Hampshire Solaris Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Hampshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sun Microsystems Solaris
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Aldershot Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Clydebank Colchester Corby County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Driffield Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Elgin Enfield England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hull Inverness Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicestershire Lewisham Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Moray Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rugby Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	36
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	86	116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.117 %
As % of the category below	14.45 %	13.99 %
Daily rates quoted	24	65
Average minimum daily rate	£370	£356
Average daily rate	£377	£366
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£369
% change on same period last year	+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£45.00
Average hourly rate	£32.25	£46.00
% change on same period last year	-29.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.50	£47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.32	£30.68
% change on same period last year	+5.32 %
Operating Systems Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	595	829
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.793 %	0.839 %
Daily rates quoted	83	172
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£342
Average daily rate	£350	£353
% change on same period last year	-1.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	154	202
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.93	£26.27
Average hourly rate	£25.93	£27.82
% change on same period last year	-6.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.94	£29.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Solaris South East

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

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend

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

Solaris
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solaris
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Solaris
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Basingstoke	-17	9	£390	+6.37 %
Havant	-	6	-	-
Winchester	+6	5	£348	+7.07 %
Portsmouth	-	4	£450	-
Southampton	+7	3	£363	+11.53 %
Eastleigh	-	1	-	-
Aldershot	-	1	-	-

Solaris South East

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 136 (80.95 %) UNIX 2 65 (38.69 %) AIX 3 60 (35.71 %) Linux 4 58 (34.52 %) Windows 5 56 (33.33 %) Sun 6 48 (28.57 %) Shell Script 7 34 (20.24 %) Tivoli 8 31 (18.45 %) TCP/IP 9 30 (17.86 %) Perl 9 30 (17.86 %) Finance 10 27 (16.07 %) WebSphere 11 26 (15.48 %) Korn 12 25 (14.88 %) IBM 13 24 (14.29 %) Oracle 14 22 (13.10 %) SAN

15 21 (12.50 %) Telecoms 16 19 (11.31 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 16 19 (11.31 %) HPUX 17 18 (10.71 %) SQL 17 18 (10.71 %) Windows 2000 17 18 (10.71 %) Tru64 18 17 (10.12 %) Java 19 16 (9.524 %) C++ 20 15 (8.929 %) OpenVMS 20 15 (8.929 %) HP 21 14 (8.333 %) Migration 21 14 (8.333 %) Internet 22 13 (7.738 %) ITIL 23 12 (7.143 %) MS Excel 23 12 (7.143 %) LDAP

