The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 63 - 50
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 4 0 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.647% - 2.513%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.041% - 7.389%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 13
Average salary £50,125 - £70,000
90% offered a salary of more than £31,825 - £34,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 - £91,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+1.17% +2.40%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
196 134 203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 31.72% 26.69% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 169 121 165
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £24,200
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £60,500 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Solaris
South West

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Bournemouth - 3 £52,500 -
Poole - 1 £25,000 -
Solaris
South West

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 12 (100.00%) Oracle
1 12 (100.00%) UNIX
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (91.67%) Unit Testing
2 11 (91.67%) Performance Testing
2 11 (91.67%) SQL
3 10 (83.33%) AIX
4 9 (75.00%) Python
4 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
4 9 (75.00%) Perl
4 9 (75.00%) Windows
4 9 (75.00%) Shell Script
4 9 (75.00%) Load Testing
4 9 (75.00%) Integration Testing
4 9 (75.00%) Test Scripting
4 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) SWIFT
5 3 (25.00%) Banking
5 3 (25.00%) High Availability
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) webMethods
5 3 (25.00%) Java
6 2 (16.67%) SSL
6 2 (16.67%) ClearCase
6 2 (16.67%) XML
6 2 (16.67%) OO
6 2 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
6 2 (16.67%) Clustering

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (16.67%) XML
1 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
2 1 (8.333%) JRules
2 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (8.333%) ESB
3 1 (8.333%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) SSL
2 1 (8.333%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) ClearCase
1 2 (16.67%) Subversion
2 1 (8.333%) Hudson
2 1 (8.333%) Ant
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Tester
1 9 (75.00%) QA Tester
2 3 (25.00%) Systems Tester
2 3 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Applications Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Lead Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Messaging Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) SWIFT
2 2 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) UNIX
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
2 10 (83.33%) AIX
3 9 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Unit Testing
1 11 (91.67%) Performance Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Load Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) High Availability
4 2 (16.67%) OO
4 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Release Management
5 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) Python
2 9 (75.00%) Perl
2 9 (75.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (16.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) webMethods
3 1 (8.333%) IBM