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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Derbyshire 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2733
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.010 %
As % of the category below10.00 %21.95 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£303-
Average daily rate£310-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£318-
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£362
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£17.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.36£30.99
% change on same period last year-2.04 %
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads2041
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted38
Average minimum daily rate£351£306
Average daily rate£355£310
% change on same period last year+14.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£337
% change on same period last year+2.29 %
Hourly rates quoted67
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£12.56
Average hourly rate£10.00£13.39
% change on same period last year-25.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£10.00£14.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.83£28.22
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
SAN East MidlandsSAN
East Midlands

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 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
DerbyUp+72£310-
SAN East MidlandsSAN
East Midlands

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

17 (77.78 %)UNIX
26 (66.67 %)IBM
34 (44.44 %)Finance
34 (44.44 %)NetBackup
34 (44.44 %)Windows
43 (33.33 %)Perl
43 (33.33 %)Solaris
43 (33.33 %)Active Directory
43 (33.33 %)NetApp
43 (33.33 %)VERITAS
43 (33.33 %)Banking
52 (22.22 %)VMware
52 (22.22 %)VMware ESX
52 (22.22 %)Sun
52 (22.22 %)HP
52 (22.22 %)Linux
52 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
52 (22.22 %)LAN
52 (22.22 %)WAN
61 (11.11 %)ISO17799
61 (11.11 %)NFS
61 (11.11 %)Cisco
61 (11.11 %)AIX
61 (11.11 %)MCSE
61 (11.11 %)MCSA
61 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
61 (11.11 %)SQL
61 (11.11 %)Oracle
61 (11.11 %)ITIL
61 (11.11 %)MCP

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
11 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)LAN
12 (22.22 %)WAN
12 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)Banking
31 (11.11 %)Legal
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Administrator
22 (22.22 %)IT Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Systems Administrator
22 (22.22 %)Support Consultant
22 (22.22 %)UNIX Support
31 (11.11 %)Solaris Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Architect
31 (11.11 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
31 (11.11 %)UNIX Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architect
31 (11.11 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Security Architect
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (77.78 %)UNIX
24 (44.44 %)Windows
33 (33.33 %)Solaris
42 (22.22 %)Linux
51 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (11.11 %)AIX
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)ITIL
11 (11.11 %)CMMI
11 (11.11 %)Information Security
11 (11.11 %)DoDAF
11 (11.11 %)Incident Management
11 (11.11 %)Problem Management
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)Perl
21 (11.11 %)SQL
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)MCP
11 (11.11 %)MCSE
11 (11.11 %)MCSA
11 (11.11 %)CISSP
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (11.11 %)SSCP
11 (11.11 %)CISA
11 (11.11 %)CISM
11 (11.11 %)GIAC
11 (11.11 %)GSEC
11 (11.11 %)MCITP
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)ISO17799
11 (11.11 %)COBIT
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (44.44 %)NetBackup
23 (33.33 %)Active Directory
32 (22.22 %)VMware ESX
41 (11.11 %)NFS
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)Tivoli
11 (11.11 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (66.67 %)IBM
23 (33.33 %)NetApp
23 (33.33 %)VERITAS
32 (22.22 %)VMware
32 (22.22 %)Sun
32 (22.22 %)HP
41 (11.11 %)EMC
41 (11.11 %)Brocade
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (11.11 %)Oracle
41 (11.11 %)Cisco