The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 41 55 55
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Contract jobs citing Solaris 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.468% 0.175% 0.602%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.105% 0.719% 2.395%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £349
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £410 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £30.50 £33.72
% change year-on-year
-11.47% -9.53%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
95 139 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 22.25% 24.30% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 58 61
Average daily rate £325 £210 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.76% -39.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £122 £105 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £425 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £9.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.50 £25.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Solaris
UK

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales +2 2 - -
Solaris
UK

Solaris
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) NetApp
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) NetApp
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Location - Cardiff Duration - 3 months Key Skills - PICK, Unix, Visual Basic 6.0 We have an urgent requirement for a Senior Software Developer with an excellent understanding of...
LA International
Posted: 22 May 2013