The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sun over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun
Rank 89 97 48
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -49
Permanent jobs citing Sun 8 1 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.638% 0.085% 3.748%
As % of the Vendors category 1.327% 0.170% 9.291%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 35
Average salary £50,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.88% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £36,000 £34,700
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £36,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-11.76% -
All Vendors
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
603 587 409
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 48.12% 49.83% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 554 508 369
Average salary £35,500 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.41% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £24,100 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,100 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sun
UK

Sun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales +8 8 £50,000 +38.88%
Sun
UK

Sun
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 10 (100.00%) HP
2 9 (90.00%) Cisco
3 8 (80.00%) N-Tier
3 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
5 6 (60.00%) ITIL
6 3 (30.00%) Internet
7 2 (20.00%) Tivoli
7 2 (20.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (20.00%) Hitachi
7 2 (20.00%) NetApp
7 2 (20.00%) Site Server
7 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (20.00%) SAN
7 2 (20.00%) EMC
7 2 (20.00%) IBM
7 2 (20.00%) Oracle
7 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
7 2 (20.00%) IIS
7 2 (20.00%) ASP
7 2 (20.00%) UNIX
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
7 2 (20.00%) Solaris
7 2 (20.00%) Windows 2000
7 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (20.00%) NetBackup
7 2 (20.00%) Apache
7 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (20.00%) EMC NetWorker

Sun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 2 (20.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Site Server
1 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (20.00%) IIS
1 2 (20.00%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (10.00%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Design Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Backup Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Design Authority
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Storage Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Solaris
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (10.00%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) MCSD
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (20.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (20.00%) NetBackup
1 2 (20.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (20.00%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) HP
2 9 (90.00%) Cisco
3 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Hitachi
4 2 (20.00%) NetApp
4 2 (20.00%) EMC
4 2 (20.00%) IBM
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (10.00%) Brocade
5 1 (10.00%) CommVault
South Wales
40,000 pa - ?50,000 pa (negotiable) Permanent South Wales Our client, a B2B service provider is looking for a Technical Design Consultant to join their existing team.
Intapeople
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Networks, Analysis, Design, n-Tier, Web, Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, SUN, ITIL... As an Infrastructure Architect, you must have: At least 3 years' experience in a...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £57K (incl. up to 15% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Networks, Analysis, Design, n-Tier, Web, Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, SUN, ITIL... A strong background in the business design capturing process of Internet, Enterprise and outsource...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £57K (incl. up to 15% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013