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 27 (16.07 %) WebSphere 2 8 (4.762 %) J2EE 3 6 (3.571 %) XML 4 5 (2.976 %) HTML 4 5 (2.976 %) Middleware 5 4 (2.381 %) AJAX 6 3 (1.786 %) JMS 6 3 (1.786 %) JSP 7 2 (1.190 %) ASP 7 2 (1.190 %) JDBC 7 2 (1.190 %) WebServices 7 2 (1.190 %) WBIMB 8 1 (0.595 %) XML Messaging 8 1 (0.595 %) Servlets 8 1 (0.595 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 11 (6.548 %) Apache 2 8 (4.762 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 8 (4.762 %) WebSphere MQ 3 7 (4.167 %) Lotus Notes 3 7 (4.167 %) Tomcat 4 5 (2.976 %) SAS 5 3 (1.786 %) Oracle 9iAS 5 3 (1.786 %) JBoss 5 3 (1.786 %) Rendezvous 5 3 (1.786 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 2 (1.190 %) IBM HTTP Server 6 2 (1.190 %) Oracle Spatial 6 2 (1.190 %) WebSphere Message Broker 6 2 (1.190 %) MS Exchange 7 1 (0.595 %) WebLogic 7 1 (0.595 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (0.595 %) ATG Dynamo
Applications 1 12 (7.143 %) MS Excel 2 8 (4.762 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.190 %) MS Project 3 2 (1.190 %) MS Visio 3 2 (1.190 %) S-PLUS	Business Applications 1 4 (2.381 %) Oracle EBS 2 3 (1.786 %) Oracle Applications 3 2 (1.190 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 31 (18.45 %) TCP/IP 2 22 (13.10 %) SAN 3 14 (8.333 %) Internet 4 12 (7.143 %) DNS 4 12 (7.143 %) LDAP 5 9 (5.357 %) Firewall 6 8 (4.762 %) VPN 6 8 (4.762 %) Intrusion Detection 6 8 (4.762 %) Cisco PIX 7 7 (4.167 %) DHCP 7 7 (4.167 %) HTTP 8 6 (3.571 %) SSH 9 5 (2.976 %) SMTP 10 4 (2.381 %) SSL 10 4 (2.381 %) Network Security 11 2 (1.190 %) IMAP 12 1 (0.595 %) NNTP 12 1 (0.595 %) FTP 12 1 (0.595 %) LAN 12 1 (0.595 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (6.548 %) RDBMS 2 6 (3.571 %) Oracle 10g 2 6 (3.571 %) DB2 3 4 (2.381 %) MySQL 3 4 (2.381 %) SQL Server 3 4 (2.381 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 4 (2.381 %) Oracle 9i 4 3 (1.786 %) Oracle Reports 4 3 (1.786 %) SQL Server 2000 4 3 (1.786 %) SQLPlus 5 1 (0.595 %) DB2 UDB
Development Applications 1 9 (5.357 %) ClearCase 2 7 (4.167 %) TestDirector 3 4 (2.381 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (0.595 %) ClearQuest 4 1 (0.595 %) Eclipse	General 1 30 (17.86 %) Finance 2 21 (12.50 %) Telecoms 3 6 (3.571 %) Government 3 6 (3.571 %) Banking 4 2 (1.190 %) Billing 4 2 (1.190 %) Investment Banking 4 2 (1.190 %) Aerospace 4 2 (1.190 %) Education 5 1 (0.595 %) Front Office 5 1 (0.595 %) Back Office 5 1 (0.595 %) Electronics 5 1 (0.595 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 50 (29.76 %) Administrator 2 30 (17.86 %) Systems Administrator 3 26 (15.48 %) UNIX Administrator 4 23 (13.69 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 5 15 (8.929 %) Systems Engineer 6 13 (7.738 %) Consultant 7 12 (7.143 %) DBA 7 12 (7.143 %) Developer 7 12 (7.143 %) Analyst 8 10 (5.952 %) UNIX Engineer 9 9 (5.357 %) UNIX Consultant 9 9 (5.357 %) Oracle DBA 10 8 (4.762 %) Tester 11 7 (4.167 %) Test Engineer 11 7 (4.167 %) AIX Administrator 12 6 (3.571 %) Solaris Administrator 12 6 (3.571 %) Software Engineer 13 5 (2.976 %) UNIX Systems Engineer 14 4 (2.381 %) Applications Developer 14 4 (2.381 %) Release Manager	Miscellaneous 1 8 (4.762 %) Mainframe 2 3 (1.786 %) iDTV 2 3 (1.786 %) PKI 3 2 (1.190 %) HACMP 3 2 (1.190 %) Replication 3 2 (1.190 %) Clustering 4 1 (0.595 %) German Language 4 1 (0.595 %) Japanese Language 4 1 (0.595 %) Spanish Language
Operating Systems 1 136 (80.95 %) UNIX 2 65 (38.69 %) AIX 3 60 (35.71 %) Linux 4 58 (34.52 %) Windows 5 19 (11.31 %) HPUX 6 18 (10.71 %) Windows 2000 6 18 (10.71 %) Tru64 7 15 (8.929 %) OpenVMS 8 4 (2.381 %) zOS 8 4 (2.381 %) Windows Server 2003 8 4 (2.381 %) VMS 9 3 (1.786 %) SUSE 10 2 (1.190 %) Windows NT 11 1 (0.595 %) Windows XP 11 1 (0.595 %) Debian 11 1 (0.595 %) Nucleus RTOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (8.333 %) Migration 2 13 (7.738 %) ITIL 3 10 (5.952 %) Security Cleared 4 9 (5.357 %) SC Cleared 5 5 (2.976 %) Change Management 5 5 (2.976 %) Load Balancing 5 5 (2.976 %) Release Management 6 4 (2.381 %) Incident Management 7 3 (1.786 %) Configuration Management 7 3 (1.786 %) Test Scripting 8 2 (1.190 %) Problem Management 9 1 (0.595 %) Risk Analysis 9 1 (0.595 %) Performance Management 9 1 (0.595 %) Programme Management 9 1 (0.595 %) Supply Chain Management 9 1 (0.595 %) Regression Testing 9 1 (0.595 %) E-business 9 1 (0.595 %) Security Management 9 1 (0.595 %) UML 9 1 (0.595 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 48 (28.57 %) Shell Script 2 30 (17.86 %) Perl 3 26 (15.48 %) Korn 4 18 (10.71 %) SQL 5 17 (10.12 %) Java 6 16 (9.524 %) C++ 7 8 (4.762 %) PHP 8 7 (4.167 %) C 9 6 (3.571 %) Python 10 4 (2.381 %) JavaScript 11 2 (1.190 %) Jython 12 1 (0.595 %) XPath 12 1 (0.595 %) DHTML 12 1 (0.595 %) Ada	Qualifications 1 7 (4.167 %) ISEB 2 5 (2.976 %) Sun Certification 3 3 (1.786 %) Degree 4 2 (1.190 %) HNC 4 2 (1.190 %) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (5.357 %) ISO27001 2 7 (4.167 %) SLA 3 5 (2.976 %) BS7799 4 4 (2.381 %) QA 5 3 (1.786 %) ISO8583 6 2 (1.190 %) ISO9000 6 2 (1.190 %) ISO9001 7 1 (0.595 %) ISO17799	System Software 1 11 (6.548 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 2 5 (2.976 %) NFS 3 3 (1.786 %) Oracle RMAN 3 3 (1.786 %) Oracle RAC 4 2 (1.190 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (1.190 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.595 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 34 (20.24 %) Tivoli 2 19 (11.31 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 8 (4.762 %) CONTROL-M 4 3 (1.786 %) AutoSys 4 3 (1.786 %) BMC PATROL 4 3 (1.786 %) Oracle Statspack 5 2 (1.190 %) CA SiteMinder 5 2 (1.190 %) OMEGAMON 5 2 (1.190 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 6 1 (0.595 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 56 (33.33 %) Sun 2 25 (14.88 %) IBM 3 24 (14.29 %) Oracle 4 15 (8.929 %) HP 5 11 (6.548 %) Cisco 6 10 (5.952 %) Remedy 7 9 (5.357 %) CheckPoint 8 8 (4.762 %) Red Hat 9 7 (4.167 %) BMC 9 7 (4.167 %) Lotus 10 5 (2.976 %) Microsoft 11 4 (2.381 %) Novell 12 3 (1.786 %) VERITAS 12 3 (1.786 %) Intel 12 3 (1.786 %) Infovista 12 3 (1.786 %) Compaq 12 3 (1.786 %) TIBCO 13 2 (1.190 %) Dell 14 1 (0.595 %) EMC 14 1 (0.595 %) ATG