The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 118 110 98
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -12
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 21 44 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.842% 1.534% 1.542%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.589% 4.716% 4.797%
Number of salaries quoted 13 42 36
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £32,600 £29,406
10% offered a salary of more than £54,100 £57,250 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
811 933 959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 32.52% 32.52% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 729 776 854
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Solaris
East of England

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Solaris across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridgeshire Solaris Jobs Demand Trend

Solaris
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge -12 20 £50,000 +33.33% 1
Solaris
East of England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 42 (72.41%) Linux
2 35 (60.34%) Java
3 33 (56.90%) Windows
4 24 (41.38%) UNIX
5 23 (39.66%) Agile Software Development
6 21 (36.21%) Oracle
7 20 (34.48%) C++
8 19 (32.76%) Tomcat
8 19 (32.76%) JMS
8 19 (32.76%) Middleware
9 17 (29.31%) SQL
10 16 (27.59%) Cisco
10 16 (27.59%) Finance
11 14 (24.14%) Apache
12 13 (22.41%) Windows Server 2003
13 12 (20.69%) Windows XP
13 12 (20.69%) Veritas
13 12 (20.69%) WebLogic
13 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
14 11 (18.97%) Time Management
14 11 (18.97%) Retail
14 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
14 11 (18.97%) Sybase
15 10 (17.24%) Fujitsu
16 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
16 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
16 6 (10.34%) Perl
17 5 (8.621%) Red Hat
17 5 (8.621%) Internet
18 4 (6.897%) C

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 19 (32.76%) JMS
1 19 (32.76%) Middleware
2 3 (5.172%) WebSphere
2 3 (5.172%) XML
3 2 (3.448%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 19 (32.76%) Tomcat
2 14 (24.14%) Apache
3 12 (20.69%) WebLogic
4 3 (5.172%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.621%) Internet
2 4 (6.897%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.172%) SAN
3 3 (5.172%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (5.172%) Firewall
3 3 (5.172%) Wireless
3 3 (5.172%) IP Telephony
3 3 (5.172%) VoIP
4 1 (1.724%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.724%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.724%) MySQL
1 1 (1.724%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.172%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (5.172%) Eclipse
1 3 (5.172%) Subversion
1 3 (5.172%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.724%) Hudson
2 1 (1.724%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.724%) Bugzilla
2 1 (1.724%) CruiseControl
General
1 16 (27.59%) Finance
2 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
2 11 (18.97%) Retail
3 1 (1.724%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Software Engineer
1 18 (31.03%) Principal Software Engineer
1 18 (31.03%) Principal Engineer
2 11 (18.97%) Technical Support
3 10 (17.24%) Support Specialist
3 10 (17.24%) Technical Support Specialist
3 10 (17.24%) Technical Specialist
4 5 (8.621%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.897%) Developer
5 4 (6.897%) Analyst
5 4 (6.897%) Java Developer
6 3 (5.172%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.172%) Java Analyst Programmer
6 3 (5.172%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.172%) Java Programmer
6 3 (5.172%) Developer Analyst
6 3 (5.172%) Consultant
6 3 (5.172%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.172%) Analyst Programmer
6 3 (5.172%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.172%) HACMP
1 3 (5.172%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.448%) Wiki
3 1 (1.724%) Celerra
3 1 (1.724%) Replication
3 1 (1.724%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.724%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 42 (72.41%) Linux
2 33 (56.90%) Windows
3 24 (41.38%) UNIX
4 13 (22.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (20.69%) Windows XP
6 4 (6.897%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (5.172%) OS/400
7 3 (5.172%) AIX
7 3 (5.172%) Tru64
7 3 (5.172%) SUSE
8 2 (3.448%) Debian
8 2 (3.448%) HPUX
9 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (18.97%) Time Management
3 4 (6.897%) OO
3 4 (6.897%) OOD
3 4 (6.897%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (5.172%) High Availability
5 2 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (3.448%) CRM
5 2 (3.448%) Business Continuity
5 2 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.724%) Multithreading
6 1 (1.724%) ITIL
6 1 (1.724%) TDD
6 1 (1.724%) Pair Programming
6 1 (1.724%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.724%) Operations Management
6 1 (1.724%) Service Management
6 1 (1.724%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.724%) ITSM
6 1 (1.724%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 35 (60.34%) Java
2 20 (34.48%) C++
3 17 (29.31%) SQL
4 6 (10.34%) Perl
5 4 (6.897%) C
6 2 (3.448%) Python
6 2 (3.448%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.724%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.724%) Ruby
7 1 (1.724%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.724%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
2 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.897%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.172%) QA
2 2 (3.448%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.724%) SLA
3 1 (1.724%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.172%) VMware ESX
2 3 (5.172%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (5.172%) PowerHA
3 1 (1.724%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 3 (5.172%) Tivoli
1 3 (5.172%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (5.172%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.448%) OpenView
2 2 (3.448%) Nagios
Vendors
1 21 (36.21%) Oracle
2 16 (27.59%) Cisco
3 12 (20.69%) Veritas
4 11 (18.97%) Sybase
5 10 (17.24%) Fujitsu
6 5 (8.621%) Red Hat
7 4 (6.897%) VMware
7 4 (6.897%) Brocade
7 4 (6.897%) Sun
8 3 (5.172%) HP
8 3 (5.172%) Avaya
8 3 (5.172%) JBoss
8 3 (5.172%) IBM
8 3 (5.172%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (5.172%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.724%) F5
9 1 (1.724%) Qualys
9 1 (1.724%) Juniper
9 1 (1.724%) EMC
9 1 (1.724%) Fortinet
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Java, C++, Server-side, SCRUM, JSP, Javascript, HTML, XML, Struts, Software... Key requirements: 2-5 years Java and/or C++, mostly in server-side development Struts and JSP...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £35000 to £39000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013