Solaris Job Trends in Bristol

Oracle Solaris
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Solaris skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.091% - 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.82% - 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £51,150 - £41,500
25th Percentile £51,375 - £41,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 - £43,375
75th Percentile £55,875 - £44,875
90th Percentile £56,850 - £44,938
South West median annual salary £53,000 £54,321 £43,875
% change year-on-year -2.43% +23.81% +18.58%

All Operating Systems
Bristol

Solaris falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 110 175 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.03% 13.06% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 81 100 278
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £89,125
South West median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -18.37% +8.89%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in Bristol

Solaris
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Solaris.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Solaris

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Unix Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Unix Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Mirantis
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat