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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 South East 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank120126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads633739
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.334 %0.303 %
As % of the category below3.563 %3.327 %
Salaries quoted404541
Average minimum salary£41,202£43,364
Average salary£44,355£46,627
% change on same period last year-4.87 %
Average maximum salary£47,508£49,889
UK excluding London average salary£41,473£42,671
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1776422214
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.378 %9.096 %
Salaries quoted1437017627
Average minimum salary£37,984£40,135
Average salary£41,506£43,451
% change on same period last year-4.47 %
Average maximum salary£45,027£46,768
UK excluding London average salary£39,792£42,049
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Sun EnglandSun
England

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 beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Sun across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East Sun Demand Trend

Sun
Salary Trend

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

South East Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HampshireUp+59213£44,297+4.11 %
SurreyDown-3121£43,511-15.40 %
BerkshireDown-55118£46,573+3.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4060£43,411-4.44 %
MiddlesexNo change058£43,516-13.65 %
OxfordshireUp+1116£25,143-48.94 %
East SussexUp+1010£38,000-5.00 %
KentDown-2010£40,357+7.69 %
M4 CorridorUp+69£50,000+42.85 %
Thames ValleyUp+297£73,571+53.27 %
West SussexNew entry-2£42,500-
Sun EnglandSun
England

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1882 (65.67 %)Solaris
2854 (63.59 %)UNIX
3481 (35.82 %)IBM
4396 (29.49 %)Linux
5370 (27.55 %)Windows
6369 (27.48 %)Oracle
7358 (26.66 %)AIX
8325 (24.20 %)HP
9298 (22.19 %)Finance
10270 (20.10 %)SAN
11224 (16.68 %)Cisco
12190 (14.15 %)Red Hat
13180 (13.40 %)Java
14172 (12.81 %)Microsoft
15168 (12.51 %)VERITAS
16163 (12.14 %)SQL
17157 (11.69 %)Internet
18149 (11.09 %)Shell Script
19144 (10.72 %)Perl
20132 (9.829 %)WebSphere
21129 (9.605 %)Apache
22126 (9.382 %)DNS
23123 (9.159 %)TCP/IP
24121 (9.010 %)HPUX
25118 (8.786 %)Clustering
26113 (8.414 %)ITIL
27112 (8.340 %)EMC
28110 (8.191 %)Telecoms
29103 (7.669 %)Sun Certification
30102 (7.595 %)SQL Server

