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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the North Yorkshire 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
Rank2844
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.001 %
As % of the category below18.48 %1.266 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£371-
Average daily rate£379-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£387-
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 %
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads9279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted97
Average minimum daily rate£355£239
Average daily rate£360£250
% change on same period last year+43.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£261
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted206
Average minimum hourly rate£15.72£24.62
Average hourly rate£17.13£24.77
% change on same period last year-30.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.54£24.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Solaris YorkshireSolaris
Yorkshire

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 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
HarrogateNew entry-8£381-
Solaris YorkshireSolaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

120 (76.92 %)Oracle
215 (57.69 %)Finance
312 (46.15 %)Banking
411 (42.31 %)Sun
510 (38.46 %)PRINCE2
510 (38.46 %)UNIX
510 (38.46 %)Middleware
69 (34.62 %)Project Management
69 (34.62 %)MS Visio
78 (30.77 %)MS Office
87 (26.92 %)Time Management
96 (23.08 %)Supplier Management
96 (23.08 %)Linux
105 (19.23 %)Financial Institution
114 (15.38 %)SCSA
114 (15.38 %)Back Office
114 (15.38 %)MS Project
114 (15.38 %)MS Excel
123 (11.54 %)Oracle 10g
123 (11.54 %)Apache
123 (11.54 %)Oracle 9i
123 (11.54 %)AIX
123 (11.54 %)Java
123 (11.54 %)Shell Script
132 (7.692 %)Red Hat
132 (7.692 %)PRINCE
132 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
132 (7.692 %)SQL
132 (7.692 %)DB2
132 (7.692 %)WebLogic

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (38.46 %)Middleware
21 (3.846 %)WebSphere
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.54 %)Apache
22 (7.692 %)WebLogic
31 (3.846 %)JBoss
31 (3.846 %)Tomcat
31 (3.846 %)WebSphere MQ
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (34.62 %)MS Visio
28 (30.77 %)MS Office
34 (15.38 %)MS Excel
34 (15.38 %)MS Project
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.692 %)FTP
12 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
12 (7.692 %)DNS
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.54 %)Oracle 9i
13 (11.54 %)Oracle 10g
22 (7.692 %)DB2
22 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (3.846 %)TOAD
31 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (3.846 %)PostgreSQL
31 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.846 %)SQL Server
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (57.69 %)Finance
212 (46.15 %)Banking
35 (19.23 %)Financial Institution
44 (15.38 %)Back Office
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (42.31 %)Project Manager
210 (38.46 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
210 (38.46 %)Infrastructure Manager
35 (19.23 %)Infrastructure Specialist
43 (11.54 %)Oracle DBA
43 (11.54 %)DBA
52 (7.692 %)Administrator
52 (7.692 %)UNIX Administrator
52 (7.692 %)UNIX Engineer
52 (7.692 %)Server Administrator
61 (3.846 %)WebSphere Consultant
61 (3.846 %)SQL DBA
61 (3.846 %)Server Engineer
61 (3.846 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Server Support Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Java Developer
61 (3.846 %)Server Support
61 (3.846 %)Support Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Systems Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Developer
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.846 %)PMI
11 (3.846 %)HACMP
11 (3.846 %)Clustering
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (38.46 %)UNIX
26 (23.08 %)Linux
33 (11.54 %)AIX
42 (7.692 %)Windows
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (38.46 %)PRINCE2
29 (34.62 %)Project Management
37 (26.92 %)Time Management
46 (23.08 %)Supplier Management
52 (7.692 %)PRINCE
61 (3.846 %)Scrum
61 (3.846 %)ITIL
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (11.54 %)Java
13 (11.54 %)Shell Script
22 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
22 (7.692 %)SQL
31 (3.846 %)Perl
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (15.38 %)SCSA
22 (7.692 %)PRINCE2 Certification
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.846 %)NetBackup
11 (3.846 %)Oracle RAC
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (76.92 %)Oracle
211 (42.31 %)Sun
32 (7.692 %)Red Hat
32 (7.692 %)IBM
41 (3.846 %)VMware
41 (3.846 %)VERITAS
41 (3.846 %)Sybase
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