20 (4.132%) Rackspace Cloud
7 20 (4.132%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (4.132%) Amazon AWS
8 19 (3.926%) WebSphere MQ
9 18 (3.719%) SharePoint
10 17 (3.512%) GlassFish
11 8 (1.653%) IIS
11 8 (1.653%) Lync
12 6 (1.240%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.240%) Office Communications Server
13 5 (1.033%) Oracle Workflow
14 4 (0.826%) Oracle Application Server
14 4 (0.826%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 4 (0.826%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 35 (7.231%) MS Excel
2 16 (3.306%) MS Office
3 3 (0.620%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.207%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.826%) Applix TM1
1 4 (0.826%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (0.826%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.620%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.620%) SAP SD
2 3 (0.620%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.413%) Kondor+
4 1 (0.207%) Bond Adapt
4 1 (0.207%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.207%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.207%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.207%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.207%) LongView
4 1 (0.207%) LatentZero
4 1 (0.207%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 94 (19.42%) SAN
2 56 (11.57%) TCP/IP
3 55 (11.36%) DNS
4 35 (7.231%) SSH
4 35 (7.231%) NAS
5 33 (6.818%) HTTP
6 31 (6.405%) VoIP
7 30 (6.198%) LDAP
7 30 (6.198%) Internet
8 25 (5.165%) WAN
9 17 (3.512%) LAN
10 14 (2.893%) Firewall
10 14 (2.893%) Broadband
10 14 (2.893%) ADSL
10 14 (2.893%) DPNSS
10 14 (2.893%) Megaco
10 14 (2.893%) Q.931
10 14 (2.893%) H.323
10 14 (2.893%) MGCP
10 14 (2.893%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 29 (5.992%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (5.785%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (5.785%) SQL Server 2005
4 23 (4.752%) OLAP
5 21 (4.339%) Oracle 8/8i
6 20 (4.132%) SQL Server 2012
6 20 (4.132%) OLTP
7 19 (3.926%) SQL Server 2000
8 15 (3.099%) Oracle 10g
9 14 (2.893%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (2.479%) MySQL
11 11 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (2.066%) Crystal Reports
13 9 (1.860%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.653%) Oracle OLAP
15 7 (1.446%) Data Mart
16 6 (1.240%) Informix
16 6 (1.240%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 32 (6.612%) Subversion
2 30 (6.198%) Oracle Forms
3 24 (4.959%) NUnit
3 24 (4.959%) Rhino Mocks
4 8 (1.653%) Selenium
5 6 (1.240%) ClearCase
5 6 (1.240%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.240%) JIRA
6 4 (0.826%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.826%) Ant
6 4 (0.826%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.826%) WebDriver
6 4 (0.826%) Git (software)
6 4 (0.826%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.620%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.620%) JUnit
8 2 (0.413%) Maven
8 2 (0.413%) Log4j
8 2 (0.413%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.413%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 228 (47.11%) Finance
2 82 (16.94%) Banking
3 39 (8.058%) Telecoms
4 35 (7.231%) Investment Banking
5 33 (6.818%) Front Office
6 23 (4.752%) Back Office
7 11 (2.273%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.860%) Legal
8 9 (1.860%) Retail
9 5 (1.033%) Law
9 5 (1.033%) Games
9 5 (1.033%) Billing
10 3 (0.620%) Retail Banking
10 3 (0.620%) Japanese Language
10 3 (0.620%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.413%) Advertising
11 2 (0.413%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.207%) Publishing
12 1 (0.207%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.207%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 83 (17.15%) Administrator
2 68 (14.05%) Analyst
3 52 (10.74%) UNIX Administrator
4 46 (9.504%) Systems Administrator
4 46 (9.504%) Developer
5 42 (8.678%) Support Analyst
6 39 (8.058%) UNIX Systems Administrator
7 35 (7.231%) Applications Support
7 35 (7.231%) UNIX Engineer
8 30 (6.198%) DBA
9 26 (5.372%) Middleware Engineer
10 25 (5.165%) C# Developer
10 25 (5.165%) Storage Engineer
11 23 (4.752%) Team Leader
12 22 (4.545%) Technical Specialist
13 20 (4.132%) Architect
14 18 (3.719%) Technical Support
14 18 (3.719%) Technical Analyst
15 16 (3.306%) SQL DBA
16 15 (3.099%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.992%) Replication
1 29 (5.992%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 21 (4.339%) Clustering
2 21 (4.339%) Enterprise Storage
3 17 (3.512%) Cloud Computing
4 16 (3.306%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.099%) Computer Science
6 14 (2.893%) Hedge funds
7 13 (2.686%) Digital Media
7 13 (2.686%) Video on Demand
7 13 (2.686%) Derivative
7 13 (2.686%) CLARiiON
8 10 (2.066%) Equities
8 10 (2.066%) New Media
9 9 (1.860%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.860%) Mobile Banking
10 8 (1.653%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.653%) Equity Derivative
