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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Scotland 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5247
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads122183
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.076 %
As % of the category below11.63 %12.93 %
Salaries quoted6370
Average minimum salary£36,857£29,671
Average salary£39,881£32,299
% change on same period last year+23.47 %
Average maximum salary£42,905£34,927
UK excluding London average salary£40,700£40,878
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads10491415
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.565 %0.590 %
Salaries quoted693740
Average minimum salary£32,303£29,270
Average salary£35,258£31,662
% change on same period last year+11.35 %
Average maximum salary£38,213£34,053
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Solaris UKSolaris
UK

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
GlasgowDown-1054£38,357+33.25 %
West LothianUp+925£51,250+18.90 %
EdinburghDown-2019£34,389+14.76 %
AberdeenUp+510£40,833-10.25 %
West DunbartonshireNew entry-1--
FifeNew entry-1£45,500-
Solaris UKSolaris
UK

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1201 (80.40 %)UNIX
2118 (47.20 %)Linux
376 (30.40 %)Windows
473 (29.20 %)Shell Script
564 (25.60 %)Oracle
662 (24.80 %)Finance
753 (21.20 %)Sun
847 (18.80 %)VERITAS
944 (17.60 %)SQL
1042 (16.80 %)HPUX
1139 (15.60 %)AIX
1235 (14.00 %)IBM
1334 (13.60 %)SAN
1334 (13.60 %)SQL Server
1431 (12.40 %)Perl
1530 (12.00 %)Oracle 10g
1628 (11.20 %)Oracle 9i
1727 (10.80 %)NetBackup
1727 (10.80 %)Java
1826 (10.40 %)Oracle RMAN
1925 (10.00 %)Sybase
1925 (10.00 %)EMC
2024 (9.600 %)HP
2121 (8.400 %)German Language
2220 (8.000 %)French Language
2220 (8.000 %)Banking
2317 (6.800 %)WebSphere
2416 (6.400 %)RDBMS
2515 (6.000 %)NetApp
2614 (5.600 %)Oracle Certification

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (6.800 %)WebSphere
213 (5.200 %)HTML
310 (4.000 %)XML
48 (3.200 %)CSS
56 (2.400 %)J2EE
65 (2.000 %).NET
65 (2.000 %)JMS
74 (1.600 %)CGI
74 (1.600 %)Middleware
83 (1.200 %)ASP.NET
92 (0.800 %)Spring
92 (0.800 %)ASP.NET 2.0
101 (0.400 %)AJAX
101 (0.400 %)Struts
101 (0.400 %)XSLT
101 (0.400 %)XHTML
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (5.600 %)Apache
210 (4.000 %)Tomcat
38 (3.200 %)WebSphere MQ
46 (2.400 %)WebSphere Message Broker
46 (2.400 %)WebSphere Application Server
53 (1.200 %)MS Exchange
53 (1.200 %)MQSeries
62 (0.800 %)WebLogic
62 (0.800 %)GroupWise
71 (0.400 %)IBM HTTP Server
71 (0.400 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (0.400 %)WMQI
71 (0.400 %)IIS
71 (0.400 %)Oracle HTTP Server
71 (0.400 %)OpenROAD
71 (0.400 %)SharePoint
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (2.800 %)MS Excel
22 (0.800 %)RoboHelp
22 (0.800 %)FrameMaker
31 (0.400 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.400 %)MS Office
Scotland IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.400 %)Oracle Applications
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
134 (13.60 %)SAN
214 (5.600 %)LDAP
39 (3.600 %)TCP/IP
44 (1.600 %)Firewall
53 (1.200 %)DNS
53 (1.200 %)HTTP
53 (1.200 %)WAN
53 (1.200 %)Intranet
61 (0.400 %)Internet
61 (0.400 %)DPNSS
61 (0.400 %)QSIG
61 (0.400 %)DHCP
61 (0.400 %)LAN
61 (0.400 %)VoIP
61 (0.400 %)IP Telephony
61 (0.400 %)Cisco PIX
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (13.60 %)SQL Server
230 (12.00 %)Oracle 10g
328 (11.20 %)Oracle 9i
416 (6.400 %)RDBMS
56 (2.400 %)Ingres
65 (2.000 %)MySQL
65 (2.000 %)Oracle Reports
65 (2.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
65 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (1.600 %)SQLPlus
74 (1.600 %)Crystal Reports
83 (1.200 %)Datawarehouse
83 (1.200 %)BusinessObjects
83 (1.200 %)ETL
83 (1.200 %)Sybase ASE
92 (0.800 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.400 %)ReportNet
101 (0.400 %)TOAD
101 (0.400 %)OLTP
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (4.000 %)ClearCase
28 (3.200 %)Ant
34 (1.600 %)ClearQuest
42 (0.800 %)PVCS
51 (0.400 %)JUnit
51 (0.400 %)JProbe
51 (0.400 %)Optimizeit
51 (0.400 %)Subversion
51 (0.400 %)Eclipse
51 (0.400 %)WinRunner
51 (0.400 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (0.400 %)LoadRunner
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
162 (24.80 %)Finance
220 (8.000 %)Banking
313 (5.200 %)Pensions
49 (3.600 %)Health
58 (3.200 %)Investment Banking
66 (2.400 %)Financial Institution
75 (2.000 %)Education
75 (2.000 %)Government
84 (1.600 %)Insurance
93 (1.200 %)Manufacturing
93 (1.200 %)Construction
102 (0.800 %)Telecoms
102 (0.800 %)Law
111 (0.400 %)Police
111 (0.400 %)Games
111 (0.400 %)Marketing
111 (0.400 %)Online Games
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (27.60 %)Analyst
244 (17.60 %)Administrator
340 (16.00 %)Helpdesk Support
436 (14.40 %)Support Analyst
534 (13.60 %)DBA
628 (11.20 %)Oracle DBA
724 (9.600 %)Systems Administrator
821 (8.400 %)Helpdesk Analyst
920 (8.000 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
920 (8.000 %)IT Support Analyst
920 (8.000 %)UNIX Administrator
1016 (6.400 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1016 (6.400 %)Senior DBA
1115 (6.000 %)Senior Oracle DBA
1213 (5.200 %)Developer
1312 (4.800 %)Applications Support
1312 (4.800 %)Consultant
1411 (4.400 %)Deployment Analyst
1510 (4.000 %)UNIX Support
169 (3.600 %)Field Engineer
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (8.400 %)German Language
220 (8.000 %)French Language
36 (2.400 %)Clustering
43 (1.200 %)Computer Science
43 (1.200 %)Client/Server
52 (0.800 %)Data Integration
61 (0.400 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.400 %)Mainframe
61 (0.400 %)Replication
61 (0.400 %)Fixed Income
61 (0.400 %)Statistics
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1201 (80.40 %)UNIX
2118 (47.20 %)Linux
376 (30.40 %)Windows
442 (16.80 %)HPUX
539 (15.60 %)AIX
612 (4.800 %)Red Hat Linux
79 (3.600 %)OS/390
84 (1.600 %)zOS
93 (1.200 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (1.200 %)NetWare
102 (0.800 %)Windows XP
102 (0.800 %)SUSE
111 (0.400 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.400 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (0.400 %)VMS
111 (0.400 %)OpenVMS
111 (0.400 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.400 %)Windows NT
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (5.200 %)Project Management
211 (4.400 %)Disaster Recovery
38 (3.200 %)ERP
46 (2.400 %)ITIL
46 (2.400 %)Supplier Management
46 (2.400 %)Statistical Analysis
54 (1.600 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (1.600 %)OOP
54 (1.600 %)OO
63 (1.200 %)Business Intelligence
63 (1.200 %)Service Delivery
63 (1.200 %)Identity Management
63 (1.200 %)Migration
63 (1.200 %)Manual Testing
63 (1.200 %)System Testing
63 (1.200 %)Incident Management
63 (1.200 %)Resource Management
72 (0.800 %)Software Testing
72 (0.800 %)Problem Management
72 (0.800 %)Business Continuity
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
173 (29.20 %)Shell Script
244 (17.60 %)SQL
331 (12.40 %)Perl
427 (10.80 %)Java
513 (5.200 %)C
67 (2.800 %)C++
76 (2.400 %)PHP
76 (2.400 %)Transact-SQL
85 (2.000 %)VB
94 (1.600 %)JavaScript
103 (1.200 %)C#
112 (0.800 %)Korn
121 (0.400 %)Delphi
121 (0.400 %)PL/SQL
121 (0.400 %)Python
121 (0.400 %)Embedded C
121 (0.400 %)Embedded C++
121 (0.400 %)VBScript
121 (0.400 %)PowerHouse
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (5.600 %)OCP
114 (5.600 %)Oracle Certification
211 (4.400 %)Degree
37 (2.800 %)OCA
43 (1.200 %)HP ASE
51 (0.400 %)MCITP
51 (0.400 %)MCP
51 (0.400 %)MCSE
51 (0.400 %)MCSA
51 (0.400 %)ISEB
51 (0.400 %)Microsoft Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (4.000 %)SLA
23 (1.200 %)MiFID
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (10.80 %)NetBackup
226 (10.40 %)Oracle RMAN
35 (2.000 %)Novell eDirectory
44 (1.600 %)Oracle RAC
44 (1.600 %)Active Directory
53 (1.200 %)NFS
62 (0.800 %)Samba
71 (0.400 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.400 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (4.000 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
25 (2.000 %)Tivoli
34 (1.600 %)Netcool
43 (1.200 %)Nagios
43 (1.200 %)MOM
52 (0.800 %)Legato
61 (0.400 %)CA SiteMinder
61 (0.400 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
61 (0.400 %)ServiceCenter
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
164 (25.60 %)Oracle
253 (21.20 %)Sun
347 (18.80 %)VERITAS
435 (14.00 %)IBM
525 (10.00 %)Sybase
525 (10.00 %)EMC
624 (9.600 %)HP
715 (6.000 %)NetApp
812 (4.800 %)Red Hat
910 (4.000 %)Microsoft
104 (1.600 %)Novell
104 (1.600 %)StorageTek
113 (1.200 %)CommVault
113 (1.200 %)Informatica
113 (1.200 %)Citrix
113 (1.200 %)Actuate
113 (1.200 %)Business Objects
122 (0.800 %)Adobe
122 (0.800 %)Remedy
122 (0.800 %)Cisco