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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Essex 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank9387
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads1736
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.015 %
As % of the category below3.704 %7.725 %
Salaries quoted1234
Average minimum salary£42,143£41,471
Average salary£44,857£43,662
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum salary£47,571£45,853
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads459466
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.242 %0.191 %
Salaries quoted395421
Average minimum salary£33,870£31,024
Average salary£35,976£32,544
% change on same period last year+10.54 %
Average maximum salary£38,082£34,064
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Solaris East of EnglandSolaris
East of England

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Essex Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BasildonDown-17£47,000+4.03 %
ChelmsfordUp+52£47,500+100.00 %
Solaris East of EnglandSolaris
East of England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

143 (78.18 %)UNIX
241 (74.55 %)Oracle
333 (60.00 %)Apache
430 (54.55 %)Sun
526 (47.27 %)Oracle 9i
625 (45.45 %)Technical Architecture
722 (40.00 %)Linux
821 (38.18 %)Disaster Recovery
920 (36.36 %)Java
1017 (30.91 %)Degree
1116 (29.09 %)Windows
1213 (23.64 %)Education
1312 (21.82 %)Oracle Application Server
1410 (18.18 %)Finance
1410 (18.18 %)SAN
159 (16.36 %)Red Hat
168 (14.55 %)Microsoft
168 (14.55 %)TCP/IP
168 (14.55 %)MS Office
177 (12.73 %)AIX
177 (12.73 %)VPN
186 (10.91 %)Ethernet
186 (10.91 %)PhD
186 (10.91 %)NetApp
186 (10.91 %)OO
186 (10.91 %)C
186 (10.91 %)C++
186 (10.91 %)VB.NET
186 (10.91 %).NET
186 (10.91 %)Device Driver

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (10.91 %).NET
25 (9.091 %)HTML
34 (7.273 %)J2EE
34 (7.273 %)LAMP
43 (5.455 %)XML
51 (1.818 %)Hibernate
51 (1.818 %)Spring
51 (1.818 %)WebSphere
51 (1.818 %)JDBC
51 (1.818 %)JSP
51 (1.818 %)Servlets
51 (1.818 %)Struts
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
133 (60.00 %)Apache
212 (21.82 %)Oracle Application Server
34 (7.273 %)MS Exchange
42 (3.636 %)JBoss
51 (1.818 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (1.818 %)Oracle 10gAS
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (14.55 %)MS Office
24 (7.273 %)MS Visio
Essex IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (7.273 %)Oracle 11i
23 (5.455 %)Oracle Applications
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (18.18 %)SAN
28 (14.55 %)TCP/IP
37 (12.73 %)VPN
46 (10.91 %)Ethernet
55 (9.091 %)LDAP
55 (9.091 %)WAN
55 (9.091 %)SNMP
64 (7.273 %)LAN
64 (7.273 %)Cisco IOS
73 (5.455 %)Firewall
81 (1.818 %)SSH
81 (1.818 %)FTP
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (47.27 %)Oracle 9i
24 (7.273 %)Oracle 10g
24 (7.273 %)MySQL
24 (7.273 %)Oracle Reports
33 (5.455 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (5.455 %)SQL Server
33 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (1.818 %)Oracle Discoverer
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.818 %)Oracle Forms
11 (1.818 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (23.64 %)Education
210 (18.18 %)Finance
32 (3.636 %)Insurance
41 (1.818 %)Banking
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (34.55 %)Administrator
216 (29.09 %)Systems Administrator
38 (14.55 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
38 (14.55 %)UNIX Administrator
38 (14.55 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
38 (14.55 %)Solaris Administrator
46 (10.91 %)Linux Engineer
46 (10.91 %)Senior Linux Engineer
46 (10.91 %)Systems Engineer
55 (9.091 %)Helpdesk Manager
55 (9.091 %)Consultant
64 (7.273 %)Architect
64 (7.273 %)DBA
64 (7.273 %)Oracle DBA
64 (7.273 %)Systems Architect
64 (7.273 %)Linux Systems Administrator
64 (7.273 %)Infrastructure Consultant
64 (7.273 %)Linux Administrator
73 (5.455 %)UNIX Engineer
73 (5.455 %)Analyst
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (10.91 %)Device Driver
25 (9.091 %)Computer Science
34 (7.273 %)Mathematics
34 (7.273 %)Client/Server
41 (1.818 %)Management Information System
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
143 (78.18 %)UNIX
222 (40.00 %)Linux
316 (29.09 %)Windows
47 (12.73 %)AIX
55 (9.091 %)Windows XP
64 (7.273 %)Debian
71 (1.818 %)OS/400
71 (1.818 %)HPUX
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (45.45 %)Technical Architecture
221 (38.18 %)Disaster Recovery
36 (10.91 %)OO
45 (9.091 %)Business Continuity
51 (1.818 %)Risk Assessment
51 (1.818 %)Information Security
51 (1.818 %)Data Management
51 (1.818 %)Project Planning
51 (1.818 %)ITIL
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (36.36 %)Java
26 (10.91 %)C
26 (10.91 %)C++
26 (10.91 %)VB.NET
34 (7.273 %)Perl
34 (7.273 %)SQL
42 (3.636 %)Shell Script
51 (1.818 %)PHP
51 (1.818 %)PL/SQL
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (30.91 %)Degree
26 (10.91 %)PhD
31 (1.818 %)RHCE
31 (1.818 %)Sun Certification
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.455 %)SLA
Essex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (9.091 %)Oracle RAC
24 (7.273 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (7.273 %)Xen
31 (1.818 %)Active Directory
31 (1.818 %)NetBackup
31 (1.818 %)Oracle RMAN
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
141 (74.55 %)Oracle
230 (54.55 %)Sun
39 (16.36 %)Red Hat
48 (14.55 %)Microsoft
56 (10.91 %)NetApp
65 (9.091 %)VERITAS
65 (9.091 %)IBM
74 (7.273 %)Cisco
74 (7.273 %)VMware
74 (7.273 %)Brocade
81 (1.818 %)Citrix
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