Sun Contracts in the Midlands

Sun
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 June 2024, 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 156 202
Rank change year-on-year +18 +46 -36
Contract jobs citing Sun 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.10% 0.062% 0.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £378
25th Percentile - £225 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £250 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -44.44% +4.65%
75th Percentile - £275 £463
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £325 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -45.83% +4.35% +21.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.46 - -
England median hourly rate £21.46 £19.81 £19.81
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -43.40%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,277 1,598 2,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.32% 49.64% 43.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 1,075 1,519
10th Percentile £220 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +12.12%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £563
90th Percentile £688 £698 £650
England median daily rate £519 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 48 65
10th Percentile £10.93 £13.02 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.18 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.61 £21.19 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +20.66% +17.07%
75th Percentile £26.50 £40.25 £23.50
90th Percentile £45.50 £67.20 £35.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Sun in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sun in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Sun in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sun in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Sun in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sun within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
West Midlands +18 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Hardware Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Hardware Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Dell Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) Fujitsu
1 2 (66.67%) HP