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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Suffolk 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank425
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.006 %
As % of the category below50.00 %12.77 %
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£350£395
% change on same period last year-11.48 %
Hourly rates quoted164
Average minimum hourly rate£27.14£23.78
Average hourly rate£27.44£24.15
% change on same period last year+13.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.75£24.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.22£31.48
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads5047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted610
Average minimum daily rate£255£300
Average daily rate£296£320
% change on same period last year-7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£342
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted2216
Average minimum hourly rate£23.73£17.33
Average hourly rate£24.58£18.30
% change on same period last year+34.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.44£19.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.46
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SAN East of EnglandSAN
East of 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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Suffolk SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 8 September 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
IpswichUp+1319--
SAN East of EnglandSAN
East of England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

129 (82.86 %)Solaris
129 (82.86 %)Linux
220 (57.14 %)HP
319 (54.29 %)Cisco
319 (54.29 %)Brocade
418 (51.43 %)EMC
517 (48.57 %)Sun
517 (48.57 %)AIX
517 (48.57 %)NetBackup
615 (42.86 %)VERITAS
615 (42.86 %)HP Data Protector
615 (42.86 %)HPUX
713 (37.14 %)VMware
812 (34.29 %)Legato
812 (34.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
812 (34.29 %)SQL
812 (34.29 %)OpenView
911 (31.43 %)Oracle
1010 (28.57 %)Perl
1010 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
1010 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
1010 (28.57 %)iSCSI
1010 (28.57 %)NetApp
119 (25.71 %)ITIL Certification
119 (25.71 %)Lotus
119 (25.71 %)SNIA Certification
119 (25.71 %)MS Excel
119 (25.71 %)SQL Server
119 (25.71 %)ITIL
119 (25.71 %)Lotus Notes

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
29 (25.71 %)Lotus Notes
29 (25.71 %)Lotus Domino
32 (5.714 %)WebLogic
41 (2.857 %)Exchange Server 2003
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (25.71 %)MS Excel
23 (8.571 %)MS Project
23 (8.571 %)MS Office
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
110 (28.57 %)iSCSI
21 (2.857 %)LAN
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (25.71 %)SQL Server
19 (25.71 %)Informix
22 (5.714 %)Oracle 10g
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (48.57 %)Storage Engineer
29 (25.71 %)Analyst
29 (25.71 %)Support Analyst
29 (25.71 %)Storage Analyst
37 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
43 (8.571 %)3rd Line Support
43 (8.571 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
52 (5.714 %)Server Administrator
52 (5.714 %)Oracle DBA
52 (5.714 %)Administrator
52 (5.714 %)DBA
61 (2.857 %)Software Engineer
61 (2.857 %)Consultant
61 (2.857 %)Infrastructure Engineer
61 (2.857 %)Design Engineer
61 (2.857 %)Citrix Consultant
61 (2.857 %)Citrix Engineer
61 (2.857 %)Infrastructure Consultant
61 (2.857 %)Software Design Engineer
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (20.00 %)Clustering
23 (8.571 %)CLARiiON
32 (5.714 %)Symmetrix
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (82.86 %)Solaris
129 (82.86 %)Linux
217 (48.57 %)AIX
315 (42.86 %)HPUX
45 (14.29 %)Windows
45 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (5.714 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (5.714 %)UNIX
52 (5.714 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (5.714 %)Tru64
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (25.71 %)ITIL
22 (5.714 %)SC Cleared
22 (5.714 %)Security Cleared
31 (2.857 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (2.857 %)Migration
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (34.29 %)SQL
210 (28.57 %)Perl
32 (5.714 %)PL/SQL
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (25.71 %)ITIL Certification
19 (25.71 %)SNIA Certification
27 (20.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
27 (20.00 %)MCSE
27 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (11.43 %)SLA
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (48.57 %)NetBackup
212 (34.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (20.00 %)NFS
43 (8.571 %)VMware ESX
51 (2.857 %)Active Directory
51 (2.857 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (42.86 %)HP Data Protector
212 (34.29 %)OpenView
212 (34.29 %)Legato
32 (5.714 %)OVPA
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (57.14 %)HP
219 (54.29 %)Cisco
219 (54.29 %)Brocade
318 (51.43 %)EMC
417 (48.57 %)Sun
515 (42.86 %)VERITAS
613 (37.14 %)VMware
711 (31.43 %)Oracle
810 (28.57 %)NetApp
99 (25.71 %)Lotus
102 (5.714 %)Red Hat
102 (5.714 %)BEA
102 (5.714 %)IBM
102 (5.714 %)Dell
111 (2.857 %)Citrix