Hybrid/Remote Solaris Job Trends

Oracle Solaris
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Solaris skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 406 529
Rank change year-on-year -12 +123 +30
Permanent jobs citing Solaris 2 19 62
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% 0.89% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 28
10th Percentile £42,070 £56,250 £65,650
25th Percentile £43,975 £65,938 £83,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,900 £80,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.88% -17.95% +49.20%
75th Percentile £55,575 - £102,500
90th Percentile £58,530 - £122,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £76,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year -28.34% -9.71% +30.42%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Solaris falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,396 2,128 4,455
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.19% 14.21% 13.14%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,242 3,547
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

Solaris
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Solaris and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Solaris job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Solaris
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Solaris.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Solaris

Solaris
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Solaris over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Solaris salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Solaris
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Database Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Database Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Unix Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Unix Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) AIX
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Flashback
1 1 (50.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Mirantis
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) VMware