The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring knowledge or experience of Sun products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sun over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Sun Microsystems, Inc.
|
|
6 months to
1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
63 |
- |
109 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Sun |
4 |
0 |
3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
0.64% |
- |
0.23% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
1.43% |
- |
0.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£625 |
- |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£650 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£725 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£755 |
- |
- |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£575 |
- |
- |
Sun falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
279 |
319 |
540 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
44.64% |
39.14% |
41.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
144 |
181 |
393 |
| 10th Percentile |
£189 |
£210 |
£179 |
| 25th Percentile |
£400 |
£410 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£495 |
£490 |
£475 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+1.02% |
+3.16% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£561 |
£588 |
£525 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£725 |
£600 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£465 |
£465 |
£473 |
| % change year-on-year |
-0.11% |
-1.69% |
+5.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
20 |
25 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£15.46 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£17.30 |
£16.25 |
£21.26 |
| Median hourly rate |
£22.44 |
£17.72 |
£21.47 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+26.62% |
-17.45% |
-41.19% |
| 75th Percentile |
£24.30 |
£55.00 |
£29.69 |
| 90th Percentile |
£31.54 |
£60.75 |
£44.13 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£22.00 |
£17.50 |
£59.03 |
| % change year-on-year |
+25.71% |
-70.35% |
+47.56% |
