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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.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5044
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads2154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.058 %
As % of the category below10.55 %15.84 %
Daily rates quoted915
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 quoted19
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 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads199341
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.320 %0.366 %
Daily rates quoted7987
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 quoted2587
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 EnglandSolaris
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.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Solaris Hourly Rate 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 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.

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
HertfordNo change05£305+35.55 %
WatfordUp+63--
St AlbansUp+111--
Solaris East of EnglandSolaris
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.

145 (57.69 %)UNIX
228 (35.90 %)Finance
327 (34.62 %)Oracle
423 (29.49 %)Sun
522 (28.21 %)Perl
621 (26.92 %)WebLogic
719 (24.36 %)Shell Script
719 (24.36 %)Linux
818 (23.08 %)Project Management
917 (21.79 %)Middleware
1015 (19.23 %)VERITAS
1114 (17.95 %)SLA
1213 (16.67 %)HP
1213 (16.67 %)Brocade
1312 (15.38 %)Financial Institution
1312 (15.38 %)EMC
1312 (15.38 %)Windows
1312 (15.38 %)AIX
1312 (15.38 %)PRINCE2
1312 (15.38 %)Java
1411 (14.10 %)Tomcat
1411 (14.10 %)Configuration Management
1411 (14.10 %)StorageTek
1510 (12.82 %)NetApp
1510 (12.82 %)MS Project
169 (11.54 %)Internet
169 (11.54 %)Symmetrix
178 (10.26 %)NetBackup
178 (10.26 %)Oracle 10g
187 (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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (21.79 %)Middleware
27 (8.974 %)JSTL
27 (8.974 %)CSS
27 (8.974 %)JSP
35 (6.410 %)XHTML
35 (6.410 %)J2EE
44 (5.128 %)WebSphere
44 (5.128 %)Apache Axis
44 (5.128 %)WebServices
51 (1.282 %)XML
51 (1.282 %)CORBA
51 (1.282 %)WSDL
51 (1.282 %)STL
51 (1.282 %)Struts
51 (1.282 %)Hibernate
51 (1.282 %)AJAX
51 (1.282 %)LuciadMap
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (26.92 %)WebLogic
211 (14.10 %)Tomcat
37 (8.974 %)MQSeries
37 (8.974 %)CMS
37 (8.974 %)Morello
46 (7.692 %)Apache
54 (5.128 %)Resin
62 (2.564 %)Oracle 10gAS
71 (1.282 %)MS Exchange
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (12.82 %)MS Project
24 (5.128 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (11.54 %)Internet
27 (8.974 %)Intranet
36 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
44 (5.128 %)DNS
44 (5.128 %)SAN
44 (5.128 %)SMPP
44 (5.128 %)Firewall
53 (3.846 %)SMTP
53 (3.846 %)HTTP
62 (2.564 %)FTP
62 (2.564 %)LAN
62 (2.564 %)WAN
62 (2.564 %)RTSP
71 (1.282 %)DSL
71 (1.282 %)VPN
71 (1.282 %)ISDN
71 (1.282 %)SMS
71 (1.282 %)DHCP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (10.26 %)Oracle 10g
26 (7.692 %)MySQL
32 (2.564 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (1.282 %)RDBMS
41 (1.282 %)GIS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (2.564 %)Ant
21 (1.282 %)PVCS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (35.90 %)Finance
212 (15.38 %)Financial Institution
37 (8.974 %)Banking
44 (5.128 %)Telecoms
52 (2.564 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (1.282 %)Billing
61 (1.282 %)Education
61 (1.282 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (25.64 %)Project Manager
211 (14.10 %)Developer
211 (14.10 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
211 (14.10 %)Administrator
211 (14.10 %)Storage Specialist
211 (14.10 %)Infrastructure Manager
38 (10.26 %)Web Developer
45 (6.410 %)Systems Administrator
45 (6.410 %)Analyst
54 (5.128 %)UNIX Administrator
63 (3.846 %)Firewall Analyst
72 (2.564 %)Hardware Engineer
72 (2.564 %)WebSphere Administrator
72 (2.564 %)Server Engineer
72 (2.564 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
72 (2.564 %)Support Specialist
81 (1.282 %)Infrastructure Analyst
81 (1.282 %)DBA
81 (1.282 %)Web Designer
81 (1.282 %)Java Software Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (11.54 %)Symmetrix
26 (7.692 %)PMI
35 (6.410 %)CMDB
42 (2.564 %)Blackberry
51 (1.282 %)Replication
51 (1.282 %)Web 2.0
51 (1.282 %)Computer Science
51 (1.282 %)iSeries
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
145 (57.69 %)UNIX
219 (24.36 %)Linux
312 (15.38 %)Windows
312 (15.38 %)AIX
46 (7.692 %)HPUX
52 (2.564 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (2.564 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (2.564 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (1.282 %)Tru64
61 (1.282 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.282 %)Windows 2000
61 (1.282 %)Windows XP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (23.08 %)Project Management
212 (15.38 %)PRINCE2
311 (14.10 %)Configuration Management
47 (8.974 %)Content Management
56 (7.692 %)Supplier Management
56 (7.692 %)Time Management
63 (3.846 %)SOA
72 (2.564 %)UML
72 (2.564 %)SC Cleared
72 (2.564 %)Security Cleared
81 (1.282 %)Web Development
81 (1.282 %)OO
81 (1.282 %)Software Engineering
81 (1.282 %)E-business
81 (1.282 %)Security Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (28.21 %)Perl
219 (24.36 %)Shell Script
312 (15.38 %)Java
47 (8.974 %)AWK
54 (5.128 %)PHP
54 (5.128 %)SQL
61 (1.282 %)Korn
61 (1.282 %)JavaScript
61 (1.282 %)C
61 (1.282 %)C++
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (3.846 %)Degree
22 (2.564 %)HP APS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (17.95 %)SLA
22 (2.564 %)GxP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (10.26 %)NetBackup
21 (1.282 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (1.282 %)Oracle RAC
21 (1.282 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (1.282 %)NFS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (2.564 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (34.62 %)Oracle
223 (29.49 %)Sun
315 (19.23 %)VERITAS
413 (16.67 %)HP
413 (16.67 %)Brocade
512 (15.38 %)EMC
611 (14.10 %)StorageTek
710 (12.82 %)NetApp
86 (7.692 %)IBM
95 (6.410 %)BMC
103 (3.846 %)Nokia
103 (3.846 %)Blue Coat
103 (3.846 %)Red Hat
103 (3.846 %)CheckPoint
103 (3.846 %)VMware
112 (2.564 %)Cisco
121 (1.282 %)Compaq
121 (1.282 %)Intel
121 (1.282 %)Serena