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The table below looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the Warwickshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSun Microsystems Solaris
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7639
Rank change on same period last yearDown-37
Matching permanent IT job ads1358
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.025 %
As % of the category below3.976 %15.43 %
Salaries quoted1250
Average minimum salary£33,500£29,721
Average salary£35,708£31,990
% change on same period last year+11.62 %
Average maximum salary£37,917£34,260
UK excluding London average salary£39,565£40,662
% change on same period last year-2.69 %
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Warwickshire
Matching permanent IT job ads327376
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.189 %0.162 %
Salaries quoted288350
Average minimum salary£29,057£27,938
Average salary£31,515£30,094
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Average maximum salary£33,972£32,250
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Solaris West MidlandsSolaris
West Midlands

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solaris across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Warwickshire Solaris Salary Histogram

Solaris
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
RugbyDown-105£39,000+54.35 %
WarwickDown-232£35,000-5.66 %
Solaris West MidlandsSolaris
West Midlands

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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.

119 (82.61 %)Linux
210 (43.48 %)UNIX
38 (34.78 %)Degree
47 (30.43 %)Windows
47 (30.43 %)C++
56 (26.09 %)Perl
56 (26.09 %)HPUX
56 (26.09 %)TCP/IP
56 (26.09 %)IBM
56 (26.09 %)Shell Script
56 (26.09 %)SUSE
56 (26.09 %)Clustering
56 (26.09 %)Problem Management
65 (21.74 %)Electronics
65 (21.74 %)EDA
65 (21.74 %)Sun
65 (21.74 %)VERITAS
74 (17.39 %)FTP
74 (17.39 %)Cisco
74 (17.39 %)Windows XP
83 (13.04 %)VPN
83 (13.04 %)DNS
83 (13.04 %)AIX
83 (13.04 %)CCNA
83 (13.04 %)HP
83 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
83 (13.04 %)Project Management
83 (13.04 %)WebSphere
83 (13.04 %)Network Design
83 (13.04 %)Service Delivery

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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.

Warwickshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (13.04 %)WebSphere
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (13.04 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (8.696 %)MQSeries
31 (4.348 %)WebLogic
31 (4.348 %)Apache
Warwickshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.696 %)AutoCAD
12 (8.696 %)CATIA
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (26.09 %)TCP/IP
24 (17.39 %)FTP
33 (13.04 %)Firewall
33 (13.04 %)VPN
33 (13.04 %)DNS
42 (8.696 %)SAN
51 (4.348 %)Ethernet
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)SQL Server
Warwickshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (21.74 %)Electronics
22 (8.696 %)Automotive
22 (8.696 %)Games
31 (4.348 %)Online Games
31 (4.348 %)Electric
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (21.74 %)Network Engineer
23 (13.04 %)Analyst
23 (13.04 %)Systems Administrator
23 (13.04 %)Administrator
23 (13.04 %)Senior Network Engineer
23 (13.04 %)Linux Engineer
23 (13.04 %)Messaging Analyst
32 (8.696 %)Linux Support
32 (8.696 %)UNIX Engineer
32 (8.696 %)Technical Support
32 (8.696 %)Support Engineer
41 (4.348 %)Systems Support
41 (4.348 %)Software Developer
41 (4.348 %)Developer
41 (4.348 %)Linux Systems Administrator
41 (4.348 %)Linux Administrator
41 (4.348 %)UNIX Support
41 (4.348 %)C++ Software Developer
41 (4.348 %)C++ Developer
Warwickshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (26.09 %)Clustering
21 (4.348 %)SCADA
21 (4.348 %)French Language
21 (4.348 %)Spanish Language
21 (4.348 %)Client/Server
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (82.61 %)Linux
210 (43.48 %)UNIX
37 (30.43 %)Windows
46 (26.09 %)SUSE
46 (26.09 %)HPUX
54 (17.39 %)Windows XP
63 (13.04 %)AIX
72 (8.696 %)Windows 2000
72 (8.696 %)Windows Vista
72 (8.696 %)IRIX
81 (4.348 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (4.348 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (26.09 %)Problem Management
25 (21.74 %)EDA
33 (13.04 %)Project Management
33 (13.04 %)Service Delivery
33 (13.04 %)Network Design
42 (8.696 %)CAD
51 (4.348 %)CAE
51 (4.348 %)Logistics
51 (4.348 %)PLM
51 (4.348 %)Data Management
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (30.43 %)C++
26 (26.09 %)Perl
26 (26.09 %)Shell Script
32 (8.696 %)C
Warwickshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (34.78 %)Degree
23 (13.04 %)CCNA
23 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.696 %)QA
Warwickshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (26.09 %)IBM
25 (21.74 %)Sun
25 (21.74 %)VERITAS
34 (17.39 %)Cisco
43 (13.04 %)HP
52 (8.696 %)Oracle
61 (4.348 %)Red Hat