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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Surrey 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 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5975
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads4734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.034 %
As % of the category below17.22 %8.586 %
Daily rates quoted149
Average minimum daily rate£335£389
Average daily rate£348£405
% change on same period last year-14.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£396
% change on same period last year-12.72 %
Hourly rates quoted131
Average minimum hourly rate£22.54£22.00
Average hourly rate£25.31£22.50
% change on same period last year+12.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.08£23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.92£31.68
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads273396
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.360 %0.394 %
Daily rates quoted58101
Average minimum daily rate£284£318
Average daily rate£297£331
% change on same period last year-10.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted7162
Average minimum hourly rate£22.83£25.80
Average hourly rate£24.10£26.89
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Surrey 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 jobs citing SAN within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
CamberleyUp+56£325-19.25 %
GuildfordUp+114£328-
StainesDown-93£350-
LeatherheadNew entry-2£443-
TadworthNew entry-1--
EpsomNew entry-1£363-
SAN South EastSAN
South East

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

139 (55.71 %)Windows
225 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
324 (34.29 %)Active Directory
423 (32.86 %)Solaris
520 (28.57 %)Finance
520 (28.57 %)Migration
617 (24.29 %)UNIX
716 (22.86 %)Windows 2000
716 (22.86 %)VMware
815 (21.43 %)MCSE
815 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
914 (20.00 %)VERITAS
914 (20.00 %)SQL Server
1013 (18.57 %)Citrix
1013 (18.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
1112 (17.14 %)Clustering
1211 (15.71 %)Linux
1310 (14.29 %)HP
1310 (14.29 %)Sun
1310 (14.29 %)Data Migration
149 (12.86 %)VMware ESX
149 (12.86 %)IBM
149 (12.86 %)EMC
158 (11.43 %)MCSA
158 (11.43 %)ITIL
167 (10.00 %)Perl
167 (10.00 %)VBScript
167 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
167 (10.00 %)NetBackup
167 (10.00 %)Legato

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (8.571 %)WebSphere
16 (8.571 %)J2EE
16 (8.571 %)WSH
21 (1.429 %)ASP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (8.571 %)WebSphere MQ
26 (8.571 %)IIS
35 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 5.5
53 (4.286 %)SharePoint
62 (2.857 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (2.857 %)Lotus Notes
71 (1.429 %)Lotus Domino
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.429 %)MS Excel
11 (1.429 %)MS Office
11 (1.429 %)MS PowerPoint
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (8.571 %)SSH
16 (8.571 %)LAN
16 (8.571 %)LDAP
25 (7.143 %)DNS
32 (2.857 %)Firewall
32 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
32 (2.857 %)DHCP
41 (1.429 %)VPN
41 (1.429 %)Wireless
41 (1.429 %)VLAN
41 (1.429 %)Wireless Security
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (1.429 %)DB2
21 (1.429 %)Oracle 10g
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (28.57 %)Finance
26 (8.571 %)Financial Institution
34 (5.714 %)Insurance
34 (5.714 %)Back Office
43 (4.286 %)Banking
43 (4.286 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.429 %)Government
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (22.86 %)Administrator
212 (17.14 %)Analyst
310 (14.29 %)Consultant
310 (14.29 %)Systems Administrator
49 (12.86 %)Support Engineer
57 (10.00 %)Solaris Administrator
65 (7.143 %)Architect
65 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
65 (7.143 %)Migration Engineer
65 (7.143 %)Windows Administrator
65 (7.143 %)Data Migration Engineer
74 (5.714 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
74 (5.714 %)UNIX Consultant
74 (5.714 %)UNIX Engineer
74 (5.714 %)UNIX Administrator
83 (4.286 %)Support Analyst
83 (4.286 %)Infrastructure Architect
83 (4.286 %)Server Engineer
83 (4.286 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
92 (2.857 %)Infrastructure Project Leader
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (17.14 %)Clustering
24 (5.714 %)Blackberry
33 (4.286 %)NHS
42 (2.857 %)Replication
51 (1.429 %)Firmware
51 (1.429 %)HACMP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
139 (55.71 %)Windows
225 (35.71 %)Windows Server 2003
323 (32.86 %)Solaris
417 (24.29 %)UNIX
516 (22.86 %)Windows 2000
613 (18.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
711 (15.71 %)Linux
86 (8.571 %)Windows XP
94 (5.714 %)HPUX
103 (4.286 %)Tru64
112 (2.857 %)AIX
121 (1.429 %)MVS
121 (1.429 %)SUSE
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (28.57 %)Migration
210 (14.29 %)Data Migration
38 (11.43 %)ITIL
45 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
54 (5.714 %)SC Cleared
62 (2.857 %)Performance Management
62 (2.857 %)Service Management
71 (1.429 %)Project Management
71 (1.429 %)Service Delivery
71 (1.429 %)Change Management
71 (1.429 %)Asset Management
71 (1.429 %)Zachman Framework
71 (1.429 %)TOGAF
71 (1.429 %)Technical Architecture
71 (1.429 %)Fund Management
71 (1.429 %)Problem Management
71 (1.429 %)Investment Management
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (10.00 %)Perl
17 (10.00 %)VBScript
26 (8.571 %)Shell Script
26 (8.571 %)Java
26 (8.571 %)VB
34 (5.714 %)SQL
41 (1.429 %)C
41 (1.429 %)C#
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (21.43 %)MCSE
115 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (11.43 %)MCSA
33 (4.286 %)MCP
33 (4.286 %)Degree
42 (2.857 %)CCA
42 (2.857 %)Citrix Certification
42 (2.857 %)Cisco Certification
42 (2.857 %)CCNA
51 (1.429 %)CCNP
51 (1.429 %)CNA
51 (1.429 %)CNE
51 (1.429 %)Novell Certification
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.429 %)SLA
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (34.29 %)Active Directory
29 (12.86 %)VMware ESX
37 (10.00 %)NetBackup
45 (7.143 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (5.714 %)Backup Exec
63 (4.286 %)Terminal Services
72 (2.857 %)Citrix Presentation Server
72 (2.857 %)ISA Server
81 (1.429 %)NFS
81 (1.429 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (10.00 %)Legato
26 (8.571 %)WSUS
33 (4.286 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (4.286 %)EMC NetWorker
42 (2.857 %)HP Data Protector
51 (1.429 %)MOM
51 (1.429 %)Tivoli
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (22.86 %)VMware
214 (20.00 %)VERITAS
313 (18.57 %)Citrix
410 (14.29 %)HP
410 (14.29 %)Sun
59 (12.86 %)IBM
59 (12.86 %)EMC
66 (8.571 %)Oracle
66 (8.571 %)Microsoft
75 (7.143 %)Intel
75 (7.143 %)Symantec
84 (5.714 %)Brocade
93 (4.286 %)Cisco
93 (4.286 %)Dell
93 (4.286 %)NetApp
93 (4.286 %)McAfee Security
93 (4.286 %)IronPort
102 (2.857 %)Lotus
111 (1.429 %)SAP
111 (1.429 %)Compaq