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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6174
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads8193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.099 %
As % of the category below12.58 %11.64 %
Daily rates quoted3327
Average minimum daily rate£324£354
Average daily rate£341£382
% change on same period last year-10.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£388
% change on same period last year-10.26 %
Hourly rates quoted141
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£14.00
Average hourly rate£28.34£14.00
% change on same period last year+102.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.18£14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.08£33.17
% change on same period last year-9.31 %
Communications & Networking South WestCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads644799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.849 %0.848 %
Daily rates quoted172160
Average minimum daily rate£320£321
Average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted96129
Average minimum hourly rate£24.70£24.31
Average hourly rate£26.14£26.11
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.53
% change on same period last year-10.35 %
SAN EnglandSAN
England

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

SAN
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SAN within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 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
WiltshireUp+731£325-10.97 %
BristolUp+622£361-10.90 %
DorsetDown-18£376+7.40 %
SomersetUp+67--
GloucestershireUp+66£334-39.24 %
DevonUp+53--
SAN EnglandSAN
England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

147 (29.38 %)HP
243 (26.88 %)Windows
342 (26.25 %)VMware
440 (25.00 %)Cisco
537 (23.13 %)Security Cleared
630 (18.75 %)Active Directory
729 (18.13 %)EMC
827 (16.88 %)Firewall
925 (15.63 %)SC Cleared
1023 (14.38 %)Microsoft
1023 (14.38 %)Sun
1023 (14.38 %)Unix
1122 (13.75 %)Solaris
1221 (13.13 %)Cisco Certification
1221 (13.13 %)VMware ESX
1320 (12.50 %)Government
1419 (11.88 %)NetBackup
1518 (11.25 %)Citrix
1518 (11.25 %)DNS
1518 (11.25 %)ITIL
1617 (10.63 %)Windows Server 2003
1716 (10.00 %)Oracle
1716 (10.00 %)Brocade
1815 (9.375 %)Linux
1815 (9.375 %)IBM
1913 (8.125 %)CCNA
1913 (8.125 %)SQL
1913 (8.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
1913 (8.125 %)Exchange Server 2003
2011 (6.875 %)SharePoint Server 2007

