Solaris Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 106 138 87
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -51
Contract jobs citing Solaris 125 103 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.604% 1.015% 1.986%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.078% 4.942% 8.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 38 91
Average daily rate £425 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.64% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £302 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £441 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £410 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 7
Average hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £30.50 £33.93
% change year-on-year
-11.47% -10.10%
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 1766 2084 2451
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 22.66% 20.54% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 847 872
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £160 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 329 333
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Solaris
England

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Solaris Daily Rate Histogram

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Surrey +35 38 £450 +12.50%
Hampshire +6 37 £400 +14.28%
Berkshire +7 23 £295 -13.23%
Oxfordshire +17 12 £320 -
West Sussex - 5 £345 -
Buckinghamshire -6 3 - -
Middlesex 0 2 £425 +17.24%
M4 Corridor - 2 - -
Kent -5 1 £475 -
Solaris
England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1 104 (53.61%) Linux
2 100 (51.55%) UNIX
3 91 (46.91%) Oracle
4 63 (32.47%) Windows
5 59 (30.41%) Finance
6 50 (25.77%) AIX
7 47 (24.23%) SAN
8 46 (23.71%) SQL
9 39 (20.10%) Security Cleared
10 38 (19.59%) Red Hat
11 35 (18.04%) HPUX
12 34 (17.53%) VMware
13 32 (16.49%) Internet
13 32 (16.49%) Cisco
13 32 (16.49%) Oracle 10g
13 32 (16.49%) SC Cleared
14 31 (15.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 31 (15.98%) Veritas
14 31 (15.98%) Shell Script
15 30 (15.46%) Telecoms
15 30 (15.46%) Sun
16 28 (14.43%) Java
16 28 (14.43%) NAS
17 27 (13.92%) HP
18 26 (13.40%) Firewall
19 25 (12.89%) McAfee
19 25 (12.89%) EMC
20 24 (12.37%) SQL Server
20 24 (12.37%) ITIL
20 24 (12.37%) Juniper

