Solaris Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Solaris Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Solaris Engineer daily rate in Warrington is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solaris Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 1.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Warrington with a recognized job title 79 59 77
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.77% 92.19% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 36 44
10th Percentile £220 £203 £158
25th Percentile £363 £230 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £413
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -1.52% -2.94%
75th Percentile £543 £520 £500
90th Percentile £590 £569 £538
Cheshire median daily rate £462 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -3.94% -3.90% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 12
10th Percentile £13.47 - £11.00
25th Percentile £13.98 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £24.25
75th Percentile £20.63 - £28.52
90th Percentile £23.74 - £43.91
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £35.20 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.09% +60.00% +10.00%

Solaris Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Solaris Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Solaris Engineer job vacancy trend in Warrington

Solaris Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, Solaris Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Warrington region featuring Solaris Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Solaris Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS