SAN Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 22 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 City of London 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 96 75 81
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +6
Contract jobs citing SAN 123 173 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.913% 2.168% 2.152%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.63% 16.86% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 122 139
Average daily rate £425 £425 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £301 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £523 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £364 £349
% change year-on-year
+0.34% +4.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 11
Average hourly rate £34.00 £25.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.00% -10.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.10 £18.50 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £26.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -1.88%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 841 1026 979
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 13.08% 12.86% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 697 629
Average daily rate £391 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.15% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £270 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 39 75
Average hourly rate £50.25 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+128.40% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £17.55 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
SAN
London

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 127 (54.74%) Windows
2 95 (40.95%) VMware
3 78 (33.62%) Linux
4 70 (30.17%) Finance
5 63 (27.16%) HP
6 61 (26.29%) EMC
6 61 (26.29%) Banking
7 60 (25.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 58 (25.00%) Active Directory
9 56 (24.14%) Cisco
9 56 (24.14%) Windows Server 2003
10 50 (21.55%) VMware Infrastructure
11 48 (20.69%) UNIX
12 45 (19.40%) Solaris
12 45 (19.40%) NAS
13 44 (18.97%) Red Hat
14 43 (18.53%) Citrix
15 42 (18.10%) Microsoft
16 38 (16.38%) MS Exchange
17 36 (15.52%) Oracle
18 34 (14.66%) DNS
18 34 (14.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 33 (14.22%) ITIL
20 32 (13.79%) SQL
20 32 (13.79%) Investment Banking
21 31 (13.36%) NetApp
22 30 (12.93%) IBM
23 29 (12.50%) Migration
24 28 (12.07%) Clustering
24 28 (12.07%) SQL Server

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 13 (5.603%) Middleware
2 10 (4.310%) .NET
3 8 (3.448%) XML
3 8 (3.448%) HTML
4 6 (2.586%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.586%) XSLT
5 5 (2.155%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.293%) Web Services
6 3 (1.293%) ADSI
7 2 (0.862%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.862%) K2 blackpearl
7 2 (0.862%) jQuery
7 2 (0.862%) COM
7 2 (0.862%) CSS
8 1 (0.431%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.431%) LAMP
8 1 (0.431%) WinForms
8 1 (0.431%) Flash
8 1 (0.431%) SOAP
8 1 (0.431%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 38 (16.38%) MS Exchange
2 21 (9.052%) Exchange Server 2010
3 20 (8.621%) IIS
4 17 (7.328%) Apache
5 15 (6.466%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (6.034%) SharePoint
7 10 (4.310%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (2.586%) WebLogic
9 5 (2.155%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (1.293%) Lotus Notes
10 3 (1.293%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.862%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.862%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.862%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.862%) Lync
11 2 (0.862%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.862%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.431%) SAS
12 1 (0.431%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.431%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.741%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.879%) MS Office
3 4 (1.724%) MS Project
4 3 (1.293%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.862%) Office 365
5 2 (0.862%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 6 (2.586%) RMDS
2 4 (1.724%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.431%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.431%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.431%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (19.40%) NAS
2 34 (14.66%) DNS
3 27 (11.64%) Firewall
4 19 (8.190%) TCP/IP
4 19 (8.190%) WAN
4 19 (8.190%) LAN
5 16 (6.897%) DHCP
6 14 (6.034%) LDAP
7 9 (3.879%) VPN
7 9 (3.879%) SMTP
7 9 (3.879%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (3.017%) SSL
9 6 (2.586%) iSCSI
9 6 (2.586%) Network Security
10 5 (2.155%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (2.155%) MPLS
10 5 (2.155%) Internet
10 5 (2.155%) HTTP
11 4 (1.724%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.724%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.879%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (3.017%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (2.155%) MySQL
4 5 (2.155%) Oracle Exadata
5 4 (1.724%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (1.724%) Oracle OLAP
5 4 (1.724%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.724%) OLAP
5 4 (1.724%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.293%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (1.293%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.293%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (0.862%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (0.862%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.862%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (0.862%) DTS
7 2 (0.862%) SQL Server 7
8 1 (0.431%) Essbase
8 1 (0.431%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.431%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.431%) Subversion
1 1 (0.431%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 70 (30.17%) Finance
2 61 (26.29%) Banking
3 32 (13.79%) Investment Banking
4 11 (4.741%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.017%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.017%) Law
5 7 (3.017%) Retail
6 5 (2.155%) Legal
6 5 (2.155%) Back Office
7 4 (1.724%) Advertising
8 3 (1.293%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.862%) Publishing
10 1 (0.431%) Games
10 1 (0.431%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.431%) Marketing
10 1 (0.431%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (13.36%) Administrator
