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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the West Sussex 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
Rank7779
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads423
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.667 %5.374 %
Salaries quoted422
Average minimum salary£35,500£36,045
Average salary£38,250£37,659
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum salary£41,000£39,273
UK excluding London average salary£40,700£40,878
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
West Sussex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Sussex
Matching permanent IT job ads240428
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.129 %0.178 %
Salaries quoted204378
Average minimum salary£29,202£31,268
Average salary£31,208£32,991
% change on same period last year-5.40 %
Average maximum salary£33,214£34,715
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Solaris South EastSolaris
South East

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
GatwickDown-32£39,500-7.05 %
ChichesterNew entry-1£36,000-
Solaris South EastSolaris
South East

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

110 (83.33 %)UNIX
110 (83.33 %)Windows
110 (83.33 %)AIX
28 (66.67 %)HP
28 (66.67 %)SAN
28 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (41.67 %)Compaq
35 (41.67 %)Intel
35 (41.67 %)Windows 2000
44 (33.33 %)IBM
44 (33.33 %)Sun
53 (25.00 %)Oracle
53 (25.00 %)VMware
53 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (25.00 %)Pensions
62 (16.67 %)Auditing
62 (16.67 %)Brocade
62 (16.67 %)HACMP
62 (16.67 %)VB
62 (16.67 %)Microsoft
62 (16.67 %)Linux
71 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
71 (8.333 %)OpenView
71 (8.333 %)Citrix
71 (8.333 %)MetaFrame
71 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (8.333 %)Sun Certification
71 (8.333 %)CICS
71 (8.333 %)Lotus
71 (8.333 %)zOS

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 Sussex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (8.333 %)J2EE
11 (8.333 %)WebSphere
West Sussex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)WebLogic
11 (8.333 %)JBoss
11 (8.333 %)Lotus Notes
11 (8.333 %)Apache
11 (8.333 %)CICS
West Sussex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (66.67 %)SAN
West Sussex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)DB2
11 (8.333 %)Oracle 9i
11 (8.333 %)RDBMS
11 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
11 (8.333 %)SQLPlus
West Sussex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Pensions
22 (16.67 %)Auditing
West Sussex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (58.33 %)Administrator
26 (50.00 %)Server Administrator
33 (25.00 %)Windows Administrator
42 (16.67 %)Senior Windows Administrator
42 (16.67 %)Support Specialist
51 (8.333 %)Oracle DBA
51 (8.333 %)Solaris Administrator
51 (8.333 %)Trainer
51 (8.333 %)Analyst
51 (8.333 %)DBA
51 (8.333 %)Support Analyst
West Sussex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)HACMP
21 (8.333 %)Mainframe
21 (8.333 %)E-Learning
21 (8.333 %)SCADA
21 (8.333 %)French Language
21 (8.333 %)German Language
21 (8.333 %)Italian Language
21 (8.333 %)Spanish Language
21 (8.333 %)IBM Mainframe
West Sussex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (83.33 %)UNIX
110 (83.33 %)Windows
110 (83.33 %)AIX
28 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (41.67 %)Windows 2000
43 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (16.67 %)Linux
61 (8.333 %)Windows XP
61 (8.333 %)zOS
61 (8.333 %)Tru64
West Sussex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
West Sussex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)VB
21 (8.333 %)Shell Script
21 (8.333 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)SQL
West Sussex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)MCP
11 (8.333 %)MCSE
11 (8.333 %)MCSA
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (8.333 %)Sun Certification
11 (8.333 %)HP APS
West Sussex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)MetaFrame
11 (8.333 %)Oracle RMAN
West Sussex IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (8.333 %)OpenView
11 (8.333 %)Legato
11 (8.333 %)Tivoli
11 (8.333 %)Oracle Statspack
West Sussex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (66.67 %)HP
25 (41.67 %)Compaq
25 (41.67 %)Intel
34 (33.33 %)IBM
34 (33.33 %)Sun
43 (25.00 %)Oracle
43 (25.00 %)VMware
52 (16.67 %)Brocade
52 (16.67 %)Microsoft
61 (8.333 %)Citrix
61 (8.333 %)Lotus