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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Kent 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5474
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads4720
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.009 %
As % of the category below13.13 %6.472 %
Salaries quoted4614
Average minimum salary£42,872£49,643
Average salary£45,383£49,643
% change on same period last year-8.58 %
Average maximum salary£47,894£49,643
UK excluding London average salary£40,762£41,159
% change on same period last year-0.96 %
Operating Systems KentOperating Systems
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads358309
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.176 %0.137 %
Salaries quoted329259
Average minimum salary£30,973£30,107
Average salary£33,532£31,687
% change on same period last year+5.82 %
Average maximum salary£36,091£33,267
UK excluding London average salary£34,651£34,981
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Solaris South EastSolaris
South East

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Kent Solaris Demand Trend

Solaris
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Solaris across the Kent region.

Kent Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Kent region over the past 3 months.

Kent 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 Kent region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1MaidstoneUp+75£45,500+82.00 %
2FolkestoneDown-34£32,500-7.14 %
3Tunbridge WellsNew entry-3£45,000-
4West MallingNew entry-1£39,000-
Solaris South EastSolaris
South East

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kent region citing Solaris also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Solaris.

133 (66.00 %)Unix
225 (50.00 %)SQL
225 (50.00 %)Oracle
323 (46.00 %)Cisco
421 (42.00 %)TCP/IP
421 (42.00 %)Java
421 (42.00 %)Apache
520 (40.00 %)Linux
618 (36.00 %)WebServices
618 (36.00 %)Microsoft
717 (34.00 %)Windows
816 (32.00 %)J2EE
914 (28.00 %)LAN
914 (28.00 %)Wireless
1013 (26.00 %)Internet
1013 (26.00 %)PL/SQL
1013 (26.00 %)PRINCE2
1112 (24.00 %)Windows NT
1112 (24.00 %)Eclipse
1112 (24.00 %)AIX
1112 (24.00 %)RUP
1112 (24.00 %)ITIL
1112 (24.00 %)EJB
1112 (24.00 %)Struts
1112 (24.00 %)WAN
1112 (24.00 %)Log4j
1112 (24.00 %)Scrum
1211 (22.00 %)MPLS
1310 (20.00 %)Sun
149 (18.00 %)Perl

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kent region citing Solaris also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Solaris. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
118 (36.00 %)WebServices
216 (32.00 %)J2EE
312 (24.00 %)EJB
312 (24.00 %)Struts
44 (8.000 %).NET
44 (8.000 %)WebSphere
53 (6.000 %)LAMP
Application Platforms
121 (42.00 %)Apache
24 (8.000 %)Tomcat
Applications
16 (12.00 %)MS Excel
21 (2.000 %)MS Project
Communications & Networking
121 (42.00 %)TCP/IP
214 (28.00 %)LAN
214 (28.00 %)Wireless
313 (26.00 %)Internet
412 (24.00 %)WAN
511 (22.00 %)MPLS
67 (14.00 %)DNS
76 (12.00 %)VPN
76 (12.00 %)Firewall
76 (12.00 %)DMZ
76 (12.00 %)Cisco PIX
85 (10.00 %)FTP
93 (6.000 %)SNMP
93 (6.000 %)Cisco IOS
93 (6.000 %)LDAP
102 (4.000 %)SAN
111 (2.000 %)WINS
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
15 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
23 (6.000 %)MySQL
23 (6.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (4.000 %)SQL Server
32 (4.000 %)DB2
32 (4.000 %)SQL Server 7
32 (4.000 %)DB2 UDB
Development Applications
112 (24.00 %)Eclipse
112 (24.00 %)Log4j
General
16 (12.00 %)Finance
24 (8.000 %)Insurance
31 (2.000 %)Pensions
31 (2.000 %)Health
31 (2.000 %)Banking
Job Titles
117 (34.00 %)Administrator
213 (26.00 %)Systems Administrator
311 (22.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
410 (20.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
410 (20.00 %)DBA
410 (20.00 %)UNIX Administrator
59 (18.00 %)Consultant
68 (16.00 %)Oracle DBA
77 (14.00 %)IT Manager
85 (10.00 %)Developer
85 (10.00 %)Java Developer
85 (10.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
94 (8.000 %)Support Team Leader
94 (8.000 %)UNIX Consultant
94 (8.000 %)Oracle Developer
94 (8.000 %)J2EE Developer
94 (8.000 %)Team Leader
94 (8.000 %)Applications Support
103 (6.000 %)Linux Systems Administrator
103 (6.000 %)Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
13 (6.000 %)Mathematics
13 (6.000 %)Computer Science
22 (4.000 %)Client/Server
22 (4.000 %)HACMP
31 (2.000 %)Mainframe
Operating Systems
133 (66.00 %)Unix
220 (40.00 %)Linux
317 (34.00 %)Windows
412 (24.00 %)AIX
412 (24.00 %)Windows NT
54 (8.000 %)HPUX
63 (6.000 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
113 (26.00 %)PRINCE2
212 (24.00 %)RUP
212 (24.00 %)Scrum
212 (24.00 %)ITIL
38 (16.00 %)Change Management
46 (12.00 %)Penetration Testing
46 (12.00 %)B2B
52 (4.000 %)Performance Management
52 (4.000 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (2.000 %)PRINCE
Programming Languages
125 (50.00 %)SQL
221 (42.00 %)Java
313 (26.00 %)PL/SQL
49 (18.00 %)Perl
56 (12.00 %)C
56 (12.00 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
13 (6.000 %)Degree
21 (2.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
15 (10.00 %)Active Directory
23 (6.000 %)Xen
31 (2.000 %)Oracle RAC
31 (2.000 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
12 (4.000 %)Tivoli
12 (4.000 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
125 (50.00 %)Oracle
223 (46.00 %)Cisco
318 (36.00 %)Microsoft
410 (20.00 %)Sun
55 (10.00 %)IBM
64 (8.000 %)Red Hat
73 (6.000 %)VMware
82 (4.000 %)Sybase
82 (4.000 %)Nortel
82 (4.000 %)Hitachi
82 (4.000 %)VERITAS
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