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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Kent 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
Rank4215
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads447
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.048 %
As % of the category below4.082 %25.97 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£290£346
Average daily rate£294£371
% change on same period last year-20.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£369
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£41.67
Average hourly rate-£42.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£43.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£30.68
% change on same period last year+5.32 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads98181
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.183 %
Daily rates quoted2227
Average minimum daily rate£307£309
Average daily rate£321£326
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted2649
Average minimum hourly rate£23.43£19.10
Average hourly rate£24.46£20.49
% change on same period last year+19.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.49£21.88
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

116 (88.89 %)UNIX
214 (77.78 %)Linux
39 (50.00 %)Active Directory
48 (44.44 %)Microsoft
48 (44.44 %)LDAP
48 (44.44 %)Kerberos
48 (44.44 %)Migration
56 (33.33 %)Change Management
56 (33.33 %)Windows
64 (22.22 %)Perl
64 (22.22 %)HP
73 (16.67 %)CiscoWorks
73 (16.67 %)Nortel
73 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
73 (16.67 %)LAN
73 (16.67 %)WLAN
73 (16.67 %)WAN
73 (16.67 %)OpenView
73 (16.67 %)Sun
73 (16.67 %)CCNA
73 (16.67 %)XML
73 (16.67 %)SNMP
73 (16.67 %)Cisco
73 (16.67 %)IBM
73 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
73 (16.67 %)NNM
73 (16.67 %)Wireless
73 (16.67 %)Tivoli
73 (16.67 %)Tivoli NetView
73 (16.67 %)Shell Script

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (16.67 %)XML
22 (11.11 %).NET
22 (11.11 %)WebServices
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)MS Office
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (44.44 %)LDAP
18 (44.44 %)Kerberos
23 (16.67 %)SNMP
23 (16.67 %)TACACS
23 (16.67 %)Wireless
23 (16.67 %)LAN
23 (16.67 %)WLAN
23 (16.67 %)WAN
31 (5.556 %)SAN
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)Oracle 9i
11 (5.556 %)Oracle 10g
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Pharmaceutical
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (38.89 %)Administrator
17 (38.89 %)UNIX Administrator
25 (27.78 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
25 (27.78 %)Systems Administrator
34 (22.22 %)UNIX Engineer
43 (16.67 %)Network Specialist
52 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
61 (5.556 %)Applications Support
61 (5.556 %)Oracle DBA
61 (5.556 %)DBA
61 (5.556 %)Desktop Support
61 (5.556 %)Junior
61 (5.556 %)Applications Support Engineer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (88.89 %)UNIX
214 (77.78 %)Linux
36 (33.33 %)Windows
43 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
52 (11.11 %)HPUX
61 (5.556 %)Windows XP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (44.44 %)Migration
26 (33.33 %)Change Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (22.22 %)Perl
23 (16.67 %)Shell Script
31 (5.556 %)Korn
31 (5.556 %)SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (16.67 %)CCNA
13 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (16.67 %)OpenView
13 (16.67 %)CiscoWorks
13 (16.67 %)Tivoli
13 (16.67 %)Tivoli NetView
13 (16.67 %)NNM
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (44.44 %)Microsoft
24 (22.22 %)HP
33 (16.67 %)Nortel
33 (16.67 %)Sun
33 (16.67 %)Cisco
33 (16.67 %)IBM
42 (11.11 %)Red Hat
51 (5.556 %)Oracle
51 (5.556 %)VERITAS
51 (5.556 %)EMC
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