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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Slough 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2532
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.923 %1.449 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£363
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
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£31.12£31.36
% change on same period last year-0.75 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads5269
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.082 %0.074 %
Daily rates quoted86
Average minimum daily rate£349£258
Average daily rate£350£272
% change on same period last year+28.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£287
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted2636
Average minimum hourly rate£31.80£34.15
Average hourly rate£33.01£34.44
% change on same period last year-4.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.22£34.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
SAN BerkshireSAN
Berkshire

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 (66.67 %)VERITAS
21 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)NetBackup
21 (33.33 %)Brocade
21 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)Marketing
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)WebLogic
21 (33.33 %)SAP
21 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
21 (33.33 %)Tuxedo
21 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (33.33 %)DHCP
21 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)EMC
21 (33.33 %)BEA
21 (33.33 %)NetApp

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebLogic
11 (33.33 %)Tuxedo
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)DHCP
11 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
11 (33.33 %)DNS
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Marketing
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Project Manager
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory Specialist
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Specialist
11 (33.33 %)Server Specialist
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
11 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
11 (33.33 %)NetBackup
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)VERITAS
21 (33.33 %)Brocade
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)SAP
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)EMC
21 (33.33 %)BEA
21 (33.33 %)NetApp