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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Manchester 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
Rank114133
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads7388
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.036 %
As % of the category below7.329 %6.111 %
Salaries quoted6279
Average minimum salary£30,042£34,937
Average salary£34,083£36,696
% change on same period last year-7.12 %
Average maximum salary£38,125£38,456
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads9961440
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.526 %0.590 %
Salaries quoted8351310
Average minimum salary£27,255£29,444
Average salary£29,744£32,295
% change on same period last year-7.90 %
Average maximum salary£32,233£35,147
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Solaris North WestSolaris
North West

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
SalfordNo change06£32,500+23.41 %
BoltonDown-95£33,000-
OldhamDown-25£33,000+10.00 %
RochdaleDown-23£21,000-2.32 %
CheadleDown-151--
WiganNew entry-1£23,500-
Solaris North WestSolaris
North West

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1167 (75.57 %)Linux
2103 (46.61 %)UNIX
374 (33.48 %)Perl
453 (23.98 %)Oracle
545 (20.36 %)Sun
641 (18.55 %)Shell Script
641 (18.55 %)Windows
733 (14.93 %)Firewall
832 (14.48 %)PHP
931 (14.03 %)C
931 (14.03 %)DNS
1030 (13.57 %)C++
1128 (12.67 %)Python
1128 (12.67 %)VPN
1226 (11.76 %)SQL Server
1325 (11.31 %)Debian
1422 (9.955 %)SQL
1422 (9.955 %)TCP/IP
1521 (9.502 %)VERITAS
1521 (9.502 %)Finance
1521 (9.502 %)Oracle Application Server
1620 (9.050 %)AIX
1718 (8.145 %)Pensions
1816 (7.240 %)SSH
1816 (7.240 %)Netcool
1816 (7.240 %)Microsoft
1915 (6.787 %)SNMP
1915 (6.787 %)FTP
1915 (6.787 %)Sybase
1915 (6.787 %)TELNET

