The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the North Yorkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 25 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Solaris 1 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.654% - 4.717%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.703% - 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £300 - £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-16.92% -7.14%
All Operating Systems
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
37 45 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 24.18% 27.11% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 24
Average daily rate £330 £355 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.04% -5.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £93 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £400 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 5
Average hourly rate £20.50 £13.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.69% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £9.50 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £19.90 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Solaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Solaris across the North Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North Yorkshire Solaris Jobs Demand Trend

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solaris across the North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Harrogate - - - -
York - - - - 1
Solaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) OpenView
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) OpenView
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) F5