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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the West Midlands 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
Rank11991
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching permanent IT job ads116185
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.077 %
As % of the category below5.631 %8.994 %
Salaries quoted78172
Average minimum salary£33,646£31,905
Average salary£36,165£33,825
% change on same period last year+6.91 %
Average maximum salary£38,684£35,746
UK excluding London average salary£40,700£40,878
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads20602057
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.109 %0.857 %
Salaries quoted17871778
Average minimum salary£29,039£28,401
Average salary£31,112£30,255
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
Average maximum salary£33,185£32,110
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
BirminghamDown-1433£35,607-10.90 %
ShropshireNew entry-16£35,500-
StaffordshireUp+412£40,850+49.45 %
WarwickshireDown-5111£34,563+13.19 %
CoventryDown-197£44,000+31.48 %
WalsallNew entry-7£30,917-
HerefordshireDown-156£34,600-13.34 %
Solaris EnglandSolaris
England

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1192 (76.49 %)UNIX
2121 (48.21 %)Linux
2121 (48.21 %)Oracle
376 (30.28 %)Sun
475 (29.88 %)Windows
561 (24.30 %)AIX
656 (22.31 %)HPUX
754 (21.51 %)HP
851 (20.32 %)SQL
950 (19.92 %)Perl
950 (19.92 %)Red Hat
1049 (19.52 %)Shell Script
1140 (15.94 %)Apache
1140 (15.94 %)Oracle 9i
1239 (15.54 %)Red Hat Linux
1338 (15.14 %)VERITAS
1436 (14.34 %)SAN
1535 (13.94 %)NetBackup
1633 (13.15 %)IBM
1731 (12.35 %)SUSE
1829 (11.55 %)HTML
1928 (11.16 %)Java
1928 (11.16 %)PL/SQL
1928 (11.16 %)WebLogic
2026 (10.36 %)Cisco
2125 (9.960 %)SQL Server
2224 (9.562 %)Windows Server 2003
2322 (8.765 %)Tru64
2322 (8.765 %)Microsoft
2421 (8.367 %)Oracle 10g

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (11.55 %)HTML
221 (8.367 %)XML
320 (7.968 %)CGI
419 (7.570 %)WebSphere
512 (4.781 %)Spring
611 (4.382 %)Hibernate
710 (3.984 %)JSP
710 (3.984 %).NET
88 (3.187 %)Struts
88 (3.187 %)Middleware
94 (1.594 %)SAP Basis
94 (1.594 %)J2EE
103 (1.195 %)SAP XI
112 (0.797 %)Acegi Security
112 (0.797 %)CSS
112 (0.797 %)WebServices
121 (0.398 %)XSLT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
140 (15.94 %)Apache
228 (11.16 %)WebLogic
317 (6.773 %)WebLogic Portal
415 (5.976 %)Oracle 10gAS
56 (2.390 %)Lotus Domino
64 (1.594 %)iPlanet
73 (1.195 %)WebSphere MQ
73 (1.195 %)NetWeaver
73 (1.195 %)IIS
82 (0.797 %)Tomcat
82 (0.797 %)MQSeries
91 (0.398 %)Oracle 9iAS
91 (0.398 %)CICS
91 (0.398 %)WebSphere Application Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (3.187 %)MS Excel
26 (2.390 %)MS Visio
32 (0.797 %)AutoCAD
32 (0.797 %)CATIA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (7.968 %)Oracle EBS
26 (2.390 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.398 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.398 %)SAP MDM
31 (0.398 %)SAP SCM
31 (0.398 %)SAP ERP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (14.34 %)SAN
217 (6.773 %)TCP/IP
315 (5.976 %)Internet
414 (5.578 %)SSL
512 (4.781 %)BIG-IP
610 (3.984 %)LAN
79 (3.586 %)LDAP
87 (2.789 %)WAN
87 (2.789 %)Firewall
95 (1.992 %)DNS
95 (1.992 %)HTTP
103 (1.195 %)VPN
103 (1.195 %)FTP
112 (0.797 %)VoIP
112 (0.797 %)DHCP
112 (0.797 %)Ethernet
112 (0.797 %)Intranet
112 (0.797 %)Extranet
121 (0.398 %)DSL
121 (0.398 %)Megaco
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
140 (15.94 %)Oracle 9i
225 (9.960 %)SQL Server
321 (8.367 %)TOAD
321 (8.367 %)Oracle 10g
413 (5.179 %)Oracle 8/8i
512 (4.781 %)DB2
63 (1.195 %)BusinessObjects
63 (1.195 %)Oracle 11g
72 (0.797 %)PostgreSQL
72 (0.797 %)MySQL
81 (0.398 %)RDBMS
81 (0.398 %)Datawarehouse
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (3.586 %)WinRunner
19 (3.586 %)QuickTest Pro
27 (2.789 %)LoadRunner
32 (0.797 %)Eclipse
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (4.382 %)Games
