Sun Microsystems Solaris
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Solaris skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Solaris over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 607 667 937
Rank change year-on-year +60 +270 +4
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 184 110 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.92% 1.04% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 60 85 125
10th Percentile - £40,000 £35,684
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £65,351 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% +19.71% -0.75%
75th Percentile £90,498 £88,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £111,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £65,351 £44,350
% change year-on-year -17.37% +47.35% -4.62%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,608 10,546 24,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.28% 17.42% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,456 7,788 14,442
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,381 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.25% +5.29% -

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Solaris as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Solaris in the UK

Solaris
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Solaris.

Salary trend for Solaris in the UK

Solaris
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solaris over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Solaris in the UK

Solaris
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris within the UK over the 6 months to 11 October 2024. 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
England +19 165 £72,500 +10.94% 11
UK excluding London +33 107 £54,000 -17.37% 4
Work from Home +29 56 £91,500 +40.01% 40
London +5 55 £85,000 +3.03% 7
North of England +24 40 £52,500 +20.93%
North West -2 34 £52,500 -19.66%
Midlands -13 26 £110,000 +69.23%
West Midlands - 26 £110,000 -
South East -47 19 £55,000 -31.25% 2
South West -18 8 £52,500 -13.47% 2
East of England -37 7 £52,500 +20.00%
Yorkshire +35 6 £72,500 +83.54%
Scotland +2 4 £71,500 +9.41%
Wales - 3 - -

