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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Nottinghamshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3621
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.011 %
As % of the category below5.882 %11.49 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£333£310
Average daily rate£358£345
% change on same period last year+3.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£362
% change on same period last year+4.48 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.26£30.89
% change on same period last year+4.45 %
Operating Systems NottinghamshireOperating Systems
Nottinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads10287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.092 %
Daily rates quoted2621
Average minimum daily rate£330£317
Average daily rate£351£332
% change on same period last year+5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£334
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted917
Average minimum hourly rate£12.10£14.83
Average hourly rate£13.04£15.66
% change on same period last year-16.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.98£16.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.83£23.75
% change on same period last year-8.06 %
Solaris East MidlandsSolaris
East Midlands

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 job ads citing Solaris within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 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
NottinghamDown-125£350+5.66 %
Solaris East MidlandsSolaris
East Midlands

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

17 (63.64 %)Oracle
17 (63.64 %)Sun
26 (54.55 %)Unix
34 (36.36 %)Oracle 9i
34 (36.36 %)Oracle 10g
43 (27.27 %)VERITAS
52 (18.18 %)Oracle RAC
52 (18.18 %)Clustering
52 (18.18 %)Oracle RMAN
52 (18.18 %)Shell Script
52 (18.18 %)Finance
52 (18.18 %)Siemens
52 (18.18 %)Sun Certification
52 (18.18 %)Juniper
52 (18.18 %)NFS
52 (18.18 %)SQL
52 (18.18 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (9.091 %)WebLogic
61 (9.091 %)DNS
61 (9.091 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (9.091 %)Tuxedo
61 (9.091 %)Windows XP
61 (9.091 %)Windows
61 (9.091 %)HPUX
61 (9.091 %)Linux
61 (9.091 %)Apache
61 (9.091 %)C
61 (9.091 %)C++
61 (9.091 %)Java
61 (9.091 %)Perl

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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
11 (9.091 %)WebLogic
11 (9.091 %)Apache
11 (9.091 %)Tuxedo
Business Applications
11 (9.091 %)Staffware
11 (9.091 %)Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)DNS
11 (9.091 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (36.36 %)Oracle 9i
14 (36.36 %)Oracle 10g
22 (18.18 %)Oracle 8/8i
General
12 (18.18 %)Finance
21 (9.091 %)Legal
21 (9.091 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
13 (27.27 %)Administrator
13 (27.27 %)Systems Administrator
13 (27.27 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
13 (27.27 %)Solaris Administrator
22 (18.18 %)UNIX Specialist
22 (18.18 %)DBA
22 (18.18 %)Oracle DBA
31 (9.091 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
16 (54.55 %)Unix
21 (9.091 %)Windows
21 (9.091 %)HPUX
21 (9.091 %)Linux
21 (9.091 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)CAD
11 (9.091 %)Migration
11 (9.091 %)PLM
Programming Languages
12 (18.18 %)SQL
12 (18.18 %)Shell Script
21 (9.091 %)C
21 (9.091 %)C++
21 (9.091 %)Java
21 (9.091 %)Perl
Qualifications
12 (18.18 %)Sun Certification
System Software
12 (18.18 %)NFS
12 (18.18 %)Oracle RMAN
12 (18.18 %)Oracle RAC
21 (9.091 %)Active Directory
21 (9.091 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
11 (9.091 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
17 (63.64 %)Oracle
17 (63.64 %)Sun
23 (27.27 %)VERITAS
32 (18.18 %)Juniper
32 (18.18 %)Siemens
41 (9.091 %)HP
41 (9.091 %)Red Hat
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