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1132 (9.829 %)WebSphere
298 (7.297 %)J2EE
375 (5.585 %)HTML
468 (5.063 %)CSS
563 (4.691 %)XHTML
662 (4.617 %)Struts
758 (4.319 %)XML
849 (3.649 %)JSP
940 (2.978 %)MVC
1038 (2.829 %)J2SE
1038 (2.829 %)EJB
1135 (2.606 %)Servlets
1229 (2.159 %)XSLT
1326 (1.936 %)JDBC
1425 (1.862 %)Middleware
1425 (1.862 %)Hibernate
1425 (1.862 %)NetBeans
1425 (1.862 %)Apache Axis
1524 (1.787 %)WebServices
1623 (1.713 %)JMS
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1129 (9.605 %)Apache
247 (3.500 %)WebLogic
342 (3.127 %)JBoss
441 (3.053 %)IIS
537 (2.755 %)Tomcat
632 (2.383 %)WebSphere Application Server
727 (2.010 %)MQSeries
822 (1.638 %)SAS
920 (1.489 %)WebSphere MQ
1015 (1.117 %)MS Exchange
118 (0.596 %)Exchange Server 2007
118 (0.596 %)Office Communications Server
118 (0.596 %)Oracle 9iAS
127 (0.521 %)SharePoint
127 (0.521 %)Documentum
134 (0.298 %)Exchange Server 2003
143 (0.223 %)ESB
143 (0.223 %)Oracle 10gAS
143 (0.223 %)Oracle Workflow
143 (0.223 %)TeamSite
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
176 (5.659 %)MS Excel
210 (0.745 %)MS Office
39 (0.670 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (1.862 %)Navision
222 (1.638 %)Movex
222 (1.638 %)SAP Retail
313 (0.968 %)Oracle Applications
48 (0.596 %)Oracle EBS
55 (0.372 %)HiPortfolio
55 (0.372 %)Oracle 11i
55 (0.372 %)Great Plains
64 (0.298 %)Oracle Financials
64 (0.298 %)SAP ERP
71 (0.074 %)BASE24
71 (0.074 %)CODA-Financials
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1270 (20.10 %)SAN
2157 (11.69 %)Internet
3126 (9.382 %)DNS
4123 (9.159 %)TCP/IP
580 (5.957 %)LDAP
677 (5.733 %)Firewall
758 (4.319 %)VPN
847 (3.500 %)SSL
941 (3.053 %)LAN
941 (3.053 %)Network Security
1037 (2.755 %)Wireless
1037 (2.755 %)HTTP
1132 (2.383 %)Cisco PIX
1228 (2.085 %)WAN
1326 (1.936 %)NetScreen
1423 (1.713 %)SMTP
1519 (1.415 %)VoIP
1519 (1.415 %)HTTPS
1519 (1.415 %)IMAP
1618 (1.340 %)IntruShield
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1102 (7.595 %)SQL Server
297 (7.223 %)MySQL
348 (3.574 %)Oracle 10g
440 (2.978 %)DB2
538 (2.829 %)Informix
538 (2.829 %)Oracle 9i
633 (2.457 %)Oracle 8/8i
732 (2.383 %)RDBMS
812 (0.894 %)MS Access
97 (0.521 %)Oracle Reports
106 (0.447 %)Ingres
115 (0.372 %)BusinessObjects
115 (0.372 %)Crystal Reports
115 (0.372 %)PostgreSQL
123 (0.223 %)SQL Server 2005
123 (0.223 %)DB2 UDB
123 (0.223 %)Oracle 11g
123 (0.223 %)Datawarehouse
123 (0.223 %)SQL Server 7
123 (0.223 %)SQL Server 2000
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
136 (2.681 %)Eclipse
232 (2.383 %)JDeveloper
232 (2.383 %)JUnit
324 (1.787 %)JBuilder
324 (1.787 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
324 (1.787 %)Log4j
410 (0.745 %)Ant
57 (0.521 %)WebObjects
65 (0.372 %)ClearCase
74 (0.298 %)Oracle Forms
74 (0.298 %)HttpUnit
82 (0.149 %)ERwin
82 (0.149 %)Subversion
82 (0.149 %)ClearQuest
82 (0.149 %)MSI
91 (0.074 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.074 %)WebLogic Workshop
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1298 (22.19 %)Finance
2110 (8.191 %)Telecoms
377 (5.733 %)Pensions
471 (5.287 %)Banking
565 (4.840 %)Health
646 (3.425 %)Financial Institution
741 (3.053 %)Retail
821 (1.564 %)Insurance
917 (1.266 %)Investment Banking
1015 (1.117 %)Marketing
1110 (0.745 %)Electric
1110 (0.745 %)Manufacturing
129 (0.670 %)Government
129 (0.670 %)Billing
129 (0.670 %)FMCG
138 (0.596 %)Education
138 (0.596 %)Games
147 (0.521 %)Construction
156 (0.447 %)Auditing
165 (0.372 %)Back Office
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1387 (28.82 %)Administrator
2248 (18.47 %)Systems Administrator
3185 (13.78 %)UNIX Administrator
4150 (11.17 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
5126 (9.382 %)Consultant
5126 (9.382 %)Developer
674 (5.510 %)UNIX Engineer
772 (5.361 %)Java Developer
870 (5.212 %)Team Leader
969 (5.138 %)Support Engineer
1067 (4.989 %)UNIX Support
1165 (4.840 %)AIX Administrator
1261 (4.542 %)Analyst
1360 (4.468 %)Technical Support
1455 (4.095 %)Architect
1551 (3.797 %)DBA
1646 (3.425 %)Project Manager
1743 (3.202 %)Systems Engineer
1840 (2.978 %)Solaris Administrator
1939 (2.904 %)Technical Engineer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1118 (8.786 %)Clustering
285 (6.329 %)HACMP
335 (2.606 %)Mainframe
423 (1.713 %)IPTV
518 (1.340 %)SecurID
518 (1.340 %)CLARiiON
617 (1.266 %)PMI
