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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the East Midlands 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank117111
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads6475
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.031 %
As % of the category below5.136 %4.896 %
Salaries quoted5257
Average minimum salary£34,623£30,544
Average salary£36,594£32,544
% change on same period last year+12.44 %
Average maximum salary£38,566£34,544
UK excluding London average salary£40,231£40,738
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads12461532
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.689 %0.642 %
Salaries quoted11001266
Average minimum salary£28,751£28,193
Average salary£30,854£30,049
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
Average maximum salary£32,957£31,905
UK excluding London average salary£34,069£34,572
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Solaris EnglandSolaris
England

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
NottinghamshireDown-327£42,525+31.86 %
DerbyshireUp+1822£28,452-4.41 %
NorthamptonshireUp+45£51,250+105.00 %
LincolnshireNew entry-1£35,000-
LeicestershireDown-11£37,500+3.68 %
Solaris EnglandSolaris
England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1126 (81.82 %)UNIX
282 (53.25 %)Sun
374 (48.05 %)Windows
473 (47.40 %)Linux
559 (38.31 %)Oracle
658 (37.66 %)HP
748 (31.17 %)AIX
847 (30.52 %)SQL
932 (20.78 %)SAN
1031 (20.13 %)SQL Server
1127 (17.53 %)Clustering
1226 (16.88 %)Oracle 10g
1226 (16.88 %)Microsoft
1325 (16.23 %)VERITAS
1424 (15.58 %)Shell Script
1523 (14.94 %)NetBackup
1620 (12.99 %)Oracle RMAN
1719 (12.34 %)Sun Certification
1719 (12.34 %)HPUX
1818 (11.69 %)Oracle 9i
1818 (11.69 %)Active Directory
1818 (11.69 %)VMware
1917 (11.04 %)Finance
2016 (10.39 %)LAN
2016 (10.39 %)WAN
2016 (10.39 %)IBM
2115 (9.740 %)SLA
2115 (9.740 %)NetApp
2115 (9.740 %)VMware ESX
2115 (9.740 %)SQL Server 2005

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (4.545 %)J2EE
25 (3.247 %)WebSphere
25 (3.247 %)COM+
33 (1.948 %).NET
41 (0.649 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.649 %)XML
41 (0.649 %)Middleware
41 (0.649 %)SAP Basis
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (3.896 %)MS Exchange
25 (3.247 %)Tomcat
34 (2.597 %)IIS
34 (2.597 %)NetWeaver
42 (1.299 %)Apache
42 (1.299 %)WebLogic
51 (0.649 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (0.649 %)iPlanet
51 (0.649 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.649 %)WebLogic Portal
51 (0.649 %)Oracle 10gAS
51 (0.649 %)Oracle 9iAS
East Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.597 %)MS Excel
East Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.247 %)Oracle EBS
24 (2.597 %)Oracle 11i
33 (1.948 %)Oracle Applications
42 (1.299 %)Oracle Financials
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (20.78 %)SAN
216 (10.39 %)LAN
216 (10.39 %)WAN
312 (7.792 %)Internet
49 (5.844 %)TCP/IP
55 (3.247 %)ISDN
63 (1.948 %)HTTP
71 (0.649 %)FTP
71 (0.649 %)Firewall
71 (0.649 %)BSS
71 (0.649 %)DNS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (20.13 %)SQL Server
226 (16.88 %)Oracle 10g
318 (11.69 %)Oracle 9i
415 (9.740 %)SQL Server 2005
511 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
610 (6.494 %)SQLPlus
610 (6.494 %)DTS
79 (5.844 %)MySQL
87 (4.545 %)Oracle 8/8i
87 (4.545 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (3.896 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
96 (3.896 %)BusinessObjects
96 (3.896 %)SQL Server 7
105 (3.247 %)SQL Server Integration Services
114 (2.597 %)GIS
123 (1.948 %)DB2
123 (1.948 %)Ingres
132 (1.299 %)MS Access
132 (1.299 %)TOAD
132 (1.299 %)RDBMS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.299 %)Oracle Forms
East Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (11.04 %)Finance
29 (5.844 %)Telecoms
29 (5.844 %)Health
37 (4.545 %)Pensions
44 (2.597 %)Government
53 (1.948 %)Banking
62 (1.299 %)Retail
62 (1.299 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.649 %)Police
71 (0.649 %)Automotive
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
141 (26.62 %)DBA
238 (24.68 %)Administrator
332 (20.78 %)Consultant
428 (18.18 %)Analyst
521 (13.64 %)Support Analyst
617 (11.04 %)Oracle DBA
715 (9.740 %)Technical Analyst
814 (9.091 %)Support Consultant
912 (7.792 %)Technical Support
1011 (7.143 %)SQL DBA
1110 (6.494 %)Senior DBA
1110 (6.494 %)Support Engineer
1110 (6.494 %)Technical Support Analyst
1110 (6.494 %)UNIX Support
129 (5.844 %)IT Consultant
138 (5.195 %)Systems Administrator
138 (5.195 %)UNIX Support Analyst
147 (4.545 %)UNIX Administrator
156 (3.896 %)Team Leader
156 (3.896 %)Oracle Consultant
East Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (17.53 %)Clustering
26 (3.896 %)French Language
26 (3.896 %)Management Information System
26 (3.896 %)Spanish Language
35 (3.247 %)Mainframe
35 (3.247 %)Italian Language
44 (2.597 %)German Language
52 (1.299 %)Client/Server
61 (0.649 %)Thin Client
61 (0.649 %)HACMP
61 (0.649 %)AS400
61 (0.649 %)Fat Client
61 (0.649 %)IBM Mainframe
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1126 (81.82 %)UNIX
274 (48.05 %)Windows
373 (47.40 %)Linux
448 (31.17 %)AIX
519 (12.34 %)HPUX
613 (8.442 %)Windows Server 2003
710 (6.494 %)Windows 2000 Server
89 (5.844 %)FreeBSD
98 (5.195 %)Red Hat Linux
98 (5.195 %)Windows XP
107 (4.545 %)Windows NT
116 (3.896 %)IRIX
123 (1.948 %)OS/400
123 (1.948 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
131 (0.649 %)SUSE
131 (0.649 %)Debian
131 (0.649 %)Windows 2000
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (7.143 %)ITIL
26 (3.896 %)Service Delivery
35 (3.247 %)Stakeholder Management
35 (3.247 %)Security Cleared
44 (2.597 %)Business Intelligence
52 (1.299 %)Business Analysis
52 (1.299 %)Problem Management
61 (0.649 %)Integration Testing
61 (0.649 %)Manual Testing
61 (0.649 %)Time Management
61 (0.649 %)Supplier Management
61 (0.649 %)Software Testing
61 (0.649 %)Incident Management
61 (0.649 %)Project Management
61 (0.649 %)Service Management
61 (0.649 %)OO
61 (0.649 %)Information Security
61 (0.649 %)Disaster Recovery
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
147 (30.52 %)SQL
224 (15.58 %)Shell Script
314 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
44 (2.597 %)C++
52 (1.299 %)Java
52 (1.299 %)C#
52 (1.299 %)Perl
52 (1.299 %)VB.NET
52 (1.299 %)VBA
61 (0.649 %)VC++
61 (0.649 %)VB6
61 (0.649 %)VB
61 (0.649 %)C
61 (0.649 %)JavaScript
East Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (12.34 %)Sun Certification
25 (3.247 %)Oracle Certification
34 (2.597 %)SCSA
42 (1.299 %)Degree
42 (1.299 %)Citrix Certification
51 (0.649 %)ITIL Certification
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (9.740 %)SLA
23 (1.948 %)ISO9001
32 (1.299 %)QA
East Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (14.94 %)NetBackup
220 (12.99 %)Oracle RMAN
318 (11.69 %)Active Directory
415 (9.740 %)VMware ESX
58 (5.195 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.649 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.649 %)NFS
61 (0.649 %)Terminal Services
East Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.597 %)HP Data Protector
22 (1.299 %)Tivoli
22 (1.299 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.649 %)Foglight
East Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
182 (53.25 %)Sun
259 (38.31 %)Oracle
358 (37.66 %)HP
426 (16.88 %)Microsoft
525 (16.23 %)VERITAS
618 (11.69 %)VMware
716 (10.39 %)IBM
815 (9.740 %)NetApp
98 (5.195 %)Citrix
98 (5.195 %)Red Hat
107 (4.545 %)SAP
116 (3.896 %)Business Objects
124 (2.597 %)Cisco
124 (2.597 %)Brocade
133 (1.948 %)Fujitsu
133 (1.948 %)CA
142 (1.299 %)EMC
151 (0.649 %)TIBCO
151 (0.649 %)ION Trading
151 (0.649 %)Northgate