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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Cambridge 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
Rank5261
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads11385
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.060 %0.035 %
As % of the category below9.409 %7.770 %
Salaries quoted10362
Average minimum salary£34,544£28,752
Average salary£36,932£33,123
% change on same period last year+11.50 %
Average maximum salary£39,320£37,494
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads12011094
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.634 %0.448 %
Salaries quoted1097890
Average minimum salary£33,566£31,106
Average salary£36,614£34,024
% change on same period last year+7.61 %
Average maximum salary£39,662£36,941
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Solaris CambridgeshireSolaris
Cambridgeshire

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1159 (85.48 %)Linux
2139 (74.73 %)UNIX
388 (47.31 %)Apache
476 (40.86 %)Perl
555 (29.57 %)Oracle
555 (29.57 %)Windows
555 (29.57 %)Sun
648 (25.81 %)Tomcat
747 (25.27 %)C++
843 (23.12 %)C
942 (22.58 %)TCP/IP
1039 (20.97 %)DNS
1138 (20.43 %)Red Hat
1235 (18.82 %)Internet
1331 (16.67 %)RDBMS
1331 (16.67 %)Java
1430 (16.13 %)Degree
1529 (15.59 %)SQL Server
1628 (15.05 %)MySQL
1628 (15.05 %)Python
1727 (14.52 %)SMTP
1826 (13.98 %)HP
1826 (13.98 %)SQL
1925 (13.44 %)DB2
1925 (13.44 %)Oracle 8/8i
2024 (12.90 %)Firewall
2122 (11.83 %)HPUX
2221 (11.29 %)Pensions
2320 (10.75 %)C#
2419 (10.22 %)ISO27001

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (8.065 %)CGI
210 (5.376 %).NET
38 (4.301 %)MFC
38 (4.301 %)HTML
38 (4.301 %)XML
45 (2.688 %)STL
45 (2.688 %)CSS
45 (2.688 %)J2EE
54 (2.151 %)SOAP
63 (1.613 %)JSP
63 (1.613 %)Struts
72 (1.075 %)WebServices
72 (1.075 %)ODBC
72 (1.075 %)ASP.NET
72 (1.075 %)ASP.NET 2.0
81 (0.538 %)Middleware
81 (0.538 %)JSTL
81 (0.538 %)ASP
81 (0.538 %)ActiveX
81 (0.538 %)JMS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
188 (47.31 %)Apache
248 (25.81 %)Tomcat
39 (4.839 %)WebLogic
42 (1.075 %)JBoss
42 (1.075 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (5.914 %)MATLAB
22 (1.075 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.075 %)Oracle Applications
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
142 (22.58 %)TCP/IP
239 (20.97 %)DNS
335 (18.82 %)Internet
427 (14.52 %)SMTP
524 (12.90 %)Firewall
617 (9.140 %)FTP
714 (7.527 %)LAN
810 (5.376 %)SSL
99 (4.839 %)WAN
99 (4.839 %)Intrusion Detection
108 (4.301 %)HTTP
116 (3.226 %)VPN
116 (3.226 %)Bluetooth
125 (2.688 %)Ethernet
133 (1.613 %)Network Security
133 (1.613 %)Wireless
142 (1.075 %)iSCSI
151 (0.538 %)SSH
151 (0.538 %)DHCP
151 (0.538 %)POP3
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (16.67 %)RDBMS
229 (15.59 %)SQL Server
328 (15.05 %)MySQL
425 (13.44 %)DB2
425 (13.44 %)Oracle 8/8i
57 (3.763 %)Oracle 10g
57 (3.763 %)SQLPlus
64 (2.151 %)Oracle 9i
73 (1.613 %)Data Mining
82 (1.075 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.538 %)Text Mining
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.075 %)Eclipse
21 (0.538 %)ProC
21 (0.538 %)Flash
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (11.29 %)Pensions
212 (6.452 %)Insurance
38 (4.301 %)Finance
38 (4.301 %)Education
38 (4.301 %)Health
44 (2.151 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (0.538 %)Telecoms
51 (0.538 %)Marketing
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
148 (25.81 %)Administrator
227 (14.52 %)Systems Administrator
325 (13.44 %)Analyst
424 (12.90 %)Support Analyst
522 (11.83 %)Developer
620 (10.75 %)UNIX Administrator
718 (9.677 %)Software Engineer
718 (9.677 %)Support Engineer
817 (9.140 %)Senior Analyst
817 (9.140 %)Senior Support Analyst
914 (7.527 %)UNIX Engineer
914 (7.527 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
914 (7.527 %)Graduate
1012 (6.452 %)DBA
1012 (6.452 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1012 (6.452 %)Linux Administrator
1111 (5.914 %)Oracle DBA
1210 (5.376 %)C++ Developer
1210 (5.376 %)Software Developer
139 (4.839 %)Graduate Software Engineer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (9.677 %)Computer Science
212 (6.452 %)Mathematics
38 (4.301 %)Cryptography
47 (3.763 %)PKI
54 (2.151 %)French Language
54 (2.151 %)German Language
54 (2.151 %)Spanish Language
54 (2.151 %)Chemistry
62 (1.075 %)Physics
62 (1.075 %)Life Science
71 (0.538 %)Client/Server
71 (0.538 %)Device Driver
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1159 (85.48 %)Linux
2139 (74.73 %)UNIX
355 (29.57 %)Windows
422 (11.83 %)HPUX
515 (8.065 %)Debian
614 (7.527 %)OpenBSD
614 (7.527 %)Ubuntu
710 (5.376 %)Windows XP
710 (5.376 %)AIX
85 (2.688 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (2.151 %)Windows NT
103 (1.613 %)Windows 2000
103 (1.613 %)Fedora
112 (1.075 %)SUSE
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (5.376 %)Migration
29 (4.839 %)Integration Testing
38 (4.301 %)Software Engineering
47 (3.763 %)Data Modelling
47 (3.763 %)User Acceptance Testing
47 (3.763 %)Project Management
56 (3.226 %)CAD
65 (2.688 %)ITIL
73 (1.613 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (1.613 %)OO
73 (1.613 %)Web Development
73 (1.613 %)Security Cleared
82 (1.075 %)PRINCE2
91 (0.538 %)Configuration Management
91 (0.538 %)Knowledge Management
91 (0.538 %)Statistical Analysis
91 (0.538 %)Validation
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (40.86 %)Perl
247 (25.27 %)C++
343 (23.12 %)C
431 (16.67 %)Java
528 (15.05 %)Python
626 (13.98 %)SQL
720 (10.75 %)C#
817 (9.140 %)JavaScript
915 (8.065 %)PHP
109 (4.839 %)Korn
118 (4.301 %)Shell Script
126 (3.226 %)PL/SQL
132 (1.075 %)VC++
141 (0.538 %)DHTML
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (16.13 %)Degree
213 (6.989 %)RHCE
39 (4.839 %)Cisco Certification
47 (3.763 %)SCSA
54 (2.151 %)HND
54 (2.151 %)PhD
62 (1.075 %)CISSP
62 (1.075 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (1.075 %)MCP
71 (0.538 %)ITIL Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (10.22 %)ISO27001
26 (3.226 %)QA
34 (2.151 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (5.914 %)Active Directory
29 (4.839 %)VMware ESX
35 (2.688 %)Xen
35 (2.688 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (1.075 %)Oracle RMAN
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (4.839 %)Nessus
22 (1.075 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (29.57 %)Oracle
155 (29.57 %)Sun
238 (20.43 %)Red Hat
326 (13.98 %)HP
411 (5.914 %)Cisco
59 (4.839 %)Symantec
59 (4.839 %)Sophos
59 (4.839 %)Tripwire
67 (3.763 %)Sybase
76 (3.226 %)Microsoft
85 (2.688 %)CheckPoint
85 (2.688 %)VMware
94 (2.151 %)Remedy
103 (1.613 %)NetApp
103 (1.613 %)SonicWALL
112 (1.075 %)EMC
121 (0.538 %)MKS
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