The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Nottingham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank - 27 24
Contract jobs citing Solaris 0 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham - 1.802% 2.119%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 10.26% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £160
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £430 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £31.00 £35.47
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -12.58%
All Operating Systems
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
82 39 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.77% 17.57% 29.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 15
Average daily rate £338 £300 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +87.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £313
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.25 £11.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.81% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £10.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Solaris
Nottinghamshire

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle