The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 48 87 63
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -24
Contract jobs citing SAN 76 49 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.185% 1.539% 2.338%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.26% 4.483% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 36
Average daily rate £335 £284 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.06% -33.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £230 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £394 £364 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £330 £340
% change year-on-year
+4.54% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
+8.00% +2.04%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
620 1093 677
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.98% 34.33% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 222 189
Average daily rate £285 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 47 67
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.90 £15.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
SAN
South East

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SAN Jobs Demand Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Berkshire SAN Daily Rate Histogram

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell - 33 £300 - 1
Reading +12 18 £333 +24.88% 6
Newbury - 9 £375 -
Slough - - - -
Wokingham - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
SAN
South East

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 92 (73.02%) Windows
2 49 (38.89%) VMware
3 46 (36.51%) Security Cleared
3 46 (36.51%) SC Cleared
4 44 (34.92%) SQL
5 43 (34.13%) Microsoft
6 39 (30.95%) Active Directory
7 36 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
8 34 (26.98%) Windows Server 2008
8 34 (26.98%) Citrix
9 33 (26.19%) SCOM
10 29 (23.02%) Linux
11 26 (20.63%) Xen
12 23 (18.25%) UNIX
13 22 (17.46%) LAN
13 22 (17.46%) HP
13 22 (17.46%) Configuration Management
14 21 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
14 21 (16.67%) Oracle
14 21 (16.67%) Migration
15 20 (15.87%) Clustering
15 20 (15.87%) TCP/IP
15 20 (15.87%) EMC
16 19 (15.08%) Release Management
17 18 (14.29%) Blackberry
17 18 (14.29%) Windows XP
17 18 (14.29%) Cisco
17 18 (14.29%) IBM
18 17 (13.49%) Apache
19 16 (12.70%) PowerShell

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 8 (6.349%) Web Services
2 7 (5.556%) .NET
2 7 (5.556%) J2EE
3 5 (3.968%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.381%) Middleware
4 3 (2.381%) Flash
5 2 (1.587%) ADSI
5 2 (1.587%) SAML
5 2 (1.587%) XML
6 1 (0.794%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 17 (13.49%) Apache
2 13 (10.32%) IIS
3 9 (7.143%) Tomcat
4 7 (5.556%) MS Exchange
4 7 (5.556%) IBM HTTP Server
5 5 (3.968%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 5 (3.968%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.968%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (3.175%) WebLogic
7 3 (2.381%) IBM Notes
7 3 (2.381%) FileNet
7 3 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (1.587%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (1.587%) GlassFish
8 2 (1.587%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.794%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.794%) CMS
9 1 (0.794%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.794%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.794%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.46%) LAN
2 20 (15.87%) TCP/IP
3 15 (11.90%) VPN
3 15 (11.90%) NAS
4 11 (8.730%) DNS
4 11 (8.730%) LDAP
5 10 (7.937%) WAN
6 8 (6.349%) DHCP
7 7 (5.556%) HTTP
8 6 (4.762%) IPsec
9 5 (3.968%) Firewall
9 5 (3.968%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (3.175%) LTE
10 4 (3.175%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (3.175%) 2G
10 4 (3.175%) Ethernet
10 4 (3.175%) Internet
10 4 (3.175%) 3G
10 4 (3.175%) ADSL
10 4 (3.175%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.349%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.794%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 5 (3.968%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.794%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.794%) Subversion
General
1 8 (6.349%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.556%) Finance
3 5 (3.968%) Banking
4 3 (2.381%) Retail
5 2 (1.587%) Marketing
5 2 (1.587%) Electronics
6 1 (0.794%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (8.730%) Project Manager
1 11 (8.730%) Support Engineer
2 10 (7.937%) 3rd Line Support
2 10 (7.937%) Architect
2 10 (7.937%) Senior Manager
2 10 (7.937%) Server Engineer
3 9 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
3 9 (7.143%) Integration Engineer
4 8 (6.349%) Senior Project Manager
4 8 (6.349%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (6.349%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (6.349%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (6.349%) Consultant
4 8 (6.349%) Analyst
4 8 (6.349%) Project Leader
4 8 (6.349%) Infrastructure Project Leader
4 8 (6.349%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 7 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (5.556%) Network Engineer
6 6 (4.762%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.87%) Clustering
2 18 (14.29%) Blackberry
3 6 (4.762%) CLARiiON
4 3 (2.381%) Symmetrix
4 3 (2.381%) EMC Centera
4 3 (2.381%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.381%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.381%) Replication
4 3 (2.381%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (1.587%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (0.794%) LPAR
6 1 (0.794%) DLPAR
6 1 (0.794%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 92 (73.02%) Windows
2 34 (26.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (23.02%) Linux
4 23 (18.25%) UNIX
5 21 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (14.29%) Windows XP
7 16 (12.70%) Windows 7
8 4 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.381%) Solaris
10 2 (1.587%) AIX
10 2 (1.587%) HPUX
10 2 (1.587%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (17.46%) Configuration Management
2 21 (16.67%) Migration
3 19 (15.08%) Release Management
4 13 (10.32%) Change Control
4 13 (10.32%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (10.32%) ITIL
5 8 (6.349%) Service Delivery
6 6 (4.762%) PRINCE2
6 6 (4.762%) Workflow
6 6 (4.762%) Content Management
7 4 (3.175%) Project Management
7 4 (3.175%) Problem Management
8 3 (2.381%) PRINCE
8 3 (2.381%) Business Continuity
9 2 (1.587%) Information Security
9 2 (1.587%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (1.587%) Incident Management
9 2 (1.587%) B2B
9 2 (1.587%) Capacity Management
9 2 (1.587%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 44 (34.92%) SQL
2 16 (12.70%) PowerShell
3 14 (11.11%) VB
4 3 (2.381%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.587%) VBScript
5 2 (1.587%) Java
5 2 (1.587%) Perl
5 2 (1.587%) PHP
6 1 (0.794%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (36.51%) SC Cleared
1 46 (36.51%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.730%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (7.937%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.349%) MCSE
5 7 (5.556%) CCNA
6 4 (3.175%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.175%) CCNP
7 2 (1.587%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.587%) Degree
8 1 (0.794%) DCSE
8 1 (0.794%) HNC
8 1 (0.794%) MCDBA
8 1 (0.794%) OCP
8 1 (0.794%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.794%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.794%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.762%) SLA
2 2 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 39 (30.95%) Active Directory
2 36 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (20.63%) Xen
4 14 (11.11%) XenApp
5 8 (6.349%) VMware ESX
6 7 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (4.762%) XenDesktop
8 5 (3.968%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (3.175%) VMware Server
9 4 (3.175%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 4 (3.175%) vSphere
10 3 (2.381%) NFS
10 3 (2.381%) SRDF
10 3 (2.381%) NLBS
11 2 (1.587%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.794%) Veritas File System
12 1 (0.794%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 33 (26.19%) SCOM
2 15 (11.90%) SCCM
3 9 (7.143%) MIMEsweeper
4 7 (5.556%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 7 (5.556%) NetBackup
4 7 (5.556%) HP SIM
5 6 (4.762%) Foglight
6 5 (3.968%) Netcool
6 5 (3.968%) Tivoli
6 5 (3.968%) Opalis
7 3 (2.381%) Legato
8 2 (1.587%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.794%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.794%) MOM
9 1 (0.794%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 49 (38.89%) VMware
2 43 (34.13%) Microsoft
3 34 (26.98%) Citrix
4 22 (17.46%) HP
5 21 (16.67%) Oracle
6 20 (15.87%) EMC
7 18 (14.29%) Cisco
7 18 (14.29%) IBM
8 12 (9.524%) CA
9 9 (7.143%) NetApp
10 8 (6.349%) Dell
10 8 (6.349%) Brocade
11 6 (4.762%) Symantec
11 6 (4.762%) JBoss
11 6 (4.762%) Lotus
11 6 (4.762%) Red Hat
12 5 (3.968%) Ericsson
13 4 (3.175%) Avaya
13 4 (3.175%) Juniper
14 3 (2.381%) Veritas
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