Solaris Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Oracle Solaris
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Solaris skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Solaris 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.29% - 1.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.25% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £375
75th Percentile £325 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £300 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire

Solaris falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 16 8 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 4.72% 5.10% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 10
10th Percentile £154 £160 £174
25th Percentile £248 £171 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £190 £263
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -27.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £208 £363
90th Percentile - £218 £404
East of England median daily rate £360 £383 £350
% change year-on-year -5.88% +9.29% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £59.50 - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.78 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.93% -41.37% -
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile £67.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £45.91 £32.75
% change year-on-year -50.99% +40.20% +84.48%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Solaris relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Solaris job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Solaris.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Solaris

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Solaris.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Solaris

Solaris
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dunstable - 1 £300 - 1
Solaris
East of England

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Unix Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware