The first table below looks at the demand for NAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NAS over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Rank - 23 38
Contract jobs citing NAS 0 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 4.580% 2.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 32.43% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
Average daily rate - £375 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +76.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £366 £365 £390
% change year-on-year
+0.27% -6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £19.25
% change year-on-year
-24.65% +89.61%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
33 37 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 16.75% 14.12% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 10
Average daily rate £325 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £325 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
NAS
East of England

NAS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NAS across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire NAS Jobs Demand Trend

NAS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NAS across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire NAS Daily Rate Trend

NAS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NAS across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire NAS Hourly Rate Trend

NAS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Dunstable - - - -
NAS
East of England

NAS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing NAS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited NAS.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

NAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing NAS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited NAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware