Solaris Contracts in Dorset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Dorset region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 30 14 23
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +9
Contract jobs citing Solaris 2 19 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.020% 7.224% 5.281%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.279% 23.75% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 15 15
Average daily rate - £400 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £430 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £31.00 £35.47
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -12.58%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 61 80 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 31.12% 30.42% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 47
Average daily rate £210 £375 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -1.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.76% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.75 £40.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Solaris
South West

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Solaris across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Dorset Solaris Jobs Demand Trend

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth -12 2 - -
Solaris
South West

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Introscope
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
2 2 (66.67%) JDBC
2 2 (66.67%) ODBC
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) HTTP
2 2 (66.67%) TOAD
2 2 (66.67%) HTTPS
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
2 2 (66.67%) SWIFT
2 2 (66.67%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) JProbe
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) JDBC
1 2 (66.67%) ODBC
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
1 2 (66.67%) HTTPS
2 1 (33.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
1 2 (66.67%) Introscope
2 1 (33.33%) JProfiler
2 1 (33.33%) JProbe
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
1 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (66.67%) HP SiteScope
2 1 (33.33%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) HP
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