The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 20 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 East Sussex 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 25 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing SAN 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.632% 0.615% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.00% 8.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £368 £348
% change year-on-year
-0.68% +5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £26.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -3.70%
All Communications & Networking
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
25 25 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 10.96% 7.692% 7.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 1
Average daily rate £365 £370 £243
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% +52.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
Average hourly rate £22.25 £21.50 £11.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.48% +93.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 £16.75 £11.02
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £23.00 £11.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
SAN
South East

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Brighton +7 1 £365 -
SAN
South East

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 24 (88.89%) Cisco
3 22 (81.48%) VMware
4 20 (74.07%) SharePoint
5 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
6 14 (51.85%) VMware Infrastructure
7 13 (48.15%) Firewall
7 13 (48.15%) Citrix
8 11 (40.74%) vSphere
8 11 (40.74%) HP
8 11 (40.74%) NetApp
9 10 (37.04%) Project Management
9 10 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (37.04%) LAN
10 9 (33.33%) CCNA
10 9 (33.33%) EMC
10 9 (33.33%) WAN
10 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
10 9 (33.33%) IIS
10 9 (33.33%) NetScreen
10 9 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (33.33%) MCTS
10 9 (33.33%) MCITP
10 9 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
10 9 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
10 9 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
11 8 (29.63%) Hyper-V
11 8 (29.63%) NAS
11 8 (29.63%) XenApp
11 8 (29.63%) Fat Client

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 5 (18.52%) COM+
2 2 (7.407%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 20 (74.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (33.33%) IIS
2 9 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.704%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 10 (37.04%) LAN
3 9 (33.33%) NetScreen
3 9 (33.33%) WAN
4 8 (29.63%) DHCP
4 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (29.63%) DNS
4 8 (29.63%) NAS
5 5 (18.52%) MPLS
6 4 (14.81%) VoIP
7 1 (3.704%) CTI
7 1 (3.704%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 2 (7.407%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.704%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Architect
2 12 (44.44%) Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (18.52%) IT Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Technical Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Support
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Storage Specialist
5 2 (7.407%) Server Specialist
5 2 (7.407%) IT Support
6 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Network Support
6 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Thin Client
1 8 (29.63%) Fat Client
2 6 (22.22%) Mobile Computing
3 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
3 3 (11.11%) Clustering
4 2 (7.407%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.704%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
3 2 (7.407%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Project Management
2 7 (25.93%) ITIL
3 6 (22.22%) Software Distribution
4 5 (18.52%) TOGAF
5 4 (14.81%) ITIL V2
5 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.407%) Migration
6 2 (7.407%) Service Management
7 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.704%) Change Management
7 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (3.704%) Workflow
7 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity
7 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.704%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (33.33%) MCTS
2 9 (33.33%) MCITP
2 9 (33.33%) CCNA
3 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.704%) MCSE
4 1 (3.704%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (51.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (40.74%) vSphere
3 8 (29.63%) Hyper-V
3 8 (29.63%) XenApp
4 6 (22.22%) XenServer
4 6 (22.22%) XenDesktop
5 4 (14.81%) VMware ESX
6 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
6 2 (7.407%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (22.22%) SCCM
3 3 (11.11%) Backup Exec
4 2 (7.407%) WSUS
4 2 (7.407%) HP SIM
4 2 (7.407%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Cisco
2 22 (81.48%) VMware
3 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
4 13 (48.15%) Citrix
5 11 (40.74%) NetApp
5 11 (40.74%) HP
6 9 (33.33%) EMC
7 4 (14.81%) Intel
7 4 (14.81%) CommVault
8 3 (11.11%) Juniper
8 3 (11.11%) CheckPoint
8 3 (11.11%) ProCurve
9 2 (7.407%) F5
9 2 (7.407%) Altiris
9 2 (7.407%) Symantec
9 2 (7.407%) StorageTek
9 2 (7.407%) Avaya
9 2 (7.407%) Nortel
9 2 (7.407%) Sun
9 2 (7.407%) Oracle