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This section looks at the demand for Sun Microsystems Solaris skills within the West Yorkshire 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
Rank98100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads90112
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.046 %
As % of the category below6.452 %8.247 %
Salaries quoted6897
Average minimum salary£34,194£29,798
Average salary£36,819£31,653
% change on same period last year+16.32 %
Average maximum salary£39,444£33,507
UK excluding London average salary£41,435£40,865
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads13951358
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.736 %0.556 %
Salaries quoted11841127
Average minimum salary£28,114£27,448
Average salary£29,850£29,163
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum salary£31,586£30,879
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Solaris YorkshireSolaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Solaris Salary Trend

Solaris
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
LeedsDown-1061£37,261+17.11 %
WetherbyUp+810£36,850+25.74 %
BradfordDown-810£40,938+74.20 %
HalifaxNew entry-3£32,500-
WakefieldDown-71--
CastlefordNew entry-1--
Solaris YorkshireSolaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1137 (75.27 %)UNIX
290 (49.45 %)Sun
377 (42.31 %)Linux
452 (28.57 %)Oracle
538 (20.88 %)AIX
634 (18.68 %)IBM
733 (18.13 %)SQL
831 (17.03 %)WebSphere
831 (17.03 %)Microsoft
930 (16.48 %)Red Hat
1028 (15.38 %)Windows
1127 (14.84 %)Firewall
1225 (13.74 %)Java
1324 (13.19 %)ITIL
1324 (13.19 %)Citrix
1423 (12.64 %)SQL Server
1522 (12.09 %)XML
1522 (12.09 %)Oracle 10g
1522 (12.09 %)Finance
1621 (11.54 %)Cisco
1720 (10.99 %)DNS
1720 (10.99 %)DB2
1720 (10.99 %)Apache
1819 (10.44 %)Oracle 9i
1819 (10.44 %)HTML
1819 (10.44 %)JSP
1918 (9.890 %)WebLogic
1918 (9.890 %)PL/SQL
1918 (9.890 %)TCP/IP
2017 (9.341 %)Microsoft Certification

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (17.03 %)WebSphere
222 (12.09 %)XML
319 (10.44 %)JSP
319 (10.44 %)HTML
412 (6.593 %)ASP
58 (4.396 %)J2EE
66 (3.297 %)X-Windows
75 (2.747 %)Java EE
84 (2.198 %)Servlets
93 (1.648 %)XHTML
93 (1.648 %)WML
102 (1.099 %)CSS
102 (1.099 %)LAMP
102 (1.099 %)WAP
102 (1.099 %)Middleware
111 (0.549 %)Ruby on Rails
111 (0.549 %).NET
111 (0.549 %)J2SE
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (10.99 %)Apache
218 (9.890 %)WebLogic
312 (6.593 %)Tomcat
49 (4.945 %)Lotus Domino
49 (4.945 %)MS Exchange
57 (3.846 %)JBoss
66 (3.297 %)WebSphere Application Server
66 (3.297 %)Oracle Application Server
66 (3.297 %)Exchange Server 2000
75 (2.747 %)MQSeries
83 (1.648 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.549 %)WebSphere Message Broker
91 (0.549 %)SAS
91 (0.549 %)Oracle 9iAS
91 (0.549 %)iPlanet
91 (0.549 %)WebSphere MQ
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (3.846 %)MS Excel
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (2.747 %)Oracle Financials
15 (2.747 %)Oracle EBS
22 (1.099 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.549 %)Oracle ERP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (14.84 %)Firewall
220 (10.99 %)DNS
318 (9.890 %)TCP/IP
412 (6.593 %)LAN
511 (6.044 %)WAN
69 (4.945 %)Broadband
69 (4.945 %)VLAN
78 (4.396 %)FTP
78 (4.396 %)VPN
87 (3.846 %)Wireless
96 (3.297 %)Cisco PIX
96 (3.297 %)802.11
96 (3.297 %)OSPF
105 (2.747 %)HTTPS
105 (2.747 %)SAN
105 (2.747 %)HTTP
105 (2.747 %)SMTP
105 (2.747 %)ICMP
114 (2.198 %)VoIP
114 (2.198 %)WLAN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (12.64 %)SQL Server
222 (12.09 %)Oracle 10g
320 (10.99 %)DB2
419 (10.44 %)Oracle 9i
515 (8.242 %)MySQL
610 (5.495 %)SQL Server 2000
78 (4.396 %)SQL Server 2005
87 (3.846 %)RDBMS
93 (1.648 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.549 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.549 %)Oracle 11g
101 (0.549 %)Datawarehouse
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.099 %)Ant
12 (1.099 %)Eclipse
12 (1.099 %)Subversion
21 (0.549 %)JUnit
21 (0.549 %)Oracle Forms
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (12.09 %)Finance
216 (8.791 %)Pensions
314 (7.692 %)Telecoms
48 (4.396 %)Multimedia
56 (3.297 %)Financial Institution
65 (2.747 %)Banking
