Berkshire Solaris Jobs

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.

Sun Microsystems Solaris
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bridlington Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Castleford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley City of London Clydebank County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Daresbury Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Farnborough Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hull Humberside Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rickmansworth Rochdale Rugby Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Tetbury Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	67	34
Rank change on same period last year	-33
Matching permanent IT job ads	290	658
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.156 %	0.274 %
As % of the category below	11.48 %	16.27 %
Salaries quoted	225	465
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 %
Operating Systems Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2527	4045
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.360 %	1.686 %
Salaries quoted	2174	3209
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 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.

Solaris
Salary Trend

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

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.

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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-17	79	£42,542	-3.24 %
Slough	-21	40	£39,656	-8.19 %
Bracknell	+33	29	£46,857	+22.37 %
Newbury	-3	11	£40,909	+7.05 %
Wokingham	-10	11	£40,250	-17.49 %
Maidenhead	-42	8	£47,813	+1.62 %
Windsor	-8	2	£45,000	+25.00 %

Solaris 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.

1 517 (80.28 %) UNIX 2 303 (47.05 %) Linux 3 264 (40.99 %) Oracle 4 234 (36.34 %) Windows 5 203 (31.52 %) SQL 6 185 (28.73 %) Sun 7 182 (28.26 %) HPUX 8 137 (21.27 %) Red Hat 9 134 (20.81 %) AIX 10 117 (18.17 %) TCP/IP 11 110 (17.08 %) HP 12 108 (16.77 %) SAN 13 106 (16.46 %) Java 14 105 (16.30 %) Telecoms 15 94 (14.60 %) Red Hat Linux

16 93 (14.44 %) IBM 16 93 (14.44 %) Internet 17 91 (14.13 %) SQL Server 18 86 (13.35 %) Apache 19 83 (12.89 %) Cisco 20 78 (12.11 %) Shell Script 21 73 (11.34 %) C 22 70 (10.87 %) Perl 23 68 (10.56 %) Sybase 23 68 (10.56 %) Oracle 9i 24 67 (10.40 %) VERITAS 25 63 (9.783 %) Oracle 10g 26 62 (9.627 %) PL/SQL 26 62 (9.627 %) J2EE 27 59 (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.

