The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton 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 Northampton 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 41 52 54
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Sun 13 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 3.299% 0.873% 1.899%
As % of the Vendors category 7.303% 2.500% 4.891%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 9
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-11.76% -
All Vendors
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
178 160 184
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 45.18% 34.93% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 163 152 166
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sun
Northamptonshire

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

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

Northampton Sun Salary Histogram

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 20 (95.24%) Java
2 18 (85.71%) Sun Certification
3 17 (80.95%) SCJA
3 17 (80.95%) SCJP
3 17 (80.95%) SCJD
3 17 (80.95%) Spring
3 17 (80.95%) Apache
3 17 (80.95%) J2EE
3 17 (80.95%) Struts
4 16 (76.19%) EJB
4 16 (76.19%) SCWCD
4 16 (76.19%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (19.05%) Degree
5 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
5 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 3 (14.29%) Flash
6 3 (14.29%) CSS
6 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 3 (14.29%) XML
6 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
6 3 (14.29%) ActionScript
6 3 (14.29%) .NET
6 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 3 (14.29%) C#
6 3 (14.29%) HTML
6 3 (14.29%) Streaming Video
6 3 (14.29%) jQuery
6 3 (14.29%) Android
6 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 17 (80.95%) Spring
1 17 (80.95%) J2EE
1 17 (80.95%) Struts
2 16 (76.19%) EJB
3 3 (14.29%) Flash
3 3 (14.29%) CSS
3 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 3 (14.29%) XML
3 3 (14.29%) .NET
3 3 (14.29%) HTML
3 3 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (4.762%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 17 (80.95%) Apache
2 1 (4.762%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) DHCP
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.762%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Developer
2 18 (85.71%) Java Developer
3 17 (80.95%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 17 (80.95%) J2EE Developer
4 2 (9.524%) .NET Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior .NET Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (76.19%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 3 (14.29%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Android
1 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.762%) UNIX
2 1 (4.762%) Solaris
2 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
1 1 (4.762%) Software Engineering
1 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (95.24%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
2 3 (14.29%) ActionScript
2 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 3 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) Sun Certification
2 17 (80.95%) SCJA
2 17 (80.95%) SCJP
2 17 (80.95%) SCJD
3 16 (76.19%) SCWCD
4 4 (19.05%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) Veritas Volume Manager
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle