The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Bracknell 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 14 - 19
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAN 26 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 10.70% - 4.192%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.21% - 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
Average daily rate £300 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £26.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -1.88%
All Communications & Networking
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
76 21 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 31.28% 13.55% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 11
Average daily rate £165 £225 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% -52.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 10
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £36.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 - £13.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 - £37.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SAN
Berkshire

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bracknell SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 26 (83.87%) SC Cleared
1 26 (83.87%) Security Cleared
2 22 (70.97%) Windows
3 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
3 17 (54.84%) SCOM
4 14 (45.16%) Active Directory
4 14 (45.16%) Citrix
4 14 (45.16%) Blackberry
4 14 (45.16%) Configuration Management
5 13 (41.94%) Xen
6 12 (38.71%) SQL
7 10 (32.26%) Windows XP
7 10 (32.26%) SCCM
8 9 (29.03%) VB
8 9 (29.03%) PowerShell
8 9 (29.03%) Change Control
9 7 (22.58%) MIMEsweeper
9 7 (22.58%) VMware
10 6 (19.35%) Release Management
10 6 (19.35%) CA
10 6 (19.35%) Oracle
11 5 (16.13%) UNIX
11 5 (16.13%) HP
11 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (12.90%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (12.90%) XenApp
12 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
12 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (12.90%) CCNA

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) NAS
2 2 (6.452%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.226%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Server Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Architect
2 5 (16.13%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (9.677%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.452%) Chief Technology Officer
5 2 (6.452%) Server Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Storage Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Server Support Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Network Support
5 2 (6.452%) Network Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Technical Architect
5 2 (6.452%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (45.16%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.452%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 10 (32.26%) Windows XP
3 5 (16.13%) UNIX
4 4 (12.90%) Linux
5 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.226%) HPUX
6 1 (3.226%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.226%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Configuration Management
2 9 (29.03%) Change Control
3 6 (19.35%) Release Management
4 3 (9.677%) Migration
5 2 (6.452%) System Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Product Management
5 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (6.452%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.226%) Project Management
6 1 (3.226%) Network Architecture
6 1 (3.226%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) SQL
2 9 (29.03%) VB
2 9 (29.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (83.87%) SC Cleared
1 26 (83.87%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.90%) CCNA
3 4 (12.90%) MCSE
4 3 (9.677%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) Degree
6 1 (3.226%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) QA
System Software
1 14 (45.16%) Active Directory
2 13 (41.94%) Xen
3 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (12.90%) XenApp
5 2 (6.452%) VMware ESX
5 2 (6.452%) NFS
6 1 (3.226%) VMware Server
6 1 (3.226%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (54.84%) SCOM
2 10 (32.26%) SCCM
3 7 (22.58%) MIMEsweeper
4 3 (9.677%) Opalis
5 2 (6.452%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (6.452%) Legato
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (45.16%) Citrix
3 7 (22.58%) VMware
4 6 (19.35%) CA
4 6 (19.35%) Oracle
5 5 (16.13%) HP
6 2 (6.452%) Fujitsu
6 2 (6.452%) Veritas
7 1 (3.226%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.226%) IBM
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