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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Dorset 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-13
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads038
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.038 %
As % of the category below0.000 %19.19 %
Daily rates quoted022
Average minimum daily rate-£299
Average daily rate-£307
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£316
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£380
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.64£32.41
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads108198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.151 %0.199 %
Daily rates quoted1365
Average minimum daily rate£237£288
Average daily rate£248£303
% change on same period last year-17.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£259£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£332
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted4037
Average minimum hourly rate£27.21£22.86
Average hourly rate£28.40£24.76
% change on same period last year+14.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.58£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.90£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Solaris South WestSolaris
South West

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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

119 (73.08 %)UNIX
211 (42.31 %)Finance
39 (34.62 %)AIX
48 (30.77 %)Oracle
57 (26.92 %)Linux
66 (23.08 %)LDAP
66 (23.08 %)VERITAS
75 (19.23 %)NetBackup
75 (19.23 %)Banking
75 (19.23 %)AutoSys
75 (19.23 %)Shell Script
75 (19.23 %)Sun
75 (19.23 %)SQL
84 (15.38 %)PL/SQL
84 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
84 (15.38 %)TOAD
84 (15.38 %)OLTP
84 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
84 (15.38 %)Oracle 10g
93 (11.54 %)Migration
93 (11.54 %)VMware
93 (11.54 %)VMware ESX
93 (11.54 %)Korn
93 (11.54 %)WebSphere
93 (11.54 %)CA
93 (11.54 %)SQLPlus
93 (11.54 %)MVS
93 (11.54 %)Sybase
93 (11.54 %)Windows
93 (11.54 %)Veritas Storage Foundation

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (11.54 %)WebSphere
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.846 %)Summit
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (23.08 %)LDAP
22 (7.692 %)SAN
31 (3.846 %)SMS
31 (3.846 %)DHCP
31 (3.846 %)DNS
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
14 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
14 (15.38 %)TOAD
14 (15.38 %)OLTP
14 (15.38 %)Oracle 10g
23 (11.54 %)SQLPlus
31 (3.846 %)Oracle 8/8i
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (42.31 %)Finance
25 (19.23 %)Banking
32 (7.692 %)Investment Banking
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (23.08 %)Systems Administrator
16 (23.08 %)Administrator
25 (19.23 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
25 (19.23 %)UNIX Administrator
34 (15.38 %)Oracle DBA
34 (15.38 %)Analyst
34 (15.38 %)DBA
43 (11.54 %)Project Manager
52 (7.692 %)Consultant
52 (7.692 %)Systems Support
52 (7.692 %)Performance Manager
61 (3.846 %)Solaris Administrator
61 (3.846 %)Capacity Manager
61 (3.846 %)Mainframe Operator
61 (3.846 %)Architect
61 (3.846 %)Oracle Developer
61 (3.846 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
61 (3.846 %)Author
61 (3.846 %)Technical Author
61 (3.846 %)Developer
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.692 %)Mainframe
12 (7.692 %)AS400
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (73.08 %)UNIX
29 (34.62 %)AIX
37 (26.92 %)Linux
43 (11.54 %)MVS
43 (11.54 %)Windows
52 (7.692 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (7.692 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (11.54 %)Migration
13 (11.54 %)Performance Management
22 (7.692 %)Change Management
31 (3.846 %)SC Cleared
31 (3.846 %)Security Cleared
31 (3.846 %)ITIL
31 (3.846 %)PRINCE
31 (3.846 %)Project Management
31 (3.846 %)Service Delivery
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (19.23 %)SQL
15 (19.23 %)Shell Script
24 (15.38 %)PL/SQL
33 (11.54 %)Korn
42 (7.692 %)Java
51 (3.846 %)Perl
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.846 %)Basel II
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (19.23 %)NetBackup
23 (11.54 %)VMware ESX
31 (3.846 %)NFS
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (19.23 %)AutoSys
23 (11.54 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (30.77 %)Oracle
26 (23.08 %)VERITAS
35 (19.23 %)Sun
43 (11.54 %)Sybase
43 (11.54 %)CA
43 (11.54 %)VMware
52 (7.692 %)Fujitsu
52 (7.692 %)IBM
52 (7.692 %)HP
61 (3.846 %)NetApp
61 (3.846 %)Infovista