Solaris Contract Job Trends in the South East

Oracle Solaris
England > South East

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 161 182
Rank change year-on-year -67 +21 +6
Contract jobs citing Solaris 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.045% 0.057% 0.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.39% 0.33% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £559 - -
25th Percentile £612 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +14.58%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 772 604 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.62% 17.33% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 430 531
10th Percentile £204 £190 £203
25th Percentile £353 £250 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £582
90th Percentile £640 £638 £638
England median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 49 39
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.94 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.95 £24.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £18.87 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +105.19% -66.75% +3.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £28.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.47 £63.60 £70.75
England median hourly rate £34.68 £24.83 £52.75
% change year-on-year +39.65% -52.93% +14.97%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in the South East

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Solaris
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solaris in the South East over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Solaris in the South East

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Solaris
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Hampshire -34 2 £700 +27.27% 2
Thames Valley - 1 £548 -
Berkshire - 1 £548 -
Solaris
England

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (33.33%) SQLite
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Storage Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Storage Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared DBA
2 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) AIX
2 2 (66.67%) HPUX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Architecture Roadmap
1 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
2 1 (33.33%) Data Guard
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Broadcom
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) Veritas
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle