Solaris Job Trends in Manchester

Oracle Solaris
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Solaris skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 139 207
Rank change year-on-year -24 +68 +27
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 2 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.038% 0.19% 0.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.82% 1.04% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £52,600 - -
25th Percentile £52,750 - £90,801
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 - £94,637
75th Percentile £59,750 - £98,474
90th Percentile £60,200 - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 - £94,637
% change year-on-year - - +57.73%

All Operating Systems
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 244 386 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.59% 18.08% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 192 278 531
10th Percentile £28,025 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £58,250 £65,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £74,000
North West median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in Manchester

Solaris
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Solaris.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Solaris

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Mirantis
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware