Solaris Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Oracle Solaris
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Solaris skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 119 141
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 -31
Contract jobs citing Solaris 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.062% 0.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.02% 0.28% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £152 - £511
25th Percentile £154 £506 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -69.27% -2.38% +3.96%
75th Percentile £161 £519 £539
90th Percentile £164 - £541
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 196 358 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.88% 22.02% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 180 239
10th Percentile £176 £177 £186
25th Percentile £250 £250 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £540
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -16.67% +8.54%
75th Percentile £525 £526 £643
90th Percentile £650 £583 £701
UK median daily rate £438 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -7.89% +2.15% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 19
10th Percentile - £17.55 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.17 £20.96 £17.99
Median hourly rate £16.25 £22.44 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.58% -62.91% +241.42%
75th Percentile £26.00 £24.02 £67.63
90th Percentile £43.40 £31.40 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £23.54 £31.08 £25.25
% change year-on-year -24.27% +23.09% -1.79%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in Scotland

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Solaris

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Solaris

Solaris
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 February 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
West Lothian - 2 £158 -
Solaris
UK

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle