The first table below looks at the demand for the Storage Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Storage Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Engineer
Rank 62 55 56
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 1 11 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% 1.366% 2.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.149% 1.499% 2.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 14
Average daily rate - £373 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.89%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 734 892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.29% 91.18% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 492
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Storage Engineer
North West

Storage Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Storage Engineer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Storage Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Storage Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Storage Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Chester - 1 - -
Storage Engineer
North West

Storage Engineer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Storage Engineer in their job title 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 with Storage Engineer in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Legato
2 1 (33.33%) Tivoli
2 1 (33.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker

Storage Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Storage Engineer in their job title 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 with Storage Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Legato
1 1 (33.33%) Tivoli
1 1 (33.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 1 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) HP