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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.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3436
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads86116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.117 %
As % of the category below14.45 %13.99 %
Daily rates quoted2465
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 quoted63
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 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads595829
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.793 %0.839 %
Daily rates quoted83172
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 quoted154202
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 EastSolaris
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.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Solaris Daily Rate Trend

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.

Hampshire Solaris Daily Rate Histogram

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.

Hampshire Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

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.

Hampshire Solaris Hourly Rate Histogram

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.

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
BasingstokeDown-179£390+6.37 %
HavantNew entry-6--
WinchesterUp+65£348+7.07 %
PortsmouthNew entry-4£450-
SouthamptonUp+73£363+11.53 %
EastleighNew entry-1--
AldershotNew entry-1--
Solaris South EastSolaris
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.

1136 (80.95 %)UNIX
265 (38.69 %)AIX
360 (35.71 %)Linux
458 (34.52 %)Windows
556 (33.33 %)Sun
648 (28.57 %)Shell Script
734 (20.24 %)Tivoli
831 (18.45 %)TCP/IP
930 (17.86 %)Perl
930 (17.86 %)Finance
1027 (16.07 %)WebSphere
1126 (15.48 %)Korn
1225 (14.88 %)IBM
1324 (14.29 %)Oracle
1422 (13.10 %)SAN
1521 (12.50 %)Telecoms
1619 (11.31 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1619 (11.31 %)HPUX
1718 (10.71 %)SQL
1718 (10.71 %)Windows 2000
1718 (10.71 %)Tru64
1817 (10.12 %)Java
1916 (9.524 %)C++
2015 (8.929 %)OpenVMS
2015 (8.929 %)HP
2114 (8.333 %)Migration
2114 (8.333 %)Internet
2213 (7.738 %)ITIL
2312 (7.143 %)MS Excel
2312 (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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (16.07 %)WebSphere
28 (4.762 %)J2EE
36 (3.571 %)XML
45 (2.976 %)HTML
45 (2.976 %)Middleware
54 (2.381 %)AJAX
63 (1.786 %)JMS
63 (1.786 %)JSP
72 (1.190 %)ASP
72 (1.190 %)JDBC
72 (1.190 %)WebServices
72 (1.190 %)WBIMB
81 (0.595 %)XML Messaging
81 (0.595 %)Servlets
81 (0.595 %)SOAP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (6.548 %)Apache
28 (4.762 %)WebSphere Application Server
28 (4.762 %)WebSphere MQ
37 (4.167 %)Lotus Notes
37 (4.167 %)Tomcat
45 (2.976 %)SAS
53 (1.786 %)Oracle 9iAS
53 (1.786 %)JBoss
53 (1.786 %)Rendezvous
53 (1.786 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
62 (1.190 %)IBM HTTP Server
62 (1.190 %)Oracle Spatial
62 (1.190 %)WebSphere Message Broker
62 (1.190 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.595 %)WebLogic
71 (0.595 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.595 %)ATG Dynamo
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (7.143 %)MS Excel
28 (4.762 %)MS Office
32 (1.190 %)MS Project
32 (1.190 %)MS Visio
32 (1.190 %)S-PLUS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.381 %)Oracle EBS
23 (1.786 %)Oracle Applications
32 (1.190 %)Oracle 11i
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (18.45 %)TCP/IP
222 (13.10 %)SAN
314 (8.333 %)Internet
412 (7.143 %)DNS
412 (7.143 %)LDAP
59 (5.357 %)Firewall
68 (4.762 %)VPN
68 (4.762 %)Intrusion Detection
68 (4.762 %)Cisco PIX
77 (4.167 %)DHCP
77 (4.167 %)HTTP
86 (3.571 %)SSH
95 (2.976 %)SMTP
104 (2.381 %)SSL
104 (2.381 %)Network Security
112 (1.190 %)IMAP
121 (0.595 %)NNTP
121 (0.595 %)FTP
121 (0.595 %)LAN
121 (0.595 %)WAN
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (6.548 %)RDBMS
26 (3.571 %)Oracle 10g
26 (3.571 %)DB2
34 (2.381 %)MySQL
34 (2.381 %)SQL Server
34 (2.381 %)Oracle 8/8i
34 (2.381 %)Oracle 9i
43 (1.786 %)Oracle Reports
43 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (1.786 %)SQLPlus
51 (0.595 %)DB2 UDB
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (5.357 %)ClearCase
