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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 Manchester 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank136149
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads6157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.025 %
As % of the category below2.279 %2.118 %
Salaries quoted3532
Average minimum salary£29,486£35,406
Average salary£34,421£37,813
% change on same period last year-8.96 %
Average maximum salary£39,357£40,219
UK excluding London average salary£42,135£43,534
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Vendors ManchesterVendors
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads26772691
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.313 %1.191 %
Salaries quoted23152205
Average minimum salary£35,274£36,934
Average salary£40,416£42,660
% change on same period last year-5.25 %
Average maximum salary£45,559£48,386
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£41,444
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Sun North WestSun
North 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 starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Sun across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Manchester Sun Demand Trend

Sun
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1RochdaleDown-22--
1WiganNew entry-2£25,500-
2CheadleNew entry-1--
2SalfordDown-91£21,500-2.27 %
Sun North WestSun
North West

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Sun also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Sun.

155 (41.35 %)Unix
251 (38.35 %)Solaris
346 (34.59 %)Oracle
436 (27.07 %)Java
436 (27.07 %)IBM
534 (25.56 %)Sun Certification
633 (24.81 %)Cisco
731 (23.31 %)HP
829 (21.80 %)Degree
927 (20.30 %)J2EE
1026 (19.55 %)Linux
1125 (18.80 %)UML
1125 (18.80 %)JBoss
1224 (18.05 %)EMC
1321 (15.79 %)Windows
1420 (15.04 %)AIX
1517 (12.78 %)SQL
1616 (12.03 %)Red Hat
1616 (12.03 %)Microsoft
1715 (11.28 %)VERITAS
1814 (10.53 %)SQL Server
1912 (9.023 %)Apache
1912 (9.023 %)MS Exchange
1912 (9.023 %)SAN
1912 (9.023 %)Clustering
2011 (8.271 %)Novell
2011 (8.271 %)HACMP
2011 (8.271 %)MS Excel
2110 (7.519 %)Citrix
2110 (7.519 %)HTML

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Sun also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Sun. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
127 (20.30 %)J2EE
210 (7.519 %)HTML
37 (5.263 %)Hibernate
37 (5.263 %)Spring
45 (3.759 %)WebSphere
45 (3.759 %)ASP
45 (3.759 %)JSP
45 (3.759 %)Struts
45 (3.759 %)XML
54 (3.008 %).NET
62 (1.504 %)JavaBeans
62 (1.504 %)Middleware
62 (1.504 %)SWT
Application Platforms
125 (18.80 %)JBoss
212 (9.023 %)Apache
212 (9.023 %)MS Exchange
37 (5.263 %)IIS
46 (4.511 %)Exchange Server 2000
46 (4.511 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (3.008 %)SharePoint
62 (1.504 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (0.752 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
111 (8.271 %)MS Excel
24 (3.008 %)MS Visio
31 (0.752 %)MS Office
Business Applications
15 (3.759 %)Oracle Applications
22 (1.504 %)Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
112 (9.023 %)SAN
28 (6.015 %)Firewall
35 (3.759 %)TCP/IP
44 (3.008 %)VoIP
44 (3.008 %)VLAN
53 (2.256 %)DNS
62 (1.504 %)IP Telephony
71 (0.752 %)Cisco PIX
71 (0.752 %)LAN
71 (0.752 %)Internet
71 (0.752 %)WAN
71 (0.752 %)VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
114 (10.53 %)SQL Server
27 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (3.759 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (3.759 %)DB2
43 (2.256 %)Oracle 10g
43 (2.256 %)Oracle 9i
43 (2.256 %)Datawarehouse
52 (1.504 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.752 %)MySQL
61 (0.752 %)TOAD
61 (0.752 %)OLTP
61 (0.752 %)RDBMS
61 (0.752 %)Oracle 11g
Development Applications
12 (1.504 %)Eclipse
21 (0.752 %)Oracle Forms
General
16 (4.511 %)Finance
24 (3.008 %)Telecoms
33 (2.256 %)Billing
42 (1.504 %)Pensions
51 (0.752 %)Marketing
51 (0.752 %)Insurance
51 (0.752 %)Financial Institution
51 (0.752 %)Electric
51 (0.752 %)Health
51 (0.752 %)Banking
Job Titles
117 (12.78 %)Programmer
117 (12.78 %)Java Programmer
215 (11.28 %)Developer
312 (9.023 %)Analyst
312 (9.023 %)Administrator
312 (9.023 %)Java Developer
410 (7.519 %)Consultant
410 (7.519 %)Systems Administrator
410 (7.519 %)Java/J2EE Developer
59 (6.767 %)UNIX Engineer
68 (6.015 %)J2EE Developer
77 (5.263 %)Support Analyst
77 (5.263 %)Systems Support
86 (4.511 %)Management Consultant
86 (4.511 %)Infrastructure Engineer
86 (4.511 %)Linux Systems Administrator
86 (4.511 %)Linux Administrator
95 (3.759 %)Team Leader
95 (3.759 %)UNIX Administrator
95 (3.759 %)Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
112 (9.023 %)Clustering
211 (8.271 %)HACMP
31 (0.752 %)PKI
Operating Systems
155 (41.35 %)Unix
251 (38.35 %)Solaris
326 (19.55 %)Linux
421 (15.79 %)Windows
520 (15.04 %)AIX
67 (5.263 %)HPUX
76 (4.511 %)SUSE
76 (4.511 %)Debian
76 (4.511 %)Fedora
85 (3.759 %)Tru64
93 (2.256 %)Windows NT
101 (0.752 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
125 (18.80 %)UML
210 (7.519 %)Identity Management
35 (3.759 %)E-Commerce
42 (1.504 %)Business Intelligence
42 (1.504 %)Benchmarking
42 (1.504 %)Configuration Management
42 (1.504 %)Workflow
42 (1.504 %)Validation
42 (1.504 %)Business Development
42 (1.504 %)Network Load Balancing
42 (1.504 %)Time Management
51 (0.752 %)Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
136 (27.07 %)Java
217 (12.78 %)SQL
39 (6.767 %)Shell Script
39 (6.767 %)Perl
46 (4.511 %)PL/SQL
55 (3.759 %)C
64 (3.008 %)C#
64 (3.008 %)JavaScript
72 (1.504 %)Korn
Qualifications
134 (25.56 %)Sun Certification
229 (21.80 %)Degree
36 (4.511 %)MCSE
36 (4.511 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (2.256 %)CCNP
43 (2.256 %)Cisco Certification
52 (1.504 %)Oracle Certification
52 (1.504 %)CCNA
61 (0.752 %)CCDP
61 (0.752 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.752 %)CCEA
61 (0.752 %)CISSP
61 (0.752 %)OCP
61 (0.752 %)MCSA
61 (0.752 %)CCSP
61 (0.752 %)CISM
61 (0.752 %)SCSA
61 (0.752 %)SCNA
System Software
16 (4.511 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
16 (4.511 %)MIIS
22 (1.504 %)Tivoli
Vendors
146 (34.59 %)Oracle
236 (27.07 %)IBM
333 (24.81 %)Cisco
431 (23.31 %)HP
524 (18.05 %)EMC
616 (12.03 %)Microsoft
616 (12.03 %)Red Hat
715 (11.28 %)VERITAS
811 (8.271 %)Novell
910 (7.519 %)Citrix
108 (6.015 %)VMware
115 (3.759 %)Intel
124 (3.008 %)CheckPoint
132 (1.504 %)Dell
141 (0.752 %)Mitel
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