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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Berkshire 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
Rank6734
Rank change on same period last yearDown-33
Matching permanent IT job ads290658
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.274 %
As % of the category below11.48 %16.27 %
Salaries quoted225465
Average minimum salary£39,965£39,925
Average salary£43,403£43,738
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Average maximum salary£46,840£47,551
UK excluding London average salary£40,721£40,863
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads25274045
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.360 %1.686 %
Salaries quoted21743209
Average minimum salary£34,566£36,110
Average salary£37,492£39,292
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Average maximum salary£40,418£42,475
UK excluding London average salary£33,995£34,640
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Solaris South EastSolaris
South East

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-1779£42,542-3.24 %
SloughDown-2140£39,656-8.19 %
BracknellUp+3329£46,857+22.37 %
NewburyDown-311£40,909+7.05 %
WokinghamDown-1011£40,250-17.49 %
MaidenheadDown-428£47,813+1.62 %
WindsorDown-82£45,000+25.00 %
Solaris South EastSolaris
South East

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1517 (80.28 %)UNIX
2303 (47.05 %)Linux
3264 (40.99 %)Oracle
4234 (36.34 %)Windows
5203 (31.52 %)SQL
6185 (28.73 %)Sun
7182 (28.26 %)HPUX
8137 (21.27 %)Red Hat
9134 (20.81 %)AIX
10117 (18.17 %)TCP/IP
11110 (17.08 %)HP
12108 (16.77 %)SAN
13106 (16.46 %)Java
14105 (16.30 %)Telecoms
1594 (14.60 %)Red Hat Linux
1693 (14.44 %)IBM
1693 (14.44 %)Internet
1791 (14.13 %)SQL Server
1886 (13.35 %)Apache
1983 (12.89 %)Cisco
2078 (12.11 %)Shell Script
2173 (11.34 %)C
2270 (10.87 %)Perl
2368 (10.56 %)Sybase
2368 (10.56 %)Oracle 9i
2467 (10.40 %)VERITAS
2563 (9.783 %)Oracle 10g
2662 (9.627 %)PL/SQL
2662 (9.627 %)J2EE
2759 (9.161 %)SUSE

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
162 (9.627 %)J2EE
259 (9.161 %)WebSphere
321 (3.261 %)JSP
416 (2.484 %)WebServices
515 (2.329 %)XML
515 (2.329 %)Middleware
614 (2.174 %)WAP
614 (2.174 %)WML
713 (2.019 %)SOAP
810 (1.553 %).NET
98 (1.242 %)HTML
106 (0.932 %)Servlets
114 (0.621 %)CSS
114 (0.621 %)JDBC
114 (0.621 %)LAMP
114 (0.621 %)CGI
123 (0.466 %)SAML
123 (0.466 %)EJB
123 (0.466 %)ODBC
123 (0.466 %)JMS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
186 (13.35 %)Apache
252 (8.075 %)Tomcat
351 (7.919 %)WebLogic
443 (6.677 %)IIS
533 (5.124 %)WebSphere Application Server
623 (3.571 %)SAS
722 (3.416 %)JBoss
820 (3.106 %)Oracle 9iAS
914 (2.174 %)MS Exchange
1010 (1.553 %)SharePoint
117 (1.087 %)CMS
126 (0.932 %)LiveLink
135 (0.776 %)Exchange Server 2003
144 (0.621 %)SharePoint Portal Server
144 (0.621 %)SharePoint Server 2007
144 (0.621 %)IBM HTTP Server
144 (0.621 %)WPS
144 (0.621 %)Oracle Application Server
144 (0.621 %)Documentum
144 (0.621 %)Lotus Domino
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
153 (8.230 %)MS Excel
25 (0.776 %)MS Office
33 (0.466 %)MS Visio
41 (0.155 %)Shockwave
41 (0.155 %)FrameMaker
41 (0.155 %)MS PowerPoint
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (3.882 %)Oracle Applications
222 (3.416 %)SAP Retail
222 (3.416 %)Movex
222 (3.416 %)Navision
320 (3.106 %)Oracle EBS
415 (2.329 %)Oracle 11i
