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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Northamptonshire 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
Rank3828
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.381 %10.64 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£394
% change on same period last year-13.21 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£31.97
% change on same period last year-7.37 %
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads4247
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.048 %
Daily rates quoted1216
Average minimum daily rate£287£237
Average daily rate£291£242
% change on same period last year+20.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£246
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted48
Average minimum hourly rate£13.13£22.77
Average hourly rate£14.28£23.19
% change on same period last year-38.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.44£23.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SAN East MidlandsSAN
East Midlands

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorthamptonDown-111--
SAN East MidlandsSAN
East Midlands

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (100.00 %)Windows
19 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
27 (77.78 %)Microsoft
27 (77.78 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (66.67 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
36 (66.67 %)SharePoint
36 (66.67 %)NetWare
36 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
36 (66.67 %)Dell
36 (66.67 %)EMC
36 (66.67 %)Citrix
36 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
45 (55.56 %)MOM
45 (55.56 %)SoftGrid
45 (55.56 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (44.44 %)GroupWise
63 (33.33 %)DirXML
63 (33.33 %)Novell
63 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (33.33 %)MCSE
63 (33.33 %)MS Office
63 (33.33 %)NDS
63 (33.33 %)Active Directory
63 (33.33 %)AppSense
63 (33.33 %)VMware
63 (33.33 %)Altiris
72 (22.22 %)Incident Management
72 (22.22 %)Migration
72 (22.22 %)Windows XP
72 (22.22 %)TCP/IP

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
26 (66.67 %)SharePoint
35 (55.56 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (44.44 %)GroupWise
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (55.56 %)SoftGrid
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
21 (11.11 %)Firewall
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)3rd Line Support
23 (33.33 %)Analyst
32 (22.22 %)Systems Engineer
32 (22.22 %)Service Analyst
32 (22.22 %)Service Desk Analyst
32 (22.22 %)Technical Specialist
41 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Analyst
41 (11.11 %)2nd Line Support
41 (11.11 %)Systems Support
41 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Technical Support
41 (11.11 %)1st Line Support
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (100.00 %)Windows
27 (77.78 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (66.67 %)NetWare
36 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
42 (22.22 %)UNIX
42 (22.22 %)Windows XP
51 (11.11 %)Windows NT
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)ITIL
12 (22.22 %)Migration
12 (22.22 %)Incident Management
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)SQL
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (33.33 %)MCSE
13 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (22.22 %)MCP
31 (11.11 %)CNA
31 (11.11 %)Novell Certification
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (22.22 %)SLA
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (33.33 %)NDS
13 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (11.11 %)ISA Server
21 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (66.67 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (55.56 %)MOM
33 (33.33 %)DirXML
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (77.78 %)Microsoft
26 (66.67 %)Dell
26 (66.67 %)EMC
26 (66.67 %)Citrix
33 (33.33 %)Novell
33 (33.33 %)VMware
33 (33.33 %)AppSense
33 (33.33 %)Altiris
41 (11.11 %)CheckPoint
41 (11.11 %)Nokia
41 (11.11 %)Cisco
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