The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leicestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 32 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAN 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.467% - 0.467%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.143% - 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
- +2.04%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
14 33 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 6.542% 14.29% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
Average daily rate £275 £188 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -42.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £12.44 £20.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.81% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
SAN
East Midlands

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leicester - 1 £225 - 2
SAN
East Midlands

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
4 4 (50.00%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (37.50%) Citrix
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 2000
5 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (37.50%) Lync
5 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
5 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Management
6 2 (25.00%) Linux
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (25.00%) HP
7 1 (12.50%) Dell
7 1 (12.50%) UNIX
7 1 (12.50%) NetApp
7 1 (12.50%) Novell
7 1 (12.50%) Veritas
7 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
7 1 (12.50%) LAN
7 1 (12.50%) WAN
7 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 1 (12.50%) Sun

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) Lync
1 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Server Support
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Server Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 2000
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) AIX
4 1 (12.50%) HPUX
4 1 (12.50%) Solaris
4 1 (12.50%) SUSE
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Management
2 1 (12.50%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (12.50%) VCP4
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (12.50%) vSphere
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) NetApp
4 1 (12.50%) Novell
4 1 (12.50%) Veritas
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Sun