The first table below looks at the demand for Solaris skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solaris over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sun Microsystems Solaris
Rank 167 145 90
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -55
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 6 27 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.162% 0.837% 2.200%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.659% 3.448% 7.766%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 50
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
910 783 837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.63% 24.28% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 750 649 705
Average salary £30,495 £34,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.30% +9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Solaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Solaris
Salary Trend

This 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
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds -23 6 £45,000 +7.14%
Wakefield -15 1 £37,500 -6.25%
Solaris
Yorkshire

Solaris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 24 (92.31%) UNIX
2 23 (88.46%) Linux
3 13 (50.00%) Windows
4 11 (42.31%) Apache
5 10 (38.46%) Oracle
5 10 (38.46%) VMware
5 10 (38.46%) VMware ESX
6 9 (34.62%) WebSphere
6 9 (34.62%) Tomcat
6 9 (34.62%) Sun
6 9 (34.62%) Red Hat
7 8 (30.77%) Configuration Management
7 8 (30.77%) Client/Server
7 8 (30.77%) Java
8 7 (26.92%) Web Services
8 7 (26.92%) XML
9 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
9 6 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
9 6 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
9 6 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (19.23%) AWK
10 5 (19.23%) ATG
10 5 (19.23%) ATG Dynamo
10 5 (19.23%) SLA
10 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (19.23%) Shell Script
10 5 (19.23%) AIX
10 5 (19.23%) JBoss

Solaris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 9 (34.62%) WebSphere
2 7 (26.92%) Web Services
2 7 (26.92%) XML
3 4 (15.38%) HTML
3 4 (15.38%) .NET
3 4 (15.38%) J2EE
3 4 (15.38%) Java EE
3 4 (15.38%) Hibernate
3 4 (15.38%) Spring
4 3 (11.54%) Ajax
4 3 (11.54%) CSS
4 3 (11.54%) JSP
4 3 (11.54%) Struts
4 3 (11.54%) jQuery
4 3 (11.54%) Struts2
4 3 (11.54%) XSD
4 3 (11.54%) XHTML
5 1 (3.846%) WSDL
5 1 (3.846%) XML Schema
5 1 (3.846%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 11 (42.31%) Apache
2 9 (34.62%) Tomcat
3 5 (19.23%) WebLogic
3 5 (19.23%) ATG Dynamo
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (11.54%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (11.54%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (11.54%) IIS
5 1 (3.846%) CICS
5 1 (3.846%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 4 (15.38%) SAN
2 3 (11.54%) FTP
2 3 (11.54%) HTTP
3 2 (7.692%) LAN
3 2 (7.692%) WAN
4 1 (3.846%) Internet
4 1 (3.846%) Firewall
4 1 (3.846%) Wireshark
4 1 (3.846%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JUnit
2 3 (11.54%) Subversion
2 3 (11.54%) Maven
2 3 (11.54%) Hudson
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) UNIX Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Release Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Configuration Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Technical Support
3 4 (15.38%) Applications Support
3 4 (15.38%) Applications Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Support Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Applications Support Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Support Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Programmer
4 3 (11.54%) Java Programmer
4 3 (11.54%) Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Java Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (7.692%) Systems Support
5 2 (7.692%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Client/Server
2 3 (11.54%) Open Source
3 1 (3.846%) W3C
3 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 24 (92.31%) UNIX
2 23 (88.46%) Linux
3 13 (50.00%) Windows
4 6 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (19.23%) AIX
5 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (11.54%) SUSE
6 3 (11.54%) Mac OS X Server
7 1 (3.846%) zOS
7 1 (3.846%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Configuration Management
2 6 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
3 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (11.54%) Integration Testing
3 3 (11.54%) SOA
3 3 (11.54%) Benchmarking
3 3 (11.54%) Change Control
3 3 (11.54%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (7.692%) ITIL
4 2 (7.692%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.846%) Migration
5 1 (3.846%) Information Security
5 1 (3.846%) TDD
5 1 (3.846%) SIEM
5 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.846%) Project Management
5 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.846%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Java
2 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) Shell Script
2 5 (19.23%) AWK
3 4 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 3 (11.54%) VBScript
5 2 (7.692%) C#
5 2 (7.692%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.846%) C++
6 1 (3.846%) Perl
6 1 (3.846%) Uniface
6 1 (3.846%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) SLA
2 1 (3.846%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) VMware ESX
2 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (11.54%) Novell eDirectory
4 1 (3.846%) Snort
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Oracle
1 10 (38.46%) VMware
2 9 (34.62%) Red Hat
2 9 (34.62%) Sun
3 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 5 (19.23%) ATG
4 5 (19.23%) JBoss
5 4 (15.38%) HP
6 3 (11.54%) NetApp
6 3 (11.54%) Novell
6 3 (11.54%) IBM
6 3 (11.54%) Apple
6 3 (11.54%) F5
7 1 (3.846%) ArcSight
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Advanced PHP and Perl scripting ability... Good virtualisation and storage background; knowledge of Xen or Citrix XenServer, RAID, iSCSI and SAN/NAS solutions... Excellent knowledge of networking, protocols (...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Further responsibilities will include: - Ensuring accurate recordings of security alerts and security incidents - Ensuring that security incidents are escalated correctly - Analysing security alerts and incidents to understand the...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013