Solaris Job Trends in the East Midlands

Oracle Solaris
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Solaris skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £41,639 - -
25th Percentile £44,166 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,472 - -
75th Percentile £49,146 - -
90th Percentile £62,250 - -
England median annual salary £57,000 £68,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year -17.09% -19.12% +30.07%

All Operating Systems
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 361 285 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.42% 12.19% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 257 219 265
10th Percentile £26,150 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Solaris
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Solaris.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Solaris

Solaris
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solaris in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Solaris in the East Midlands

Solaris
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire - 8 £44,472 -
Solaris
England

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Specialist
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall Specialist
2 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Technical Specialist
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 2 (25.00%) DBA
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (62.50%) Facilities Management
2 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
2 5 (62.50%) Security Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 4 (50.00%) Line Management
3 4 (50.00%) Tech Ops
4 3 (37.50%) High Availability
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (25.00%) Database Tuning
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
6 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Sybase
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft