The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

Sun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank167111114
Rank change year-on-year
Down-56Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads188125781880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.560 %2.102 %1.969 %
As % of the Operating Systems category5.838 %8.445 %8.062 %
Number of salaries quoted143420011479
Average salary£47,500£46,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.15 %+3.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£72,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£42,000£39,500
% change year-on-year
+1.19 %+6.32 %
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
322193052723318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.90 %24.42 %
Number of salaries quoted276442574319496
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

Solaris
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Solaris within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Solaris Demand Trend

Solaris
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Solaris within the UK.

Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-561756£47,500-
LondonDown-72808£55,000-
South EastDown-24460£42,000-4.54 %
City of LondonDown-33280£55,000-4.34 %
East of EnglandUp+19201£45,000+23.28 %
BerkshireUp+8201£40,000-3.61 %
SurreyDown-41120£42,500-6.07 %
South WestDown-1681£50,000+21.95 %
HertfordshireNo change080£50,000+42.85 %
ReadingDown-576£42,000+2.43 %
ScotlandDown-1274£44,500+14.10 %
HampshireDown-1969£44,000+3.52 %
GloucestershireUp+1754£50,000+25.00 %
North WestDown-150£40,000+3.89 %
YorkshireDown-7150£40,000-
BracknellUp+3348£38,000-10.58 %
CambridgeshireDown-748£38,750-
CambridgeUp+847£38,750+4.72 %
West MidlandsDown-5242£45,000+14.64 %
EssexUp+1636£42,500+21.42 %
North EastUp+834£25,500-33.76 %
BedfordshireUp+1732£52,500+50.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1930£35,500-21.11 %
GloucesterUp+329£40,000-11.11 %
West YorkshireDown-4527£40,000+2.56 %
CheltenhamDown-524£50,000+44.92 %
BirminghamDown-2224£45,000-
EdinburghUp+2623£60,000+50.00 %
ManchesterDown-623£38,500-
MaidenheadUp+1120£57,500+15.00 %

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12770 (71.41 %)UNIX
22377 (61.28 %)Linux
31645 (42.41 %)Oracle
41533 (39.52 %)Windows
51086 (28.00 %)Finance
61047 (26.99 %)SQL
7978 (25.21 %)Java
8840 (21.66 %)Red Hat
9819 (21.11 %)Perl
10788 (20.31 %)SAN
11735 (18.95 %)Sun
12705 (18.17 %)Apache
13703 (18.12 %)VMware
14691 (17.81 %)AIX
15659 (16.99 %)Shell Script
16655 (16.89 %)Cisco
17640 (16.50 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18569 (14.67 %)SQL Server
19540 (13.92 %)HP
20539 (13.90 %)Microsoft
21517 (13.33 %)ITIL
22502 (12.94 %)Banking
23489 (12.61 %)TCP/IP
24482 (12.43 %)Tomcat
25463 (11.94 %)Degree
26455 (11.73 %)HPUX
26455 (11.73 %)J2EE
27400 (10.31 %)XML
28396 (10.21 %)Firewall
29389 (10.03 %)Veritas

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1455 (11.73 %)J2EE
2400 (10.31 %)XML
3309 (7.966 %)Web Services
4280 (7.218 %)Middleware
5279 (7.193 %)WebSphere
6252 (6.497 %)HTML
7185 (4.769 %)Spring
8179 (4.615 %)JSP
9166 (4.279 %).NET
10153 (3.944 %)Servlets
10153 (3.944 %)XSLT
11151 (3.893 %)SOAP
12120 (3.094 %)CSS
1383 (2.140 %)Struts
1482 (2.114 %)Ajax
1567 (1.727 %)XHTML
1665 (1.676 %)JDBC
1764 (1.650 %)EJB
1863 (1.624 %)Hibernate
1958 (1.495 %)SAP Basis
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1705 (18.17 %)Apache
2482 (12.43 %)Tomcat
3362 (9.332 %)WebLogic
4121 (3.119 %)IIS
594 (2.423 %)WebSphere MQ
688 (2.269 %)CMS
779 (2.037 %)WebSphere Application Server
870 (1.805 %)MS Exchange
959 (1.521 %)SharePoint
1053 (1.366 %)MQSeries
1152 (1.341 %)NetWeaver
1238 (0.980 %)GlassFish
1335 (0.902 %)IBM HTTP Server
1433 (0.851 %)Exchange Server 2010
1532 (0.825 %)Exchange Server 2003
1627 (0.696 %)Exchange Server 2007
1726 (0.670 %)Amazon AWS
1823 (0.593 %)ESB
1823 (0.593 %)Oracle 10gAS
1823 (0.593 %)SAS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1214 (5.517 %)MS Excel
2125 (3.222 %)MS Office
345 (1.160 %)MS Visio
428 (0.722 %)MS PowerPoint
515 (0.387 %)MS Project
64 (0.103 %)Maple
73 (0.077 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.052 %)S-PLUS
91 (0.026 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
155 (1.418 %)Oracle EBS
237 (0.954 %)Oracle Applications
333 (0.851 %)Oracle EBS R12
428 (0.722 %)Oracle 11i
514 (0.361 %)Oracle iProcurement
613 (0.335 %)RMDS
711 (0.284 %)Oracle Financials
711 (0.284 %)Oracle General Ledger
810 (0.258 %)Tridion
98 (0.206 %)BASE24
106 (0.155 %)SunGard AvantGard
106 (0.155 %)SAP GRC
106 (0.155 %)Remedy ITSM
115 (0.129 %)Summit
124 (0.103 %)SAP MDM
124 (0.103 %)SAP ERP
124 (0.103 %)SAP SCM
124 (0.103 %)Oracle ERP
124 (0.103 %)Aligne
133 (0.077 %)Oracle BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1788 (20.31 %)SAN
2489 (12.61 %)TCP/IP
3396 (10.21 %)Firewall
4345 (8.894 %)DNS
5330 (8.507 %)Internet
6255 (6.574 %)NAS
7231 (5.955 %)DHCP
8199 (5.130 %)HTTP
8199 (5.130 %)LAN
9181 (4.666 %)LDAP
10163 (4.202 %)WAN
11123 (3.171 %)iSCSI
1289 (2.294 %)VPN
1387 (2.243 %)Fibre Channel
1461 (1.573 %)SSL
1559 (1.521 %)SMTP
1657 (1.469 %)Cisco ASA
1754 (1.392 %)Network Security
1853 (1.366 %)Intranet
1944 (1.134 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1569 (14.67 %)SQL Server
2321 (8.275 %)MySQL
3241 (6.213 %)Oracle 11g
4232 (5.981 %)Oracle 10g
5182 (4.692 %)RDBMS
6163 (4.202 %)Oracle 8/8i
7139 (3.583 %)DB2
882 (2.114 %)Data Warehouse
975 (1.933 %)Oracle 9i
1072 (1.856 %)SQL Server 2005
1072 (1.856 %)SQL Server 2008
1163 (1.624 %)Oracle Reports
1253 (1.366 %)SQLPlus
1341 (1.057 %)PostgreSQL
1436 (0.928 %)TOAD
1532 (0.825 %)ETL
1630 (0.773 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1630 (0.773 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1630 (0.773 %)SAP BW
1729 (0.748 %)OLTP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1241 (6.213 %)Subversion
2156 (4.022 %)Ant
3100 (2.578 %)Eclipse
482 (2.114 %)Maven
576 (1.959 %)JUnit
656 (1.444 %)JIRA
744 (1.134 %)ClearCase
838 (0.980 %)LoadRunner
934 (0.877 %)Oracle Forms
1031 (0.799 %)Hudson
1129 (0.748 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1228 (0.722 %)Team Foundation Server
1325 (0.644 %)Git (software)
1421 (0.541 %)Redmine
1421 (0.541 %)Selenium
1520 (0.516 %)Log4j
1618 (0.464 %)NetBeans
