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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the North West 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
Rank122107
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads170228
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.093 %
As % of the category below6.313 %7.495 %
Salaries quoted137200
Average minimum salary£33,219£34,872
Average salary£36,435£37,271
% change on same period last year-2.24 %
Average maximum salary£39,652£39,670
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads26933042
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.422 %1.246 %
Salaries quoted23122703
Average minimum salary£29,259£29,377
Average salary£31,747£31,868
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum salary£34,235£34,360
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
ManchesterUp+1973£34,083-7.12 %
CheshireDown-3951£37,287-3.99 %
LancashireUp+839£40,776+27.55 %
MerseysideDown-96£36,875+5.02 %
Solaris EnglandSolaris
England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1257 (64.41 %)UNIX
2240 (60.15 %)Linux
3133 (33.33 %)AIX
4117 (29.32 %)Oracle
5102 (25.56 %)Windows
689 (22.31 %)Sun
785 (21.30 %)Perl
865 (16.29 %)Shell Script
964 (16.04 %)Finance
1060 (15.04 %)HPUX
1152 (13.03 %)Pensions
1247 (11.78 %)WebSphere
1345 (11.28 %)C
1345 (11.28 %)SQL
1436 (9.023 %)Firewall
1436 (9.023 %)Oracle Application Server
1535 (8.772 %)VERITAS
1634 (8.521 %)PHP
1733 (8.271 %)Tivoli
1832 (8.020 %)IBM
1832 (8.020 %)DNS
1832 (8.020 %)C++
1832 (8.020 %)SQL Server
1832 (8.020 %)Clustering
1931 (7.769 %)TCP/IP
2030 (7.519 %)Oracle 10g
2030 (7.519 %)Middleware
2030 (7.519 %)Red Hat
2030 (7.519 %)SAN
2129 (7.268 %)HP

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
147 (11.78 %)WebSphere
230 (7.519 %)Middleware
323 (5.764 %)J2EE
419 (4.762 %)HTML
515 (3.759 %)XML
68 (2.005 %).NET
68 (2.005 %)JSP
76 (1.504 %)ASP
76 (1.504 %)WBIMB
85 (1.253 %)WebServices
93 (0.752 %)ASP.NET
93 (0.752 %)CSS
93 (0.752 %)Ruby on Rails
102 (0.501 %)XHTML
102 (0.501 %)SAP Basis
102 (0.501 %)WML
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (9.023 %)Oracle Application Server
226 (6.516 %)Apache
314 (3.509 %)WebSphere MQ
412 (3.008 %)Gentran
412 (3.008 %)WebSphere Application Server
58 (2.005 %)Tomcat
58 (2.005 %)Oracle 10gAS
64 (1.003 %)MS Exchange
64 (1.003 %)WebLogic
73 (0.752 %)SharePoint Server 2007
82 (0.501 %)NetWeaver
91 (0.251 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.251 %)JBoss
91 (0.251 %)SAS
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (2.256 %)MS Excel
21 (0.251 %)MS Visio
21 (0.251 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (5.514 %)Oracle Applications
219 (4.762 %)Oracle 11i
39 (2.256 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.251 %)AWD
41 (0.251 %)Oracle Financials
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (9.023 %)Firewall
232 (8.020 %)DNS
331 (7.769 %)TCP/IP
430 (7.519 %)SAN
528 (7.018 %)VPN
623 (5.764 %)SSH
716 (4.010 %)HTTP
716 (4.010 %)DHCP
815 (3.759 %)SNMP
815 (3.759 %)FTP
815 (3.759 %)TELNET
913 (3.258 %)SSL
913 (3.258 %)LAN
1011 (2.757 %)WAN
1110 (2.506 %)Internet
128 (2.005 %)LDAP
136 (1.504 %)Broadband
136 (1.504 %)VoIP
145 (1.253 %)Network Security
153 (0.752 %)NetScreen
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (8.020 %)SQL Server
230 (7.519 %)Oracle 10g
326 (6.516 %)Oracle 9i
415 (3.759 %)DB2
513 (3.258 %)Oracle Reports
611 (2.757 %)MySQL
75 (1.253 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (1.253 %)Oracle 11g
75 (1.253 %)TOAD
75 (1.253 %)OLTP
84 (1.003 %)Datawarehouse
93 (0.752 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.251 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.251 %)RDBMS
101 (0.251 %)SQL Server 2000
101 (0.251 %)PostgreSQL
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (6.015 %)Oracle Forms
29 (2.256 %)ClearCase
38 (2.005 %)ClearQuest
38 (2.005 %)Introscope
41 (0.251 %)Eclipse
41 (0.251 %)Oracle Developer 2000
41 (0.251 %)ProC
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
164 (16.04 %)Finance
252 (13.03 %)Pensions
329 (7.268 %)Health
420 (5.013 %)Telecoms
519 (4.762 %)Banking
611 (2.757 %)Marketing
77 (1.754 %)Financial Institution
84 (1.003 %)Billing
93 (0.752 %)Auditing
93 (0.752 %)Construction
102 (0.501 %)Education
