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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2826
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.009 %
As % of the category below10.00 %12.90 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£320£210
Average daily rate£320£215
% change on same period last year+48.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£354
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.53£33.15
% change on same period last year-10.91 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads2062
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted312
Average minimum daily rate£262£223
Average daily rate£268£237
% change on same period last year+13.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£274£251
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£319
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted514
Average minimum hourly rate£15.71£15.57
Average hourly rate£16.64£16.64
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.57£17.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.93£21.93
% change on same period last year+0.02 %
Solaris West MidlandsSolaris
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Solaris
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Solaris across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Coventry Solaris Demand Trend

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solaris across the Coventry region.

Coventry Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solaris across the Coventry region.

Coventry Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Solaris also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Solaris.

15 (83.33 %)UNIX
24 (66.67 %)AIX
24 (66.67 %)Linux
33 (50.00 %)IBM
33 (50.00 %)HPUX
33 (50.00 %)Mainframe
33 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
42 (33.33 %)AS400
42 (33.33 %)Windows
42 (33.33 %)HP
51 (16.67 %)CA
51 (16.67 %)Lotus
51 (16.67 %)Active Directory
51 (16.67 %)Lotus Notes
51 (16.67 %)LAN
51 (16.67 %)WAN
51 (16.67 %)C
51 (16.67 %)C++
51 (16.67 %)Delphi
51 (16.67 %)Java
51 (16.67 %)ITIL
51 (16.67 %)Automotive

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Solaris also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Solaris. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)Lotus Notes
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)LAN
11 (16.67 %)WAN
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Automotive
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Principle Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Architect
21 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Solaris Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Architect
21 (16.67 %)Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)Mainframe
13 (50.00 %)IBM Mainframe
22 (33.33 %)AS400
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)UNIX
24 (66.67 %)AIX
24 (66.67 %)Linux
33 (50.00 %)HPUX
42 (33.33 %)Windows
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)ITIL
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C
11 (16.67 %)C++
11 (16.67 %)Delphi
11 (16.67 %)Java
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)IBM
22 (33.33 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)CA
31 (16.67 %)Lotus