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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Birmingham 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank100102
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads3727
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.011 %
As % of the category below6.167 %5.153 %
Salaries quoted3022
Average minimum salary£37,533£35,773
Average salary£39,400£38,045
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Average maximum salary£41,267£40,318
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads600524
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.317 %0.215 %
Salaries quoted547432
Average minimum salary£30,476£29,657
Average salary£32,776£31,810
% change on same period last year+3.03 %
Average maximum salary£35,076£33,964
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Solaris West MidlandsSolaris
West Midlands

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Birmingham Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

190 (88.24 %)UNIX
262 (60.78 %)Linux
349 (48.04 %)HPUX
440 (39.22 %)AIX
440 (39.22 %)Oracle
538 (37.25 %)Sun
636 (35.29 %)Red Hat
734 (33.33 %)Windows
832 (31.37 %)HP
926 (25.49 %)Tru64
1019 (18.63 %)SUSE
1116 (15.69 %)NetBackup
1214 (13.73 %)SQL
1313 (12.75 %)Java
1313 (12.75 %)Internet
1313 (12.75 %)Clustering
1412 (11.76 %)SAN
1412 (11.76 %)Oracle 9i
1511 (10.78 %)Oracle 10g
1610 (9.804 %)TCP/IP
1610 (9.804 %)HTML
1610 (9.804 %)XML
1610 (9.804 %)ITIL
1610 (9.804 %)Oracle EBS
1610 (9.804 %)Shell Script
179 (8.824 %)Hyperion
179 (8.824 %)Dell
179 (8.824 %)PRINCE2
179 (8.824 %)SOA
179 (8.824 %)Oracle 10gAS

