Solaris Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Oracle Solaris
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Solaris skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Solaris 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.045% - 0.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.36% - 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £444
25th Percentile £275 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.50%
75th Percentile £325 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £481 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -12.50% +0.92% +3.81%

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 281 171 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.65% 18.19% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 103 129
10th Percentile £163 £178 £175
25th Percentile £213 £208 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £383 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +9.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £492 £500 £575
90th Percentile £580 £561 £650
England median daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 24 45
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.95 £13.57
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.79 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £45.91 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -50.99% +82.33% +42.99%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £83.38 £66.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £24.09 £22.00
% change year-on-year +97.18% +9.50% -42.11%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in the East of England

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Solaris.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Solaris

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Solaris.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Solaris

Solaris
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bedfordshire - 1 £300 - 1
Solaris
England

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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