Solaris
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (15.22%) Apache
1 28 (15.22%) Tomcat
2 27 (14.67%) IIS
3 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.63%) Oracle Service Bus
4 3 (1.63%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.54%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 90 (48.91%) NEC Housing
2 8 (4.35%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.63%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.96%) AWS
2 19 (10.33%) Azure
3 10 (5.43%) GCP
4 3 (1.63%) OCI
5 2 (1.09%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.09%) IaaS
5 2 (1.09%) PaaS
5 2 (1.09%) SaaS
6 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.54%) npm
6 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.54%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.70%) DNS
2 15 (8.15%) Firewall
3 12 (6.52%) DHCP
3 12 (6.52%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.35%) FIX Connectivity
5 6 (3.26%) SAN
6 4 (2.17%) SSL
7 2 (1.09%) DWDM
7 2 (1.09%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.09%) LTE
7 2 (1.09%) MPLS
7 2 (1.09%) SDH
7 2 (1.09%) SNMP
7 2 (1.09%) VPN
7 2 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (34.24%) BusinessObjects
2 31 (16.85%) Oracle Database
3 17 (9.24%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.72%) InfluxDB
5 3 (1.63%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.63%) Oracle Database 10g
5 3 (1.63%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (1.63%) VLDB
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.54%) DB2
7 1 (0.54%) MySQL
7 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.26%) Git
1 6 (3.26%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.72%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.09%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.09%) JIRA
4 1 (0.54%) Ant
4 1 (0.54%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.54%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.54%) Maven
4 1 (0.54%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 112 (60.87%) Finance
2 90 (48.91%) Local Government
2 90 (48.91%) Police
2 90 (48.91%) Public Sector
3 15 (8.15%) Banking
4 12 (6.52%) Social Skills
5 5 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.63%) Military
8 2 (1.09%) Billing
8 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.54%) Back Office
9 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (35.87%) Consultant
2 65 (35.33%) Senior
3 63 (34.24%) Senior Consultant
3 63 (34.24%) Senior Support Consultant
3 63 (34.24%) Support Consultant
4 38 (20.65%) Applications Support
5 35 (19.02%) Linux Engineer
6 31 (16.85%) Unix Engineer
7 22 (11.96%) Unix Linux Engineer
8 15 (8.15%) Analyst
8 15 (8.15%) Support Analyst
9 11 (5.98%) Applications Support Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Banking Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (2.72%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 5 (2.72%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (2.72%) 3rd Line Support
11 5 (2.72%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (2.72%) Administrator
11 5 (2.72%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (15.22%) Web Services
2 11 (5.98%) Middleware
3 8 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (3.80%) Kafka
5 1 (0.54%) .NET
5 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.54%) Express.js
5 1 (0.54%) MEAN Stack
5 1 (0.54%) MERN Stack
5 1 (0.54%) Node.js
5 1 (0.54%) React
5 1 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.30%) Public Cloud
2 9 (4.89%) Replication
3 8 (4.35%) Eurex
4 7 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.26%) Clustering
6 5 (2.72%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.17%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.17%) Data Fabric
8 3 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.54%) PKI
10 1 (0.54%) Robotics
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 172 (93.48%) Linux
2 117 (63.59%) Windows
3 105 (57.07%) Unix
4 22 (11.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (10.87%) Ubuntu
6 19 (10.33%) CentOS
7 10 (5.43%) AIX
7 10 (5.43%) zOS
8 5 (2.72%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (2.72%) SUSE
8 5 (2.72%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.09%) HPUX
10 1 (0.54%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.54%) NetWare
10 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.24%) Customer Requirements
1 63 (34.24%) Housing Management
2 29 (15.76%) Data Security
2 29 (15.76%) Server Management
3 27 (14.67%) Network Architecture
3 27 (14.67%) Task Automation
4 16 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (6.52%) Performance Tuning
6 11 (5.98%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (5.43%) Client Onboarding
7 10 (5.43%) ITIL
8 9 (4.89%) Agile
8 9 (4.89%) CI/CD
8 9 (4.89%) Containerisation
8 9 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (4.89%) High Availability
9 8 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence
10 7 (3.80%) ETL
10 7 (3.80%) Roadmaps
11 6 (3.26%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (41.30%) SQL
2 37 (20.11%) Shell Script
3 18 (9.78%) PowerShell
4 17 (9.24%) Bash
4 17 (9.24%) Python
5 9 (4.89%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.35%) Perl
6 8 (4.35%) Ruby
7 5 (2.72%) C#
8 3 (1.63%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.09%) Java
10 1 (0.54%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.54%) C++
10 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.54%) VC++
Qualifications
1 70 (38.04%) Security Cleared
2 63 (34.24%) DBS Check
3 39 (21.20%) DV Cleared
4 32 (17.39%) Degree
5 23 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.09%) CISM
6 2 (1.09%) CISSP
6 2 (1.09%) HNC
7 1 (0.54%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Dell Certification
7 1 (0.54%) IBM Certification
7 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (48.91%) Accessibility
2 63 (34.24%) ISO 9001
3 7 (3.80%) SLA
4 4 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (5.43%) Docker
2 4 (2.17%) LXC
2 4 (2.17%) Squid
2 4 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.63%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.54%) PowerHA
5 1 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 16 (8.70%) Ansible
2 12 (6.52%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.89%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.72%) Grafana
4 5 (2.72%) Istio
4 5 (2.72%) Terraform
5 4 (2.17%) Opsview
6 3 (1.63%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.63%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.09%) Rancher
7 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.09%) SCOM
7 2 (1.09%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 1 (0.54%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.54%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.54%) Nagios
8 1 (0.54%) nmon
8 1 (0.54%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 92 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 90 (48.91%) NEC
3 77 (41.85%) Oracle
4 63 (34.24%) Citrix
5 47 (25.54%) Red Hat
6 29 (15.76%) VMware
7 13 (7.07%) IBM
8 8 (4.35%) Bloomberg
8 8 (4.35%) CQG
8 8 (4.35%) HP
8 8 (4.35%) ION Trading
8 8 (4.35%) Patsystems
8 8 (4.35%) Reuters
8 8 (4.35%) Splunk
8 8 (4.35%) Sun
8 8 (4.35%) Trayport
9 5 (2.72%) Google
9 5 (2.72%) Serena
10 4 (2.17%) Infoblox
11 3 (1.63%) Remedy