Sun Contracts in Northern Ireland

Sun
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 31 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Sun 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.63% - 1.49%
As % of the Vendors category 1.47% - 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £155
25th Percentile £145 - £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £163
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.84%
75th Percentile £155 - £169
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £540 £325 £600
% change year-on-year +66.15% -45.83% +4.35%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 68 65 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 42.77% 43.62% 32.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 28 29
10th Percentile £154 £203 £155
25th Percentile £292 £488 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +37.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £522 £630 £535
90th Percentile £583 £661 £588
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 11
10th Percentile £12.66 - £13.25
25th Percentile £20.04 £12.25 £13.92
Median hourly rate £23.59 £21.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.33% +35.48% +11.59%
75th Percentile £24.18 £23.54 £17.13
90th Percentile £32.62 £31.88 £18.43
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Sun
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Sun as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Sun in Northern Ireland

Sun
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sun in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Sun in Northern Ireland

Sun
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 1 £150 -
Sun
UK

Sun
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory