Sun Jobs

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 3 months to 22 June 2017 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.

Sun UK
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	673	657	607
Rank change year-on-year	-16	-50
Permanent jobs citing Sun	203	301	412
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.23%	0.31%	0.37%
As % of the Vendors category	0.51%	0.69%	0.79%
Number of salaries quoted	134	235	305
Median salary	£50,000	£55,000	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,950	£32,950	£30,200
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£75,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£43,750	£50,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-12.50%	+5.26%

Sun is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in permanent job vacancies.

Vendor Product & Service Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	39611	43680	52020
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	44.59%	44.29%	46.90%
Number of salaries quoted	31407	35554	41931
Median salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£28,500	£28,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

Sun
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Sun as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Vendors category.

Sun
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sun.

Sun
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Sun over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Sun
Top 30 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 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-17	195	£50,000	-9.09%	23
London	+29	106	£57,500	-	11
South East	-4	47	£55,000	-	4
City of London	+42	39	£60,000	-11.11%	4
North West	-24	19	£20,000	-49.68%	1
Surrey	+46	16	£60,000	-11.11%	2
Cheshire	-	11	£19,000	-
West Midlands	+12	10	£40,000	-10.11%	2
Buckinghamshire	+2	9	£40,000	+6.66%
Milton Keynes	0	9	£40,000	+6.66%
East Midlands	+27	8	£40,000	+26.98%	1
Kent	+18	8	£33,750	-20.58%	1
East of England	-15	8	£47,500	-36.66%
Knutsford	-	8	-	-
Berkshire	-2	7	£60,000	+20.00%	1
Manchester	-25	7	£21,000	-47.16%	1
Northamptonshire	-	7	£40,000	-
Northampton	-	7	£40,000	-
Reigate	-	6	£60,000	-	1
Hampshire	+24	5	-	-
Birmingham	+9	5	£38,750	+3.33%	1
Coventry	-3	5	£40,000	-18.36%	1
Reading	-3	5	£67,500	+17.39%	1
South West	+9	4	£43,750	+71.56%
Yorkshire	+1	4	£29,000	-31.76%
Tunbridge Wells	-	4	£37,500	-	1
Newcastle upon Tyne	+18	3	£25,000	-37.50%	3
North East	+15	3	£25,000	-41.17%	3
Tyne and Wear	+14	3	£25,000	-41.17%	3
West Yorkshire	+14	3	£25,500	-37.80%

Sun
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing Sun also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Sun.

1	177 (39.33%)	Finance
2	171 (38.00%)	Linux
3	161 (35.78%)	Unix
4	138 (30.67%)	Oracle
5	129 (28.67%)	Windows
6	121 (26.89%)	Java
7	105 (23.33%)	Solaris
8	95 (21.11%)	ITIL
9	90 (20.00%)	SQL
10	89 (19.78%)	Microsoft
11	86 (19.11%)	Red Hat
12	83 (18.44%)	Banking
13	81 (18.00%)	Agile Software Development
14	78 (17.33%)	Analytical Skills
15	76 (16.89%)	TCP/IP

16	62 (13.78%)	Degree
17	60 (13.33%)	Apache
17	60 (13.33%)	Firewall
18	58 (12.89%)	Computer Science
19	57 (12.67%)	Tomcat
20	56 (12.44%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21	54 (12.00%)	VMware
22	52 (11.56%)	Network Security
23	51 (11.33%)	Mentoring
23	51 (11.33%)	SAN
24	47 (10.44%)	Python
24	47 (10.44%)	HP
25	46 (10.22%)	SQL Server
26	45 (10.00%)	WebLogic
26	45 (10.00%)	Investment Banking

Sun
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	60 (13.33%)	Apache
2	57 (12.67%)	Tomcat
3	45 (10.00%)	WebLogic
4	43 (9.56%)	IIS
5	16 (3.56%)	JBoss
6	13 (2.89%)	WebSphere
7	12 (2.67%)	Oracle SOA Suite
7	12 (2.67%)	SharePoint
8	10 (2.22%)	EPiServer
9	9 (2.00%)	Apache Solr
9	9 (2.00%)	Apache Spark
10	7 (1.56%)	Apache TomEE
11	6 (1.33%)	GlassFish
12	4 (0.89%)	BizTalk Server
12	4 (0.89%)	nginx
12	4 (0.89%)	Oracle HTTP Server
13	3 (0.67%)	Elasticsearch
13	3 (0.67%)	IBM HTTP Server
13	3 (0.67%)	Liferay
13	3 (0.67%)	SAS

Applications
1	19 (4.22%)	Microsoft Excel
2	14 (3.11%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	10 (2.22%)	Microsoft Office
4	2 (0.44%)	Microsoft Project
4	2 (0.44%)	MS Visio
4	2 (0.44%)	SPSS

