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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the St Albans 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank614
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below25.00 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£356
% change on same period last year-4.61 %
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£29.91£32.68
% change on same period last year-8.45 %
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
St Albans
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£120
Average daily rate-£120
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£120
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.97
Average hourly rate-£28.63
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.59£21.59
% change on same period last year-
Solaris HertfordshireSolaris
Hertfordshire

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Solaris Daily Rate Trend

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solaris across the St Albans region.

St Albans Solaris Hourly Rate Trend

Solaris
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)Replication
11 (100.00 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (100.00 %)Oracle RAC
11 (100.00 %)Data Guard

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)DBA
11 (100.00 %)Oracle DBA
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Replication
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Linux
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (100.00 %)Oracle RAC
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)Data Guard
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle