Sun Microsystems Solaris
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Solaris skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Solaris over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 114 | 118 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +4 | +42 |
| Contract jobs citing Solaris | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.048% | 0.57% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.35% | 3.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £494 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +29.21% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £616 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £666 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £539 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.09% | +7.75% | -7.41% |
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 | 210 | 289 | 344 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 13.57% | 13.98% | 15.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 152 | 186 | 220 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £181 | £173 |
| 25th Percentile | £209 | £275 | £268 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £401 | £444 | £428 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.62% | +3.74% | +0.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £574 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £675 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £464 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.37% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 17 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.90 | £14.99 | £13.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.67 | £18.50 | £16.23 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.83 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.74% | +12.50% | +21.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.12 | £23.75 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.83 | £72.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £20.00 | £25.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -41.18% | +93.18% |
Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Solaris as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Solaris
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solaris in the West Midlands.
Solaris
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solaris in the West Midlands.