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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Cheshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4940
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads1229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.029 %
As % of the category below9.449 %19.46 %
Daily rates quoted16
Average minimum daily rate£279£280
Average daily rate£279£295
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£279£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£375
% change on same period last year-6.14 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£19.25£18.00
Average hourly rate£25.25£21.00
% change on same period last year+20.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.25£24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.59£31.04
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads127149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.179 %0.151 %
Daily rates quoted3732
Average minimum daily rate£300£345
Average daily rate£308£354
% change on same period last year-13.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted249
Average minimum hourly rate£27.45£24.46
Average hourly rate£30.28£24.73
% change on same period last year+22.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.11£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
SAN North WestSAN
North West

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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterUp+76--
WarringtonUp+42--
SAN North WestSAN
North West

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

129 (54.72 %)Windows
219 (35.85 %)HP
318 (33.96 %)LAN
318 (33.96 %)WAN
318 (33.96 %)Windows Server 2003
417 (32.08 %)Citrix
516 (30.19 %)SQL
615 (28.30 %)IIS
615 (28.30 %)Finance
714 (26.42 %)VMware
813 (24.53 %)Active Directory
911 (20.75 %)Dell
911 (20.75 %)Windows NT
911 (20.75 %)Migration
1010 (18.87 %)UNIX
1010 (18.87 %)MCSE
1010 (18.87 %)Microsoft Certification
118 (15.09 %)EMC
118 (15.09 %)IBM
118 (15.09 %)Altiris
118 (15.09 %)Brocade
127 (13.21 %)User Acceptance Testing
127 (13.21 %)POP3
127 (13.21 %)SMTP
127 (13.21 %)Windows 2000
127 (13.21 %)AIX
127 (13.21 %)PRINCE2
127 (13.21 %)COM+
127 (13.21 %)DCOM
136 (11.32 %)Hitachi

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (13.21 %)COM+
17 (13.21 %)DCOM
22 (3.774 %)Middleware
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (28.30 %)IIS
21 (1.887 %)MS Exchange
21 (1.887 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.887 %)MS Visio
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (33.96 %)LAN
118 (33.96 %)WAN
27 (13.21 %)POP3
27 (13.21 %)SMTP
34 (7.547 %)TCP/IP
43 (5.660 %)BGP
43 (5.660 %)EIGRP
51 (1.887 %)LDAP
51 (1.887 %)Intranet
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (28.30 %)Finance
25 (9.434 %)Financial Institution
34 (7.547 %)Banking
43 (5.660 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.887 %)Telecoms
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (18.87 %)Infrastructure Specialist
27 (13.21 %)Applications Packager
27 (13.21 %)Storage Specialist
36 (11.32 %)Administrator
45 (9.434 %)Security Specialist
45 (9.434 %)Server Engineer
45 (9.434 %)UNIX Administrator
45 (9.434 %)Server Specialist
54 (7.547 %)Development Specialist
63 (5.660 %)Network Engineer
63 (5.660 %)Systems Administrator
63 (5.660 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
63 (5.660 %)Cisco Engineer
63 (5.660 %)Cisco Network Engineer
72 (3.774 %)Technical Specialist
72 (3.774 %)Architect
72 (3.774 %)Project Manager
81 (1.887 %)Consultant
81 (1.887 %)Infrastructure Engineer
81 (1.887 %)3rd Line Support
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (7.547 %)Replication
22 (3.774 %)HACMP
31 (1.887 %)Mainframe
31 (1.887 %)Computer Science
31 (1.887 %)PMI
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (54.72 %)Windows
218 (33.96 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (20.75 %)Windows NT
410 (18.87 %)UNIX
57 (13.21 %)Windows 2000
57 (13.21 %)AIX
66 (11.32 %)Windows 2000 Server
75 (9.434 %)Linux
84 (7.547 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (3.774 %)Tru64
92 (3.774 %)HPUX
101 (1.887 %)Solaris
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (20.75 %)Migration
27 (13.21 %)User Acceptance Testing
27 (13.21 %)PRINCE2
35 (9.434 %)Project Management
44 (7.547 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (5.660 %)Software Engineering
62 (3.774 %)Data Migration
62 (3.774 %)ITIL
62 (3.774 %)Change Management
71 (1.887 %)Service Management
71 (1.887 %)Matrix Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (30.19 %)SQL
22 (3.774 %)Shell Script
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (18.87 %)MCSE
110 (18.87 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (7.547 %)CCNA
24 (7.547 %)Cisco Certification
33 (5.660 %)CCNP
42 (3.774 %)Degree
42 (3.774 %)CCA
42 (3.774 %)Citrix Certification
51 (1.887 %)CCEA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (24.53 %)Active Directory
22 (3.774 %)NetBackup
31 (1.887 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (7.547 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (5.660 %)OpenView
23 (5.660 %)CiscoWorks
32 (3.774 %)Legato
32 (3.774 %)Tivoli
32 (3.774 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (1.887 %)EMC TimeFinder
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (35.85 %)HP
217 (32.08 %)Citrix
314 (26.42 %)VMware
411 (20.75 %)Dell
58 (15.09 %)EMC
58 (15.09 %)Altiris
58 (15.09 %)Brocade
58 (15.09 %)IBM
66 (11.32 %)Microsoft
66 (11.32 %)Cisco
66 (11.32 %)Hitachi
74 (7.547 %)VERITAS
74 (7.547 %)Red Hat
74 (7.547 %)Oracle
83 (5.660 %)Sun