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (9.804 %)HTML
110 (9.804 %)XML
28 (7.843 %)Hibernate
28 (7.843 %)Spring
37 (6.863 %)JSP
37 (6.863 %)WebSphere
46 (5.882 %)Struts
55 (4.902 %)CGI
63 (2.941 %)SAP XI
63 (2.941 %)SAP Basis
63 (2.941 %)SOAP
63 (2.941 %)CSS
72 (1.961 %)JSON
72 (1.961 %)Acegi Security
72 (1.961 %)WebServices
72 (1.961 %).NET
72 (1.961 %)J2EE
72 (1.961 %)ASP
81 (0.980 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.980 %)AJAX
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (8.824 %)Oracle 10gAS
23 (2.941 %)NetWeaver
23 (2.941 %)Apache
32 (1.961 %)iPlanet
41 (0.980 %)IIS
41 (0.980 %)Tomcat
41 (0.980 %)Oracle 9iAS
41 (0.980 %)ColdFusion
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.980 %)Photoshop
11 (0.980 %)MS Excel
11 (0.980 %)Fireworks
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (9.804 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.980 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.980 %)Oracle 11i
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (12.75 %)Internet
212 (11.76 %)SAN
310 (9.804 %)TCP/IP
48 (7.843 %)LDAP
57 (6.863 %)HTTP
66 (5.882 %)LAN
75 (4.902 %)SSL
83 (2.941 %)VoIP
83 (2.941 %)WAN
83 (2.941 %)Firewall
92 (1.961 %)Ethernet
92 (1.961 %)SNMP
92 (1.961 %)ATM
92 (1.961 %)Intranet
92 (1.961 %)Extranet
92 (1.961 %)DSL
92 (1.961 %)Megaco
101 (0.980 %)SSH
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (11.76 %)Oracle 9i
211 (10.78 %)Oracle 10g
38 (7.843 %)Oracle 8/8i
46 (5.882 %)SQL Server
55 (4.902 %)DB2
63 (2.941 %)TOAD
72 (1.961 %)PostgreSQL
72 (1.961 %)MySQL
81 (0.980 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.980 %)RDBMS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (6.863 %)WinRunner
17 (6.863 %)QuickTest Pro
25 (4.902 %)LoadRunner
33 (2.941 %)Eclipse
41 (0.980 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.980 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.980 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.980 %)Flash
41 (0.980 %)InterDev
41 (0.980 %)GoLive
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (6.863 %)Telecoms
17 (6.863 %)Health
17 (6.863 %)Pensions
23 (2.941 %)Finance
32 (1.961 %)Games
32 (1.961 %)Auditing
32 (1.961 %)Online Games
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (19.61 %)Administrator
215 (14.71 %)Analyst
313 (12.75 %)DBA
412 (11.76 %)Developer
511 (10.78 %)Oracle DBA
511 (10.78 %)UNIX Specialist
610 (9.804 %)Team Leader
610 (9.804 %)UNIX Administrator
610 (9.804 %)Consultant
79 (8.824 %)Linux Administrator
88 (7.843 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
88 (7.843 %)Technical Specialist
88 (7.843 %)Java Developer
97 (6.863 %)Test Manager
97 (6.863 %)Senior Developer
97 (6.863 %)UNIX Consultant
106 (5.882 %)UNIX Team Leader
106 (5.882 %)UNIX Engineer
106 (5.882 %)Senior Java Developer
115 (4.902 %)Technical Administrator
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (12.75 %)Clustering
27 (6.863 %)Mainframe
36 (5.882 %)IBM Mainframe
45 (4.902 %)Client/Server
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
190 (88.24 %)UNIX
262 (60.78 %)Linux
349 (48.04 %)HPUX
440 (39.22 %)AIX
534 (33.33 %)Windows
626 (25.49 %)Tru64
719 (18.63 %)SUSE
86 (5.882 %)Windows NT
95 (4.902 %)Windows Server 2003
95 (4.902 %)Windows 2000
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (9.804 %)ITIL
29 (8.824 %)PRINCE2
29 (8.824 %)SOA
33 (2.941 %)Business Intelligence
33 (2.941 %)Web Development
33 (2.941 %)Unit Testing
42 (1.961 %)Agile Software Development
42 (1.961 %)Data Analysis
42 (1.961 %)Logistics
42 (1.961 %)Project Management
42 (1.961 %)UML
42 (1.961 %)OO
42 (1.961 %)OOD
51 (0.980 %)RAD
51 (0.980 %)RUP
51 (0.980 %)DSDM
51 (0.980 %)ERP
51 (0.980 %)Service Delivery
51 (0.980 %)E-business
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (13.73 %)SQL
213 (12.75 %)Java
310 (9.804 %)Shell Script
46 (5.882 %)Perl
55 (4.902 %)JavaScript
55 (4.902 %)C++
63 (2.941 %)C
72 (1.961 %)PHP
72 (1.961 %)PowerHouse
81 (0.980 %)VB6
81 (0.980 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.980 %)VB
81 (0.980 %)VB.NET
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (6.863 %)ISEB
17 (6.863 %)PRINCE2 Certification
17 (6.863 %)ITIL Certification
24 (3.922 %)Oracle Certification
33 (2.941 %)Degree
42 (1.961 %)OCP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (5.882 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (15.69 %)NetBackup
28 (7.843 %)Terminal Server
31 (0.980 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (7.843 %)Legato
27 (6.863 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
27 (6.863 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.980 %)Tivoli
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (39.22 %)Oracle
238 (37.25 %)Sun
336 (35.29 %)Red Hat
432 (31.37 %)HP
59 (8.824 %)Dell
59 (8.824 %)Hyperion
68 (7.843 %)VERITAS
77 (6.863 %)BMC
77 (6.863 %)IBM
86 (5.882 %)CommVault
95 (4.902 %)Cisco
103 (2.941 %)StorageTek
103 (2.941 %)SAP
112 (1.961 %)Microsoft
112 (1.961 %)EMC
112 (1.961 %)Redback
121 (0.980 %)Pegasus
121 (0.980 %)Citrix
121 (0.980 %)Adobe
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