Solaris Job Trends in the South West

Oracle Solaris
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Solaris skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 179 204
Rank change year-on-year -1 +25 +74
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 2 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.039% 0.072% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.38% 0.37% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £51,150 - £41,500
25th Percentile £51,375 £53,384 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £54,321 £43,875
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% +23.81% +18.58%
75th Percentile £55,875 £55,257 £58,250
90th Percentile £56,850 - £61,300
England median annual salary £58,000 £70,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% +12.90% +17.12%

All Operating Systems
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 533 821 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.45% 19.76% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 298 504 741
10th Percentile £26,500 £10,258 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% -18.37% +8.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,375 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Solaris job vacancy trend in the South West

Solaris
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Solaris

Solaris
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Bristol - 2 £53,000 -
Solaris
England

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

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