11 7 (1.446%) N-Tier
12 6 (1.240%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 239 (49.38%) UNIX
2 190 (39.26%) Linux
3 187 (38.64%) Solaris
4 155 (32.02%) Windows
5 67 (13.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 36 (7.438%) SUSE
7 23 (4.752%) AIX
8 17 (3.512%) HPUX
9 16 (3.306%) Oracle Linux
10 14 (2.893%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (1.446%) Windows 7
12 6 (1.240%) Ubuntu
12 6 (1.240%) FreeBSD
12 6 (1.240%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (1.033%) Windows XP
14 4 (0.826%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.826%) Android
15 3 (0.620%) Fedora
16 2 (0.413%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.413%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (18.18%) ITIL
2 55 (11.36%) Problem Management
3 51 (10.54%) Service Management
4 47 (9.711%) Service Delivery
4 47 (9.711%) Change Management
5 38 (7.851%) Business Continuity
6 35 (7.231%) TDD
7 31 (6.405%) E-Commerce
8 27 (5.579%) MVC
8 27 (5.579%) OO
9 25 (5.165%) Incident Management
10 24 (4.959%) User Acceptance Testing
10 24 (4.959%) Web Application Development
10 24 (4.959%) Capacity Planning
10 24 (4.959%) MVVM
11 22 (4.545%) Project Management
12 21 (4.339%) Asset Management
13 19 (3.926%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (3.926%) Agile Software Development
14 18 (3.719%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 128 (26.45%) SQL
2 110 (22.73%) Java
3 99 (20.45%) Perl
4 55 (11.36%) Shell Script
5 50 (10.33%) C#
6 28 (5.785%) T-SQL
7 24 (4.959%) Python
8 20 (4.132%) Korn
9 17 (3.512%) C++
10 12 (2.479%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.479%) Bash shell
11 10 (2.066%) Bourne shell
12 8 (1.653%) PHP
12 8 (1.653%) VB
13 6 (1.240%) AWK
13 6 (1.240%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.033%) sed
14 5 (1.033%) VBA
14 5 (1.033%) JavaScript
14 5 (1.033%) C
Qualifications
1 89 (18.39%) Degree
2 32 (6.612%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (5.992%) MCSD
4 28 (5.785%) MCP
5 24 (4.959%) MCTS
5 24 (4.959%) MCAD
6 15 (3.099%) Sun Certification
6 15 (3.099%) HND
7 11 (2.273%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.653%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.240%) MCITP
9 6 (1.240%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.240%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.033%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.826%) MCSE
11 4 (0.826%) MCDBA
11 4 (0.826%) VTSP
12 3 (0.620%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.620%) CCNA
12 3 (0.620%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.678%) QA
2 31 (6.405%) SLA
3 14 (2.893%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (2.273%) GAAP
5 3 (0.620%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.207%) COBIT
6 1 (0.207%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (7.025%) Samba
2 31 (6.405%) NFS
3 29 (5.992%) Sendmail
4 26 (5.372%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (3.512%) Squid
6 15 (3.099%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 12 (2.479%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 11 (2.273%) Active Directory
9 7 (1.446%) Veritas File System
9 7 (1.446%) XenApp
10 5 (1.033%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (1.033%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.826%) VMware ESX
11 4 (0.826%) Terminal Server
11 4 (0.826%) XenServer
11 4 (0.826%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.413%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.413%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 2 (0.413%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.207%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 20 (4.132%) NetBackup
2 19 (3.926%) Tivoli
3 13 (2.686%) BMC PATROL
3 13 (2.686%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 8 (1.653%) TIBCO Hawk
5 6 (1.240%) Nagios
6 5 (1.033%) Data Guard
6 5 (1.033%) Puppet
7 4 (0.826%) Backup Exec
7 4 (0.826%) ARCserve
7 4 (0.826%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.620%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.620%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (0.620%) Legato
9 2 (0.413%) OpenView
9 2 (0.413%) CA SiteMinder
9 2 (0.413%) PureDisk
9 2 (0.413%) SCCM
9 2 (0.413%) SCOM
10 1 (0.207%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 202 (41.74%) Oracle
2 94 (19.42%) Microsoft
3 81 (16.74%) IBM
4 72 (14.88%) HP
5 68 (14.05%) Veritas
5 68 (14.05%) Red Hat
6 61 (12.60%) EMC
7 54 (11.16%) NetApp
8 43 (8.884%) VMware
9 40 (8.264%) Cisco
10 34 (7.025%) TIBCO
11 28 (5.785%) Sybase
12 24 (4.959%) Rackspace
13 22 (4.545%) SAP
14 21 (4.339%) StorageTek
15 18 (3.719%) Nortel
16 16 (3.306%) JBoss
16 16 (3.306%) SunGard
16 16 (3.306%) Hitachi
17 15 (3.099%) BMC
North London
We are seeking a Java developer for our Operations & Bookings team - an organised and reliable person who can provide ongoing support in our London office... Required skills & experience:...
