West Midlands Solaris Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the West Midlands 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sun Microsystems Solaris
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Aldershot Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Clydebank Colchester Corby County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Driffield Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Elgin Enfield England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hull Inverness Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicestershire Lewisham Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Moray Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rugby Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	84	45
Rank change on same period last year	-39
Matching contract IT job ads	38	94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.051 %	0.095 %
As % of the category below	8.407 %	13.11 %
Daily rates quoted	6	18
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£301
Average daily rate	£404	£314
% change on same period last year	+28.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£328
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£369
% change on same period last year	+2.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.20	£32.53
Average hourly rate	£33.90	£35.83
% change on same period last year	-5.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.60	£39.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.41	£30.67
% change on same period last year	+5.65 %
Operating Systems West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	452	717
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.602 %	0.727 %
Daily rates quoted	69	116
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£264
Average daily rate	£311	£274
% change on same period last year	+13.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£284
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	107	186
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.93	£21.61
Average hourly rate	£17.87	£23.51
% change on same period last year	-23.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.81	£25.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.11	£23.45
% change on same period last year	-5.72 %
Solaris England

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

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solaris across the West Midlands region.

Solaris
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solaris
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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.

Location	Rank 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
Warwickshire	-6	11	£400	-
Staffordshire	-4	7	£400	+12.28 %
Coventry	-20	3	£425	+53.15 %
Shropshire	-	3	£400	-
Worcestershire	-5	2	-	-

Solaris England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 61 (55.96 %) Oracle 2 59 (54.13 %) UNIX 3 54 (49.54 %) Linux 4 51 (46.79 %) Windows 5 38 (34.86 %) AIX 6 31 (28.44 %) Red Hat 7 30 (27.52 %) DNS 8 29 (26.61 %) WebSphere 9 27 (24.77 %) Apache 9 27 (24.77 %) Sun 10 26 (23.85 %) Tomcat 11 25 (22.94 %) Java 12 21 (19.27 %) TCP/IP 13 19 (17.43 %) HP 14 18 (16.51 %) Firewall