53 (0.466 %)Oracle Financials
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1117 (18.17 %)TCP/IP
2108 (16.77 %)SAN
393 (14.44 %)Internet
456 (8.696 %)Firewall
548 (7.453 %)LAN
646 (7.143 %)VPN
737 (5.745 %)WAN
836 (5.590 %)Wireless
932 (4.969 %)VoIP
932 (4.969 %)DNS
1030 (4.658 %)HTTP
1127 (4.193 %)Cisco PIX
1226 (4.037 %)SMTP
1325 (3.882 %)HTTPS
1424 (3.727 %)UMTS
1523 (3.571 %)Network Security
1619 (2.950 %)LDAP
1718 (2.795 %)SSL
1816 (2.484 %)FTP
1816 (2.484 %)SS7
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (14.13 %)SQL Server
268 (10.56 %)Oracle 9i
363 (9.783 %)Oracle 10g
444 (6.832 %)RDBMS
526 (4.037 %)MySQL
622 (3.416 %)Oracle 8/8i
721 (3.261 %)Informix
816 (2.484 %)Oracle 11g
99 (1.398 %)DB2
108 (1.242 %)Oracle Reports
108 (1.242 %)EDMS
115 (0.776 %)MS Access
115 (0.776 %)BusinessObjects
124 (0.621 %)Oracle Discoverer
124 (0.621 %)SQL Server 2005
124 (0.621 %)SQL Server 2000
133 (0.466 %)TOAD
142 (0.311 %)DB2 UDB
151 (0.155 %)OLTP
151 (0.155 %)DataStage
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (4.814 %)ProC
218 (2.795 %)Oracle Forms
39 (1.398 %)JDeveloper
44 (0.621 %)ClearQuest
53 (0.466 %)TestDirector
53 (0.466 %)ClearCase
62 (0.311 %)WinRunner
62 (0.311 %)Ant
62 (0.311 %)JUnit
62 (0.311 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (0.311 %)TestPartner
71 (0.155 %)PVCS
71 (0.155 %)Flash
71 (0.155 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
71 (0.155 %)Eclipse
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1105 (16.30 %)Telecoms
255 (8.540 %)Finance
346 (7.143 %)Retail
425 (3.882 %)Pensions
517 (2.640 %)Health
612 (1.863 %)Legal
710 (1.553 %)Electric
710 (1.553 %)Insurance
89 (1.398 %)FMCG
89 (1.398 %)Government
89 (1.398 %)Games
98 (1.242 %)Back Office
104 (0.621 %)Billing
104 (0.621 %)Manufacturing
104 (0.621 %)Education
113 (0.466 %)Marketing
113 (0.466 %)Construction
122 (0.311 %)Automotive
122 (0.311 %)Financial Institution
122 (0.311 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
182 (12.73 %)Support Engineer
275 (11.65 %)Technical Support
373 (11.34 %)Consultant
470 (10.87 %)Administrator
555 (8.540 %)UNIX Support
654 (8.385 %)Analyst
752 (8.075 %)Developer
849 (7.609 %)UNIX Engineer
945 (6.988 %)Technical Engineer
1039 (6.056 %)Technical Support Engineer
1137 (5.745 %)DBA
1236 (5.590 %)Oracle DBA
1335 (5.435 %)UNIX Administrator
1434 (5.280 %)Oracle Developer
1529 (4.503 %)Systems Administrator
1625 (3.882 %)Architect
1722 (3.416 %)Software Engineer
1722 (3.416 %)Support Analyst
1722 (3.416 %)Technical Consultant
1820 (3.106 %)Applications Support
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
158 (9.006 %)Clustering
233 (5.124 %)German Language
329 (4.503 %)French Language
422 (3.416 %)Client/Server
510 (1.553 %)Management Information System
510 (1.553 %)Italian Language
69 (1.398 %)Computer Science
78 (1.242 %)Spanish Language
87 (1.087 %)Mainframe
87 (1.087 %)HACMP
96 (0.932 %)IPTV
105 (0.776 %)PKI
113 (0.466 %)Statistics
113 (0.466 %)Mathematics
113 (0.466 %)iDTV
113 (0.466 %)AS400
122 (0.311 %)IVR
122 (0.311 %)Finnish Language
122 (0.311 %)Swedish Language
122 (0.311 %)Hebrew Language
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1517 (80.28 %)UNIX
2303 (47.05 %)Linux
3234 (36.34 %)Windows
4182 (28.26 %)HPUX
5134 (20.81 %)AIX
694 (14.60 %)Red Hat Linux
759 (9.161 %)SUSE
844 (6.832 %)Windows Server 2003
932 (4.969 %)Windows 2000
1024 (3.727 %)Debian
1123 (3.571 %)Windows 2000 Server