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 12 (6.186%) Java EE
2 9 (4.639%) OC4J
3 7 (3.608%) XML
3 7 (3.608%) WebSphere
4 6 (3.093%) J2EE
5 5 (2.577%) Spring
6 4 (2.062%) Struts
6 4 (2.062%) Web Services
7 3 (1.546%) STL
7 3 (1.546%) HTML
7 3 (1.546%) EJB
7 3 (1.546%) CSS
7 3 (1.546%) JSP
7 3 (1.546%) WAP
7 3 (1.546%) Middleware
7 3 (1.546%) Hibernate
7 3 (1.546%) Ajax
8 2 (1.031%) jQuery
8 2 (1.031%) Struts2
8 2 (1.031%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 20 (10.31%) Apache
2 15 (7.732%) Oracle Application Server
3 10 (5.155%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 10 (5.155%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 8 (4.124%) WebLogic
4 8 (4.124%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.031%) SAS
5 2 (1.031%) IIS
5 2 (1.031%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.515%) Oracle 9iAS
6 1 (0.515%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.515%) Commerce Server
6 1 (0.515%) Site Server
6 1 (0.515%) CMS
6 1 (0.515%) Liferay
6 1 (0.515%) Moodle
6 1 (0.515%) Drupal
6 1 (0.515%) Alfresco
Applications
1 6 (3.093%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.546%) MS Project
3 2 (1.031%) MS Office
4 1 (0.515%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (7.216%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.062%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (2.062%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 47 (24.23%) SAN
2 32 (16.49%) Internet
3 28 (14.43%) NAS
4 26 (13.40%) Firewall
5 22 (11.34%) Intrusion Detection
5 22 (11.34%) SMTP
6 14 (7.216%) HTTP
7 9 (4.639%) LDAP
7 9 (4.639%) TCP/IP
7 9 (4.639%) DNS
8 8 (4.124%) FTP
9 7 (3.608%) ATM
10 4 (2.062%) Network Security
10 4 (2.062%) OpenLDAP
10 4 (2.062%) NetScreen
11 3 (1.546%) GSM
11 3 (1.546%) LAN
11 3 (1.546%) WAN
11 3 (1.546%) 3G
11 3 (1.546%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (16.49%) Oracle 10g
2 24 (12.37%) SQL Server
3 17 (8.763%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (5.155%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (3.608%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (3.093%) InterSystems Cache
6 6 (3.093%) Oracle Discoverer
6 6 (3.093%) MySQL
7 4 (2.062%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (2.062%) MarkLogic
7 4 (2.062%) TOAD
7 4 (2.062%) Oracle 9i
8 3 (1.546%) TimesTen
8 3 (1.546%) Sybase ASE
8 3 (1.546%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (1.031%) Base SAS
9 2 (1.031%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (1.031%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (1.031%) SAP BW
9 2 (1.031%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (3.093%) ProC
1 6 (3.093%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (2.577%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.062%) Git (software)
3 4 (2.062%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (1.546%) Subversion
5 1 (0.515%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.515%) Ant
5 1 (0.515%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.515%) GitHub
5 1 (0.515%) Maven
General
1 59 (30.41%) Finance
2 30 (15.46%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.278%) Banking
4 12 (6.186%) Investment Banking
5 4 (2.062%) Military
6 3 (1.546%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.031%) Retail
7 2 (1.031%) Marketing
8 1 (0.515%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.515%) Publishing
8 1 (0.515%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (20.10%) Administrator
2 28 (14.43%) Architect
3 23 (11.86%) Consultant
4 20 (10.31%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (8.247%) Systems Administrator
5 16 (8.247%) UNIX Administrator
6 15 (7.732%) Developer
7 14 (7.216%) DBA
7 14 (7.216%) UNIX Systems Administrator
8 12 (6.186%) Oracle DBA
9 9 (4.639%) UNIX Engineer
10 7 (3.608%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.608%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.608%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (3.608%) Infrastructure Architect
10 7 (3.608%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 6 (3.093%) VMware Consultant
12 4 (2.062%) ETL Developer
12 4 (2.062%) Integration Engineer
12 4 (2.062%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.701%) Clustering
2 11 (5.670%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.124%) CMDB
4 7 (3.608%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.577%) Firmware
6 4 (2.062%) SecurID
6 4 (2.062%) Open Source
6 4 (2.062%) SaaS
6 4 (2.062%) Equities
7 3 (1.546%) EFT
7 3 (1.546%) Oracle Exalytics
7 3 (1.546%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.546%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (1.031%) Mathematics
8 2 (1.031%) iSeries
8 2 (1.031%) HACMP
9 1 (0.515%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.515%) Replication
9 1 (0.515%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.515%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 104 (53.61%) Linux
2 100 (51.55%) UNIX
3 63 (32.47%) Windows
4 50 (25.77%) AIX
5 35 (18.04%) HPUX
6 31 (15.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (9.278%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (4.639%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (2.577%) SUSE
10 3 (1.546%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.546%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.031%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (1.031%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.515%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.515%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.515%) NetWare
12 1 (0.515%) Tru64
12 1 (0.515%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.515%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.515%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (12.37%) ITIL
2 22 (11.34%) Migration
3 19 (9.794%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (8.763%) Network Load Balancing
5 13 (6.701%) CRM
6 12 (6.186%) Change Control
6 12 (6.186%) Configuration Management
7 11 (5.670%) SOA
7 11 (5.670%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (4.639%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (4.124%) Customer Engagement
10 7 (3.608%) ETL
10 7 (3.608%) Data Modelling
10 7 (3.608%) B2B
10 7 (3.608%) Project Management
11 6 (3.093%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (3.093%) Six Sigma
12 5 (2.577%) Change Management
12 5 (2.577%) Risk Assessment
13 4 (2.062%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 46 (23.71%) SQL
2 31 (15.98%) Shell Script
3 28 (14.43%) Java
4 23 (11.86%) Perl
5 18 (9.278%) Korn
6 11 (5.670%) Bash shell
7 9 (4.639%) C
7 9 (4.639%) C++
7 9 (4.639%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.062%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.546%) Python
9 3 (1.546%) C#
9 3 (1.546%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.031%) SAS Macro
10 2 (1.031%) Bourne shell
10 2 (1.031%) C-shell
10 2 (1.031%) AWK
10 2 (1.031%) ABAP
10 2 (1.031%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.031%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (20.10%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.701%) Degree
4 11 (5.670%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.639%) CCNA
6 4 (2.062%) SCSA
6 4 (2.062%) Sun Certification
7 3 (1.546%) RHCE
8 2 (1.031%) MCITP
9 1 (0.515%) MCSD
9 1 (0.515%) MCSE
9 1 (0.515%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.515%) HPUX Certification
9 1 (0.515%) CCNP
9 1 (0.515%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.515%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.546%) SLA
2 2 (1.031%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.515%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.515%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.515%) QA
System Software
1 23 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (10.31%) Oracle RAC
3 15 (7.732%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 15 (7.732%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 10 (5.155%) NFS
5 7 (3.608%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 6 (3.093%) Active Directory
7 5 (2.577%) vSphere
7 5 (2.577%) Sendmail
8 4 (2.062%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.546%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.546%) Veritas File System
9 3 (1.546%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (1.031%) Xen
10 2 (1.031%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.515%) Samba
11 1 (0.515%) VMware ESX
11 1 (0.515%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.515%) Postfix
11 1 (0.515%) Snort
Systems Management
1 11 (5.670%) NetBackup
2 9 (4.639%) Tivoli
3 7 (3.608%) Control-M
4 4 (2.062%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (1.546%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (1.546%) HP SIM
5 3 (1.546%) Data Guard
5 3 (1.546%) HP Data Protector
6 1 (0.515%) OpenView
6 1 (0.515%) Nagios
6 1 (0.515%) Legato
6 1 (0.515%) Netcool
6 1 (0.515%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (0.515%) Foglight
6 1 (0.515%) Puppet
6 1 (0.515%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.515%) SCCM
6 1 (0.515%) SCOM
6 1 (0.515%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 91 (46.91%) Oracle
2 38 (19.59%) Red Hat
3 34 (17.53%) VMware
4 32 (16.49%) Cisco
5 31 (15.98%) Veritas
6 30 (15.46%) Sun
7 27 (13.92%) HP
8 25 (12.89%) McAfee
8 25 (12.89%) EMC
9 24 (12.37%) Juniper
10 23 (11.86%) Microsoft
11 17 (8.763%) NetApp
12 16 (8.247%) BMC
12 16 (8.247%) Remedy
13 15 (7.732%) Radware
13 15 (7.732%) IBM
14 6 (3.093%) Blue Coat
14 6 (3.093%) StorageTek
14 6 (3.093%) JBoss
14 6 (3.093%) SAP
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