Hertfordshire Solaris Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sun Microsystems Solaris
Location Aberdeen Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Benfleet Berkshire Birmingham Bletchley Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Croydon Dalkeith Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redhill Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Trowbridge UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	44
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	21	54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.034 %	0.058 %
As % of the category below	10.55 %	15.84 %
Daily rates quoted	9	15
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£324
Average daily rate	£344	£337
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£359
% change on same period last year	-4.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£32.17
Average hourly rate	£32.50	£33.22
% change on same period last year	-2.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£34.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.83	£33.21
% change on same period last year	-10.17 %
Operating Systems Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	199	341
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.320 %	0.366 %
Daily rates quoted	79	87
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£305
Average daily rate	£361	£322
% change on same period last year	+12.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£321
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	87
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.31	£20.41
Average hourly rate	£25.52	£21.16
% change on same period last year	+20.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.73	£21.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.91	£21.94
% change on same period last year	-0.17 %
Solaris East of England

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 Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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 Hertfordshire region.

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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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Hertford	0	5	£305	+35.55 %
Watford	+6	3	-	-
St Albans	+11	1	-	-

Solaris East of England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 45 (57.69 %) UNIX 2 28 (35.90 %) Finance 3 27 (34.62 %) Oracle 4 23 (29.49 %) Sun 5 22 (28.21 %) Perl 6 21 (26.92 %) WebLogic 7 19 (24.36 %) Shell Script 7 19 (24.36 %) Linux 8 18 (23.08 %) Project Management 9 17 (21.79 %) Middleware 10 15 (19.23 %) VERITAS 11 14 (17.95 %) SLA 12 13 (16.67 %) HP 12 13 (16.67 %) Brocade 13 12 (15.38 %) Financial Institution

13 12 (15.38 %) EMC 13 12 (15.38 %) Windows 13 12 (15.38 %) AIX 13 12 (15.38 %) PRINCE2 13 12 (15.38 %) Java 14 11 (14.10 %) Tomcat 14 11 (14.10 %) Configuration Management 14 11 (14.10 %) StorageTek 15 10 (12.82 %) NetApp 15 10 (12.82 %) MS Project 16 9 (11.54 %) Internet 16 9 (11.54 %) Symmetrix 17 8 (10.26 %) NetBackup 17 8 (10.26 %) Oracle 10g 18 7 (8.974 %) CSS

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 17 (21.79 %) Middleware 2 7 (8.974 %) JSTL 2 7 (8.974 %) CSS 2 7 (8.974 %) JSP 3 5 (6.410 %) XHTML 3 5 (6.410 %) J2EE 4 4 (5.128 %) WebSphere 4 4 (5.128 %) Apache Axis 4 4 (5.128 %) WebServices 5 1 (1.282 %) XML 5 1 (1.282 %) CORBA 5 1 (1.282 %) WSDL 5 1 (1.282 %) STL 5 1 (1.282 %) Struts 5 1 (1.282 %) Hibernate 5 1 (1.282 %) AJAX 5 1 (1.282 %) LuciadMap	Application Platforms 1 21 (26.92 %) WebLogic 2 11 (14.10 %) Tomcat 3 7 (8.974 %) MQSeries 3 7 (8.974 %) CMS 3 7 (8.974 %) Morello 4 6 (7.692 %) Apache 5 4 (5.128 %) Resin 6 2 (2.564 %) Oracle 10gAS 7 1 (1.282 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 10 (12.82 %) MS Project 2 4 (5.128 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 9 (11.54 %) Internet 2 7 (8.974 %) Intranet 3 6 (7.692 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (5.128 %) DNS 4 4 (5.128 %) SAN 4 4 (5.128 %) SMPP 4 4 (5.128 %) Firewall 5 3 (3.846 %) SMTP 5 3 (3.846 %) HTTP 6 2 (2.564 %) FTP 6 2 (2.564 %) LAN 6 2 (2.564 %) WAN 6 2 (2.564 %) RTSP 7 1 (1.282 %) DSL 7 1 (1.282 %) VPN 7 1 (1.282 %) ISDN 7 1 (1.282 %) SMS 7 1 (1.282 %) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (10.26 %) Oracle 10g 2 6 (7.692 %) MySQL 3 2 (2.564 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.282 %) RDBMS 4 1 (1.282 %) GIS	Development Applications 1 2 (2.564 %) Ant 2 1 (1.282 %) PVCS
General 1 28 (35.90 %) Finance 2 12 (15.38 %) Financial Institution 3 7 (8.974 %) Banking 4 4 (5.128 %) Telecoms 5 2 (2.564 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (1.282 %) Billing 6 1 (1.282 %) Education 6 1 (1.282 %) Government	Job Titles 1 20 (25.64 %) Project Manager 2 11 (14.10 %) Developer 2 11 (14.10 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 2 11 (14.10 %) Administrator 2 11 (14.10 %) Storage Specialist 2 11 (14.10 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 8 (10.26 %) Web Developer 4 5 (6.410 %) Systems Administrator 4 5 (6.410 %) Analyst 5 4 (5.128 %) UNIX Administrator 6 3 (3.846 %) Firewall Analyst 7 2 (2.564 %) Hardware Engineer 7 2 (2.564 %) WebSphere Administrator 7 2 (2.564 %) Server Engineer 7 2 (2.564 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 7 2 (2.564 %) Support Specialist 8 1 (1.282 %) Infrastructure Analyst 8 1 (1.282 %) DBA 8 1 (1.282 %) Web Designer 8 1 (1.282 %) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 9 (11.54 %) Symmetrix 2 6 (7.692 %) PMI 3 5 (6.410 %) CMDB 4 2 (2.564 %) Blackberry 5 1 (1.282 %) Replication 5 1 (1.282 %) Web 2.0 5 1 (1.282 %) Computer Science 5 1 (1.282 %) iSeries	Operating Systems 1 45 (57.69 %) UNIX 2 19 (24.36 %) Linux 3 12 (15.38 %) Windows 3 12 (15.38 %) AIX 4 6 (7.692 %) HPUX 5 2 (2.564 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (2.564 %) Red Hat Linux 5 2 (2.564 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 (1.282 %) Tru64 6 1 (1.282 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (1.282 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (1.282 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (23.08 %) Project Management 2 12 (15.38 %) PRINCE2 3 11 (14.10 %) Configuration Management 4 7 (8.974 %) Content Management 5 6 (7.692 %) Supplier Management 5 6 (7.692 %) Time Management 6 3 (3.846 %) SOA 7 2 (2.564 %) UML 7 2 (2.564 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (2.564 %) Security Cleared 8 1 (1.282 %) Web Development 8 1 (1.282 %) OO 8 1 (1.282 %) Software Engineering 8 1 (1.282 %) E-business 8 1 (1.282 %) Security Management	Programming Languages 1 22 (28.21 %) Perl 2 19 (24.36 %) Shell Script 3 12 (15.38 %) Java 4 7 (8.974 %) AWK 5 4 (5.128 %) PHP 5 4 (5.128 %) SQL 6 1 (1.282 %) Korn 6 1 (1.282 %) JavaScript 6 1 (1.282 %) C 6 1 (1.282 %) C++
Qualifications 1 3 (3.846 %) Degree 2 2 (2.564 %) HP APS	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (17.95 %) SLA 2 2 (2.564 %) GxP
System Software 1 8 (10.26 %) NetBackup 2 1 (1.282 %) Oracle RMAN 2 1 (1.282 %) Oracle RAC 2 1 (1.282 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 1 (1.282 %) NFS	Systems Management 1 2 (2.564 %) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors 1 27 (34.62 %) Oracle 2 23 (29.49 %) Sun 3 15 (19.23 %) VERITAS 4 13 (16.67 %) HP 4 13 (16.67 %) Brocade 5 12 (15.38 %) EMC 6 11 (14.10 %) StorageTek 7 10 (12.82 %) NetApp 8 6 (7.692 %) IBM 9 5 (6.410 %) BMC 10 3 (3.846 %) Nokia 10 3 (3.846 %) Blue Coat 10 3 (3.846 %) Red Hat 10 3 (3.846 %) CheckPoint 10 3 (3.846 %) VMware 11 2 (2.564 %) Cisco 12 1 (1.282 %) Compaq 12 1 (1.282 %) Intel 12 1 (1.282 %) Serena