Sun Contracts in the UK excluding London

Sun
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sun over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 421 474
Rank change year-on-year +62 +53 -79
Contract jobs citing Sun 31 38 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.35% 0.35% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 21
10th Percentile - £156 £263
25th Percentile £250 £225 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -41.84% +8.89% +18.42%
75th Percentile £338 £545 £550
90th Percentile £488 £597 £625
UK median daily rate £325 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -45.83% +4.35% +26.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £19.06 £18.75
Median hourly rate £21.46 £19.81 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.59% -18.75%
75th Percentile - £20.56 £20.25
90th Percentile - - £20.56
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £19.81 £19.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.59% -18.75%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Sun is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,921 10,769 12,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.94% 44.61% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,362 7,418 8,350
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 940 490 645
10th Percentile £11.79 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.73 £13.89
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.70% -0.48%
75th Percentile £58.54 £63.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -47.88% +102.38% -6.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Sun as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Sun in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sun in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Sun in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sun in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sun in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sun in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Sun in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
South East +38 14 £250 - 21
East of England +9 11 - - 3
Midlands +23 3 - - 3
West Midlands +27 2 - - 3
North of England +20 2 £320 -39.62% 12
Yorkshire +20 2 £320 - 3
East Midlands +21 1 - -
South West - 1 £725 - 8
Sun
UK

Sun
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Infor SunSystems
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Informix
General
1 12 (38.71%) Finance
2 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.45%) Retail
2 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (80.65%) Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Service Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Service Desk Analyst
2 12 (38.71%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Change Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) DBA
4 2 (6.45%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Hardware Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Informix DBA
4 2 (6.45%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) HPUX
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) Solaris
1 2 (6.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (19.35%) Migration
1 6 (19.35%) Roadmaps
2 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
2 4 (12.90%) Data Management
2 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
2 4 (12.90%) IT Strategy
2 4 (12.90%) Project Management
2 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (6.45%) Computer Science
3 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
3 2 (6.45%) High Availability
3 2 (6.45%) Incident Management
3 2 (6.45%) Problem Management
3 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
3 2 (6.45%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
3 2 (6.45%) Runbook
3 2 (6.45%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) ACCA
1 12 (38.71%) CIMA
1 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Dell Certification
2 2 (6.45%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Ceph
1 2 (6.45%) Docker
1 2 (6.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.45%) VMware NSX
1 2 (6.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Ansible
1 2 (6.45%) Pacemaker
1 2 (6.45%) Podman
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Dell
1 2 (6.45%) Fujitsu
1 2 (6.45%) HP
1 2 (6.45%) IBM
1 2 (6.45%) Red Hat
1 2 (6.45%) VMware