Application Development 1 62 (9.627 %) J2EE 2 59 (9.161 %) WebSphere 3 21 (3.261 %) JSP 4 16 (2.484 %) WebServices 5 15 (2.329 %) XML 5 15 (2.329 %) Middleware 6 14 (2.174 %) WAP 6 14 (2.174 %) WML 7 13 (2.019 %) SOAP 8 10 (1.553 %) .NET 9 8 (1.242 %) HTML 10 6 (0.932 %) Servlets 11 4 (0.621 %) CSS 11 4 (0.621 %) JDBC 11 4 (0.621 %) LAMP 11 4 (0.621 %) CGI 12 3 (0.466 %) SAML 12 3 (0.466 %) EJB 12 3 (0.466 %) ODBC 12 3 (0.466 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 86 (13.35 %) Apache 2 52 (8.075 %) Tomcat 3 51 (7.919 %) WebLogic 4 43 (6.677 %) IIS 5 33 (5.124 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 23 (3.571 %) SAS 7 22 (3.416 %) JBoss 8 20 (3.106 %) Oracle 9iAS 9 14 (2.174 %) MS Exchange 10 10 (1.553 %) SharePoint 11 7 (1.087 %) CMS 12 6 (0.932 %) LiveLink 13 5 (0.776 %) Exchange Server 2003 14 4 (0.621 %) SharePoint Portal Server 14 4 (0.621 %) SharePoint Server 2007 14 4 (0.621 %) IBM HTTP Server 14 4 (0.621 %) WPS 14 4 (0.621 %) Oracle Application Server 14 4 (0.621 %) Documentum 14 4 (0.621 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 53 (8.230 %) MS Excel 2 5 (0.776 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.466 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.155 %) Shockwave 4 1 (0.155 %) FrameMaker 4 1 (0.155 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 25 (3.882 %) Oracle Applications 2 22 (3.416 %) SAP Retail 2 22 (3.416 %) Movex 2 22 (3.416 %) Navision 3 20 (3.106 %) Oracle EBS 4 15 (2.329 %) Oracle 11i 5 3 (0.466 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 117 (18.17 %) TCP/IP 2 108 (16.77 %) SAN 3 93 (14.44 %) Internet 4 56 (8.696 %) Firewall 5 48 (7.453 %) LAN 6 46 (7.143 %) VPN 7 37 (5.745 %) WAN 8 36 (5.590 %) Wireless 9 32 (4.969 %) VoIP 9 32 (4.969 %) DNS 10 30 (4.658 %) HTTP 11 27 (4.193 %) Cisco PIX 12 26 (4.037 %) SMTP 13 25 (3.882 %) HTTPS 14 24 (3.727 %) UMTS 15 23 (3.571 %) Network Security 16 19 (2.950 %) LDAP 17 18 (2.795 %) SSL 18 16 (2.484 %) FTP 18 16 (2.484 %) SS7	Database & Business Intelligence 1 91 (14.13 %) SQL Server 2 68 (10.56 %) Oracle 9i 3 63 (9.783 %) Oracle 10g 4 44 (6.832 %) RDBMS 5 26 (4.037 %) MySQL 6 22 (3.416 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 21 (3.261 %) Informix 8 16 (2.484 %) Oracle 11g 9 9 (1.398 %) DB2 10 8 (1.242 %) Oracle Reports 10 8 (1.242 %) EDMS 11 5 (0.776 %) MS Access 11 5 (0.776 %) BusinessObjects 12 4 (0.621 %) Oracle Discoverer 12 4 (0.621 %) SQL Server 2005 12 4 (0.621 %) SQL Server 2000 13 3 (0.466 %) TOAD 14 2 (0.311 %) DB2 UDB 15 1 (0.155 %) OLTP 15 1 (0.155 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 31 (4.814 %) ProC 2 18 (2.795 %) Oracle Forms 3 9 (1.398 %) JDeveloper 4 4 (0.621 %) ClearQuest 5 3 (0.466 %) TestDirector 5 3 (0.466 %) ClearCase 6 2 (0.311 %) WinRunner 6 2 (0.311 %) Ant 6 2 (0.311 %) JUnit 6 2 (0.311 %) QuickTest Pro 6 2 (0.311 %) TestPartner 7 1 (0.155 %) PVCS 7 1 (0.155 %) Flash 7 1 (0.155 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 7 1 (0.155 %) Eclipse	General 1 105 (16.30 %) Telecoms 2 55 (8.540 %) Finance 3 46 (7.143 %) Retail 4 25 (3.882 %) Pensions 5 17 (2.640 %) Health 6 12 (1.863 %) Legal 7 10 (1.553 %) Electric 7 10 (1.553 %) Insurance 8 9 (1.398 %) FMCG 8 9 (1.398 %) Government 8 9 (1.398 %) Games 9 8 (1.242 %) Back Office 10 4 (0.621 %) Billing 10 4 (0.621 %) Manufacturing 10 4 (0.621 %) Education 11 3 (0.466 %) Marketing 11 3 (0.466 %) Construction 12 2 (0.311 %) Automotive 12 2 (0.311 %) Financial Institution 12 2 (0.311 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 82 (12.73 %) Support Engineer 2 75 (11.65 %) Technical Support 3 73 (11.34 %) Consultant 4 70 (10.87 %) Administrator 5 55 (8.540 %) UNIX Support 6 54 (8.385 %) Analyst 7 52 (8.075 %) Developer 8 49 (7.609 %) UNIX Engineer 9 45 (6.988 %) Technical Engineer 10 39 (6.056 %) Technical Support Engineer 11 37 (5.745 %) DBA 12 36 (5.590 %) Oracle DBA 13 35 (5.435 %) UNIX Administrator 14 34 (5.280 %) Oracle Developer 15 29 (4.503 %) Systems Administrator 16 25 (3.882 %) Architect 17 22 (3.416 %) Software Engineer 17 22 (3.416 %) Support Analyst 17 22 (3.416 %) Technical Consultant 18 20 (3.106 %) Applications Support	Miscellaneous 1 58 (9.006 %) Clustering 2 33 (5.124 %) German Language 3 29 (4.503 %) French Language 4 22 (3.416 %) Client/Server 5 10 (1.553 %) Management Information System 5 10 (1.553 %) Italian Language 6 9 (1.398 %) Computer Science 7 8 (1.242 %) Spanish Language 8 7 (1.087 %) Mainframe 8 7 (1.087 %) HACMP 9 6 (0.932 %) IPTV 10 5 (0.776 %) PKI 11 3 (0.466 %) Statistics 11 3 (0.466 %) Mathematics 11 3 (0.466 %) iDTV 11 3 (0.466 %) AS400 12 2 (0.311 %) IVR 12 2 (0.311 %) Finnish Language 12 2 (0.311 %) Swedish Language 12 2 (0.311 %) Hebrew Language
Operating Systems 1 517 (80.28 %) UNIX 2 303 (47.05 %) Linux 3 234 (36.34 %) Windows 4 182 (28.26 %) HPUX 5 134 (20.81 %) AIX 6 94 (14.60 %) Red Hat Linux 7 59 (9.161 %) SUSE 8 44 (6.832 %) Windows Server 2003 9 32 (4.969 %) Windows 2000 10 24 (3.727 %) Debian 11 23 (3.571 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 23 (3.571 %) Windows NT 12 16 (2.484 %) Windows XP 13 8 (1.242 %) Fedora 14 7 (1.087 %) Tru64 15 5 (0.776 %) Ubuntu 16 4 (0.621 %) CentOS 16 4 (0.621 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 17 3 (0.466 %) VMS 18 2 (0.311 %) OS/400	Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (4.814 %) ITIL 2 28 (4.348 %) Change Management 3 22 (3.416 %) Release Management 4 20 (3.106 %) Project Management 5 19 (2.950 %) OO 6 17 (2.640 %) CMMI 7 15 (2.329 %) E-Commerce 7 15 (2.329 %) Performance Management 8 14 (2.174 %) Requirements Analysis 8 14 (2.174 %) UML 9 13 (2.019 %) ERP 10 12 (1.863 %) OOD 10 12 (1.863 %) Network Design 11 11 (1.708 %) Problem Management 11 11 (1.708 %) Unit Testing 11 11 (1.708 %) CRM 11 11 (1.708 %) Configuration Management 12 10 (1.553 %) Data Protection 12 10 (1.553 %) Project Planning 13 9 (1.398 %) EAI
Programming Languages 1 203 (31.52 %) SQL 2 106 (16.46 %) Java 3 78 (12.11 %) Shell Script 4 73 (11.34 %) C 5 70 (10.87 %) Perl 6 62 (9.627 %) PL/SQL 7 31 (4.814 %) C++ 8 21 (3.261 %) Python 9 17 (2.640 %) AWK 10 11 (1.708 %) Korn 11 5 (0.776 %) PHP 11 5 (0.776 %) JavaScript 12 2 (0.311 %) VBScript 12 2 (0.311 %) VB 13 1 (0.155 %) Transact-SQL 13 1 (0.155 %) Ruby 13 1 (0.155 %) REXX 13 1 (0.155 %) Tcl 13 1 (0.155 %) C#	Qualifications 1 40 (6.211 %) Degree 2 26 (4.037 %) Cisco Certification 3 22 (3.416 %) Microsoft Certification 4 20 (3.106 %) MCSE 5 19 (2.950 %) OCP 5 19 (2.950 %) Oracle Certification 6 15 (2.329 %) MCP 7 13 (2.019 %) CCNA 8 12 (1.863 %) CCIP 8 12 (1.863 %) CISSP 9 11 (1.708 %) CCSP 10 10 (1.553 %) Sun Certification 11 8 (1.242 %) ITIL Certification 11 8 (1.242 %) MCSA 12 7 (1.087 %) RHCE 12 7 (1.087 %) Network+ Certification 13 5 (0.776 %) SCNA 13 5 (0.776 %) HP ASE 13 5 (0.776 %) HP MASE 13 5 (0.776 %) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 27 (4.193 %) QA 2 15 (2.329 %) SLA 3 7 (1.087 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 44 (6.832 %) NetBackup 2 36 (5.590 %) Oracle RAC 3 17 (2.640 %) Oracle RMAN 3 17 (2.640 %) Active Directory 4 9 (1.398 %) ISA Server 5 6 (0.932 %) Backup Exec 5 6 (0.932 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 6 (0.932 %) NFS 6 4 (0.621 %) Squid 7 3 (0.466 %) Snort 8 2 (0.311 %) VMware Infrastructure 8 2 (0.311 %) Terminal Services 9 1 (0.155 %) Samba 9 1 (0.155 %) ProxySG
Systems Management 1 19 (2.950 %) Tivoli 2 18 (2.795 %) EMC NetWorker 3 14 (2.174 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 11 (1.708 %) CiscoWorks 5 9 (1.398 %) OpenView 6 7 (1.087 %) Netcool 7 6 (0.932 %) Legato 8 4 (0.621 %) Unicenter 9 3 (0.466 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 9 3 (0.466 %) Netcool/Proviso 9 3 (0.466 %) Netcool/Webtop 10 2 (0.311 %) OpenView Configuration Management 11 1 (0.155 %) BMC PATROL 11 1 (0.155 %) AppManager 11 1 (0.155 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 11 1 (0.155 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 11 1 (0.155 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 264 (40.99 %) Oracle 2 185 (28.73 %) Sun 3 137 (21.27 %) Red Hat 4 110 (17.08 %) HP 5 93 (14.44 %) IBM 6 83 (12.89 %) Cisco 7 68 (10.56 %) Sybase 8 67 (10.40 %) VERITAS 9 56 (8.696 %) Microsoft 10 40 (6.211 %) BEA 11 32 (4.969 %) SAP 12 31 (4.814 %) VMware 13 23 (3.571 %) Citrix 14 22 (3.416 %) JDA 14 22 (3.416 %) Manugistics 14 22 (3.416 %) i2 15 20 (3.106 %) EMC 15 20 (3.106 %) CheckPoint 16 18 (2.795 %) Nortel 16 18 (2.795 %) NetApp