The first table below looks at the demand for NAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NAS 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 Bristol 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
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Rank 48 - 49
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NAS 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.388% - 0.155%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.985% - 1.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £375 £374
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +0.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £38.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-27.63% +47.57%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 115 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.98% 13.76% 8.978%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 70 17
Average daily rate £300 £390 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +6.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £476 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 9
Average hourly rate £27.00 £21.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.58% -43.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £16.50 £7.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
NAS
South West

NAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol NAS Hourly Rate Trend

NAS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management

NAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Backup Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Security Management
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) HP