Yorkshire Solaris Administrator Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Solaris Administrator role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Solaris Administrator
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Brighton Camberley Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Knutsford Lewes London Manchester Middlesex North West Portsmouth Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Tadworth UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	118
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	11	21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	0.376 %	0.570 %
Daily rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum daily rate	-	£313
Average daily rate	-	£338
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£354
% change on same period last year	+6.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.30	£32.40
Average hourly rate	£30.61	£35.01
% change on same period last year	-12.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.91	£37.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.42	£32.96
% change on same period last year	+10.52 %
Job Titles Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2929	3685
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.959 %	3.634 %
Daily rates quoted	610	742
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£336
Average daily rate	£340	£354
% change on same period last year	-3.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	320	348
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.76	£23.78
Average hourly rate	£23.49	£25.28
% change on same period last year	-7.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.22	£26.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Solaris Administrator across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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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 Administrator across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solaris Administrator across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris Administrator within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
South Yorkshire	+2	11	-	-

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Solaris Administrator in their job title 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 with Solaris Administrator in their job title.

1 29 (100.00 %) Solaris 2 27 (93.10 %) Sun 3 23 (79.31 %) UNIX 4 22 (75.86 %) VERITAS 5 13 (44.83 %) Change Management 5 13 (44.83 %) Finance 6 8 (27.59 %) Legal 7 7 (24.14 %) NetBackup 8 6 (20.69 %) Symantec 8 6 (20.69 %) SLA 8 6 (20.69 %) ITIL 8 6 (20.69 %) Performance Management 9 5 (17.24 %) SAN 10 4 (13.79 %) NFS 11 3 (10.34 %) EMC

12 1 (3.448 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Solaris Administrator in their job title 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 with Solaris Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 5 (17.24 %) SAN	General 1 13 (44.83 %) Finance 2 8 (27.59 %) Legal
Operating Systems 1 29 (100.00 %) Solaris 2 23 (79.31 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (44.83 %) Change Management 2 6 (20.69 %) Performance Management 2 6 (20.69 %) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (20.69 %) SLA	System Software 1 7 (24.14 %) NetBackup 2 4 (13.79 %) NFS
Vendors 1 27 (93.10 %) Sun 2 22 (75.86 %) VERITAS 3 6 (20.69 %) Symantec 4 3 (10.34 %) EMC 5 1 (3.448 %) Oracle