714 (1.042 %)Client/Server
811 (0.819 %)Replication
99 (0.670 %)Biometrics
108 (0.596 %)Management Information System
108 (0.596 %)CMDB
117 (0.521 %)N-Tier
117 (0.521 %)PKI
117 (0.521 %)German Language
126 (0.447 %)AS400
126 (0.447 %)RIA
126 (0.447 %)Computer Science
134 (0.298 %)W3C
134 (0.298 %)Statistics
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1882 (65.67 %)Solaris
2854 (63.59 %)UNIX
3396 (29.49 %)Linux
4370 (27.55 %)Windows
5358 (26.66 %)AIX
6121 (9.010 %)HPUX
760 (4.468 %)SUSE
850 (3.723 %)FreeBSD
937 (2.755 %)Windows 2000
1032 (2.383 %)Windows NT
1131 (2.308 %)Debian
1227 (2.010 %)Windows Server 2003
1326 (1.936 %)Tru64
1420 (1.489 %)OpenVMS
1518 (1.340 %)MVS
1612 (0.894 %)Windows XP
178 (0.596 %)Fedora
187 (0.521 %)Ubuntu
196 (0.447 %)Mac OS X
203 (0.223 %)VMS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1113 (8.414 %)ITIL
287 (6.478 %)Change Management
355 (4.095 %)Project Management
453 (3.946 %)UML
550 (3.723 %)OO
648 (3.574 %)Problem Management
747 (3.500 %)E-Commerce
836 (2.681 %)PRINCE2
930 (2.234 %)Identity Management
930 (2.234 %)Performance Management
1029 (2.159 %)ERP
1126 (1.936 %)Disaster Recovery
1225 (1.862 %)SOA
1225 (1.862 %)Security Cleared
1322 (1.638 %)Release Management
1421 (1.564 %)Use Case
1520 (1.489 %)Online Security
1618 (1.340 %)B2B
1717 (1.266 %)Supplier Management
1816 (1.191 %)Information Security
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1180 (13.40 %)Java
2163 (12.14 %)SQL
3149 (11.09 %)Shell Script
4144 (10.72 %)Perl
585 (6.329 %)JavaScript
653 (3.946 %)C
739 (2.904 %)Korn
835 (2.606 %)PL/SQL
928 (2.085 %)AWK
1025 (1.862 %)XPath
1120 (1.489 %)C++
1211 (0.819 %)PHP
1211 (0.819 %)Python
135 (0.372 %)ABAP
143 (0.223 %)VBScript
143 (0.223 %)C#
151 (0.074 %)DHTML
151 (0.074 %)VB
151 (0.074 %)Transact-SQL
151 (0.074 %)VBA
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1103 (7.669 %)Sun Certification
273 (5.436 %)IBM AIX Certification
351 (3.797 %)Degree
441 (3.053 %)Microsoft Certification
538 (2.829 %)MCSE
630 (2.234 %)Cisco Certification
727 (2.010 %)CCNA
818 (1.340 %)CCNP
917 (1.266 %)ITIL Certification
1016 (1.191 %)MCP
1113 (0.968 %)PMP
1113 (0.968 %)PMI Certification
1212 (0.894 %)ISEB
1310 (0.745 %)MCSA
148 (0.596 %)SCSA
157 (0.521 %)CISSP
157 (0.521 %)SCNA
166 (0.447 %)CISA
175 (0.372 %)QiCA
184 (0.298 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
146 (3.425 %)QA
220 (1.489 %)SLA
37 (0.521 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.149 %)ISO9000
51 (0.074 %)ISO9001
51 (0.074 %)ISO8583
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
172 (5.361 %)Active Directory
261 (4.542 %)NetBackup
338 (2.829 %)VMware Infrastructure
435 (2.606 %)NFS
524 (1.787 %)Oracle RAC
622 (1.638 %)Oracle RMAN
622 (1.638 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
718 (1.340 %)Novell eDirectory
812 (0.894 %)Terminal Services
911 (0.819 %)Backup Exec
1010 (0.745 %)Xen
115 (0.372 %)Citrix Presentation Server
124 (0.298 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
124 (0.298 %)Snort
124 (0.298 %)Squid
124 (0.298 %)ISA Server
124 (0.298 %)Samba
133 (0.223 %)VMware ESX
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
181 (6.031 %)Tivoli
238 (2.829 %)OpenView
238 (2.829 %)EMC NetWorker
331 (2.308 %)CA SiteMinder
430 (2.234 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
524 (1.787 %)Legato
620 (1.489 %)CONTROL-M
718 (1.340 %)DirXML
810 (0.745 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
99 (0.670 %)Novell Identity Manager
99 (0.670 %)MOM
99 (0.670 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
99 (0.670 %)Netcool
107 (0.521 %)OVOU
107 (0.521 %)HP Data Protector
116 (0.447 %)Nagios
125 (0.372 %)Tivoli Monitoring
132 (0.149 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
132 (0.149 %)OpenView Configuration Management
132 (0.149 %)Netcool/Webtop
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1481 (35.82 %)IBM
2369 (27.48 %)Oracle
3325 (24.20 %)HP
4224 (16.68 %)Cisco
5190 (14.15 %)Red Hat
6172 (12.81 %)Microsoft
7168 (12.51 %)VERITAS
8112 (8.340 %)EMC
997 (7.223 %)Remedy
1084 (6.255 %)VMware
1175 (5.585 %)Sybase
1261 (4.542 %)CA
1359 (4.393 %)SAP
1458 (4.319 %)Citrix
1554 (4.021 %)Compaq
1650 (3.723 %)Intel
1746 (3.425 %)BEA
1834 (2.532 %)CheckPoint
1933 (2.457 %)NetApp
2032 (2.383 %)Blue Coat
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