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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Staffordshire 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-24
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.125 %
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£351£362
% change on same period last year-2.96 %
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£31.37£31.27
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads2332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted215
Average minimum daily rate£363£332
Average daily rate£365£350
% change on same period last year+4.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Hourly rates quoted54
Average minimum hourly rate£10.81£27.75
Average hourly rate£12.19£29.88
% change on same period last year-59.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.56£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.98£29.13
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
SAN West MidlandsSAN
West 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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

15 (83.33 %)LAN
15 (83.33 %)WAN
15 (83.33 %)TCP/IP
15 (83.33 %)CCNP
15 (83.33 %)CCNA
15 (83.33 %)CiscoWorks
15 (83.33 %)Cisco Certification
15 (83.33 %)BGP
15 (83.33 %)EIGRP
15 (83.33 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)OpenView
24 (66.67 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)TELNET
31 (16.67 %)VPN
31 (16.67 %)SNMP
31 (16.67 %)Oracle
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)Solaris
31 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
31 (16.67 %)Concord
31 (16.67 %)SSH
31 (16.67 %)VLAN
31 (16.67 %)iSCSI
31 (16.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (16.67 %)VMware
31 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (16.67 %)Sun

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)LAN
15 (83.33 %)WAN
15 (83.33 %)TCP/IP
15 (83.33 %)BGP
15 (83.33 %)EIGRP
21 (16.67 %)TELNET
21 (16.67 %)SSH
21 (16.67 %)VLAN
21 (16.67 %)iSCSI
21 (16.67 %)VPN
21 (16.67 %)SNMP
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Cisco Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
24 (66.67 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Communications Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Storage Consultant
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Solaris
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (83.33 %)CCNP
15 (83.33 %)CCNA
15 (83.33 %)Cisco Certification
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)VMware Infrastructure
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (83.33 %)CiscoWorks
24 (66.67 %)OpenView
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)VMware
31 (16.67 %)Concord
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (16.67 %)Sun
31 (16.67 %)Oracle