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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Ipswich 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank710
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads1214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.014 %
As % of the category below57.14 %46.67 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£373
% change on same period last year-5.87 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average minimum hourly rate£27.48£32.63
Average hourly rate£27.67£34.37
% change on same period last year-19.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.86£36.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.58£31.14
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads2130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£329£260
Average daily rate£332£263
% change on same period last year+26.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted1212
Average minimum hourly rate£25.27£22.28
Average hourly rate£26.48£23.87
% change on same period last year+10.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.70£25.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
SAN SuffolkSAN
Suffolk

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Ipswich SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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.

119 (95.00 %)Cisco
119 (95.00 %)Brocade
218 (90.00 %)HP
218 (90.00 %)EMC
317 (85.00 %)Sun
317 (85.00 %)AIX
317 (85.00 %)Solaris
317 (85.00 %)Linux
317 (85.00 %)NetBackup
415 (75.00 %)HP Data Protector
415 (75.00 %)HPUX
415 (75.00 %)VERITAS
512 (60.00 %)Legato
512 (60.00 %)OpenView
610 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
79 (45.00 %)Lotus Notes
79 (45.00 %)Lotus Domino
79 (45.00 %)Informix
79 (45.00 %)MS Excel
79 (45.00 %)Oracle
79 (45.00 %)SQL Server
79 (45.00 %)ITIL
79 (45.00 %)Lotus
79 (45.00 %)ITIL Certification
79 (45.00 %)SNIA Certification
84 (20.00 %)SLA
93 (15.00 %)Windows
93 (15.00 %)CLARiiON
93 (15.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
102 (10.00 %)OVPA

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
29 (45.00 %)Lotus Notes
29 (45.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (45.00 %)MS Excel
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)LAN
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (45.00 %)SQL Server
19 (45.00 %)Informix
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (45.00 %)Support Analyst
19 (45.00 %)Analyst
19 (45.00 %)Storage Analyst
27 (35.00 %)Storage Engineer
27 (35.00 %)Support Engineer
33 (15.00 %)3rd Line Support
33 (15.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Consultant
41 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Infrastructure Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Design Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Citrix Consultant
41 (5.000 %)Citrix Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Infrastructure Consultant
41 (5.000 %)Software Design Engineer
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (15.00 %)CLARiiON
22 (10.00 %)Symmetrix
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (85.00 %)AIX
117 (85.00 %)Solaris
117 (85.00 %)Linux
215 (75.00 %)HPUX
33 (15.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
33 (15.00 %)Windows
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (45.00 %)ITIL
21 (5.000 %)Migration
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (45.00 %)ITIL Certification
19 (45.00 %)SNIA Certification
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (20.00 %)SLA
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (85.00 %)NetBackup
21 (5.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (5.000 %)Active Directory
21 (5.000 %)VMware ESX
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (75.00 %)HP Data Protector
212 (60.00 %)OpenView
212 (60.00 %)Legato
32 (10.00 %)OVPA
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (95.00 %)Cisco
119 (95.00 %)Brocade
218 (90.00 %)HP
218 (90.00 %)EMC
317 (85.00 %)Sun
415 (75.00 %)VERITAS
59 (45.00 %)Lotus
59 (45.00 %)Oracle
61 (5.000 %)VMware
61 (5.000 %)Citrix