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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Leicestershire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2739
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.000 %3.774 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£375-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£375
% change on same period last year-6.14 %
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£30.59£31.04
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads2053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.054 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£303£275
Average daily rate£312£275
% change on same period last year+13.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted812
Average minimum hourly rate£13.31£13.46
Average hourly rate£13.81£13.83
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.31£14.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
LeicesterUp+51£375-
SAN East MidlandsSAN
East Midlands

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

114 (93.33 %)UNIX
114 (93.33 %)Windows
211 (73.33 %)Solaris
310 (66.67 %)Linux
49 (60.00 %)IBM
49 (60.00 %)Red Hat
49 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
58 (53.33 %)Sun
58 (53.33 %)AIX
67 (46.67 %)Oracle
76 (40.00 %)HP
85 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
85 (33.33 %)Shell Script
85 (33.33 %)Service Delivery
85 (33.33 %)Clustering
85 (33.33 %)Asset Management
94 (26.67 %)Beowulf
94 (26.67 %)IRIX
94 (26.67 %)HPUX
94 (26.67 %)WebLogic
94 (26.67 %)Perl
94 (26.67 %)SQL
94 (26.67 %)Apache
102 (13.33 %)Java
102 (13.33 %)SSADM
102 (13.33 %)NFS
102 (13.33 %).NET
102 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
102 (13.33 %)IIS
102 (13.33 %)WebServices

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (13.33 %).NET
12 (13.33 %)WebServices
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (26.67 %)WebLogic
14 (26.67 %)Apache
22 (13.33 %)IIS
31 (6.667 %)MS Exchange
31 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)LAN
12 (13.33 %)WAN
12 (13.33 %)MPLS
12 (13.33 %)Firewall
21 (6.667 %)DHCP
21 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
21 (6.667 %)DNS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Analyst
15 (33.33 %)UNIX Specialist
24 (26.67 %)Services Delivery Analyst
24 (26.67 %)Service Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Architect
32 (13.33 %)Solutions Architect
41 (6.667 %)Support Specialist
41 (6.667 %)UNIX Support
41 (6.667 %)Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Infrastructure Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Administrator
41 (6.667 %)Technical Manager
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (33.33 %)Clustering
24 (26.67 %)Beowulf
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (93.33 %)UNIX
114 (93.33 %)Windows
211 (73.33 %)Solaris
310 (66.67 %)Linux
49 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
58 (53.33 %)AIX
65 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
74 (26.67 %)IRIX
74 (26.67 %)HPUX
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Service Delivery
15 (33.33 %)Asset Management
22 (13.33 %)Yourdon
22 (13.33 %)UML
22 (13.33 %)RAD
22 (13.33 %)SSADM
31 (6.667 %)ITIL
31 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
31 (6.667 %)Business Analysis
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (33.33 %)Shell Script
24 (26.67 %)Perl
24 (26.67 %)SQL
32 (13.33 %)Java
32 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)MCSE
11 (6.667 %)CCNP
11 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (13.33 %)NFS
12 (13.33 %)Oracle RAC
21 (6.667 %)Active Directory
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.667 %)Tivoli
11 (6.667 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (6.667 %)BMC PATROL
11 (6.667 %)CONTROL-M
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (60.00 %)IBM
19 (60.00 %)Red Hat
28 (53.33 %)Sun
37 (46.67 %)Oracle
46 (40.00 %)HP
52 (13.33 %)NetApp
52 (13.33 %)Brocade
61 (6.667 %)BMC
61 (6.667 %)Cisco
61 (6.667 %)VMware