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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Cheshire 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8686
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads5661
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.026 %
As % of the category below7.517 %6.831 %
Salaries quoted5459
Average minimum salary£34,625£36,085
Average salary£37,330£38,007
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Average maximum salary£40,036£39,928
UK excluding London average salary£39,697£40,628
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads745893
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.428 %0.383 %
Salaries quoted692826
Average minimum salary£31,661£28,610
Average salary£34,737£30,368
% change on same period last year+14.38 %
Average maximum salary£37,814£32,126
UK excluding London average salary£34,258£34,417
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Solaris North WestSolaris
North West

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KnutsfordDown-823£41,174-2.43 %
WarringtonUp+112£32,455+39.37 %
ChesterUp+94£41,667+9.64 %
DaresburyNew entry-3£36,333-
Solaris North WestSolaris
North West

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

181 (95.29 %)UNIX
267 (78.82 %)AIX
341 (48.24 %)Windows
429 (34.12 %)Mainframe
528 (32.94 %)HP
627 (31.76 %)Sun
627 (31.76 %)HPUX
725 (29.41 %)Pensions
824 (28.24 %)Tivoli
923 (27.06 %)IBM
1022 (25.88 %)Middleware
1022 (25.88 %)Finance
1022 (25.88 %)Clustering
1121 (24.71 %)Linux
1121 (24.71 %)WebSphere
1220 (23.53 %)Banking
1318 (21.18 %)WebSphere MQ
1318 (21.18 %)Health
1417 (20.00 %)ITIL
1516 (18.82 %)SSL
1516 (18.82 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1516 (18.82 %)Gentran
1615 (17.65 %)ITIL Certification
1713 (15.29 %)Change Management
1811 (12.94 %)Disaster Recovery
1811 (12.94 %)Oracle
1910 (11.76 %)VMS
1910 (11.76 %)Cisco
209 (10.59 %)VERITAS
209 (10.59 %)Internet

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (25.88 %)Middleware
221 (24.71 %)WebSphere
36 (7.059 %)WBIMB
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (21.18 %)WebSphere MQ
216 (18.82 %)Gentran
35 (5.882 %)Tomcat
35 (5.882 %)WebLogic
44 (4.706 %)Apache
53 (3.529 %)Oracle Application Server
62 (2.353 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (1.176 %)JBoss
71 (1.176 %)Tuxedo
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (3.529 %)MS Visio
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (5.882 %)Oracle 11i
15 (5.882 %)Oracle Applications
23 (3.529 %)Oracle EBS
31 (1.176 %)Axapta
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (18.82 %)SSL
29 (10.59 %)SAN
29 (10.59 %)Internet
37 (8.235 %)SSH
45 (5.882 %)Network Security
45 (5.882 %)LAN
45 (5.882 %)VoIP
45 (5.882 %)WAN
53 (3.529 %)Broadband
61 (1.176 %)LDAP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (3.529 %)MySQL
13 (3.529 %)Oracle Reports
13 (3.529 %)Oracle 9i
13 (3.529 %)Oracle 10g
13 (3.529 %)PostgreSQL
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (3.529 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.176 %)Introscope
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (29.41 %)Pensions
222 (25.88 %)Finance
320 (23.53 %)Banking
418 (21.18 %)Health
53 (3.529 %)Online Banking
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (28.24 %)Analyst
214 (16.47 %)UNIX Support
312 (14.12 %)Infrastructure Analyst
312 (14.12 %)Administrator
312 (14.12 %)Team Leader
411 (12.94 %)Support Analyst
59 (10.59 %)UNIX Administrator
59 (10.59 %)Technical Specialist
68 (9.412 %)Systems Administrator
68 (9.412 %)Support Team Leader
68 (9.412 %)UNIX Specialist
77 (8.235 %)UNIX Engineer
77 (8.235 %)UNIX Support Analyst
77 (8.235 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
86 (7.059 %)UNIX Team Leader
95 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Team Leader
95 (5.882 %)Network Team Leader
95 (5.882 %)WebSphere Specialist
95 (5.882 %)Network Support
95 (5.882 %)Oracle DBA
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (34.12 %)Mainframe
222 (25.88 %)Clustering
37 (8.235 %)Tandem
45 (5.882 %)Video Conferencing
51 (1.176 %)Computer Science
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
181 (95.29 %)UNIX
267 (78.82 %)AIX
341 (48.24 %)Windows
427 (31.76 %)HPUX
521 (24.71 %)Linux
610 (11.76 %)VMS
76 (7.059 %)Windows 2000 Server
76 (7.059 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (5.882 %)NetWare
93 (3.529 %)zOS
93 (3.529 %)SUSE
93 (3.529 %)Debian
93 (3.529 %)Fedora
93 (3.529 %)CentOS
102 (2.353 %)Windows NT
111 (1.176 %)MVS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (20.00 %)ITIL
213 (15.29 %)Change Management
311 (12.94 %)Disaster Recovery
48 (9.412 %)Problem Management
55 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
63 (3.529 %)Project Management
63 (3.529 %)Logistics
72 (2.353 %)Performance Testing
81 (1.176 %)Risk Management
81 (1.176 %)Benchmarking
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (8.235 %)C
17 (8.235 %)Shell Script
24 (4.706 %)Perl
24 (4.706 %)SQL
33 (3.529 %)C++
41 (1.176 %)Java
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (17.65 %)ITIL Certification
28 (9.412 %)CCNA
28 (9.412 %)Cisco Certification
35 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (5.882 %)CNE
35 (5.882 %)Novell Certification
35 (5.882 %)MCSE
44 (4.706 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.529 %)SLA
21 (1.176 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.176 %)QA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (10.59 %)NetBackup
26 (7.059 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
26 (7.059 %)RACF
35 (5.882 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (5.882 %)Backup Exec
43 (3.529 %)Oracle RMAN
43 (3.529 %)Oracle RAC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (28.24 %)Tivoli
216 (18.82 %)Tivoli Monitoring
39 (10.59 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
47 (8.235 %)OMEGAMON
53 (3.529 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (32.94 %)HP
227 (31.76 %)Sun
323 (27.06 %)IBM
411 (12.94 %)Oracle
510 (11.76 %)Cisco
69 (10.59 %)VERITAS
75 (5.882 %)VMware
75 (5.882 %)Mitel
75 (5.882 %)Novell
75 (5.882 %)Polycom
83 (3.529 %)Redback
83 (3.529 %)Juniper
91 (1.176 %)BEA
91 (1.176 %)Hitachi
91 (1.176 %)EMC
91 (1.176 %)Fujitsu