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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the South 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
Rank12375
Rank change on same period last yearDown-48
Matching permanent IT job ads157252
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.083 %0.103 %
As % of the category below6.653 %9.368 %
Salaries quoted109170
Average minimum salary£35,282£39,627
Average salary£38,714£42,512
% change on same period last year-8.93 %
Average maximum salary£42,145£45,398
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads23602690
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.246 %1.102 %
Salaries quoted20442156
Average minimum salary£29,815£30,648
Average salary£32,979£33,841
% change on same period last year-2.54 %
Average maximum salary£36,143£37,035
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South 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 South West region.

South West Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South 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
GloucestershireDown-2548£43,389+6.09 %
DorsetDown-3134£43,077-7.93 %
WiltshireDown-1530£34,845-13.05 %
BristolDown-2224£37,932-1.21 %
SomersetDown-287£29,857-15.83 %
Solaris EnglandSolaris
England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1289 (68.65 %)UNIX
2184 (43.71 %)Oracle
3157 (37.29 %)Linux
4151 (35.87 %)Windows
5117 (27.79 %)AIX
687 (20.67 %)Sun
780 (19.00 %)Finance
879 (18.76 %)SAN
976 (18.05 %)SQL
1074 (17.58 %)IBM
1169 (16.39 %)SQL Server
1266 (15.68 %)Windows 2000
1266 (15.68 %)WebSphere
1363 (14.96 %)VERITAS
1458 (13.78 %)Microsoft
1557 (13.54 %)HP
1656 (13.30 %)Banking
1754 (12.83 %)Security Cleared
1754 (12.83 %)Telecoms
1853 (12.59 %)WebSphere Application Server
1952 (12.35 %)HPUX
2049 (11.64 %)Apache
2143 (10.21 %)Clustering
2242 (9.976 %)Oracle 10g
2341 (9.739 %)WebLogic
2440 (9.501 %)NetBackup
2440 (9.501 %)Oracle Application Server
2537 (8.789 %)Oracle RAC
2636 (8.551 %)Oracle EBS
2735 (8.314 %)Java

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
166 (15.68 %)WebSphere
232 (7.601 %)Middleware
317 (4.038 %)XML
416 (3.800 %).NET
513 (3.088 %)J2EE
69 (2.138 %)HTML
76 (1.425 %)JSP
76 (1.425 %)J2SE
85 (1.188 %)WebServices
85 (1.188 %)ASP
93 (0.713 %)XHTML
102 (0.475 %)AJAX
102 (0.475 %)WML
102 (0.475 %)OLE DB
111 (0.238 %)NetBeans
111 (0.238 %)XSLT
111 (0.238 %)JMS
111 (0.238 %)CGI
111 (0.238 %)XForms
111 (0.238 %)CSS
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
153 (12.59 %)WebSphere Application Server
249 (11.64 %)Apache
341 (9.739 %)WebLogic
440 (9.501 %)Oracle Application Server
533 (7.838 %)IIS
626 (6.176 %)WebSphere MQ
722 (5.226 %)MQSeries
814 (3.325 %)MS Exchange
913 (3.088 %)Tomcat
109 (2.138 %)JBoss
109 (2.138 %)Exchange Server 2000
118 (1.900 %)Exchange Server 2003
124 (0.950 %)Exchange Server 5.5
133 (0.713 %)Oracle Workflow
142 (0.475 %)WebLogic Portal
142 (0.475 %)ColdFusion
151 (0.238 %)MapXtreme
151 (0.238 %)Oracle 10gAS
151 (0.238 %)SharePoint Server 2007
151 (0.238 %)Oracle 9iAS
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
132 (7.601 %)MS Excel
24 (0.950 %)MS Office
32 (0.475 %)MS Visio
41 (0.238 %)MS Project
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (8.551 %)Oracle EBS
212 (2.850 %)Oracle Applications
39 (2.138 %)Oracle 11i
43 (0.713 %)Teamcenter
43 (0.713 %)SMARTEAM
43 (0.713 %)ENOVIA
52 (0.475 %)WebTrends
61 (0.238 %)Global One
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
179 (18.76 %)SAN
232 (7.601 %)HTTP
329 (6.888 %)TCP/IP
425 (5.938 %)DNS
515 (3.563 %)Firewall
515 (3.563 %)LDAP
612 (2.850 %)DHCP
612 (2.850 %)LLU
711 (2.613 %)LAN
711 (2.613 %)Internet
89 (2.138 %)SS7
97 (1.663 %)GSM
97 (1.663 %)Cisco PIX
106 (1.425 %)ISUP
106 (1.425 %)ISDN
106 (1.425 %)Broadband
115 (1.188 %)WAN
124 (0.950 %)VoIP
124 (0.950 %)SNA
124 (0.950 %)MPLS
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (16.39 %)SQL Server
242 (9.976 %)Oracle 10g
331 (7.363 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (7.126 %)BusinessObjects
528 (6.651 %)Oracle 8/8i
627 (6.413 %)Oracle 9i
720 (4.751 %)Reference Data
818 (4.276 %)SQL Server 2005
917 (4.038 %)RDBMS
1013 (3.088 %)MySQL
1112 (2.850 %)Oracle Reports
129 (2.138 %)Datawarehouse
134 (0.950 %)Informix
134 (0.950 %)Ingres
134 (0.950 %)GIS
143 (0.713 %)Sybase ASE
152 (0.475 %)SQLPlus
161 (0.238 %)DB2
161 (0.238 %)DTS
161 (0.238 %)MS Access
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (2.138 %)Oracle Forms
26 (1.425 %)ClearCase
34 (0.950 %)PVCS
43 (0.713 %)Ant
43 (0.713 %)ERwin
43 (0.713 %)ClearQuest
43 (0.713 %)Subversion
52 (0.475 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.238 %)Eclipse
61 (0.238 %)WinRunner
61 (0.238 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.238 %)LoadRunner
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
180 (19.00 %)Finance
256 (13.30 %)Banking
354 (12.83 %)Telecoms
433 (7.838 %)Health
522 (5.226 %)Government
621 (4.988 %)Pensions
720 (4.751 %)General Ledger
89 (2.138 %)Investment Banking
94 (0.950 %)Multimedia
94 (0.950 %)Electric
103 (0.713 %)Aerospace
103 (0.713 %)Automotive
103 (0.713 %)Construction
103 (0.713 %)Billing
103 (0.713 %)Wholesale Banking
112 (0.475 %)Retail
112 (0.475 %)Military
121 (0.238 %)Education
121 (0.238 %)Insurance
121 (0.238 %)Marketing
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
164 (15.20 %)Administrator
262 (14.73 %)DBA
338 (9.026 %)Analyst
338 (9.026 %)UNIX Administrator
436 (8.551 %)Architect
535 (8.314 %)Oracle DBA
634 (8.076 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
732 (7.601 %)Systems Administrator
831 (7.363 %)Developer
930 (7.126 %)Support Engineer
1025 (5.938 %)Technical Architect
1123 (5.463 %)UNIX Engineer
1217 (4.038 %)Team Leader
1316 (3.800 %)WebSphere Specialist
1413 (3.088 %)Storage Engineer
1511 (2.613 %)Systems Engineer
1511 (2.613 %)Project Manager
1610 (2.375 %)Operations Analyst
179 (2.138 %)Infrastructure Manager
179 (2.138 %)Database Manager
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
143 (10.21 %)Clustering
216 (3.800 %)Mainframe
314 (3.325 %)Client/Server
413 (3.088 %)Replication
58 (1.900 %)N-Tier
65 (1.188 %)Management Information System
74 (0.950 %)PKI
74 (0.950 %)Credit Risk
83 (0.713 %)HACMP
92 (0.475 %)Firmware
92 (0.475 %)Symmetrix
101 (0.238 %)Derivative
101 (0.238 %)Equities
101 (0.238 %)IVR
101 (0.238 %)Credit Derivative
101 (0.238 %)Artificial Intelligence
101 (0.238 %)EPoS
101 (0.238 %)EFT
101 (0.238 %)Video Conferencing
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1289 (68.65 %)UNIX
2157 (37.29 %)Linux
3151 (35.87 %)Windows
4117 (27.79 %)AIX
566 (15.68 %)Windows 2000
652 (12.35 %)HPUX
79 (2.138 %)SUSE
88 (1.900 %)MVS
88 (1.900 %)Windows NT
