Solaris Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Oracle Solaris
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Solaris skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs citing Solaris 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.20% - 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.52% - 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.27%
England median daily rate £475 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -17.39% +21.05% -13.64%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 330 235 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.07% 15.98% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 145 161
10th Percentile £163 £178 £174
25th Percentile £263 £210 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +6.25% -19.19%
75th Percentile £544 £573 £500
90th Percentile £619 £654 £600
England median daily rate £447 £475 £461
% change year-on-year -5.89% +2.98% -11.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 17
10th Percentile - £15.22 £16.54
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.40 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.46 £18.57 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -17.49% +32.86%
75th Percentile £29.25 £22.89 £23.75
90th Percentile £69.99 £24.05 £59.00
England median hourly rate £22.69 £44.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -49.01% +78.00% -4.73%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Solaris
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Solaris.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Solaris

Solaris
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Solaris.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Solaris

Solaris
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
Shropshire - 4 £500 -
Solaris
England

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Kerberos
1 4 (80.00%) SSH
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) LDAP
1 4 (80.00%) OAuth
1 4 (80.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) AIX
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Protection
1 4 (80.00%) Key Management
1 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 4 (80.00%) RBAC
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (40.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (80.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (20.00%) Brocade
2 1 (20.00%) EMC
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) NetApp
2 1 (20.00%) Veritas