The first table below looks at the demand for NAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NAS over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Rank 30 18 37
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +19
Contract jobs citing NAS 2 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.020% 5.703% 0.660%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.897% 31.25% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 2
Average daily rate £425 £375 £412
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate £419 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £38.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-27.63% +58.33%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
29 48 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 14.80% 18.25% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 21
Average daily rate £240 £375 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.00% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -32.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
NAS
South West

NAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset NAS Hourly Rate Trend

NAS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bournemouth -8 2 £425 +13.33%
NAS
South West

NAS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Server
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) FalconStor
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (33.33%) ESB
3 1 (33.33%) AWD
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Replication
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) JBoss
3 1 (33.33%) Apache
3 1 (33.33%) LDAP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) TIBCO

NAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Server
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) FalconStor
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) JBoss
2 1 (33.33%) TIBCO
Bournemouth, Dorset
Expert level Symantec Net Backup experience. * * Strong problem solving, time management and organizational skills... * Hands on Unix/Linux/Windows System Administration Experience. * Hands on experience with VMWare Server...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013