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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£362
% change on same period last year-2.96 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.37£31.27
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads179
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted65
Average minimum daily rate£469£450
Average daily rate£494£465
% change on same period last year+6.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£519£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£13.25
Average hourly rate£17.50£13.43
% change on same period last year+30.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£13.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.98£29.13
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
SAN County AntrimSAN
County Antrim

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Belfast SAN Demand Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAN across the Belfast region.

Belfast SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Belfast region.

Belfast SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing SAN 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 SAN.

11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)Dell
11 (50.00 %)BCP
11 (50.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Construction
11 (50.00 %)Replication
11 (50.00 %)Business Continuity
11 (50.00 %)Integration Testing

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing SAN 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 SAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Construction
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Technical Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Server Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Wintel Engineer
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Replication
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)BCP
11 (50.00 %)Service Delivery
11 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (50.00 %)Business Continuity
11 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Dell