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Development
18 (5.000 %)WebServices
23 (1.875 %).NET
31 (0.625 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
113 (8.125 %)Exchange Server 2003
211 (6.875 %)SharePoint Server 2007
211 (6.875 %)SharePoint
211 (6.875 %)MS Exchange
38 (5.000 %)IIS
45 (3.125 %)Apache
45 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2007
54 (2.500 %)WebLogic
54 (2.500 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (1.250 %)Oracle Workflow
62 (1.250 %)Exchange Server 5.5
71 (0.625 %)GroupWise
Applications
18 (5.000 %)MS Office
18 (5.000 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
11 (0.625 %)assyst
Communications & Networking
127 (16.88 %)Firewall
218 (11.25 %)DNS
311 (6.875 %)DHCP
410 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
59 (5.625 %)VLAN
66 (3.750 %)Intrusion Detection
66 (3.750 %)Ethernet
66 (3.750 %)WAN
75 (3.125 %)WINS
83 (1.875 %)LAN
83 (1.875 %)VPN
92 (1.250 %)BIG-IP
92 (1.250 %)LLU
92 (1.250 %)iSCSI
101 (0.625 %)Network Security
101 (0.625 %)Wireless
101 (0.625 %)SMS
101 (0.625 %)VoIP
101 (0.625 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
17 (4.375 %)SQL Server
23 (1.875 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (1.875 %)MySQL
32 (1.250 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (1.250 %)VLDB
32 (1.250 %)OLAP
32 (1.250 %)OLTP
41 (0.625 %)RDBMS
41 (0.625 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.625 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
11 (0.625 %)Subversion
General
120 (12.50 %)Government
211 (6.875 %)Telecoms
33 (1.875 %)Finance
42 (1.250 %)Retail
42 (1.250 %)Music
51 (0.625 %)Education
51 (0.625 %)Law
Job Titles
131 (19.38 %)Administrator
228 (17.50 %)Consultant
320 (12.50 %)Storage Administrator
418 (11.25 %)Analyst
514 (8.750 %)Network Engineer
613 (8.125 %)SAN Engineer
711 (6.875 %)Infrastructure Engineer
810 (6.250 %)Storage Engineer
98 (5.000 %)Author
98 (5.000 %)Technical Author
107 (4.375 %)Network Consultant
107 (4.375 %)Systems Administrator
107 (4.375 %)Technical Consultant
116 (3.750 %)Architect
116 (3.750 %)Storage Consultant
125 (3.125 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
125 (3.125 %)Infrastructure Consultant
125 (3.125 %)SAN Administrator
125 (3.125 %)Systems Analyst
125 (3.125 %)Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
19 (5.625 %)Thin Client
19 (5.625 %)CLARiiON
19 (5.625 %)Fat Client
27 (4.375 %)Clustering
36 (3.750 %)Replication
45 (3.125 %)Symmetrix
53 (1.875 %)Celerra
61 (0.625 %)EPoS
61 (0.625 %)HACMP
61 (0.625 %)Management Information System
Operating Systems
143 (26.88 %)Windows
223 (14.38 %)Unix
322 (13.75 %)Solaris
417 (10.63 %)Windows Server 2003
515 (9.375 %)Linux
611 (6.875 %)AIX
74 (2.500 %)Windows 2000
83 (1.875 %)HPUX
83 (1.875 %)MVS
91 (0.625 %)Windows NT
91 (0.625 %)Windows XP
91 (0.625 %)NetWare
91 (0.625 %)Tru64
91 (0.625 %)Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
137 (23.13 %)Security Cleared
225 (15.63 %)SC Cleared
318 (11.25 %)ITIL
48 (5.000 %)PRINCE2
48 (5.000 %)Network Design
57 (4.375 %)Requirements Analysis
66 (3.750 %)Technical Architecture
75 (3.125 %)Network Load Balancing
75 (3.125 %)Project Management
84 (2.500 %)Migration
84 (2.500 %)Change Management
84 (2.500 %)Disaster Recovery
84 (2.500 %)Performance Testing
84 (2.500 %)Data Protection
93 (1.875 %)Performance Management
93 (1.875 %)Enterprise Architecture
102 (1.250 %)Workflow
102 (1.250 %)Service Management
102 (1.250 %)E-Commerce
102 (1.250 %)PRINCE
Programming Languages
113 (8.125 %)SQL
211 (6.875 %)Perl
38 (5.000 %)Java
45 (3.125 %)Shell Script
54 (2.500 %)C
63 (1.875 %)JCL
72 (1.250 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.625 %)Korn
Qualifications
121 (13.13 %)Cisco Certification
213 (8.125 %)CCNA
39 (5.625 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (5.625 %)MCSE
48 (5.000 %)CCIE
54 (2.500 %)ITIL Certification
62 (1.250 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
62 (1.250 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.625 %)CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.250 %)JSP 440
System Software
130 (18.75 %)Active Directory
221 (13.13 %)VMware ESX
319 (11.88 %)NetBackup
413 (8.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
57 (4.375 %)Backup Exec
65 (3.125 %)NFS
74 (2.500 %)Terminal Services
74 (2.500 %)ISA Server
83 (1.875 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.625 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
19 (5.625 %)EMC Navisphere
26 (3.750 %)MOM
35 (3.125 %)Tivoli
35 (3.125 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
35 (3.125 %)SCOM
44 (2.500 %)Legato
44 (2.500 %)SCCM
52 (1.250 %)Netcool
61 (0.625 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.625 %)RepliStor
61 (0.625 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.625 %)DiskXtender
61 (0.625 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
147 (29.38 %)HP
242 (26.25 %)VMware
340 (25.00 %)Cisco
429 (18.13 %)EMC
523 (14.38 %)Microsoft
523 (14.38 %)Sun
618 (11.25 %)Citrix
716 (10.00 %)Oracle
716 (10.00 %)Brocade
815 (9.375 %)IBM
911 (6.875 %)VERITAS
108 (5.000 %)Red Hat
108 (5.000 %)CheckPoint
117 (4.375 %)NetApp
125 (3.125 %)Symantec
125 (3.125 %)Remedy
134 (2.500 %)Juniper
143 (1.875 %)PeopleSoft
143 (1.875 %)Dell
152 (1.250 %)StorageTek
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