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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Basildon region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2426
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1318
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.008 %
As % of the category below22.81 %31.58 %
Salaries quoted1016
Average minimum salary£49,500£46,875
Average salary£49,750£47,656
% change on same period last year+4.39 %
Average maximum salary£50,000£48,438
UK excluding London average salary£40,721£40,863
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Basildon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Basildon
Matching permanent IT job ads5757
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.024 %
Salaries quoted5454
Average minimum salary£42,549£38,557
Average salary£43,405£40,000
% change on same period last year+8.51 %
Average maximum salary£44,261£41,443
UK excluding London average salary£33,995£34,640
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Solaris EssexSolaris
Essex

Solaris
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Solaris across the Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Basildon Solaris Demand Trend

Solaris
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Solaris across the Basildon region.

Basildon Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Basildon region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Basildon Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Solaris.

134 (100.00 %)Oracle
134 (100.00 %)UNIX
227 (79.41 %)Apache
324 (70.59 %)Sun
420 (58.82 %)Oracle 9i
519 (55.88 %)Technical Architecture
618 (52.94 %)Oracle Application Server
717 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
816 (47.06 %)Java
914 (41.18 %)SAN
1010 (29.41 %)Education
1010 (29.41 %)Degree
1010 (29.41 %)NetApp
117 (20.59 %)VPN
126 (17.65 %)Linux
135 (14.71 %)Windows
144 (11.76 %)Finance
144 (11.76 %)Brocade
144 (11.76 %)Oracle RAC
144 (11.76 %)Oracle 11i
144 (11.76 %)Client/Server
144 (11.76 %)MS Visio
144 (11.76 %)VERITAS
144 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
153 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2000
153 (8.824 %)Oracle Reports
153 (8.824 %)Microsoft
153 (8.824 %)Oracle 8/8i
153 (8.824 %)SQL Server
153 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Solaris. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basildon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.882 %)J2EE
12 (5.882 %)XML
Basildon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (79.41 %)Apache
218 (52.94 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (2.941 %)JBoss
Basildon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (11.76 %)MS Visio
22 (5.882 %)MS Office
Basildon IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (11.76 %)Oracle 11i
23 (8.824 %)Oracle Applications
Basildon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (41.18 %)SAN
27 (20.59 %)VPN
33 (8.824 %)Firewall
41 (2.941 %)TCP/IP
Basildon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (58.82 %)Oracle 9i
24 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server
33 (8.824 %)Oracle Reports
33 (8.824 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (2.941 %)Oracle 11g
Basildon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (29.41 %)Education
24 (11.76 %)Finance
Basildon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (38.24 %)Systems Engineer
212 (35.29 %)Administrator
310 (29.41 %)UNIX Engineer
49 (26.47 %)Senior UNIX Engineer
49 (26.47 %)Systems Administrator
49 (26.47 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
49 (26.47 %)Senior Systems Engineer
58 (23.53 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
58 (23.53 %)Implementation Engineer
58 (23.53 %)Senior Implementation Engineer
58 (23.53 %)Senior UNIX Systems Engineer
58 (23.53 %)Solaris Administrator
65 (14.71 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
65 (14.71 %)UNIX Administrator
74 (11.76 %)Systems Architect
74 (11.76 %)Oracle DBA
74 (11.76 %)Architect
74 (11.76 %)DBA
82 (5.882 %)Systems Support
82 (5.882 %)Senior Systems Administrator
Basildon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (11.76 %)Client/Server
Basildon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (100.00 %)UNIX
26 (17.65 %)Linux
35 (14.71 %)Windows
41 (2.941 %)AIX
41 (2.941 %)OS/400
Basildon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (55.88 %)Technical Architecture
217 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Basildon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (47.06 %)Java
22 (5.882 %)SQL
22 (5.882 %)Shell Script
Basildon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (29.41 %)Degree
Basildon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.882 %)SLA
Basildon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (11.76 %)Oracle RAC
Basildon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (100.00 %)Oracle
224 (70.59 %)Sun
310 (29.41 %)NetApp
44 (11.76 %)VERITAS
44 (11.76 %)Brocade
53 (8.824 %)Microsoft
61 (2.941 %)IBM