Travelfusion
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
The successful Systems Administrator (UNIX, Linux, TCP/IP) will work to support the UNIX, Storage and VMware infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity for a Systems Administrator (UNIX,...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The successful Systems Administrator (UNIX, Linux, TCP/IP) will work to support the UNIX, Storage and VMware infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity for a Systems Administrator (UNIX,...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The supported infrastructure consists of multi vendor SAN, Network attached storage and various backup capabilities across a variety of platforms and operating systems. Candidates will need to be...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
Experience in service oriented architecture and Java Applications - Experience of UNIX and 3 tiered architecture - Experience of securing Web communications, SSL, Cryptography Supporting Skills - The idea candidate will...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Health + 23-28 D
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Experience in service oriented architecture and Java Applications - Experience of UNIX and 3 tiered architecture - Experience of securing Web communications, SSL, Cryptography Supporting Skills - The idea candidate will...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £70,000 to £85,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Experience in service oriented architecture and Java Applications - Experience of UNIX and 3 tiered architecture - Experience of securing Web communications, SSL, Cryptography Supporting Skills - The idea candidate will...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £70,000 to £85,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Functional and change control documentation. Capacity planning and management around QA, development and test systems... Extensive experience with Java web application servers and related technologies (GlassFish, Sun Application...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Health + 23-28 D
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Unix systems administrator, Java web applications, Glassfish, Sun Application Server, Tomcat, Apache, Solaris 10, SPARC , to join to this world class business in the mobile telecom / financial space...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Experience and knowledge of using cloud infrastructure software, such as OpenStack, OpenNebula, or vSphere... A proven track record in Linux Systems Administration... Desirable Knowledge and experience of NAS,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
The Global Head of DBAs will be responsible for a team of 12 DBAs and senior DBAs, who are based through out Europe, Asia and the USA. Candidates...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £80000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Flex Bens
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
For the Global Head of DBA role, we are looking for someone who understands database technologies (Oracle and SQL Server) and will have probably have come from that...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £80000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Flex Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 22 May 2013
West End, London
Hands-on practical knowledge must include: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Redhat) installation, administration, patching and upgrading Server security and hardening (SSH, Solaris Security Toolkit [JASS] etc.) General Unix services,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £52000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West End, London
Hands-on practical knowledge must include: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Redhat) installation, administration, patching and upgrading Server security and hardening (SSH, Solaris Security Toolkit [JASS] etc.) General Unix services,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £52000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
This role is looking for a SQL DBA to join one of of the most successful marketing and technology agencies. They are looking for a talented SQL Database...
Big Wednesday
Salary: £0 - £65,000 per year
Posted: 26 April 2013
City, London
My client, a leading Investment Bank, seeks to find an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced individual to join their exciting eCommerce IT Support team. The successful candidate will be...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Banking Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
A real opportunity has arisen for an individual as a Murex Support Analyst to join the Swaps area. This organisation is at the very heart of the London...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £75000 - £80000 per annum + bonus, benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
The role as Junior Java Developer (Developer, Java, JEE) will work along-side a team of developers developing new functionality for the rest of the portal, ensuring that...
PPL UK
Salary: £25,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
A Global Investment Management company with a long history of excellence within Asset Management has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Application Support Analyst with experience across multiple...
Eaglecliff
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Experience and understanding of J2EE application servers Oracle RDBMS 10g and SQL... - The candidate must be educated to degree level and have worked in the UK for a...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £27,000 to £45,000 per annum plus outstanding package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
Experience with SOAP and Web Services... UML and Object Oriented Design... Excellent knowledge of SQL databases (Ideally with MySql) Linux administration experience (Ideally with Red Hat Enterprise) Java...
Reed Business Information Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + 29 days holiday + pension + share
Posted: 16 May 2013
East London
This is an exciting opportunity for a Storage Support Engineer with experience working within enterprise SAN (EMC, HDS and VMAX) and NAS (NetApp) storage/ backup environments to work...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Oncall and Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London, City
You will have the following experience: - Java/J2EE/J2SE. - Advanced OOP concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Engineering best practices. - Development processes and methodologies (e.g., RUP / XP / UML).
GreySpark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013