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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4639
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.012 %
As % of the category below4.000 %14.71 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£305-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£310-
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£26.33
Average hourly rate£35.50£27.83
% change on same period last year+27.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.00£29.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.29£31.01
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads7568
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.151 %0.083 %
Daily rates quoted175
Average minimum daily rate£247£254
Average daily rate£258£267
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£269£279
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£343
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
Hourly rates quoted2925
Average minimum hourly rate£18.14£18.82
Average hourly rate£19.51£19.83
% change on same period last year-1.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.88£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.69£26.91
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
OxfordUp+33£305-
SAN South EastSAN
South East

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

112 (63.16 %)Windows
112 (63.16 %)Active Directory
28 (42.11 %)Microsoft
37 (36.84 %)LAN
37 (36.84 %)WAN
45 (26.32 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (26.32 %)TCP/IP
45 (26.32 %)DNS
45 (26.32 %)IBM
45 (26.32 %)ITIL
45 (26.32 %)MCP
45 (26.32 %)IP Telephony
54 (21.05 %)Oracle
54 (21.05 %)Cisco
54 (21.05 %)DHCP
54 (21.05 %)MS Exchange
54 (21.05 %)Cisco Certification
54 (21.05 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (21.05 %)Tivoli
54 (21.05 %)Red Hat
54 (21.05 %)Service Management
63 (15.79 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
63 (15.79 %)SharePoint
72 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
72 (10.53 %)Citrix
72 (10.53 %)HP
72 (10.53 %)VERITAS
72 (10.53 %)VMware
72 (10.53 %)Backup Exec
72 (10.53 %)Computer Security

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.263 %)WebSphere
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (21.05 %)MS Exchange
23 (15.79 %)SharePoint
31 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Office
11 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (36.84 %)LAN
17 (36.84 %)WAN
25 (26.32 %)TCP/IP
25 (26.32 %)DNS
25 (26.32 %)IP Telephony
34 (21.05 %)DHCP
42 (10.53 %)iSCSI
51 (5.263 %)ADSL
51 (5.263 %)VPN
51 (5.263 %)SNA
51 (5.263 %)VLAN
51 (5.263 %)Connectrix
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
11 (5.263 %)BusinessObjects
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Education
11 (5.263 %)Games
11 (5.263 %)Auditing
11 (5.263 %)Online Games
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (31.58 %)Systems Engineer
23 (15.79 %)Consultant
23 (15.79 %)Analyst
32 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
32 (10.53 %)3rd Line Support
32 (10.53 %)Storage Analyst
32 (10.53 %)Storage Specialist
32 (10.53 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
41 (5.263 %)Microsoft Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Technical Lead
41 (5.263 %)Exchange Specialist
41 (5.263 %)Senior Network Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Senior Microsoft Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Junior Analyst
41 (5.263 %)Junior Systems Analyst
41 (5.263 %)Junior Systems Engineer
41 (5.263 %)Technical Engineer
41 (5.263 %)Network Support
41 (5.263 %)Storage Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Tivoli Consultant
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)HACMP
11 (5.263 %)Blackberry
11 (5.263 %)Clustering
11 (5.263 %)Tandem
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (63.16 %)Windows
24 (21.05 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
41 (5.263 %)Windows XP
41 (5.263 %)AIX
41 (5.263 %)Solaris
41 (5.263 %)UNIX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (26.32 %)ITIL
24 (21.05 %)Service Management
32 (10.53 %)Computer Security
41 (5.263 %)Software Engineering
41 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)Perl
11 (5.263 %)Korn
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (26.32 %)MCP
15 (26.32 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (21.05 %)Cisco Certification
31 (5.263 %)MCSE
31 (5.263 %)MCSA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (63.16 %)Active Directory
22 (10.53 %)Backup Exec
31 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (5.263 %)Terminal Services
31 (5.263 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (21.05 %)Tivoli
23 (15.79 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (5.263 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (5.263 %)Tivoli Monitoring
31 (5.263 %)Legato
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (42.11 %)Microsoft
25 (26.32 %)IBM
34 (21.05 %)Cisco
34 (21.05 %)Oracle
34 (21.05 %)Red Hat
42 (10.53 %)VMware
42 (10.53 %)VERITAS
42 (10.53 %)HP
42 (10.53 %)Citrix
51 (5.263 %)NetApp
51 (5.263 %)EMC
51 (5.263 %)Business Objects