Surrey SAN Contracts

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.

Storage Area Network (SAN)
Location Aberdeen Banbury Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bournemouth Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chorley City of London Cleethorpes Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Guildford Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Hove Hull Ipswich Kent King's Lynn Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	59	75
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	47	34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.062 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	17.22 %	8.586 %
Daily rates quoted	14	9
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 quoted	13	1
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 %
Communications & Networking Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	273	396
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.360 %	0.394 %
Daily rates quoted	58	101
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 quoted	71	62
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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location	Rank 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
Camberley	+5	6	£325	-19.25 %
Guildford	+11	4	£328	-
Staines	-9	3	£350	-
Leatherhead	-	2	£443	-
Tadworth	-	1	-	-
Epsom	-	1	£363	-

SAN 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.

1 39 (55.71 %) Windows 2 25 (35.71 %) Windows Server 2003 3 24 (34.29 %) Active Directory 4 23 (32.86 %) Solaris 5 20 (28.57 %) Finance 5 20 (28.57 %) Migration 6 17 (24.29 %) UNIX 7 16 (22.86 %) Windows 2000 7 16 (22.86 %) VMware 8 15 (21.43 %) MCSE 8 15 (21.43 %) Microsoft Certification 9 14 (20.00 %) VERITAS 9 14 (20.00 %) SQL Server 10 13 (18.57 %) Citrix 10 13 (18.57 %) Windows 2000 Server

11 12 (17.14 %) Clustering 12 11 (15.71 %) Linux 13 10 (14.29 %) HP 13 10 (14.29 %) Sun 13 10 (14.29 %) Data Migration 14 9 (12.86 %) VMware ESX 14 9 (12.86 %) IBM 14 9 (12.86 %) EMC 15 8 (11.43 %) MCSA 15 8 (11.43 %) ITIL 16 7 (10.00 %) Perl 16 7 (10.00 %) VBScript 16 7 (10.00 %) MS Exchange 16 7 (10.00 %) NetBackup 16 7 (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.

Application Development 1 6 (8.571 %) WebSphere 1 6 (8.571 %) J2EE 1 6 (8.571 %) WSH 2 1 (1.429 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 7 (10.00 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (8.571 %) WebSphere MQ 2 6 (8.571 %) IIS 3 5 (7.143 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (5.714 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 3 (4.286 %) SharePoint 6 2 (2.857 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 2 (2.857 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (1.429 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 1 (1.429 %) MS Excel 1 1 (1.429 %) MS Office 1 1 (1.429 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 6 (8.571 %) SSH 1 6 (8.571 %) LAN 1 6 (8.571 %) LDAP 2 5 (7.143 %) DNS 3 2 (2.857 %) Firewall 3 2 (2.857 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (2.857 %) DHCP 4 1 (1.429 %) VPN 4 1 (1.429 %) Wireless 4 1 (1.429 %) VLAN 4 1 (1.429 %) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (20.00 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.429 %) DB2 2 1 (1.429 %) Oracle 10g	General 1 20 (28.57 %) Finance 2 6 (8.571 %) Financial Institution 3 4 (5.714 %) Insurance 3 4 (5.714 %) Back Office 4 3 (4.286 %) Banking 4 3 (4.286 %) Investment Banking 5 1 (1.429 %) Government
Job Titles 1 16 (22.86 %) Administrator 2 12 (17.14 %) Analyst 3 10 (14.29 %) Consultant 3 10 (14.29 %) Systems Administrator 4 9 (12.86 %) Support Engineer 5 7 (10.00 %) Solaris Administrator 6 5 (7.143 %) Architect 6 5 (7.143 %) 3rd Line Support 6 5 (7.143 %) Migration Engineer 6 5 (7.143 %) Windows Administrator 6 5 (7.143 %) Data Migration Engineer 7 4 (5.714 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 4 (5.714 %) UNIX Consultant 7 4 (5.714 %) UNIX Engineer 7 4 (5.714 %) UNIX Administrator 8 3 (4.286 %) Support Analyst 8 3 (4.286 %) Infrastructure Architect 8 3 (4.286 %) Server Engineer 8 3 (4.286 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 9 2 (2.857 %) Infrastructure Project Leader	Miscellaneous 1 12 (17.14 %) Clustering 2 4 (5.714 %) Blackberry 3 3 (4.286 %) NHS 4 2 (2.857 %) Replication 5 1 (1.429 %) Firmware 5 1 (1.429 %) HACMP
Operating Systems 1 39 (55.71 %) Windows 2 25 (35.71 %) Windows Server 2003 3 23 (32.86 %) Solaris 4 17 (24.29 %) UNIX 5 16 (22.86 %) Windows 2000 6 13 (18.57 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 11 (15.71 %) Linux 8 6 (8.571 %) Windows XP 9 4 (5.714 %) HPUX 10 3 (4.286 %) Tru64 11 2 (2.857 %) AIX 12 1 (1.429 %) MVS 12 1 (1.429 %) SUSE	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (28.57 %) Migration 2 10 (14.29 %) Data Migration 3 8 (11.43 %) ITIL 4 5 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 5 4 (5.714 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (2.857 %) Performance Management 6 2 (2.857 %) Service Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Project Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (1.429 %) Change Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Asset Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Zachman Framework 7 1 (1.429 %) TOGAF 7 1 (1.429 %) Technical Architecture 7 1 (1.429 %) Fund Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Problem Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Investment Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (10.00 %) Perl 1 7 (10.00 %) VBScript 2 6 (8.571 %) Shell Script 2 6 (8.571 %) Java 2 6 (8.571 %) VB 3 4 (5.714 %) SQL 4 1 (1.429 %) C 4 1 (1.429 %) C#	Qualifications 1 15 (21.43 %) MCSE 1 15 (21.43 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (11.43 %) MCSA 3 3 (4.286 %) MCP 3 3 (4.286 %) Degree 4 2 (2.857 %) CCA 4 2 (2.857 %) Citrix Certification 4 2 (2.857 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (2.857 %) CCNA 5 1 (1.429 %) CCNP 5 1 (1.429 %) CNA 5 1 (1.429 %) CNE 5 1 (1.429 %) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.429 %) SLA	System Software 1 24 (34.29 %) Active Directory 2 9 (12.86 %) VMware ESX 3 7 (10.00 %) NetBackup 4 5 (7.143 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 4 (5.714 %) Backup Exec 6 3 (4.286 %) Terminal Services 7 2 (2.857 %) Citrix Presentation Server 7 2 (2.857 %) ISA Server 8 1 (1.429 %) NFS 8 1 (1.429 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 7 (10.00 %) Legato 2 6 (8.571 %) WSUS 3 3 (4.286 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 3 (4.286 %) EMC NetWorker 4 2 (2.857 %) HP Data Protector 5 1 (1.429 %) MOM 5 1 (1.429 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 16 (22.86 %) VMware 2 14 (20.00 %) VERITAS 3 13 (18.57 %) Citrix 4 10 (14.29 %) HP 4 10 (14.29 %) Sun 5 9 (12.86 %) IBM 5 9 (12.86 %) EMC 6 6 (8.571 %) Oracle 6 6 (8.571 %) Microsoft 7 5 (7.143 %) Intel 7 5 (7.143 %) Symantec 8 4 (5.714 %) Brocade 9 3 (4.286 %) Cisco 9 3 (4.286 %) Dell 9 3 (4.286 %) NetApp 9 3 (4.286 %) McAfee Security 9 3 (4.286 %) IronPort 10 2 (2.857 %) Lotus 11 1 (1.429 %) SAP 11 1 (1.429 %) Compaq