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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 Swindon 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6745
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching permanent IT job ads1226
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.011 %
As % of the category below3.117 %5.497 %
Salaries quoted1120
Average minimum salary£25,455£35,300
Average salary£30,364£38,013
% change on same period last year-20.12 %
Average maximum salary£35,273£40,725
UK excluding London average salary£41,558£42,757
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Swindon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Swindon
Matching permanent IT job ads385473
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.207 %0.197 %
Salaries quoted302389
Average minimum salary£32,685£32,972
Average salary£35,843£35,063
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Average maximum salary£39,001£37,154
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Sun WiltshireSun
Wiltshire

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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Sun Salary Trend

Sun
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sun across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Swindon Sun Salary Histogram

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

116 (100.00 %)Solaris
213 (81.25 %)UNIX
37 (43.75 %)Telecoms
37 (43.75 %)Health
46 (37.50 %)SQL
46 (37.50 %)ITIL
55 (31.25 %)Java
55 (31.25 %)SAN
64 (25.00 %)Shell Script
64 (25.00 %)Linux
64 (25.00 %)VERITAS
64 (25.00 %)VMware
64 (25.00 %)Clustering
73 (18.75 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (18.75 %)Red Hat
73 (18.75 %)ClearQuest
73 (18.75 %)ISUP
73 (18.75 %)Change Management
73 (18.75 %)Perl
73 (18.75 %)HPUX
73 (18.75 %)C
73 (18.75 %)ClearCase
73 (18.75 %)ISDN
73 (18.75 %)VoIP
73 (18.75 %)Embedded C
73 (18.75 %)HP
82 (12.50 %)EMC
82 (12.50 %)Citrix
82 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
82 (12.50 %)Project Management

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

Swindon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)Apache
Swindon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (31.25 %)SAN
23 (18.75 %)ISUP
23 (18.75 %)ISDN
23 (18.75 %)VoIP
31 (6.250 %)Wireless
Swindon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (18.75 %)ClearCase
13 (18.75 %)ClearQuest
Swindon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (43.75 %)Telecoms
17 (43.75 %)Health
22 (12.50 %)Pensions
31 (6.250 %)Retail
Swindon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (31.25 %)Junior
24 (25.00 %)UNIX Engineer
33 (18.75 %)Systems Engineer
33 (18.75 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
42 (12.50 %)Project Manager
51 (6.250 %)Graduate
51 (6.250 %)Technical Project Manager
51 (6.250 %)Technical Manager
51 (6.250 %)Technical Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Wireless Engineer
Swindon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (25.00 %)Clustering
21 (6.250 %)EPoS
21 (6.250 %)EFT
Swindon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (100.00 %)Solaris
213 (81.25 %)UNIX
34 (25.00 %)Linux
43 (18.75 %)Red Hat Linux
43 (18.75 %)HPUX
Swindon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (37.50 %)ITIL
23 (18.75 %)Change Management
32 (12.50 %)Incident Management
32 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
32 (12.50 %)Project Management
Swindon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (37.50 %)SQL
25 (31.25 %)Java
34 (25.00 %)Shell Script
43 (18.75 %)C
43 (18.75 %)Perl
43 (18.75 %)Embedded C
Swindon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)Degree
Swindon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.250 %)SLA
Swindon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.250 %)NetBackup
11 (6.250 %)Backup Exec
Swindon IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.250 %)Netcool
11 (6.250 %)BMC PATROL
Swindon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (25.00 %)VERITAS
14 (25.00 %)VMware
23 (18.75 %)Red Hat
23 (18.75 %)HP
32 (12.50 %)EMC
32 (12.50 %)Citrix
41 (6.250 %)BMC
41 (6.250 %)Remedy
41 (6.250 %)Cisco
41 (6.250 %)Microsoft