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (4.072 %)WebSphere
28 (3.620 %)HTML
35 (2.262 %)ASP
35 (2.262 %)JSP
35 (2.262 %)XML
43 (1.357 %)Ruby on Rails
43 (1.357 %)ASP.NET
43 (1.357 %)CSS
43 (1.357 %).NET
43 (1.357 %)J2EE
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (9.502 %)Oracle Application Server
211 (4.977 %)Apache
34 (1.810 %)MS Exchange
43 (1.357 %)Tomcat
51 (0.452 %)SAS
51 (0.452 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (0.452 %)Exchange Server 2000
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (3.167 %)MS Excel
21 (0.452 %)MS Office
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.357 %)Oracle Applications
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (14.93 %)Firewall
231 (14.03 %)DNS
328 (12.67 %)VPN
422 (9.955 %)TCP/IP
516 (7.240 %)SSH
615 (6.787 %)TELNET
615 (6.787 %)SNMP
615 (6.787 %)FTP
714 (6.335 %)DHCP
87 (3.167 %)SAN
95 (2.262 %)Broadband
104 (1.810 %)LAN
104 (1.810 %)WAN
113 (1.357 %)Ethernet
113 (1.357 %)Internet
121 (0.452 %)SONET
121 (0.452 %)MPLS
121 (0.452 %)OSPF
121 (0.452 %)BGP
121 (0.452 %)L2TP
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (11.76 %)SQL Server
28 (3.620 %)Oracle 9i
28 (3.620 %)Oracle 10g
28 (3.620 %)MySQL
35 (2.262 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (2.262 %)Oracle 11g
35 (2.262 %)TOAD
35 (2.262 %)OLTP
35 (2.262 %)DB2
44 (1.810 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.357 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.452 %)RDBMS
61 (0.452 %)SQL Server 2000
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (3.620 %)Oracle Forms
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (9.502 %)Finance
218 (8.145 %)Pensions
311 (4.977 %)Marketing
311 (4.977 %)Telecoms
47 (3.167 %)Financial Institution
53 (1.357 %)Construction
53 (1.357 %)Health
53 (1.357 %)Billing
62 (0.905 %)Education
71 (0.452 %)Manufacturing
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
159 (26.70 %)Administrator
252 (23.53 %)Systems Administrator
334 (15.38 %)Systems Engineer
433 (14.93 %)Linux Administrator
529 (13.12 %)Linux Systems Administrator
628 (12.67 %)Consultant
726 (11.76 %)UNIX Administrator
823 (10.41 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
920 (9.050 %)Linux Engineer
1019 (8.597 %)Technical Consultant
1116 (7.240 %)Analyst
1215 (6.787 %)Software Engineer
1313 (5.882 %)IT Manager
1412 (5.430 %)Test Engineer
1510 (4.525 %)Linux Support
167 (3.167 %)Infrastructure Manager
167 (3.167 %)Support Analyst
167 (3.167 %)Infrastructure Engineer
167 (3.167 %)UNIX Support
176 (2.715 %)Security Analyst
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (3.167 %)PKI
26 (2.715 %)SecurID
34 (1.810 %)Clustering
43 (1.357 %)Statistics
43 (1.357 %)Computer Science
43 (1.357 %)Wiki
51 (0.452 %)HACMP
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1167 (75.57 %)Linux
2103 (46.61 %)UNIX
341 (18.55 %)Windows
425 (11.31 %)Debian
520 (9.050 %)AIX
611 (4.977 %)SUSE
78 (3.620 %)HPUX
87 (3.167 %)Fedora
94 (1.810 %)Windows NT
102 (0.905 %)FreeBSD
102 (0.905 %)Tru64
111 (0.452 %)NetBSD
111 (0.452 %)Gentoo
111 (0.452 %)VMS
111 (0.452 %)NetWare
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (6.787 %)Disaster Recovery
214 (6.335 %)Software Engineering
310 (4.525 %)Process Management
48 (3.620 %)ITIL
48 (3.620 %)Web Development
55 (2.262 %)E-Commerce
55 (2.262 %)Project Management
63 (1.357 %)Business Continuity
63 (1.357 %)Content Management
72 (0.905 %)Validation
72 (0.905 %)Resource Management
81 (0.452 %)Test Scripting
81 (0.452 %)Network Design
81 (0.452 %)Business Intelligence
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
174 (33.48 %)Perl
241 (18.55 %)Shell Script
332 (14.48 %)PHP
431 (14.03 %)C
530 (13.57 %)C++
628 (12.67 %)Python
722 (9.955 %)SQL
812 (5.430 %)Ruby
911 (4.977 %)JavaScript
911 (4.977 %)PL/SQL
106 (2.715 %)Java
114 (1.810 %)Assembly Language
123 (1.357 %)C#
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (5.430 %)Cisco Certification
211 (4.977 %)CCNA
38 (3.620 %)Sun Certification
38 (3.620 %)Degree
47 (3.167 %)ITIL Certification
56 (2.715 %)Oracle Certification
65 (2.262 %)OCP
65 (2.262 %)SCSA
65 (2.262 %)SCNA
74 (1.810 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (1.810 %)MCSE
83 (1.357 %)MCP
91 (0.452 %)MCSA
91 (0.452 %)CCIE
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.715 %)QA
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.357 %)Active Directory
22 (0.905 %)Xen
22 (0.905 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (7.240 %)Netcool
24 (1.810 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (1.357 %)Tivoli
41 (0.452 %)OpenView
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
153 (23.98 %)Oracle
245 (20.36 %)Sun
321 (9.502 %)VERITAS
416 (7.240 %)Microsoft
515 (6.787 %)Sybase
515 (6.787 %)Red Hat
69 (4.072 %)Juniper
69 (4.072 %)Redback
77 (3.167 %)Cisco
77 (3.167 %)IBM
85 (2.262 %)Novell
85 (2.262 %)Intel
94 (1.810 %)CheckPoint
102 (0.905 %)VMware
102 (0.905 %)EMC
102 (0.905 %)Progress
111 (0.452 %)HP
111 (0.452 %)Cognos
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