1716 (0.412 %)QuickTest Pro
1716 (0.412 %)ClearQuest
1716 (0.412 %)Visual Studio
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11086 (28.00 %)Finance
2502 (12.94 %)Banking
3205 (5.285 %)Telecoms
3205 (5.285 %)Investment Banking
4145 (3.738 %)Retail
5133 (3.429 %)Back Office
6105 (2.707 %)Front Office
794 (2.423 %)Publishing
891 (2.346 %)German Language
967 (1.727 %)Games
1064 (1.650 %)French Language
1156 (1.444 %)Italian Language
1249 (1.263 %)Spanish Language
1345 (1.160 %)Manufacturing
1443 (1.109 %)Financial Institution
1526 (0.670 %)Legal
1623 (0.593 %)Marketing
1716 (0.412 %)Advertising
1813 (0.335 %)Hebrew Language
1911 (0.284 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1704 (18.15 %)Administrator
2629 (16.22 %)Analyst
3426 (10.98 %)Systems Administrator
4423 (10.90 %)Developer
5316 (8.146 %)UNIX Administrator
6262 (6.754 %)Support Analyst
7250 (6.445 %)DBA
8242 (6.239 %)Architect
9220 (5.672 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
10217 (5.594 %)Java Developer
11207 (5.336 %)Consultant
12206 (5.311 %)Support Engineer
13200 (5.156 %)Applications Support
14197 (5.079 %)UNIX Engineer
15196 (5.053 %)Technical Support
16191 (4.924 %)Linux Administrator
17175 (4.511 %)Linux Systems Administrator
18153 (3.944 %)Oracle DBA
19143 (3.687 %)UNIX Support
20104 (2.681 %)Technical Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1277 (7.141 %)Clustering
2207 (5.336 %)Computer Science
3178 (4.589 %)Replication
4119 (3.068 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
595 (2.449 %)Derivative
595 (2.449 %)Open Source
689 (2.294 %)Fixed Income
782 (2.114 %)Enterprise Storage
877 (1.985 %)Hedge funds
976 (1.959 %)Management Information System
1073 (1.882 %)Client/Server
1165 (1.676 %)CLARiiON
1263 (1.624 %)Mathematics
1358 (1.495 %)Cloud Computing
1455 (1.418 %)Equities
1551 (1.315 %)Symmetrix
1648 (1.237 %)Mainframe
1648 (1.237 %)Online Games
1745 (1.160 %)Symmetrix DMX
1844 (1.134 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12770 (71.41 %)UNIX
22377 (61.28 %)Linux
31533 (39.52 %)Windows
4691 (17.81 %)AIX
5640 (16.50 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6455 (11.73 %)HPUX
7298 (7.682 %)Windows Server 2003
8250 (6.445 %)Windows Server 2008
984 (2.166 %)Debian
1082 (2.114 %)SUSE
1173 (1.882 %)Windows XP
1269 (1.779 %)Windows 2000
1353 (1.366 %)Ubuntu
1445 (1.160 %)Windows 2000 Server
1445 (1.160 %)CentOS
1531 (0.799 %)Windows 7
1627 (0.696 %)FreeBSD
1719 (0.490 %)Windows NT
1814 (0.361 %)IRIX
1912 (0.309 %)Oracle Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1517 (13.33 %)ITIL
2243 (6.265 %)Agile Software Development
3222 (5.723 %)Project Management
4208 (5.362 %)Capacity Planning
5203 (5.233 %)E-Commerce
6174 (4.486 %)OO
7158 (4.073 %)Configuration Management
8153 (3.944 %)Disaster Recovery
9150 (3.867 %)Migration
10133 (3.429 %)Change Control
11132 (3.403 %)UML
12130 (3.351 %)Change Management
13127 (3.274 %)Load Balancing
14125 (3.222 %)Service Management
15124 (3.197 %)Capacity Management
16123 (3.171 %)Service Delivery
17121 (3.119 %)Unit Testing
18115 (2.965 %)Web Development
19114 (2.939 %)Scrum
