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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Chester 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
Rank6463
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads36
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.239 %4.255 %
Salaries quoted34
Average minimum salary£41,667£36,250
Average salary£41,667£37,500
% change on same period last year+11.11 %
Average maximum salary£41,667£38,750
UK excluding London average salary£39,565£40,662
% change on same period last year-2.69 %
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads134141
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.061 %
Salaries quoted127133
Average minimum salary£30,833£28,672
Average salary£32,636£30,266
% change on same period last year+7.83 %
Average maximum salary£34,439£31,859
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Solaris CheshireSolaris
Cheshire

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Chester region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Chester Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (100.00 %)UNIX
210 (76.92 %)Windows
38 (61.54 %)AIX
38 (61.54 %)VMS
38 (61.54 %)Finance
38 (61.54 %)Clustering
38 (61.54 %)WebSphere
47 (53.85 %)VERITAS
55 (38.46 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (38.46 %)Internet
55 (38.46 %)Mainframe
55 (38.46 %)Backup Exec
55 (38.46 %)VMware
55 (38.46 %)NetWare
55 (38.46 %)Cisco
55 (38.46 %)Sun
55 (38.46 %)CCNA
55 (38.46 %)HP
55 (38.46 %)Cisco Certification
55 (38.46 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (38.46 %)CNE
55 (38.46 %)Novell Certification
55 (38.46 %)Novell
55 (38.46 %)Linux
55 (38.46 %)MCSE
55 (38.46 %)LAN
55 (38.46 %)VoIP
55 (38.46 %)WAN
55 (38.46 %)Network Security
55 (38.46 %)Polycom

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (61.54 %)WebSphere
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (38.46 %)LAN
15 (38.46 %)VoIP
15 (38.46 %)WAN
15 (38.46 %)Internet
15 (38.46 %)SSH
15 (38.46 %)Network Security
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (61.54 %)Finance
21 (7.692 %)Banking
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (53.85 %)Team Leader
25 (38.46 %)Network Support
25 (38.46 %)Support Team Leader
25 (38.46 %)Infrastructure Team Leader
25 (38.46 %)Network Team Leader
34 (30.77 %)Analyst
34 (30.77 %)Systems Support
34 (30.77 %)Support Analyst
43 (23.08 %)Systems Analyst
43 (23.08 %)Systems Support Analyst
51 (7.692 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (7.692 %)Administrator
51 (7.692 %)UNIX Team Leader
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (61.54 %)Clustering
25 (38.46 %)Video Conferencing
25 (38.46 %)Mainframe
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (100.00 %)UNIX
210 (76.92 %)Windows
38 (61.54 %)AIX
38 (61.54 %)VMS
45 (38.46 %)NetWare
45 (38.46 %)Linux
45 (38.46 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (38.46 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (15.38 %)zOS
61 (7.692 %)MVS
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.692 %)ITIL
Chester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (38.46 %)MCSE
15 (38.46 %)CCNA
15 (38.46 %)Cisco Certification
15 (38.46 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (38.46 %)CNE
15 (38.46 %)Novell Certification
Chester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (38.46 %)Backup Exec
15 (38.46 %)VMware Infrastructure
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (53.85 %)VERITAS
25 (38.46 %)VMware
25 (38.46 %)Mitel
25 (38.46 %)Polycom
25 (38.46 %)Cisco
25 (38.46 %)Sun
25 (38.46 %)HP
25 (38.46 %)Novell