102 (0.501 %)Government
102 (0.501 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.501 %)Multimedia
111 (0.251 %)Insurance
111 (0.251 %)Retail
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1105 (26.32 %)Administrator
265 (16.29 %)Systems Administrator
358 (14.54 %)UNIX Administrator
448 (12.03 %)Analyst
538 (9.524 %)Systems Engineer
635 (8.772 %)Consultant
734 (8.521 %)Linux Administrator
832 (8.020 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
929 (7.268 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1026 (6.516 %)Oracle DBA
1026 (6.516 %)DBA
1124 (6.015 %)Support Analyst
1220 (5.013 %)Technical Consultant
1220 (5.013 %)UNIX Support
1220 (5.013 %)Linux Engineer
1319 (4.762 %)Software Engineer
1417 (4.261 %)Architect
1513 (3.258 %)Developer
1513 (3.258 %)IT Manager
1513 (3.258 %)Infrastructure Analyst
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (8.020 %)Clustering
229 (7.268 %)Mainframe
39 (2.256 %)HACMP
48 (2.005 %)PKI
57 (1.754 %)Tandem
57 (1.754 %)SecurID
65 (1.253 %)Video Conferencing
74 (1.003 %)Computer Science
83 (0.752 %)Wiki
83 (0.752 %)Statistics
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1257 (64.41 %)UNIX
2240 (60.15 %)Linux
3133 (33.33 %)AIX
4102 (25.56 %)Windows
560 (15.04 %)HPUX
626 (6.516 %)Debian
714 (3.509 %)SUSE
714 (3.509 %)VMS
88 (2.005 %)Windows NT
88 (2.005 %)Fedora
96 (1.504 %)Windows 2000
96 (1.504 %)NetWare
96 (1.504 %)zOS
105 (1.253 %)Windows Server 2003
105 (1.253 %)Tru64
112 (0.501 %)FreeBSD
121 (0.251 %)NetBSD
121 (0.251 %)Gentoo
121 (0.251 %)MVS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (7.018 %)Disaster Recovery
226 (6.516 %)ITIL
318 (4.511 %)Change Management
415 (3.759 %)EAI
514 (3.509 %)Software Engineering
514 (3.509 %)Security Cleared
610 (2.506 %)Process Management
78 (2.005 %)B2B
78 (2.005 %)Electronic Trading
78 (2.005 %)Performance Management
78 (2.005 %)Web Development
87 (1.754 %)Data Analysis
87 (1.754 %)Data Mapping
87 (1.754 %)Project Management
96 (1.504 %)E-business
96 (1.504 %)SC Cleared
105 (1.253 %)E-Commerce
114 (1.003 %)Business Analysis
114 (1.003 %)Resource Management
123 (0.752 %)Business Continuity
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
185 (21.30 %)Perl
265 (16.29 %)Shell Script
345 (11.28 %)C
345 (11.28 %)SQL
434 (8.521 %)PHP
532 (8.020 %)C++
628 (7.018 %)Python
725 (6.266 %)Java
816 (4.010 %)PL/SQL
912 (3.008 %)Ruby
1011 (2.757 %)JavaScript
114 (1.003 %)Assembly Language
123 (0.752 %)C#
131 (0.251 %)Tcl
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (4.511 %)Cisco Certification
217 (4.261 %)CCNA
316 (4.010 %)Degree
415 (3.759 %)ITIL Certification
59 (2.256 %)MCSE
59 (2.256 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (2.005 %)Sun Certification
76 (1.504 %)Oracle Certification
85 (1.253 %)CNE
85 (1.253 %)Novell Certification
85 (1.253 %)OCP
85 (1.253 %)SCNA
85 (1.253 %)SCSA
93 (0.752 %)MCP
93 (0.752 %)CISSP
93 (0.752 %)CHFI
102 (0.501 %)CCSA
102 (0.501 %)CCSE
111 (0.251 %)MCSA
111 (0.251 %)CCIE
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.005 %)SLA
27 (1.754 %)QA
35 (1.253 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.752 %)ISO27001
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (4.511 %)Oracle RAC
215 (3.759 %)Oracle RMAN
314 (3.509 %)NetBackup
47 (1.754 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (1.253 %)Backup Exec
64 (1.003 %)Active Directory
72 (0.501 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
72 (0.501 %)RACF
72 (0.501 %)Xen
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
133 (8.271 %)Tivoli
219 (4.762 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
316 (4.010 %)Netcool
412 (3.008 %)Tivoli Monitoring
59 (2.256 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
67 (1.754 %)OMEGAMON
73 (0.752 %)Unicenter
81 (0.251 %)OpenView
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1117 (29.32 %)Oracle
289 (22.31 %)Sun
335 (8.772 %)VERITAS
432 (8.020 %)IBM
530 (7.519 %)Red Hat
629 (7.268 %)HP
720 (5.013 %)Cisco
819 (4.762 %)Microsoft
915 (3.759 %)Sybase
915 (3.759 %)webMethods
1013 (3.258 %)Juniper
1110 (2.506 %)Redback
1110 (2.506 %)Novell
129 (2.256 %)CheckPoint
129 (2.256 %)VMware
136 (1.504 %)Intel
145 (1.253 %)EMC
145 (1.253 %)Mitel
145 (1.253 %)Polycom
153 (0.752 %)Nokia
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