Sun
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sun products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sun over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sun Microsystems, Inc.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 624 683 951
Rank change year-on-year +59 +268 -270
Permanent jobs citing Sun 117 420 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.34% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.52% 0.82% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 86 139 92
10th Percentile £36,625 £33,500 £36,325
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,953 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,351 £49,976 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -8.30% -12.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,880 £74,659
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,856 £44,345 £47,250
% change year-on-year +44.00% -6.15% +5.00%

All Vendors
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,290 50,949 50,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.87% 41.11% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16,314 29,704 33,320
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,384
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +4.40%

Sun
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sun in the UK

Sun
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sun.

Salary trend for Sun in the UK

Sun
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sun over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Sun in the UK

Sun
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +65 110 £65,000 +30.06% 70
UK excluding London +126 75 £63,856 +44.00% 59
Work from Home +248 62 £65,351 -12.87% 24
South East +97 46 £63,856 +44.00% 27
London +94 39 £75,000 -11.76% 17
North of England +161 20 £60,000 +50.00% 6
North West +109 11 £65,351 +211.19% 5
Yorkshire +100 9 £55,000 +24.03% 1
Midlands +74 3 £37,500 -16.67% 9
Scotland +56 3 £65,351 +63.38% 3
South West - 2 £65,351 - 10
East Midlands - 2 £28,750 - 3
West Midlands +82 1 £42,000 -6.67% 6
Wales +19 1 £39,000 - 3

Sun
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.84%) Oracle Service Bus
1 8 (6.84%) WebLogic
2 3 (2.56%) MS Exchange
2 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) CMS
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) IIS
3 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (6.84%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.56%) OrCAD
5 2 (1.71%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (4.27%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (2.56%) ReMetrica
4 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.85%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.85%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) AWS
2 14 (11.97%) GitHub
2 14 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.84%) Azure
4 3 (2.56%) SaaS
5 2 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.71%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.85%) IaaS
6 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.13%) Firewall
2 4 (3.42%) VPN
3 3 (2.56%) DHCP
3 3 (2.56%) DNS
4 2 (1.71%) Network Security
4 2 (1.71%) VLAN
5 1 (0.85%) DWDM
5 1 (0.85%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) SAN
5 1 (0.85%) SDH
5 1 (0.85%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.55%) MongoDB
2 8 (6.84%) Oracle Database
2 8 (6.84%) Oracle Database 10g
2 8 (6.84%) Oracle Database 11g
2 8 (6.84%) VLDB
3 4 (3.42%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.71%) Power BI
5 1 (0.85%) Big Data
5 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (12.82%) GitLab
2 14 (11.97%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 45 (38.46%) Finance
2 30 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 27 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (22.22%) Banking
5 19 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (11.97%) Investment Banking
7 12 (10.26%) Law
8 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.42%) Electronics
9 4 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.71%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Back Office
11 1 (0.85%) Legal
11 1 (0.85%) Marketing
11 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Publishing
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (22.22%) Analyst
2 22 (18.80%) Lead
3 16 (13.68%) Support Analyst
4 15 (12.82%) Applications Support
5 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) Architect
7 12 (10.26%) Applications Support Analyst
7 12 (10.26%) Infrastructure Architect
8 10 (8.55%) Software Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Oracle Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) Oracle Support Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) Server Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) SQL Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) SQL Support Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) Windows Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Windows Server Engineer
10 7 (5.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (5.98%) Support Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (22.22%) EDI
2 10 (8.55%) Express.js
2 10 (8.55%) MERN Stack
2 10 (8.55%) Node.js
2 10 (8.55%) React
3 3 (2.56%) OpenMP
4 2 (1.71%) .NET
4 2 (1.71%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.71%) REST
5 1 (0.85%) Flutter
5 1 (0.85%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.85%) Series 60
5 1 (0.85%) Spring
5 1 (0.85%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.85%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.40%) Mainframe
2 11 (9.40%) Replication
3 10 (8.55%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (7.69%) Grid Computing
5 6 (5.13%) iPad
6 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.71%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.71%) Robotics
8 2 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.85%) CLARiiON
9 1 (0.85%) Clustering
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 39 (33.33%) Windows
2 36 (30.77%) Linux
3 25 (21.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (17.09%) Solaris
5 18 (15.38%) Unix
6 16 (13.68%) Windows Server
7 12 (10.26%) HPUX
8 7 (5.98%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.56%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.85%) Android
11 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.64%) DevOps
2 23 (19.66%) Agile
2 23 (19.66%) Asset Management
2 23 (19.66%) Software Engineering
3 20 (17.09%) Capacity Planning
4 19 (16.24%) ITSM
5 18 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 17 (14.53%) Coaching
6 17 (14.53%) Project Management
7 16 (13.68%) Roadmaps
8 14 (11.97%) CI/CD
8 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 13 (11.11%) Migration
9 13 (11.11%) Service Management
10 12 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
10 12 (10.26%) Commercial Awareness
10 12 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (10.26%) Technology Roadmap
11 11 (9.40%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.09%) SQL
2 16 (13.68%) Python
3 14 (11.97%) Bash
3 14 (11.97%) Korn
3 14 (11.97%) Perl
3 14 (11.97%) Ruby
4 9 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.84%) PL/SQL
6 7 (5.98%) C
7 4 (3.42%) C++
7 4 (3.42%) Fortran
7 4 (3.42%) Julia
7 4 (3.42%) R
7 4 (3.42%) Rust
7 4 (3.42%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.56%) Assembly Language
8 3 (2.56%) Delphi
8 3 (2.56%) Pascal
9 2 (1.71%) C#
10 1 (0.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 35 (29.91%) Degree
2 28 (23.93%) DBS Check
3 18 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (9.40%) Security Cleared
5 10 (8.55%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.98%) ACCA
7 4 (3.42%) CIMA
7 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.56%) HND
8 3 (2.56%) PhD
9 2 (1.71%) HNC
10 1 (0.85%) CCSP
10 1 (0.85%) CEH
10 1 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.85%) CISA
10 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CISM
10 1 (0.85%) CISSP
10 1 (0.85%) CRISC
10 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.38%) QA
2 15 (12.82%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (14.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.84%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (5.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.71%) Docker
4 2 (1.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (11.97%) Ansible
1 14 (11.97%) Puppet
1 14 (11.97%) Red Hat Satellite
2 12 (10.26%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.84%) Data Guard
3 8 (6.84%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.71%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.85%) CASB
6 1 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.85%) Mesos
6 1 (0.85%) SCCM
6 1 (0.85%) SCOM
6 1 (0.85%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.97%) HP
2 14 (11.97%) Red Hat
2 14 (11.97%) TOWER Software
3 12 (10.26%) IBM
4 11 (9.40%) Oracle
4 11 (9.40%) Unisys
5 8 (6.84%) Remedy
5 8 (6.84%) VMware
6 6 (5.13%) Apple
7 4 (3.42%) Cognos
7 4 (3.42%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.56%) SAP
9 2 (1.71%) ANSYS
9 2 (1.71%) Cisco
9 2 (1.71%) EMC
9 2 (1.71%) NetApp
9 2 (1.71%) SonicWALL
9 2 (1.71%) Sophos
9 2 (1.71%) Symantec