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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Lancashire 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3641
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.857 %5.556 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£265
Average daily rate-£283
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£361
% change on same period last year-0.02 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£31.04
% change on same period last year-2.21 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads3554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted716
Average minimum daily rate£294£366
Average daily rate£318£382
% change on same period last year-16.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£21.98£15.58
Average hourly rate£23.48£19.08
% change on same period last year+23.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.98£22.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
SAN North WestSAN
North West

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

15 (62.50 %)Oracle
15 (62.50 %)UNIX
15 (62.50 %)Windows
24 (50.00 %)Linux
24 (50.00 %)LAN
24 (50.00 %)WAN
33 (37.50 %)Clustering
33 (37.50 %)VLAN
33 (37.50 %)VPN
33 (37.50 %)Cisco
42 (25.00 %)Microsoft
42 (25.00 %)EMC
42 (25.00 %)Solaris
42 (25.00 %)VMware
42 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
51 (12.50 %)Security Management
51 (12.50 %)Education
51 (12.50 %)Government
51 (12.50 %)Replication
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
51 (12.50 %)SCOM
51 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
51 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
51 (12.50 %)MS Excel
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server
51 (12.50 %)ODBC
51 (12.50 %)SQL
51 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
51 (12.50 %)Citrix

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)ODBC
11 (12.50 %)OLE
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)MS Excel
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (50.00 %)LAN
14 (50.00 %)WAN
23 (37.50 %)VPN
23 (37.50 %)VLAN
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
11 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Education
11 (12.50 %)Government
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
22 (25.00 %)DBA
31 (12.50 %)Project Leader
31 (12.50 %)Oracle DBA
31 (12.50 %)SQL DBA
31 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Project Leader
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (37.50 %)Clustering
21 (12.50 %)Replication
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)UNIX
15 (62.50 %)Windows
24 (50.00 %)Linux
32 (25.00 %)Solaris
41 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (12.50 %)Security Management
21 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)SQL
11 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (12.50 %)SCOM
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)Oracle
23 (37.50 %)Cisco
32 (25.00 %)Microsoft
32 (25.00 %)EMC
32 (25.00 %)VMware
41 (12.50 %)Citrix
41 (12.50 %)Sun