The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Norfolk 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 30 28 25
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Contract jobs citing SAN 1 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 0.562% 1.515% 4.120%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.000% 11.43% 36.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
Average daily rate - £258 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £364 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.03% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £26.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -1.88%
All Communications & Networking
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
25 35 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 14.04% 13.26% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 7
Average daily rate £225 £293 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 9
Average hourly rate £16.00 £25.75 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.86% +35.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
SAN
East of England

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Norwich -3 1 - -
SAN
East of England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 7 (53.85%) Firewall
3 7 (53.85%) NAS
3 7 (53.85%) LAN
3 7 (53.85%) VoIP
3 7 (53.85%) WAN
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (46.15%) ITIL
4 6 (46.15%) WAAS
4 6 (46.15%) Brocade
5 5 (38.46%) Wireless
5 5 (38.46%) Windows
5 5 (38.46%) CCNP
5 5 (38.46%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (30.77%) PRINCE
6 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
6 4 (30.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (23.08%) CCIE
7 3 (23.08%) NHS
7 3 (23.08%) CISSP
7 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
7 3 (23.08%) HP
8 2 (15.38%) CCA
8 2 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (15.38%) CCDP
8 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
8 2 (15.38%) CCIP

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
1 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Firewall
1 7 (53.85%) NAS
1 7 (53.85%) LAN
1 7 (53.85%) VoIP
1 7 (53.85%) WAN
2 6 (46.15%) WAAS
3 5 (38.46%) Wireless
4 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Network Specialist
1 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Network Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Network Support
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Storage Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Systems Support
3 1 (7.692%) Support Specialist
3 1 (7.692%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) PRINCE
2 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Network Management
4 1 (7.692%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (38.46%) CCNP
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (30.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (23.08%) CCIE
4 3 (23.08%) CISSP
5 2 (15.38%) CCA
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (15.38%) CCDP
5 2 (15.38%) CCIP
6 1 (7.692%) Degree
6 1 (7.692%) CCNA
6 1 (7.692%) MCSE
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) vSphere
3 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 6 (46.15%) Brocade
4 3 (23.08%) HP
5 2 (15.38%) Guidewire
5 2 (15.38%) 3PAR
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.692%) Citrix