111 (4.382 %)Online Games
210 (3.984 %)Telecoms
39 (3.586 %)Finance
39 (3.586 %)Auditing
46 (2.390 %)Back Office
46 (2.390 %)Electronics
46 (2.390 %)Health
54 (1.594 %)Pensions
61 (0.398 %)Retail
61 (0.398 %)Automotive
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (19.92 %)Analyst
249 (19.52 %)Administrator
327 (10.76 %)Developer
327 (10.76 %)Consultant
426 (10.36 %)Analyst Programmer
426 (10.36 %)Programmer
520 (7.968 %)DBA
520 (7.968 %)UNIX Administrator
618 (7.171 %)Systems Administrator
618 (7.171 %)Oracle DBA
715 (5.976 %)Linux Administrator
813 (5.179 %)Support Engineer
912 (4.781 %)Technical Consultant
912 (4.781 %)Java Developer
912 (4.781 %)Linux Support
1011 (4.382 %)Oracle Analyst
1011 (4.382 %)Senior Developer
1011 (4.382 %)Oracle Analyst Programmer
1110 (3.984 %)Senior Java Developer
129 (3.586 %)Support Analyst
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (5.976 %)Clustering
212 (4.781 %)AS400
310 (3.984 %)Mainframe
49 (3.586 %)IBM Mainframe
57 (2.789 %)Fat Client
57 (2.789 %)Thin Client
66 (2.390 %)Client/Server
73 (1.195 %)VAX
81 (0.398 %)SCADA
81 (0.398 %)French Language
81 (0.398 %)Spanish Language
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1192 (76.49 %)UNIX
2121 (48.21 %)Linux
375 (29.88 %)Windows
461 (24.30 %)AIX
556 (22.31 %)HPUX
639 (15.54 %)Red Hat Linux
731 (12.35 %)SUSE
824 (9.562 %)Windows Server 2003
922 (8.765 %)Tru64
1017 (6.773 %)Windows 2000
1116 (6.375 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1211 (4.382 %)Windows Vista
1310 (3.984 %)Windows XP
148 (3.187 %)Windows NT
153 (1.195 %)VMS
153 (1.195 %)Windows 2000 Server
162 (0.797 %)IRIX
171 (0.398 %)OS/400
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (6.773 %)ITIL
213 (5.179 %)SOA
312 (4.781 %)Project Management
411 (4.382 %)PRINCE2
411 (4.382 %)Data Analysis
59 (3.586 %)Load Balancing
68 (3.187 %)Disaster Recovery
76 (2.390 %)EDA
85 (1.992 %)Web Development
85 (1.992 %)Problem Management
94 (1.594 %)Unit Testing
94 (1.594 %)Service Delivery
94 (1.594 %)UML
103 (1.195 %)Business Intelligence
103 (1.195 %)OOD
103 (1.195 %)Agile Software Development
103 (1.195 %)Network Design
112 (0.797 %)Operations Management
112 (0.797 %)Logistics
112 (0.797 %)Supplier Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
151 (20.32 %)SQL
250 (19.92 %)Perl
349 (19.52 %)Shell Script
428 (11.16 %)PL/SQL
428 (11.16 %)Java
518 (7.171 %)JavaScript
612 (4.781 %)C
612 (4.781 %)C++
73 (1.195 %)VBA
73 (1.195 %)Transact-SQL
82 (0.797 %)C#
82 (0.797 %)PowerHouse
91 (0.398 %)VB
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (3.984 %)Degree
29 (3.586 %)ISEB
37 (2.789 %)PRINCE2 Certification
37 (2.789 %)ITIL Certification
46 (2.390 %)Oracle Certification
54 (1.594 %)OCP
63 (1.195 %)CCNA
63 (1.195 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.398 %)Sun Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (2.789 %)SLA
24 (1.594 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.398 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
135 (13.94 %)NetBackup
213 (5.179 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (1.992 %)Oracle RAC
44 (1.594 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (1.594 %)Terminal Server
53 (1.195 %)ISA Server
62 (0.797 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (5.578 %)Legato
29 (3.586 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
29 (3.586 %)BMC PATROL
36 (2.390 %)AutoSys
36 (2.390 %)Unicenter
43 (1.195 %)Tivoli
43 (1.195 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.398 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1121 (48.21 %)Oracle
276 (30.28 %)Sun
354 (21.51 %)HP
450 (19.92 %)Red Hat
538 (15.14 %)VERITAS
633 (13.15 %)IBM
726 (10.36 %)Cisco
822 (8.765 %)Microsoft
915 (5.976 %)Citrix
915 (5.976 %)Hyperion
915 (5.976 %)VMware
1010 (3.984 %)BMC
1010 (3.984 %)Dell
117 (2.789 %)EMC
117 (2.789 %)CommVault
126 (2.390 %)CA
126 (2.390 %)SAP
133 (1.195 %)Business Objects
133 (1.195 %)StorageTek
133 (1.195 %)Hitachi