The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton 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 Luton 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 19 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAN 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 1.220% - 2.174%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.250% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £310
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
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
16 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 19.51% 6.944% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £425 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +38.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £367 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £425 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
SAN
Bedfordshire

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware