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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Harrogate 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below66.67 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£363-
Average daily rate£381-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£376
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
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£32.98£30.95
% change on same period last year+6.54 %
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Harrogate
Matching contract IT job ads158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£379-
Average daily rate£385-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£392-
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.00
Average hourly rate-£10.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.51£22.79
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Solaris North YorkshireSolaris
North 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 Harrogate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Harrogate 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 Harrogate region.

Harrogate Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Harrogate 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.

110 (100.00 %)Oracle
110 (100.00 %)Finance
27 (70.00 %)Financial Institution
36 (60.00 %)Middleware
36 (60.00 %)Project Management
36 (60.00 %)Time Management
45 (50.00 %)Supplier Management
45 (50.00 %)MS Office
45 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
45 (50.00 %)MS Visio
45 (50.00 %)Banking
54 (40.00 %)SCSA
54 (40.00 %)Sun
54 (40.00 %)Back Office
54 (40.00 %)UNIX
54 (40.00 %)MS Excel

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Harrogate 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.

Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (60.00 %)Middleware
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (50.00 %)MS Office
15 (50.00 %)MS Visio
24 (40.00 %)MS Excel
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (100.00 %)Finance
27 (70.00 %)Financial Institution
35 (50.00 %)Banking
44 (40.00 %)Back Office
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Project Manager
25 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
25 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
34 (40.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)UNIX
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)Project Management
16 (60.00 %)Time Management
25 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
25 (50.00 %)Supplier Management
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)SCSA
Harrogate IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (100.00 %)Oracle
24 (40.00 %)Sun