Solaris Job Trends in the North West

Oracle Solaris
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Solaris skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 203 172
Rank change year-on-year +25 -31 +140
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 1 25 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.020% 0.38% 0.30%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.28% 3.25% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -19.66% +74.48%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £67,070
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £58,000 £70,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year -17.14% +7.11% +19.71%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 360 770 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.28% 11.63% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 312 411 452
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,850
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in the North West

Solaris
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Solaris.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Solaris

Solaris
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. 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
Cumbria - 1 £55,000 - 1
Solaris
England

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Mirantis
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware