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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Maidenhead 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
Rank218
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads446
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.047 %
As % of the category below7.547 %46.00 %
Daily rates quoted133
Average minimum daily rate£300£396
Average daily rate£350£408
% change on same period last year-14.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£369
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
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£32.32£30.68
% change on same period last year+5.32 %
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Maidenhead
Matching contract IT job ads53100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.071 %0.101 %
Daily rates quoted554
Average minimum daily rate£383£380
Average daily rate£414£394
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£444£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted412
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£15.61
Average hourly rate£16.00£15.91
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£16.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Solaris BerkshireSolaris
Berkshire

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 Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solaris across the Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

114 (93.33 %)UNIX
213 (86.67 %)Linux
310 (66.67 %)Perl
49 (60.00 %)Apache
58 (53.33 %)TCP/IP
58 (53.33 %)Internet
58 (53.33 %)Network Security
66 (40.00 %)Problem Management
66 (40.00 %)Telecoms
66 (40.00 %)CGI
66 (40.00 %)MySQL
66 (40.00 %)Oracle
75 (33.33 %)AIX
84 (26.67 %)Auditing
84 (26.67 %)Shell Script
84 (26.67 %)C
84 (26.67 %)Broadband
84 (26.67 %)SMTP
84 (26.67 %)Sun
93 (20.00 %)ITIL
102 (13.33 %)Windows
102 (13.33 %)Netcool
102 (13.33 %)Netcool/Proviso
111 (6.667 %)TDD
111 (6.667 %)AquaLogic
111 (6.667 %)Performance Management
111 (6.667 %)Fault Management
111 (6.667 %)Integration Testing
111 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
111 (6.667 %)Manual Testing

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (40.00 %)CGI
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (60.00 %)Apache
21 (6.667 %)WebLogic
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (53.33 %)TCP/IP
18 (53.33 %)Internet
18 (53.33 %)Network Security
24 (26.67 %)Broadband
24 (26.67 %)SMTP
31 (6.667 %)DNS
31 (6.667 %)LDAP
31 (6.667 %)Firewall
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (40.00 %)MySQL
21 (6.667 %)Oracle Reports
21 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)JUnit
11 (6.667 %)TestDirector
11 (6.667 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (6.667 %)LoadRunner
11 (6.667 %)RequisitePro
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (40.00 %)Telecoms
24 (26.67 %)Auditing
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)UNIX Engineer
22 (13.33 %)Linux Administrator
22 (13.33 %)UNIX Administrator
22 (13.33 %)Solaris Administrator
22 (13.33 %)Developer
22 (13.33 %)Administrator
31 (6.667 %)Senior Software Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Tester
31 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
31 (6.667 %)2nd Line Support
31 (6.667 %)C Developer
31 (6.667 %)OSS Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Integration Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Senior UNIX Engineer
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Clustering
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (93.33 %)UNIX
213 (86.67 %)Linux
35 (33.33 %)AIX
42 (13.33 %)Windows
51 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)Problem Management
23 (20.00 %)ITIL
31 (6.667 %)CRM
31 (6.667 %)TDD
31 (6.667 %)Fault Management
31 (6.667 %)Integration Testing
31 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
31 (6.667 %)Manual Testing
31 (6.667 %)Performance Management
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (66.67 %)Perl
24 (26.67 %)C
24 (26.67 %)Shell Script
31 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
31 (6.667 %)SQL
31 (6.667 %)Python
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)ISEB
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)SLA
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)AquaLogic
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (13.33 %)Netcool
12 (13.33 %)Netcool/Proviso
21 (6.667 %)OpenView
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (40.00 %)Oracle
24 (26.67 %)Sun
31 (6.667 %)HP
31 (6.667 %)Red Hat
31 (6.667 %)Remedy
31 (6.667 %)Cramer
31 (6.667 %)Hummingbird
31 (6.667 %)Cisco
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