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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the East Yorkshire 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank11-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below11.76 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£376
% change on same period last year-5.92 %
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£31.96£32.07
% change on same period last year-0.32 %
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
East Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads1713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.013 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£218
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£235
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£33.60
Average hourly rate£13.00£35.20
% change on same period last year-63.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£36.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.94£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Solaris YorkshireSolaris
Yorkshire

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

East Yorkshire Solaris Demand 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 East Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HullNew entry-2--
Solaris YorkshireSolaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Yorkshire 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 (100.00 %)UNIX
24 (80.00 %)Linux
33 (60.00 %)Sun
33 (60.00 %)Red Hat
33 (60.00 %)Data Management
33 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (40.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (40.00 %)Oracle
51 (20.00 %)JUnit
51 (20.00 %)JSP
51 (20.00 %)Servlets
51 (20.00 %)XML
51 (20.00 %)Windows
51 (20.00 %)Java
51 (20.00 %)J2EE
51 (20.00 %)MySQL
51 (20.00 %)J2SE
51 (20.00 %)RDBMS
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft
51 (20.00 %)Lotus
51 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
51 (20.00 %)Publishing

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Yorkshire 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.

East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)JSP
11 (20.00 %)Servlets
11 (20.00 %)XML
11 (20.00 %)J2EE
11 (20.00 %)J2SE
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (20.00 %)MySQL
21 (20.00 %)RDBMS
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)JUnit
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Publishing
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Systems Administrator
13 (60.00 %)Administrator
22 (40.00 %)Oracle DBA
22 (40.00 %)DBA
31 (20.00 %)Developer
31 (20.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
31 (20.00 %)UNIX Administrator
31 (20.00 %)Java Developer
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
24 (80.00 %)Linux
33 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (20.00 %)Windows
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Data Management
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
East Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Sun
13 (60.00 %)Red Hat
22 (40.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)Lotus