2 27 (11.64%) Architect
3 26 (11.21%) Systems Administrator
4 19 (8.190%) Project Manager
5 17 (7.328%) Storage Engineer
6 15 (6.466%) Analyst
7 13 (5.603%) Infrastructure Architect
8 12 (5.172%) Infrastructure Manager
8 12 (5.172%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 12 (5.172%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.310%) UNIX Systems Administrator
9 10 (4.310%) UNIX Administrator
9 10 (4.310%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.310%) Consultant
10 8 (3.448%) Linux Administrator
10 8 (3.448%) UNIX Engineer
10 8 (3.448%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 8 (3.448%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.017%) Linux Engineer
12 6 (2.586%) Server Technician
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.07%) Clustering
2 14 (6.034%) CLARiiON
3 10 (4.310%) Symmetrix DMX
4 8 (3.448%) Replication
5 7 (3.017%) Symmetrix
5 7 (3.017%) Open Source
6 5 (2.155%) Blackberry
6 5 (2.155%) EMC Centera
6 5 (2.155%) Equities
6 5 (2.155%) Celerra
7 4 (1.724%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.293%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.293%) Firmware
8 3 (1.293%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.293%) Statistics
8 3 (1.293%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.293%) iSeries
8 3 (1.293%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.862%) iPhone
9 2 (0.862%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 127 (54.74%) Windows
2 78 (33.62%) Linux
3 60 (25.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 56 (24.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 48 (20.69%) UNIX
6 45 (19.40%) Solaris
7 34 (14.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (6.034%) SUSE
9 12 (5.172%) Windows 7
10 9 (3.879%) Windows XP
10 9 (3.879%) Windows 2000
11 7 (3.017%) AIX
12 6 (2.586%) HPUX
13 3 (1.293%) Windows NT
13 3 (1.293%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.862%) Android
14 2 (0.862%) CentOS
15 1 (0.431%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.431%) NetWare
15 1 (0.431%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (14.22%) ITIL
2 29 (12.50%) Migration
3 17 (7.328%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (6.466%) Project Management
5 14 (6.034%) Service Delivery
6 13 (5.603%) PRINCE2
7 12 (5.172%) Service Management
8 10 (4.310%) Load Balancing
8 10 (4.310%) Business Continuity
9 7 (3.017%) Change Management
9 7 (3.017%) Technical Architecture
9 7 (3.017%) Problem Management
10 6 (2.586%) Complex Event Processing
10 6 (2.586%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (2.586%) Configuration Management
10 6 (2.586%) Benchmarking
10 6 (2.586%) Capacity Management
11 5 (2.155%) Data Management
11 5 (2.155%) Waterfall
12 4 (1.724%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.79%) SQL
2 24 (10.34%) Shell Script
3 19 (8.190%) Perl
4 13 (5.603%) Java
5 12 (5.172%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.741%) C
6 11 (4.741%) VB
7 8 (3.448%) VBScript
7 8 (3.448%) PHP
8 7 (3.017%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.586%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.586%) C++
10 3 (1.293%) C#
11 2 (0.862%) Bash shell
11 2 (0.862%) Korn
11 2 (0.862%) Ruby
12 1 (0.431%) AWK
12 1 (0.431%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.431%) VBA
12 1 (0.431%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 19 (8.190%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.466%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (5.603%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (4.741%) MCSE
4 11 (4.741%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.879%) Degree
5 9 (3.879%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (3.448%) CCNA
7 6 (2.586%) MCITP
7 6 (2.586%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (2.155%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (2.155%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (2.155%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.724%) RHCE
10 3 (1.293%) CCEA
10 3 (1.293%) ISEB
10 3 (1.293%) CCNP
10 3 (1.293%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.862%) CCIA
11 2 (0.862%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.310%) QA
2 5 (2.155%) SLA
3 2 (0.862%) COBIT
3 2 (0.862%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 58 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 50 (21.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (11.21%) VMware ESX
4 23 (9.914%) vSphere
5 16 (6.897%) XenApp
6 15 (6.466%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 12 (5.172%) Hyper-V
8 11 (4.741%) NFS
9 9 (3.879%) XenDesktop
10 8 (3.448%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 7 (3.017%) VMware ESXi
12 6 (2.586%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 4 (1.724%) vCloud
13 4 (1.724%) DFS Replication
14 3 (1.293%) Samba
14 3 (1.293%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (1.293%) VMware Server
14 3 (1.293%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (1.293%) SRDF
14 3 (1.293%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 19 (8.190%) SCCM
2 17 (7.328%) NetBackup
3 15 (6.466%) SCOM
4 14 (6.034%) Tivoli
5 13 (5.603%) Backup Exec
6 10 (4.310%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 9 (3.879%) Legato
8 7 (3.017%) Nagios
8 7 (3.017%) WSUS
8 7 (3.017%) Puppet
9 6 (2.586%) HP Data Protector
9 6 (2.586%) Norton AntiVirus
10 5 (2.155%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (1.293%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 3 (1.293%) Zenoss
11 3 (1.293%) HP SIM
12 2 (0.862%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
12 2 (0.862%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 2 (0.862%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.862%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 95 (40.95%) VMware
2 63 (27.16%) HP
3 61 (26.29%) EMC
4 56 (24.14%) Cisco
5 44 (18.97%) Red Hat
6 43 (18.53%) Citrix
7 42 (18.10%) Microsoft
8 36 (15.52%) Oracle
9 31 (13.36%) NetApp
10 30 (12.93%) IBM
11 20 (8.621%) Brocade
11 20 (8.621%) Veritas
12 16 (6.897%) Symantec
13 14 (6.034%) Sun
14 11 (4.741%) Dell
15 10 (4.310%) CommVault
16 8 (3.448%) Sybase
17 7 (3.017%) Juniper
17 7 (3.017%) Veeam
18 6 (2.586%) F5
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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SENIOR EXCHANGE ENGINEER, GLOBAL FINANCIAL FIRM, LONDON!
City, London
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Rate: Unspecified £EXCELLENT/DAY
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City, London
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