The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 21 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 Merseyside 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 58 77 52
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -25
Permanent jobs citing Sun 1 2 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.217% 0.299% 3.077%
As % of the Vendors category 0.461% 0.556% 4.947%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 14
Average salary £70,000 £42,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+64.70% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £44,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-15.73% +4.70%
All Vendors
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
217 360 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 47.17% 53.73% 62.20%
Number of salaries quoted 178 323 234
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sun
North West

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Sun Salary Trend

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool +12 1 £70,000 +64.70%
Sun
North West

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) AIX
2 15 (93.75%) HPUX
2 15 (93.75%) Solaris
2 15 (93.75%) Linux
2 15 (93.75%) Informix
2 15 (93.75%) ERP
2 15 (93.75%) IBM
2 15 (93.75%) Java
2 15 (93.75%) SQL
2 15 (93.75%) .NET
2 15 (93.75%) Oracle
2 15 (93.75%) SQL Server
2 15 (93.75%) DB2
2 15 (93.75%) SAP
2 15 (93.75%) Baan
2 15 (93.75%) JD Edwards
2 15 (93.75%) Project Management
2 15 (93.75%) Process Management
2 15 (93.75%) Finance
2 15 (93.75%) Manufacturing
2 15 (93.75%) Business Analysis
2 15 (93.75%) Strategic Planning
2 15 (93.75%) Dynamics AX
2 15 (93.75%) Degree
2 15 (93.75%) Resource Management
2 15 (93.75%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.250%) VTSP
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 15 (93.75%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (93.75%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (93.75%) Informix
1 15 (93.75%) SQL Server
1 15 (93.75%) DB2
General
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
1 15 (93.75%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Business Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Analyst
2 1 (6.250%) Sales Manager
2 1 (6.250%) Business Manager
2 1 (6.250%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) AIX
2 15 (93.75%) HPUX
2 15 (93.75%) Solaris
2 15 (93.75%) Linux
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) ERP
1 15 (93.75%) Project Management
1 15 (93.75%) Process Management
1 15 (93.75%) Business Analysis
1 15 (93.75%) Strategic Planning
1 15 (93.75%) Resource Management
2 1 (6.250%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) Java
1 15 (93.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) VTSP
2 1 (6.250%) CCSP
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) IBM
1 15 (93.75%) Oracle
1 15 (93.75%) SAP
1 15 (93.75%) Baan
1 15 (93.75%) JD Edwards
2 1 (6.250%) VMware
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) HP
2 1 (6.250%) Citrix