Solaris Support Engineer Job Trends

Solaris Support Engineer
UK

The median Solaris Support Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Solaris Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 45,041 64,839 52,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 95.28% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 27,079 36,852 40,255
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,974 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.05% -4.76% -

Solaris Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Solaris Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Solaris Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Solaris Support Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Solaris Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Solaris Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Solaris Support Engineer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 October 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
South East - 1 £52,500 - 1
England - 1 £52,500 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £52,500 - 1

Solaris Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Solaris Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Solaris Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) X.400
1 1 (100.00%) X.500

Solaris Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) X.400
1 1 (100.00%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware