Sun
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Sun products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sun Microsystems, Inc.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 745 657 725
Rank change year-on-year -88 +68 +94
Permanent jobs citing Sun 159 267 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.29% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.42% 0.70% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 91 103 181
10th Percentile £21,718 £40,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £31,131 £44,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,086 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% +18.26% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £74,545
90th Percentile - £114,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +19.32% -16.19%

All Vendors
UK

Sun falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,766 38,407 67,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.37% 41.53% 39.06%
Number of salaries quoted 25,159 23,166 33,271
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Sun in the UK

Sun
Top 15 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -33 128 £50,000 -19.47% 69
UK excluding London -133 108 £37,500 -28.57% 53
London +103 50 £85,000 -11.69% 11
South East -41 43 £45,647 -8.71% 28
Work from Home +4 36 £85,000 +30.07% 24
Wales +34 30 - -
North of England -29 25 £22,145 -50.06% 5
North West -43 16 £22,145 -66.11% 3
Yorkshire +52 7 £22,501 -46.65% 2
South West -49 5 £28,500 -56.39% 12
Midlands -48 4 £47,000 -10.48% 6
East Midlands -36 3 - - 4
North East -23 2 - -
West Midlands -14 1 £47,000 -10.48% 2
East of England - 1 £51,500 - 1

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 42 (26.42%) Oracle Service Bus
1 42 (26.42%) WebLogic
2 22 (13.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (8.81%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) Apache
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.63%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (28.93%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (28.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (27.04%) MS Visio
4 9 (5.66%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.63%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 42 (26.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (5.66%) Primavera
3 6 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.89%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.89%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (1.89%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.63%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 33 (20.75%) Azure
2 30 (18.87%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (11.95%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.40%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.77%) Power Automate
5 6 (3.77%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.14%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.52%) AWS
8 3 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.89%) GitHub
9 1 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.14%) Firewall
2 4 (2.52%) Network Security
3 3 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.26%) LAN
4 2 (1.26%) SMTP
4 2 (1.26%) VPN
4 2 (1.26%) WAN
4 2 (1.26%) Wireless
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.63%) DMZ
5 1 (0.63%) HTTP
5 1 (0.63%) MPLS
5 1 (0.63%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (26.42%) Oracle Database
1 42 (26.42%) Oracle Database 10g
1 42 (26.42%) Oracle Database 11g
1 42 (26.42%) VLDB
2 11 (6.92%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.89%) MySQL
4 3 (1.89%) Tableau
5 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (11.32%) JIRA
2 6 (3.77%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.89%) Git
3 3 (1.89%) GitLab
General
1 55 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 48 (30.19%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (18.24%) Finance
4 19 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.03%) Banking
7 7 (4.40%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.52%) Law
9 2 (1.26%) Back Office
9 2 (1.26%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (1.26%) Retail
10 1 (0.63%) Billing
10 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (42.14%) Analyst
2 49 (30.82%) Applications Support
3 45 (28.30%) Applications Support Analyst
3 45 (28.30%) Support Analyst
4 42 (26.42%) Oracle Analyst
4 42 (26.42%) Oracle Support Analyst
4 42 (26.42%) SQL Analyst
4 42 (26.42%) SQL Support Analyst
5 17 (10.69%) Lead
6 11 (6.92%) Systems Analyst
7 8 (5.03%) Infrastructure Manager
7 8 (5.03%) Project Planner
8 7 (4.40%) Support Technician
9 6 (3.77%) Consultant
9 6 (3.77%) Database Analyst
9 6 (3.77%) Senior
9 6 (3.77%) Technical Consultant
10 5 (3.14%) Data Centre Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Service Analyst
10 5 (3.14%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.43%) EDI
2 6 (3.77%) Web Services
3 2 (1.26%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.26%) XML
3 2 (1.26%) XSLT
4 1 (0.63%) .NET
4 1 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.69%) Clustering
2 9 (5.66%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.14%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.52%) Grid Computing
5 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.26%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.26%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.26%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.63%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.63%) CCTV
7 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.63%) Derivative
7 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.63%) Robotics
7 1 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 56 (35.22%) Linux
2 49 (30.82%) Unix
3 45 (28.30%) Solaris
4 35 (22.01%) Windows
5 24 (15.09%) Windows Server
6 9 (5.66%) Android
7 5 (3.14%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.89%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.26%) AIX
10 2 (1.26%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.63%) HPUX
11 1 (0.63%) NetWare
11 1 (0.63%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.45%) ITSM
2 47 (29.56%) Artificial Intelligence
3 43 (27.04%) Capacity Management
3 43 (27.04%) Release Management
4 42 (26.42%) Capacity Planning
4 42 (26.42%) Performance Monitoring
4 42 (26.42%) Performance Tuning
5 41 (25.79%) Actionable Insight
5 41 (25.79%) Incident Management
6 22 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (11.95%) Backlog Management
7 19 (11.95%) Information Security
7 19 (11.95%) Resource Management
7 19 (11.95%) Systems Engineering
8 17 (10.69%) Customer Service
8 17 (10.69%) Performance Management
9 13 (8.18%) Project Management
9 13 (8.18%) Service Delivery
10 12 (7.55%) ITIL
11 10 (6.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 56 (35.22%) SQL
2 42 (26.42%) PL/SQL
3 28 (17.61%) PowerShell
4 10 (6.29%) Python
5 9 (5.66%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.77%) Bash
7 4 (2.52%) Java
8 3 (1.89%) C++
8 3 (1.89%) Korn
8 3 (1.89%) Perl
8 3 (1.89%) Ruby
9 2 (1.26%) C
9 2 (1.26%) Fortran
9 2 (1.26%) Julia
9 2 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.26%) R
10 1 (0.63%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.63%) Rust
10 1 (0.63%) VC++
Qualifications
1 56 (35.22%) Degree
2 43 (27.04%) SC Cleared
2 43 (27.04%) Security Cleared
3 28 (17.61%) DBS Check
4 16 (10.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (5.03%) A+ Certification
5 8 (5.03%) APMG
6 6 (3.77%) Server+ Certification
7 5 (3.14%) ACCA
7 5 (3.14%) CIMA
8 3 (1.89%) HNC
9 1 (0.63%) CCNP
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.63%) Dell Certification
9 1 (0.63%) HND
9 1 (0.63%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (29.56%) SLA
2 3 (1.89%) ISO 14001
2 3 (1.89%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.89%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (26.42%) Oracle RAC
2 25 (15.72%) Active Directory
3 19 (11.95%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (26.42%) Data Guard
1 42 (26.42%) Oracle RMAN
2 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.95%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (11.95%) vCenter Server
3 17 (10.69%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (2.52%) Ansible
5 3 (1.89%) Puppet
5 3 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.63%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 55 (34.59%) Oracle
2 42 (26.42%) Remedy
3 24 (15.09%) Microsoft
4 22 (13.84%) VMware
5 19 (11.95%) Commvault
5 19 (11.95%) ServiceNow
6 10 (6.29%) Dell
7 6 (3.77%) IBM
8 5 (3.14%) HP
9 4 (2.52%) Cisco
9 4 (2.52%) EMC
9 4 (2.52%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.89%) Apple
10 3 (1.89%) Epicor
10 3 (1.89%) IFS
10 3 (1.89%) Infor
10 3 (1.89%) JD Edwards
10 3 (1.89%) Sage
10 3 (1.89%) SAP
10 3 (1.89%) TOWER Software