1123 (3.571 %)Windows NT
1216 (2.484 %)Windows XP
138 (1.242 %)Fedora
147 (1.087 %)Tru64
155 (0.776 %)Ubuntu
164 (0.621 %)CentOS
164 (0.621 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
173 (0.466 %)VMS
182 (0.311 %)OS/400
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (4.814 %)ITIL
228 (4.348 %)Change Management
322 (3.416 %)Release Management
420 (3.106 %)Project Management
519 (2.950 %)OO
617 (2.640 %)CMMI
715 (2.329 %)E-Commerce
715 (2.329 %)Performance Management
814 (2.174 %)Requirements Analysis
814 (2.174 %)UML
913 (2.019 %)ERP
1012 (1.863 %)OOD
1012 (1.863 %)Network Design
1111 (1.708 %)Problem Management
1111 (1.708 %)Unit Testing
1111 (1.708 %)CRM
1111 (1.708 %)Configuration Management
1210 (1.553 %)Data Protection
1210 (1.553 %)Project Planning
139 (1.398 %)EAI
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1203 (31.52 %)SQL
2106 (16.46 %)Java
378 (12.11 %)Shell Script
473 (11.34 %)C
570 (10.87 %)Perl
662 (9.627 %)PL/SQL
731 (4.814 %)C++
821 (3.261 %)Python
917 (2.640 %)AWK
1011 (1.708 %)Korn
115 (0.776 %)PHP
115 (0.776 %)JavaScript
122 (0.311 %)VBScript
122 (0.311 %)VB
131 (0.155 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.155 %)Ruby
131 (0.155 %)REXX
131 (0.155 %)Tcl
131 (0.155 %)C#
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
140 (6.211 %)Degree
226 (4.037 %)Cisco Certification
322 (3.416 %)Microsoft Certification
420 (3.106 %)MCSE
519 (2.950 %)OCP
519 (2.950 %)Oracle Certification
615 (2.329 %)MCP
713 (2.019 %)CCNA
812 (1.863 %)CCIP
812 (1.863 %)CISSP
911 (1.708 %)CCSP
1010 (1.553 %)Sun Certification
118 (1.242 %)ITIL Certification
118 (1.242 %)MCSA
127 (1.087 %)RHCE
127 (1.087 %)Network+ Certification
135 (0.776 %)SCNA
135 (0.776 %)HP ASE
135 (0.776 %)HP MASE
135 (0.776 %)SCSA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (4.193 %)QA
215 (2.329 %)SLA
37 (1.087 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
144 (6.832 %)NetBackup
236 (5.590 %)Oracle RAC
317 (2.640 %)Oracle RMAN
317 (2.640 %)Active Directory
49 (1.398 %)ISA Server
56 (0.932 %)Backup Exec
56 (0.932 %)Citrix Presentation Server
56 (0.932 %)NFS
64 (0.621 %)Squid
73 (0.466 %)Snort
82 (0.311 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (0.311 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.155 %)Samba
91 (0.155 %)ProxySG
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
119 (2.950 %)Tivoli
218 (2.795 %)EMC NetWorker
314 (2.174 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
411 (1.708 %)CiscoWorks
59 (1.398 %)OpenView
67 (1.087 %)Netcool
76 (0.932 %)Legato
84 (0.621 %)Unicenter
93 (0.466 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
93 (0.466 %)Netcool/Proviso
93 (0.466 %)Netcool/Webtop
102 (0.311 %)OpenView Configuration Management
111 (0.155 %)BMC PATROL
111 (0.155 %)AppManager
111 (0.155 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
111 (0.155 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
111 (0.155 %)HP Data Protector
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1264 (40.99 %)Oracle
2185 (28.73 %)Sun
3137 (21.27 %)Red Hat
4110 (17.08 %)HP
593 (14.44 %)IBM
683 (12.89 %)Cisco
768 (10.56 %)Sybase
867 (10.40 %)VERITAS
956 (8.696 %)Microsoft
1040 (6.211 %)BEA
1132 (4.969 %)SAP
1231 (4.814 %)VMware
1323 (3.571 %)Citrix
1422 (3.416 %)JDA
1422 (3.416 %)Manugistics
1422 (3.416 %)i2
1520 (3.106 %)EMC
1520 (3.106 %)CheckPoint
1618 (2.795 %)Nortel
1618 (2.795 %)NetApp