Business Applications
1	28 (6.22%)	Dynamics NAV
1	28 (6.22%)	NetSuite
1	28 (6.22%)	Sage 200
2	10 (2.22%)	Siebel CRM
3	9 (2.00%)	Infor SunSystems
4	8 (1.78%)	Cognos TM1
5	5 (1.11%)	Eloqua
5	5 (1.11%)	Misys Opics
5	5 (1.11%)	Oracle EBS
5	5 (1.11%)	SAP CO
5	5 (1.11%)	SAP FI
5	5 (1.11%)	SAP FI/CO
5	5 (1.11%)	Softmar
6	4 (0.89%)	Dynamics GP
6	4 (0.89%)	Lawson
6	4 (0.89%)	Maximo
6	4 (0.89%)	Oracle Financials
6	4 (0.89%)	Unit4 Business World
7	3 (0.67%)	Oracle Assets
7	3 (0.67%)	SAP BPC

Cloud Services
1	37 (8.22%)	SaaS
2	18 (4.00%)	Amazon AWS
3	8 (1.78%)	Amazon EMR
3	8 (1.78%)	Oracle Service Cloud
4	5 (1.11%)	OpenShift
4	5 (1.11%)	Responsys
4	5 (1.11%)	Taleo
5	4 (0.89%)	Google Cloud Platform
5	4 (0.89%)	Google Compute Engine
5	4 (0.89%)	Microsoft Azure
6	3 (0.67%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	3 (0.67%)	Cloud Computing
6	3 (0.67%)	Office 365
6	3 (0.67%)	Oracle CX
7	2 (0.44%)	Google Analytics
8	1 (0.22%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	76 (16.89%)	TCP/IP
2	60 (13.33%)	Firewall
3	52 (11.56%)	Network Security
4	51 (11.33%)	SAN
5	44 (9.78%)	Internet
6	38 (8.44%)	LDAP
7	32 (7.11%)	DNS
8	22 (4.89%)	WAN
9	21 (4.67%)	BGP
9	21 (4.67%)	Intrusion Detection
9	21 (4.67%)	OSPF
10	20 (4.44%)	LAN
10	20 (4.44%)	SMTP
11	19 (4.22%)	SSL
12	17 (3.78%)	BIG-IP
12	17 (3.78%)	Cisco IOS
12	17 (3.78%)	DMVPN
12	17 (3.78%)	NX-OS
12	17 (3.78%)	VLAN
12	17 (3.78%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	46 (10.22%)	SQL Server
2	35 (7.78%)	MySQL
3	24 (5.33%)	Oracle Database
4	22 (4.89%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	21 (4.67%)	Relational Database
6	16 (3.56%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	12 (2.67%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	11 (2.44%)	PostgreSQL
8	11 (2.44%)	RDBMS
9	10 (2.22%)	Big Data
9	10 (2.22%)	DB2
10	8 (1.78%)	Amazon RDS
10	8 (1.78%)	Essbase
11	7 (1.56%)	Data Warehouse
11	7 (1.56%)	MOLAP
11	7 (1.56%)	OLAP
11	7 (1.56%)	OLAP Cube
12	6 (1.33%)	Oracle Reports
12	6 (1.33%)	Redis
12	6 (1.33%)	SQL Server 2014

Development Applications
1	15 (3.33%)	Jenkins
2	9 (2.00%)	Oracle APEX
3	7 (1.56%)	Maven
4	6 (1.33%)	Team Foundation Server
5	5 (1.11%)	Eclipse
5	5 (1.11%)	Git (software)
5	5 (1.11%)	IntelliJ
5	5 (1.11%)	JUnit
5	5 (1.11%)	Selenium
6	4 (0.89%)	Mockito
6	4 (0.89%)	Oracle Forms
7	2 (0.44%)	Hudson
7	2 (0.44%)	JBehave
7	2 (0.44%)	Mercurial
7	2 (0.44%)	SonarQube
7	2 (0.44%)	Sonatype Nexus
7	2 (0.44%)	Subversion
8	1 (0.22%)	PowerBuilder
8	1 (0.22%)	TeamCity
8	1 (0.22%)	Toad

General
1	177 (39.33%)	Finance
2	83 (18.44%)	Banking
3	45 (10.00%)	Investment Banking
4	27 (6.00%)	Front Office
5	26 (5.78%)	Legal
5	26 (5.78%)	Retail
6	21 (4.67%)	Retail Banking
7	10 (2.22%)	Manufacturing
8	8 (1.78%)	Back Office
8	8 (1.78%)	French Language
9	7 (1.56%)	Marketing
10	6 (1.33%)	Financial Institution
11	4 (0.89%)	Games
11	4 (0.89%)	Law
11	4 (0.89%)	Private Banking
11	4 (0.89%)	Telecoms
12	3 (0.67%)	General Ledger
13	2 (0.44%)	German Language
13	2 (0.44%)	Prime Brokerage
13	2 (0.44%)	Synthetic Prime Brokerage

Job Titles
1	104 (23.11%)	Analyst
2	55 (12.22%)	Administrator
3	40 (8.89%)	Consultant
4	39 (8.67%)	Developer
4	39 (8.67%)	Linux Engineer
5	34 (7.56%)	Security Analyst
6	31 (6.89%)	Implementation Consultant
6	31 (6.89%)	Software Consultant
6	31 (6.89%)	Software Implementation Consultant
7	29 (6.44%)	Linux Administrator
8	28 (6.22%)	Java Developer
8	28 (6.22%)	Unix Engineer
9	27 (6.00%)	Software Engineer
10	24 (5.33%)	Support Analyst
10	24 (5.33%)	Support Engineer
11	23 (5.11%)	Cloud Engineer
12	22 (4.89%)	Cybersecurity Analyst
13	20 (4.44%)	Cisco Engineer
14	19 (4.22%)	Network Engineer
15	18 (4.00%)	Cisco Network Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	35 (7.78%)	Middleware
2	31 (6.89%)	.NET
2	31 (6.89%)	HTML
3	29 (6.44%)	XML
4	23 (5.11%)	J2EE
5	21 (4.67%)	Spring
5	21 (4.67%)	Web Services
6	15 (3.33%)	JSP
7	13 (2.89%)	Hibernate
8	9 (2.00%)	CSS
8	9 (2.00%)	jQuery
8	9 (2.00%)	Regular Expression
9	8 (1.78%)	Ajax
9	8 (1.78%)	AngularJS
9	8 (1.78%)	Lambda Expressions
9	8 (1.78%)	RESTful
10	7 (1.56%)	ASP.NET
10	7 (1.56%)	Java EE
10	7 (1.56%)	JSON
10	7 (1.56%)	LAMP

Miscellaneous
1	78 (17.33%)	Analytical Skills
2	58 (12.89%)	Computer Science
3	28 (6.22%)	Management Information System
4	22 (4.89%)	Derivative
5	21 (4.67%)	Equity Derivative
6	18 (4.00%)	Clustering
7	17 (3.78%)	Security Operations Centre
8	15 (3.33%)	Enterprise Software
9	14 (3.11%)	Client/Server
9	14 (3.11%)	Data Centre
10	12 (2.67%)	User Experience
11	10 (2.22%)	Driving Licence
12	7 (1.56%)	Algorithms
12	7 (1.56%)	EMC VMAX
13	5 (1.11%)	CMDB
13	5 (1.11%)	Greenfield Project
13	5 (1.11%)	Mainframe
14	4 (0.89%)	Enterprise Storage
14	4 (0.89%)	Private Cloud
14	4 (0.89%)	Replication

Operating Systems
1	171 (38.00%)	Linux
2	161 (35.78%)	Unix
3	129 (28.67%)	Windows
4	105 (23.33%)	Solaris
5	56 (12.44%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	35 (7.78%)	Windows Server
7	23 (5.11%)	CentOS
8	21 (4.67%)	AIX
9	20 (4.44%)	HPUX
10	17 (3.78%)	Windows Server 2008
11	13 (2.89%)	Windows Server 2012
12	12 (2.67%)	Oracle Linux
13	8 (1.78%)	IRIX
14	7 (1.56%)	Windows Server 2003
15	6 (1.33%)	SUSE
16	5 (1.11%)	Windows 10
17	4 (0.89%)	Windows 2000
17	4 (0.89%)	Windows 2000 Server
17	4 (0.89%)	Windows 7
17	4 (0.89%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	95 (21.11%)	ITIL
2	81 (18.00%)	Agile Software Development
3	51 (11.33%)	Mentoring
4	44 (9.78%)	SDLC
5	39 (8.67%)	Project Management
5	39 (8.67%)	Software Engineering
6	38 (8.44%)	Information Security
6	38 (8.44%)	Vulnerability Management
7	37 (8.22%)	Incident Management
8	36 (8.00%)	Wealth Management
9	35 (7.78%)	Change Management
10	34 (7.56%)	Business Analysis
11	33 (7.33%)	ERP
11	33 (7.33%)	Problem Management
11	33 (7.33%)	Service Management
12	32 (7.11%)	Service Delivery
13	31 (6.89%)	Asset Management
13	31 (6.89%)	Presales
13	31 (6.89%)	Root Cause Analysis
14	30 (6.67%)	Load Balancing

Programming Languages
1	121 (26.89%)	Java
2	90 (20.00%)	SQL
3	47 (10.44%)	Python
4	41 (9.11%)	Shell Script
5	39 (8.67%)	Bash Shell
6	37 (8.22%)	Perl
7	36 (8.00%)	JavaScript
8	33 (7.33%)	C#
9	23 (5.11%)	PowerShell
10	22 (4.89%)	C
11	16 (3.56%)	Korn
12	13 (2.89%)	PHP
12	13 (2.89%)	VB
13	12 (2.67%)	PL/SQL
14	11 (2.44%)	T-SQL
15	9 (2.00%)	Scala
16	7 (1.56%)	VBA
17	6 (1.33%)	AWK
18	4 (0.89%)	Ruby
19	3 (0.67%)	Jython

Qualifications
1	62 (13.78%)	Degree
2	33 (7.33%)	CISM
2	33 (7.33%)	CISSP
3	26 (5.78%)	Security Cleared
4	25 (5.56%)	Computer Science Degree
4	25 (5.56%)	Sun Certification
5	21 (4.67%)	CNA
5	21 (4.67%)	GCIA
5	21 (4.67%)	GCIH
5	21 (4.67%)	GIAC
5	21 (4.67%)	Network+ Certification
5	21 (4.67%)	Novell Certification
5	21 (4.67%)	SANS
6	16 (3.56%)	Oracle Certification
7	12 (2.67%)	CISA
7	12 (2.67%)	IISP
8	8 (1.78%)	SC Cleared
9	7 (1.56%)	DV Cleared
9	7 (1.56%)	Microsoft Certification
10	6 (1.33%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	33 (7.33%)	SLA
2	32 (7.11%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
3	28 (6.22%)	QA
4	17 (3.78%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5	15 (3.33%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	12 (2.67%)	PCI DSS
7	4 (0.89%)	FATCA
7	4 (0.89%)	MiFID
8	3 (0.67%)	Cyber Essentials
8	3 (0.67%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
8	3 (0.67%)	ISO 9001
8	3 (0.67%)	SAS 70
9	2 (0.44%)	DICOM
9	2 (0.44%)	HL7
10	1 (0.22%)	GDPR
10	1 (0.22%)	PMO

System Software
1	22 (4.89%)	Active Directory
2	21 (4.67%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	14 (3.11%)	GlusterFS
4	10 (2.22%)	Firmware
4	10 (2.22%)	Shibboleth
5	9 (2.00%)	Docker
5	9 (2.00%)	iptables
5	9 (2.00%)	Virtual Servers
6	8 (1.78%)	Veritas Cluster Server
6	8 (1.78%)	XenServer
7	7 (1.56%)	Hyper-V
7	7 (1.56%)	KVM
8	6 (1.33%)	ProxySG
8	6 (1.33%)	Samba
8	6 (1.33%)	vSphere
9	5 (1.11%)	Cronacle
9	5 (1.11%)	Job Entry Subsystem
9	5 (1.11%)	Veritas File System
9	5 (1.11%)	Veritas Volume Manager
9	5 (1.11%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	31 (6.89%)	Puppet
2	28 (6.22%)	NetBackup
3	23 (5.11%)	Oracle ZFS
4	21 (4.67%)	CSIRT
4	21 (4.67%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
5	19 (4.22%)	Red Hat Satellite
6	16 (3.56%)	Opscode Chef
7	11 (2.44%)	Ansible
8	9 (2.00%)	Nagios
8	9 (2.00%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
8	9 (2.00%)	Veritas Storage Foundation
9	6 (1.33%)	SCCM
10	5 (1.11%)	Cacti
10	5 (1.11%)	HP Data Protector
10	5 (1.11%)	ServiceCenter
11	4 (0.89%)	Norton AntiVirus
11	4 (0.89%)	SCOM
11	4 (0.89%)	SQL Sentry
12	3 (0.67%)	Failover Clustering
12	3 (0.67%)	Graphite

Vendors
1	138 (30.67%)	Oracle
2	89 (19.78%)	Microsoft
3	86 (19.11%)	Red Hat
4	54 (12.00%)	VMware
5	47 (10.44%)	HP
6	43 (9.56%)	Cisco
7	32 (7.11%)	Pegasus
7	32 (7.11%)	Sage
8	25 (5.56%)	Veritas
9	23 (5.11%)	Dell
10	20 (4.44%)	F5
10	20 (4.44%)	IBM
11	18 (4.00%)	EMC
12	17 (3.78%)	CheckPoint
12	17 (3.78%)	SAP
13	16 (3.56%)	Infor
14	15 (3.33%)	Google
15	12 (2.67%)	Blue Coat
15	12 (2.67%)	Remedy
15	12 (2.67%)	Siebel