20110 (2.836 %)CRM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11047 (26.99 %)SQL
2978 (25.21 %)Java
3819 (21.11 %)Perl
4659 (16.99 %)Shell Script
5336 (8.662 %)C++
6284 (7.321 %)Python
7258 (6.651 %)C
8239 (6.161 %)JavaScript
9232 (5.981 %)PL/SQL
10146 (3.764 %)PHP
10146 (3.764 %)Bash shell
11135 (3.480 %)C#
12113 (2.913 %)Korn
13105 (2.707 %)AWK
1472 (1.856 %)Ruby
1561 (1.573 %)T-SQL
1660 (1.547 %)VBScript
1754 (1.392 %)VB
1831 (0.799 %)Tcl
1929 (0.748 %)ABAP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1463 (11.94 %)Degree
2284 (7.321 %)Security Cleared
3166 (4.279 %)SC Cleared
4119 (3.068 %)Cisco Certification
5108 (2.784 %)RHCE
690 (2.320 %)Microsoft Certification
788 (2.269 %)DV Cleared
886 (2.217 %)MCSE
981 (2.088 %)CCNA
1052 (1.341 %)Oracle Certification
1150 (1.289 %)ISEB
1248 (1.237 %)Sun Certification
1248 (1.237 %)ITIL Certification
1347 (1.212 %)CISSP
1438 (0.980 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1530 (0.773 %)RHCT
1530 (0.773 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1628 (0.722 %)SCSA
1725 (0.644 %)CCNP
1824 (0.619 %)MCP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1178 (4.589 %)SLA
2139 (3.583 %)QA
353 (1.366 %)PCI DSS
439 (1.005 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
439 (1.005 %)ISO/IEC 27001
518 (0.464 %)ISO 9001
616 (0.412 %)COBIT
75 (0.129 %)COSO
75 (0.129 %)Data Quality
84 (0.103 %)BS7799
84 (0.103 %)JSP 440
91 (0.026 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1375 (9.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
2288 (7.425 %)Active Directory
3236 (6.084 %)VMware ESX
4199 (5.130 %)vSphere
5164 (4.228 %)NFS
6148 (3.815 %)Veritas Cluster Server
7145 (3.738 %)Oracle RMAN
8108 (2.784 %)Oracle RAC
980 (2.062 %)Hyper-V
1061 (1.573 %)VMware ESXi
1155 (1.418 %)Samba
1251 (1.315 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1332 (0.825 %)Veritas File System
1427 (0.696 %)Xen
1519 (0.490 %)Sendmail
1616 (0.412 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1715 (0.387 %)Squid
1715 (0.387 %)XenServer
1812 (0.309 %)SRDF
1812 (0.309 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1319 (8.224 %)NetBackup
2118 (3.042 %)Tivoli
395 (2.449 %)Data Guard
476 (1.959 %)Puppet
575 (1.933 %)BMC PATROL
674 (1.908 %)Nagios
765 (1.676 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
861 (1.573 %)Backup Exec
957 (1.469 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1043 (1.109 %)Nessus
1138 (0.980 %)Control-M
1236 (0.928 %)OpenView
1333 (0.851 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1432 (0.825 %)EMC NetWorker
1527 (0.696 %)Legato
1527 (0.696 %)BladeLogic
1624 (0.619 %)SCCM
1723 (0.593 %)HP Quality Center
1822 (0.567 %)Sysprep
1822 (0.567 %)vCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11645 (42.41 %)Oracle
2840 (21.66 %)Red Hat
3735 (18.95 %)Sun
4703 (18.12 %)VMware
5655 (16.89 %)Cisco
6540 (13.92 %)HP
7539 (13.90 %)Microsoft
8389 (10.03 %)Veritas
9366 (9.435 %)EMC
10338 (8.714 %)IBM
11320 (8.250 %)NetApp
12272 (7.012 %)JBoss
13235 (6.058 %)Citrix
14224 (5.775 %)Sybase
15222 (5.723 %)Brocade
16199 (5.130 %)Juniper
17172 (4.434 %)Symantec
18154 (3.970 %)BMC
19137 (3.532 %)Hitachi
20135 (3.480 %)CheckPoint