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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Manchester 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4550
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads3618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.018 %
As % of the category below19.05 %10.47 %
Daily rates quoted104
Average minimum daily rate£403£255
Average daily rate£416£268
% change on same period last year+55.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£394
% change on same period last year-13.21 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£17.53£27.45
Average hourly rate£18.03£27.58
% change on same period last year-34.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.53£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£31.97
% change on same period last year-7.37 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads189172
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.252 %0.174 %
Daily rates quoted2727
Average minimum daily rate£465£264
Average daily rate£483£278
% change on same period last year+73.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£501£293
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2523
Average minimum hourly rate£28.92£19.63
Average hourly rate£31.52£21.73
% change on same period last year+45.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.11£23.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Manchester SAN Daily Rate Histogram

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Manchester region.

Manchester SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Manchester SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

122 (31.88 %)Windows
218 (26.09 %)UNIX
316 (23.19 %)Cisco
415 (21.74 %)EMC
415 (21.74 %)Migration
415 (21.74 %)VMware
514 (20.29 %)Finance
514 (20.29 %)Citrix
613 (18.84 %)AIX
613 (18.84 %)SQL
711 (15.94 %)LAN
711 (15.94 %)WAN
711 (15.94 %)Shell Script
810 (14.49 %)IIS
810 (14.49 %)QA
99 (13.04 %)Windows NT
99 (13.04 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
99 (13.04 %)Active Directory
108 (11.59 %)HP
108 (11.59 %)HACMP
117 (10.14 %)IBM
117 (10.14 %)Microsoft Certification
117 (10.14 %)Oracle
117 (10.14 %)PRINCE2
117 (10.14 %)Windows 2000
117 (10.14 %)MCSE
126 (8.696 %)ITIL
126 (8.696 %)Intel
126 (8.696 %)Tivoli
126 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (7.246 %)COM+
15 (7.246 %)DCOM
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (14.49 %)IIS
22 (2.899 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.449 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2000
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (15.94 %)WAN
111 (15.94 %)LAN
25 (7.246 %)POP3
25 (7.246 %)SMTP
34 (5.797 %)Kerberos
34 (5.797 %)SSH
34 (5.797 %)LDAP
43 (4.348 %)TCP/IP
43 (4.348 %)Firewall
52 (2.899 %)VPN
52 (2.899 %)Network Security
61 (1.449 %)Internet
61 (1.449 %)IP Telephony
61 (1.449 %)VoIP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (7.246 %)Oracle 10g
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (2.899 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
22 (2.899 %)SQL Server
22 (2.899 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.449 %)MySQL
31 (1.449 %)OLAP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (20.29 %)Finance
26 (8.696 %)Banking
33 (4.348 %)Insurance
42 (2.899 %)Back Office
51 (1.449 %)Telecoms
51 (1.449 %)Government
51 (1.449 %)Retail
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (21.74 %)Administrator
212 (17.39 %)Storage Administrator
310 (14.49 %)Technical Specialist
310 (14.49 %)Consultant
48 (11.59 %)Senior Storage Administrator
48 (11.59 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
48 (11.59 %)UNIX Specialist
57 (10.14 %)Infrastructure Specialist
66 (8.696 %)Server Engineer
66 (8.696 %)Storage Specialist
75 (7.246 %)Development Specialist
75 (7.246 %)Technical Support
75 (7.246 %)Server Specialist
75 (7.246 %)SAN Administrator
84 (5.797 %)SAN Specialist
84 (5.797 %)Senior Storage Specialist
93 (4.348 %)Storage Consultant
93 (4.348 %)Technical Support Consultant
93 (4.348 %)Applications Packager
93 (4.348 %)Project Leader
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (11.59 %)HACMP
26 (8.696 %)Mainframe
33 (4.348 %)Firmware
42 (2.899 %)Clustering
51 (1.449 %)Video Conferencing
51 (1.449 %)CLARiiON
51 (1.449 %)NHS
51 (1.449 %)Blackberry
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (31.88 %)Windows
218 (26.09 %)UNIX
313 (18.84 %)AIX
49 (13.04 %)Windows NT
57 (10.14 %)Windows 2000
66 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (7.246 %)Linux
84 (5.797 %)Solaris
91 (1.449 %)HPUX
91 (1.449 %)Windows XP
91 (1.449 %)VMS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (21.74 %)Migration
27 (10.14 %)PRINCE2
36 (8.696 %)ITIL
44 (5.797 %)GAP Analysis
53 (4.348 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (2.899 %)Software Engineering
62 (2.899 %)Project Management
62 (2.899 %)Service Management
62 (2.899 %)Change Management
62 (2.899 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (1.449 %)Risk Management
71 (1.449 %)Stakeholder Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (18.84 %)SQL
211 (15.94 %)Shell Script
35 (7.246 %)Perl
42 (2.899 %)Transact-SQL
51 (1.449 %)Korn
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (10.14 %)MCSE
17 (10.14 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (5.797 %)CCNP
24 (5.797 %)CCNA
24 (5.797 %)Cisco Certification
32 (2.899 %)Degree
41 (1.449 %)MCP
41 (1.449 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (14.49 %)QA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (13.04 %)Active Directory
23 (4.348 %)Backup Exec
23 (4.348 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (2.899 %)MetaFrame
32 (2.899 %)VMware ESX
41 (1.449 %)ISA Server
41 (1.449 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (13.04 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
26 (8.696 %)Tivoli
34 (5.797 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (23.19 %)Cisco
215 (21.74 %)EMC
215 (21.74 %)VMware
314 (20.29 %)Citrix
48 (11.59 %)HP
57 (10.14 %)IBM
57 (10.14 %)Oracle
66 (8.696 %)Intel
74 (5.797 %)Microsoft
74 (5.797 %)Sun
74 (5.797 %)Hitachi
83 (4.348 %)Altiris
92 (2.899 %)Siemens
92 (2.899 %)SunGard
92 (2.899 %)Red Hat
101 (1.449 %)Symantec
101 (1.449 %)Compaq
101 (1.449 %)VERITAS
101 (1.449 %)NetApp
101 (1.449 %)Brocade
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