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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Blackburn 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3928
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads12
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.818 %3.509 %
Salaries quoted12
Average minimum salary£35,000£25,000
Average salary£37,500£32,500
% change on same period last year+15.38 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,565£40,662
% change on same period last year-2.69 %
Blackburn IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Blackburn
Matching permanent IT job ads5557
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.025 %
Salaries quoted4853
Average minimum salary£23,031£22,639
Average salary£25,020£24,250
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Average maximum salary£27,010£25,861
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Solaris LancashireSolaris
Lancashire

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

18 (100.00 %)UNIX
18 (100.00 %)AIX
18 (100.00 %)Shell Script
18 (100.00 %)Performance Management

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Administrator
18 (100.00 %)UNIX Administrator
18 (100.00 %)AIX Administrator
Blackburn IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)UNIX
18 (100.00 %)AIX
Blackburn IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)Performance Management
Blackburn IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)Shell Script