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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the M4 Corridor 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-24
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %12.12 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£438
Average daily rate-£438
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£396
% change on same period last year-12.72 %
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£29.92£31.68
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads1233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted65
Average minimum daily rate£464£416
Average daily rate£496£425
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£528£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£30.00
% change on same period last year+41.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£55.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
SAN South EastSAN
South East

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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
12 (100.00 %)Windows NT
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)OpenView
12 (100.00 %)Novell
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)DNS
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Analyst
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
12 (100.00 %)Windows NT
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (100.00 %)OpenView
12 (100.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Novell