96 (1.425 %)Windows Server 2003
96 (1.425 %)zOS
103 (0.713 %)Debian
112 (0.475 %)Fedora
112 (0.475 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.238 %)Windows XP
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (12.83 %)Security Cleared
231 (7.363 %)ITIL
327 (6.413 %)SC Cleared
426 (6.176 %)Migration
521 (4.988 %)Service Management
521 (4.988 %)Disaster Recovery
619 (4.513 %)Change Management
718 (4.276 %)Service Delivery
814 (3.325 %)Technical Architecture
910 (2.375 %)Problem Management
910 (2.375 %)Project Management
910 (2.375 %)DV Cleared
109 (2.138 %)Business Intelligence
109 (2.138 %)Validation
109 (2.138 %)Information Security
118 (1.900 %)Software Testing
118 (1.900 %)PRINCE2
126 (1.425 %)Incident Management
126 (1.425 %)Load Balancing
126 (1.425 %)Risk Assessment
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (18.05 %)SQL
235 (8.314 %)Java
328 (6.651 %)Shell Script
427 (6.413 %)C++
522 (5.226 %)Perl
620 (4.751 %)C
715 (3.563 %)VB
814 (3.325 %)PL/SQL
98 (1.900 %)C#
98 (1.900 %)JCL
107 (1.663 %)JavaScript
107 (1.663 %)PHP
115 (1.188 %)Python
124 (0.950 %)VB.NET
124 (0.950 %)VB6
124 (0.950 %)Tcl
133 (0.713 %)Embedded C
142 (0.475 %)Ruby
151 (0.238 %)Korn
151 (0.238 %)AWK
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (3.800 %)Oracle Certification
212 (2.850 %)OCP
311 (2.613 %)Degree
44 (0.950 %)HNC
44 (0.950 %)ISEB
53 (0.713 %)Cisco Certification
53 (0.713 %)CCNP
62 (0.475 %)CCNA
62 (0.475 %)CCSP
62 (0.475 %)RHCE
62 (0.475 %)Sun Certification
62 (0.475 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.475 %)SCSA
71 (0.238 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.238 %)IBM AIX Certification
71 (0.238 %)Check Point Certification
71 (0.238 %)MCP
71 (0.238 %)CCIE
71 (0.238 %)Microsoft Certification
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (2.850 %)SLA
29 (2.138 %)QA
35 (1.188 %)HMG Infosec
44 (0.950 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.713 %)JSP 440
61 (0.238 %)ISO17799
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
140 (9.501 %)NetBackup
237 (8.789 %)Oracle RAC
319 (4.513 %)VMware Infrastructure
417 (4.038 %)NFS
417 (4.038 %)Active Directory
417 (4.038 %)Oracle RMAN
513 (3.088 %)Backup Exec
610 (2.375 %)VMware ESX
75 (1.188 %)Samba
82 (0.475 %)Terminal Services
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (3.563 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
214 (3.325 %)Tivoli
311 (2.613 %)Netcool
410 (2.375 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
59 (2.138 %)Unicenter
59 (2.138 %)Legato
59 (2.138 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
59 (2.138 %)Netcool/Proviso
68 (1.900 %)EMC NetWorker
76 (1.425 %)Tivoli Monitoring
84 (0.950 %)HP Data Protector
93 (0.713 %)AutoSys
93 (0.713 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
101 (0.238 %)CiscoWorks
101 (0.238 %)BMC PATROL
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1184 (43.71 %)Oracle
287 (20.67 %)Sun
374 (17.58 %)IBM
463 (14.96 %)VERITAS
558 (13.78 %)Microsoft
657 (13.54 %)HP
731 (7.363 %)Symantec
830 (7.126 %)Red Hat
830 (7.126 %)Business Objects
926 (6.176 %)VMware
1025 (5.938 %)BEA
1121 (4.988 %)Sybase
1212 (2.850 %)Fujitsu
1311 (2.613 %)Cisco
149 (2.138 %)CheckPoint
158 (1.900 %)Remedy
158 (1.900 %)EMC
166 (1.425 %)BT
166 (1.425 %)Blue Coat
166 (1.425 %)Nokia
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