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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Newcastle 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2731
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.882 %1.515 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£380
% change on same period last year-3.30 %
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£33.30£30.70
% change on same period last year+8.46 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads3466
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.066 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£540£310
Average daily rate£540£342
% change on same period last year+57.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£540£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted125
Average minimum hourly rate£22.83£28.33
Average hourly rate£23.48£34.17
% change on same period last year-31.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.12£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.67£22.57
% change on same period last year+0.44 %
Solaris Tyne and WearSolaris
Tyne and Wear

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

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

18 (80.00 %)SQL
25 (50.00 %)Oracle
25 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
34 (40.00 %)Informatica
34 (40.00 %)Windows
43 (30.00 %)NetApp
43 (30.00 %)VMware
43 (30.00 %)CommVault
43 (30.00 %)Hitachi
52 (20.00 %)Cisco
61 (10.00 %)Change Management
61 (10.00 %)Firewall
61 (10.00 %)BT
61 (10.00 %)Telecoms
61 (10.00 %)Government
61 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
61 (10.00 %)Active Directory
61 (10.00 %)HP
61 (10.00 %)Genesys
61 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
61 (10.00 %)VoIP
61 (10.00 %)UNIX
61 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
61 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
61 (10.00 %)IVR
61 (10.00 %)Siemens
61 (10.00 %)CheckPoint
61 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (10.00 %)McAfee Security
61 (10.00 %)X-Windows

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %)X-Windows
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)VoIP
11 (10.00 %)Firewall
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Telecoms
11 (10.00 %)Government
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Storage Specialist
22 (20.00 %)Developer
31 (10.00 %)Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Support Consultant
31 (10.00 %)Oracle Developer
31 (10.00 %)SQL Developer
31 (10.00 %)PL/SQL Developer
31 (10.00 %)Informatica Developer
31 (10.00 %)Storage Engineer
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)IVR
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (10.00 %)UNIX
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Change Management
11 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)SQL
25 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Oracle
24 (40.00 %)Informatica
33 (30.00 %)NetApp
33 (30.00 %)CommVault
33 (30.00 %)Hitachi
33 (30.00 %)VMware
42 (20.00 %)Cisco
51 (10.00 %)HP
51 (10.00 %)Genesys
51 (10.00 %)Siemens
51 (10.00 %)CheckPoint
51 (10.00 %)McAfee Security
51 (10.00 %)BT