74 (2.198 %)Investment Banking
83 (1.648 %)Insurance
83 (1.648 %)Education
83 (1.648 %)Health
91 (0.549 %)Legal
91 (0.549 %)Retail
91 (0.549 %)Billing
91 (0.549 %)Online Gambling
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134 (18.68 %)UNIX Engineer
232 (17.58 %)Administrator
327 (14.84 %)Analyst
420 (10.99 %)Systems Administrator
516 (8.791 %)Support Analyst
516 (8.791 %)Support Engineer
516 (8.791 %)UNIX Administrator
614 (7.692 %)DBA
713 (7.143 %)Oracle DBA
812 (6.593 %)Consultant
812 (6.593 %)Linux Engineer
911 (6.044 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1010 (5.495 %)Network Engineer
1010 (5.495 %)Systems Engineer
1010 (5.495 %)Developer
119 (4.945 %)Team Leader
119 (4.945 %)UNIX Support
128 (4.396 %)Applications Support
128 (4.396 %)Database Manager
136 (3.297 %)Software Engineer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (4.945 %)Thin Client
19 (4.945 %)HACMP
19 (4.945 %)AS400
19 (4.945 %)Fat Client
28 (4.396 %)Mainframe
37 (3.846 %)Clustering
42 (1.099 %)Firmware
42 (1.099 %)Streaming Video
42 (1.099 %)Management Information System
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1137 (75.27 %)UNIX
277 (42.31 %)Linux
338 (20.88 %)AIX
428 (15.38 %)Windows
513 (7.143 %)HPUX
68 (4.396 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (3.846 %)Tru64
86 (3.297 %)Debian
86 (3.297 %)Fedora
86 (3.297 %)Ubuntu
86 (3.297 %)VMS
95 (2.747 %)i5/OS
104 (2.198 %)Windows NT
104 (2.198 %)SUSE
104 (2.198 %)Windows 2000
113 (1.648 %)FreeBSD
122 (1.099 %)NetBSD
131 (0.549 %)OpenVMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (13.19 %)ITIL
212 (6.593 %)E-Commerce
310 (5.495 %)Service Delivery
48 (4.396 %)Load Balancing
56 (3.297 %)Network Design
63 (1.648 %)Incident Management
63 (1.648 %)Scrum
63 (1.648 %)RUP
63 (1.648 %)CRM
63 (1.648 %)Agile Software Development
72 (1.099 %)Performance Management
72 (1.099 %)OO
72 (1.099 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (1.099 %)Operations Management
81 (0.549 %)Systems Analysis
81 (0.549 %)Business Analysis
81 (0.549 %)Business Continuity
81 (0.549 %)ERP
81 (0.549 %)Business Intelligence
81 (0.549 %)Project Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (18.13 %)SQL
225 (13.74 %)Java
318 (9.890 %)PL/SQL
416 (8.791 %)Perl
59 (4.945 %)RPG
68 (4.396 %)Shell Script
77 (3.846 %)Ruby
77 (3.846 %)Tcl
77 (3.846 %)C
77 (3.846 %)C++
86 (3.297 %)Python
94 (2.198 %)PHP
103 (1.648 %)JavaScript
103 (1.648 %)Korn
112 (1.099 %)Groovy
112 (1.099 %)Jython
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (9.341 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (8.242 %)Citrix Certification
312 (6.593 %)MCSE
312 (6.593 %)Degree
410 (5.495 %)CCEA
59 (4.945 %)SCSA
68 (4.396 %)Cisco Certification
68 (4.396 %)CCNA
76 (3.297 %)CCA
76 (3.297 %)CCSA
85 (2.747 %)IBM Certification
85 (2.747 %)MCP
94 (2.198 %)CCNP
94 (2.198 %)CCSE
94 (2.198 %)Sun Certification
102 (1.099 %)Check Point Certification
102 (1.099 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.549 %)RHCE
111 (0.549 %)MCSA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (6.593 %)SLA
26 (3.297 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (1.099 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (7.692 %)Oracle RAC
211 (6.044 %)Active Directory
38 (4.396 %)NetBackup
47 (3.846 %)Terminal Services
52 (1.099 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (1.099 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.549 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.549 %)Oracle RMAN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.648 %)Unicenter
22 (1.099 %)WSUS
31 (0.549 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
31 (0.549 %)Tivoli
31 (0.549 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.549 %)Netcool
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
190 (49.45 %)Sun
252 (28.57 %)Oracle
334 (18.68 %)IBM
431 (17.03 %)Microsoft
530 (16.48 %)Red Hat
624 (13.19 %)Citrix
721 (11.54 %)Cisco
811 (6.044 %)Intel
99 (4.945 %)VERITAS
99 (4.945 %)Lotus
99 (4.945 %)HP
106 (3.297 %)Nokia
106 (3.297 %)CheckPoint
115 (2.747 %)BEA
124 (2.198 %)VMware
132 (1.099 %)NetApp
132 (1.099 %)Nortel
132 (1.099 %)StorageTek
132 (1.099 %)Compaq
132 (1.099 %)Dell
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