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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the North East 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4551
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads99
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.009 %
As % of the category below5.806 %4.918 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£250£432
Average daily rate£270£432
% change on same period last year-37.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£290£432
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£375
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
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£32.33£31.96
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North East
Matching contract IT job ads155183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.218 %0.185 %
Daily rates quoted2448
Average minimum daily rate£312£341
Average daily rate£330£353
% change on same period last year-6.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted3835
Average minimum hourly rate£19.98£17.90
Average hourly rate£20.78£19.34
% change on same period last year+7.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.58£20.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.98£22.27
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Solaris EnglandSolaris
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Tyne and WearUp+196£270-33.33 %
TeessideNew entry-2--
Solaris EnglandSolaris
England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 (48.48 %)UNIX
215 (45.45 %)Windows
215 (45.45 %)Oracle
313 (39.39 %)SQL
48 (24.24 %)Government
57 (21.21 %)Telecoms
57 (21.21 %)PL/SQL
57 (21.21 %)Active Directory
57 (21.21 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (18.18 %)SAN
66 (18.18 %)CommVault
66 (18.18 %)Linux
66 (18.18 %)Perl
75 (15.15 %)NetApp
75 (15.15 %)VMware
75 (15.15 %)SC Cleared
75 (15.15 %)Security Cleared
84 (12.12 %)Genesys
84 (12.12 %)Hitachi
84 (12.12 %)Informatica
84 (12.12 %)HP
84 (12.12 %)Oracle 10g
84 (12.12 %)Sun
93 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
93 (9.091 %).NET
93 (9.091 %)HPUX
93 (9.091 %)Oracle RMAN
93 (9.091 %)IVR
93 (9.091 %)Legato
93 (9.091 %)Oracle RAC

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (9.091 %).NET
22 (6.061 %)ASP
22 (6.061 %)ASP.NET
22 (6.061 %)JSP
22 (6.061 %)SOAP
22 (6.061 %)WebServices
22 (6.061 %)XML
22 (6.061 %)HTML
22 (6.061 %)WSDL
31 (3.030 %)ODBC
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.061 %)Apache
12 (6.061 %)Tomcat
21 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
21 (3.030 %)Oracle 10gAS
21 (3.030 %)IIS
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.061 %)MS Project
12 (6.061 %)MS Office
12 (6.061 %)MS Excel
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.030 %)Oracle Applications
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (18.18 %)SAN
23 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
32 (6.061 %)HTTPS
32 (6.061 %)HTTP
32 (6.061 %)iSCSI
41 (3.030 %)Internet
41 (3.030 %)TELNET
41 (3.030 %)X.400
41 (3.030 %)X.500
41 (3.030 %)Firewall
41 (3.030 %)LDAP
41 (3.030 %)ADSL
41 (3.030 %)Broadband
41 (3.030 %)SMTP
41 (3.030 %)FTP
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (12.12 %)Oracle 10g
22 (6.061 %)Oracle 9i
22 (6.061 %)RDBMS
31 (3.030 %)Star Schema
31 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
31 (3.030 %)TOAD
31 (3.030 %)SQLPlus
31 (3.030 %)Oracle OWB
31 (3.030 %)SQL Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (24.24 %)Government
27 (21.21 %)Telecoms
31 (3.030 %)Finance
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (24.24 %)Administrator
24 (12.12 %)Support Engineer
33 (9.091 %)DBA
33 (9.091 %)Developer
33 (9.091 %)Oracle DBA
33 (9.091 %)Storage Administrator
33 (9.091 %)Storage Specialist
42 (6.061 %)Storage Engineer
42 (6.061 %)SAN Administrator
42 (6.061 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
42 (6.061 %)UNIX Administrator
42 (6.061 %)Systems Administrator
51 (3.030 %)Network Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Consultant
51 (3.030 %)Server Support
51 (3.030 %)Programmer
51 (3.030 %)Support Specialist
51 (3.030 %)2nd Line Support
51 (3.030 %)Perl Developer
51 (3.030 %)Informatica Developer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (9.091 %)IVR
22 (6.061 %)CLARiiON
22 (6.061 %)Celerra
31 (3.030 %)Blackberry
31 (3.030 %)PKI
31 (3.030 %)Dutch Language
31 (3.030 %)French Language
31 (3.030 %)German Language
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (48.48 %)UNIX
215 (45.45 %)Windows
37 (21.21 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (18.18 %)Linux
53 (9.091 %)HPUX
62 (6.061 %)Tru64
71 (3.030 %)Windows Vista
71 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (3.030 %)Windows 2000
71 (3.030 %)Windows XP
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (15.15 %)SC Cleared
15 (15.15 %)Security Cleared
22 (6.061 %)Data Protection
22 (6.061 %)Data Modelling
22 (6.061 %)Migration
31 (3.030 %)Incident Management
31 (3.030 %)Test Scripting
31 (3.030 %)E-business
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (39.39 %)SQL
27 (21.21 %)PL/SQL
36 (18.18 %)Perl
42 (6.061 %)PHP
42 (6.061 %)Shell Script
51 (3.030 %)Korn
51 (3.030 %)VBScript
51 (3.030 %)VB
51 (3.030 %)Java
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.030 %)MCSE
11 (3.030 %)Microsoft Certification
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (21.21 %)Active Directory
23 (9.091 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (9.091 %)Oracle RAC
32 (6.061 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (6.061 %)NetBackup
41 (3.030 %)ISA Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (9.091 %)Legato
13 (9.091 %)EMC NetWorker
22 (6.061 %)DiskXtender
31 (3.030 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (45.45 %)Oracle
26 (18.18 %)CommVault
35 (15.15 %)NetApp
35 (15.15 %)VMware
44 (12.12 %)Genesys
44 (12.12 %)Hitachi
44 (12.12 %)Informatica
44 (12.12 %)Sun
44 (12.12 %)HP
52 (6.061 %)EMC
52 (6.061 %)Cisco
52 (6.061 %)McAfee Security
52 (6.061 %)Brocade
61 (3.030 %)Finjan
61 (3.030 %)Microsoft
61 (3.030 %)Siemens