14 18 (16.51 %) RDBMS 14 18 (16.51 %) SQL 14 18 (16.51 %) HPUX 15 14 (12.84 %) SAN 16 13 (11.93 %) Security Cleared 16 13 (11.93 %) Active Directory 16 13 (11.93 %) Dell 16 13 (11.93 %) SQL Server 16 13 (11.93 %) Microsoft 17 12 (11.01 %) IBM 18 11 (10.09 %) Windows NT 19 10 (9.174 %) XML 20 9 (8.257 %) Fedora 20 9 (8.257 %) Government 20 9 (8.257 %) SC Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 29 (26.61 %) WebSphere 2 10 (9.174 %) XML 3 9 (8.257 %) SOAP 4 8 (7.339 %) J2EE 4 8 (7.339 %) WBIMB 5 4 (3.670 %) HTML 5 4 (3.670 %) WebServices 5 4 (3.670 %) JMS 5 4 (3.670 %) CGI 6 2 (1.835 %) Motif 7 1 (0.917 %) Advantage:Gen	Application Platforms 1 27 (24.77 %) Apache 2 26 (23.85 %) Tomcat 3 7 (6.422 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 6 (5.505 %) WebSphere MQ 5 5 (4.587 %) ESB 5 5 (4.587 %) WebLogic 6 3 (2.752 %) MS Exchange 7 2 (1.835 %) WebSphere Message Broker 8 1 (0.917 %) WebLogic Portal 8 1 (0.917 %) Oracle Workflow 8 1 (0.917 %) JBoss 8 1 (0.917 %) Tuxedo
Applications 1 1 (0.917 %) MS Project 1 1 (0.917 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 8 (7.339 %) Remedy AR System 2 1 (0.917 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 30 (27.52 %) DNS 2 21 (19.27 %) TCP/IP 3 18 (16.51 %) Firewall 4 14 (12.84 %) SAN 5 9 (8.257 %) SNMP 6 8 (7.339 %) LDAP 7 6 (5.505 %) Internet 8 5 (4.587 %) SMTP 9 4 (3.670 %) HTTP 9 4 (3.670 %) VoIP 9 4 (3.670 %) iSCSI 10 2 (1.835 %) VPN 10 2 (1.835 %) SSH 11 1 (0.917 %) BIG-IP 11 1 (0.917 %) VLAN 11 1 (0.917 %) SSL 11 1 (0.917 %) WAN 11 1 (0.917 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (16.51 %) RDBMS 2 13 (11.93 %) SQL Server 3 8 (7.339 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 7 (6.422 %) Oracle 10g 5 5 (4.587 %) Oracle 9i 6 4 (3.670 %) MS Access 6 4 (3.670 %) ObjectStore 6 4 (3.670 %) Oracle Reports 7 3 (2.752 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.917 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 9 (8.257 %) Rational Rose 2 8 (7.339 %) Subversion 3 4 (3.670 %) Eclipse 3 4 (3.670 %) ClearQuest 4 2 (1.835 %) Oracle APEX 4 2 (1.835 %) Visual Studio	General 1 9 (8.257 %) Government 2 7 (6.422 %) Telecoms 3 6 (5.505 %) Finance 4 2 (1.835 %) Military 4 2 (1.835 %) Electric 5 1 (0.917 %) Local Government 5 1 (0.917 %) Automotive 5 1 (0.917 %) Health 5 1 (0.917 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 26 (23.85 %) Developer 2 22 (20.18 %) Administrator 3 14 (12.84 %) UNIX Administrator 4 10 (9.174 %) Web Administrator 5 9 (8.257 %) WebSphere Developer 5 9 (8.257 %) Analyst 6 8 (7.339 %) Remedy Developer 7 7 (6.422 %) Java Developer 8 6 (5.505 %) Software Engineer 8 6 (5.505 %) Systems Administrator 9 5 (4.587 %) Consultant 10 4 (3.670 %) Project Manager 10 4 (3.670 %) Support Analyst 10 4 (3.670 %) Storage Consultant 10 4 (3.670 %) Technical Administrator 10 4 (3.670 %) UNIX Support 10 4 (3.670 %) Solaris Administrator 11 3 (2.752 %) Infrastructure Manager 11 3 (2.752 %) Team Leader 11 3 (2.752 %) Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 8 (7.339 %) Mainframe 2 2 (1.835 %) AS400 2 2 (1.835 %) Replication 2 2 (1.835 %) IBM Mainframe 3 1 (0.917 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.917 %) Fat Client 3 1 (0.917 %) Client/Server 3 1 (0.917 %) N-Tier 3 1 (0.917 %) NHS 3 1 (0.917 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 59 (54.13 %) UNIX 2 54 (49.54 %) Linux 3 51 (46.79 %) Windows 4 38 (34.86 %) AIX 5 18 (16.51 %) HPUX 6 11 (10.09 %) Windows NT 7 9 (8.257 %) zOS 7 9 (8.257 %) Windows Server 2003 7 9 (8.257 %) Tru64 7 9 (8.257 %) Fedora 8 6 (5.505 %) SUSE 9 4 (3.670 %) Windows 2000 10 2 (1.835 %) VxWorks	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (11.93 %) Security Cleared 2 9 (8.257 %) SC Cleared 2 9 (8.257 %) ITIL 2 9 (8.257 %) Project Management 3 8 (7.339 %) Configuration Management 3 8 (7.339 %) Web Design 4 6 (5.505 %) Change Management 4 6 (5.505 %) Service Management 4 6 (5.505 %) CRM 4 6 (5.505 %) Asset Management 5 5 (4.587 %) SOA 5 5 (4.587 %) Migration 6 4 (3.670 %) Business Continuity 6 4 (3.670 %) Service Delivery 6 4 (3.670 %) OO 7 3 (2.752 %) Disaster Recovery 8 2 (1.835 %) PRINCE2 8 2 (1.835 %) UML 8 2 (1.835 %) Logistics 9 1 (0.917 %) Load Balancing
Programming Languages 1 25 (22.94 %) Java 2 18 (16.51 %) SQL 3 7 (6.422 %) C 4 6 (5.505 %) C++ 4 6 (5.505 %) Shell Script 5 5 (4.587 %) Perl 5 5 (4.587 %) PL/SQL 6 4 (3.670 %) COBOL 6 4 (3.670 %) JavaScript 6 4 (3.670 %) Korn 7 2 (1.835 %) Tcl 8 1 (0.917 %) VBScript 8 1 (0.917 %) VB	Qualifications 1 2 (1.835 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (7.339 %) HL7 2 1 (0.917 %) SLA 2 1 (0.917 %) QA	System Software 1 13 (11.93 %) Active Directory 2 6 (5.505 %) Oracle RAC 3 5 (4.587 %) NetBackup 4 3 (2.752 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 1 (0.917 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 2 (1.835 %) Legato 1 2 (1.835 %) EMC NetWorker 2 1 (0.917 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.917 %) BMC PATROL	Vendors 1 61 (55.96 %) Oracle 2 31 (28.44 %) Red Hat 3 27 (24.77 %) Sun 4 19 (17.43 %) HP 5 13 (11.93 %) Microsoft 5 13 (11.93 %) Dell 6 12 (11.01 %) IBM 7 9 (8.257 %) Sybase 7 9 (8.257 %) Cisco 8 8 (7.339 %) Remedy 9 7 (6.422 %) VERITAS 10 6 (5.505 %) EMC 10 6 (5.505 %) Intel 11 5 (4.587 %) Compaq 11 5 (4.587 %) VMware 11 5 (4.587 %) 3Com 12 4 (3.670 %) Altiris 13 3 (2.752 %) Northgate 13 3 (2.752 %) Civica 13 3 (2.752 %) Capita