27 (4.167 %)TestDirector
34 (2.381 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.595 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.595 %)Eclipse
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
130 (17.86 %)Finance
221 (12.50 %)Telecoms
36 (3.571 %)Government
36 (3.571 %)Banking
42 (1.190 %)Billing
42 (1.190 %)Investment Banking
42 (1.190 %)Aerospace
42 (1.190 %)Education
51 (0.595 %)Front Office
51 (0.595 %)Back Office
51 (0.595 %)Electronics
51 (0.595 %)Auditing
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (29.76 %)Administrator
230 (17.86 %)Systems Administrator
326 (15.48 %)UNIX Administrator
423 (13.69 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
515 (8.929 %)Systems Engineer
613 (7.738 %)Consultant
712 (7.143 %)DBA
712 (7.143 %)Developer
712 (7.143 %)Analyst
810 (5.952 %)UNIX Engineer
99 (5.357 %)UNIX Consultant
99 (5.357 %)Oracle DBA
108 (4.762 %)Tester
117 (4.167 %)Test Engineer
117 (4.167 %)AIX Administrator
126 (3.571 %)Solaris Administrator
126 (3.571 %)Software Engineer
135 (2.976 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
144 (2.381 %)Applications Developer
144 (2.381 %)Release Manager
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (4.762 %)Mainframe
23 (1.786 %)iDTV
23 (1.786 %)PKI
32 (1.190 %)HACMP
32 (1.190 %)Replication
32 (1.190 %)Clustering
41 (0.595 %)German Language
41 (0.595 %)Japanese Language
41 (0.595 %)Spanish Language
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1136 (80.95 %)UNIX
265 (38.69 %)AIX
360 (35.71 %)Linux
458 (34.52 %)Windows
519 (11.31 %)HPUX
618 (10.71 %)Windows 2000
618 (10.71 %)Tru64
715 (8.929 %)OpenVMS
84 (2.381 %)zOS
84 (2.381 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (2.381 %)VMS
93 (1.786 %)SUSE
102 (1.190 %)Windows NT
111 (0.595 %)Windows XP
111 (0.595 %)Debian
111 (0.595 %)Nucleus RTOS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (8.333 %)Migration
213 (7.738 %)ITIL
310 (5.952 %)Security Cleared
49 (5.357 %)SC Cleared
55 (2.976 %)Change Management
55 (2.976 %)Load Balancing
55 (2.976 %)Release Management
64 (2.381 %)Incident Management
73 (1.786 %)Configuration Management
73 (1.786 %)Test Scripting
82 (1.190 %)Problem Management
91 (0.595 %)Risk Analysis
91 (0.595 %)Performance Management
91 (0.595 %)Programme Management
91 (0.595 %)Supply Chain Management
91 (0.595 %)Regression Testing
91 (0.595 %)E-business
91 (0.595 %)Security Management
91 (0.595 %)UML
91 (0.595 %)OO
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (28.57 %)Shell Script
230 (17.86 %)Perl
326 (15.48 %)Korn
418 (10.71 %)SQL
517 (10.12 %)Java
616 (9.524 %)C++
78 (4.762 %)PHP
87 (4.167 %)C
96 (3.571 %)Python
104 (2.381 %)JavaScript
112 (1.190 %)Jython
121 (0.595 %)XPath
121 (0.595 %)DHTML
121 (0.595 %)Ada
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (4.167 %)ISEB
25 (2.976 %)Sun Certification
33 (1.786 %)Degree
42 (1.190 %)HNC
42 (1.190 %)IBM AIX Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (5.357 %)ISO27001
27 (4.167 %)SLA
35 (2.976 %)BS7799
44 (2.381 %)QA
53 (1.786 %)ISO8583
62 (1.190 %)ISO9000
62 (1.190 %)ISO9001
71 (0.595 %)ISO17799
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (6.548 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
25 (2.976 %)NFS
33 (1.786 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (1.786 %)Oracle RAC
42 (1.190 %)Terminal Services
42 (1.190 %)NetBackup
51 (0.595 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
134 (20.24 %)Tivoli
219 (11.31 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
38 (4.762 %)CONTROL-M
43 (1.786 %)AutoSys
43 (1.786 %)BMC PATROL
43 (1.786 %)Oracle Statspack
52 (1.190 %)CA SiteMinder
52 (1.190 %)OMEGAMON
52 (1.190 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.595 %)OpenView
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
156 (33.33 %)Sun
225 (14.88 %)IBM
324 (14.29 %)Oracle
415 (8.929 %)HP
511 (6.548 %)Cisco
610 (5.952 %)Remedy
79 (5.357 %)CheckPoint
88 (4.762 %)Red Hat
97 (4.167 %)BMC
97 (4.167 %)Lotus
105 (2.976 %)Microsoft
114 (2.381 %)Novell
123 (1.786 %)VERITAS
123 (1.786 %)Intel
123 (1.786 %)Infovista
123 (1.786 %)Compaq
123 (1.786 %)TIBCO
132 (1.190 %)Dell
141 (0.595 %)EMC
141 (0.595 %)ATG
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