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This section looks at the demand for the SAN Specialist role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SAN Specialist
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank554616
Rank change on same period last yearUp+62
Matching contract IT job ads2352
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.052 %
As % of the category below0.034 %0.056 %
Daily rates quoted1312
Average minimum daily rate£398£395
Average daily rate£418£411
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£426
% change on same period last year-31.94 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£29.00
Average hourly rate-£29.70
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.25
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6783592101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled89.52 %91.73 %
Daily rates quoted2259927631
Average minimum daily rate£377£388
Average daily rate£403£413
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted57087591
Average minimum hourly rate£22.31£24.19
Average hourly rate£23.94£25.73
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.58£27.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %

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 Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAN Specialist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SAN Specialist Demand Trend

SAN Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAN Specialist within the UK.

SAN Specialist Daily Rate Trend

SAN Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

SAN Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

SAN Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAN Specialist within the UK.

SAN Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

SAN Specialist
Top 16 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN Specialist within the UK 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
EnglandUp+5820£429+30.05 %
LondonUp+8416£429+27.16 %
City of LondonDown-98£429-
ScotlandNew entry-2£290-
ManchesterDown-121--
SurreyUp+11--
BridgendDown-31--
EdinburghNew entry-1--
GlasgowNew entry-1£290-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1--
MidlandsNew entry-1--
North WestUp+71--
South EastUp+231--
South WalesDown-171--
WalesDown-231--
West MidlandsNew entry-1--

SAN Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAN Specialist in their job title 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 with SAN Specialist in their job title.

140 (100.00 %)SAN
218 (45.00 %)Windows
316 (40.00 %)EMC
413 (32.50 %)HP
413 (32.50 %)Brocade
512 (30.00 %)Cisco
512 (30.00 %)NetBackup
610 (25.00 %)Solaris
78 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
78 (20.00 %)CLARiiON
87 (17.50 %)Finance
87 (17.50 %)ADIC
87 (17.50 %)Windows 2000
96 (15.00 %)MCSE
96 (15.00 %)Microsoft Certification
96 (15.00 %)UNIX
96 (15.00 %)Banking
96 (15.00 %)Security Cleared
105 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
105 (12.50 %)VERITAS
105 (12.50 %)ITSM
105 (12.50 %)Sun
105 (12.50 %)CNE
105 (12.50 %)Novell Certification
105 (12.50 %)IBM
105 (12.50 %)AIX
105 (12.50 %)ITIL
114 (10.00 %)HPUX
114 (10.00 %)OpenView
114 (10.00 %)Symantec

SAN Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAN Specialist in their job title 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 with SAN Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.500 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (100.00 %)SAN
22 (5.000 %)iSCSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.500 %)MSDE
11 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (2.500 %)Oracle 10g
11 (2.500 %)SQL Server
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (17.50 %)Finance
26 (15.00 %)Banking
35 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
43 (7.500 %)Telecoms
52 (5.000 %)Government
61 (2.500 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (20.00 %)CLARiiON
24 (10.00 %)Fixed Income
24 (10.00 %)Derivative
33 (7.500 %)Mainframe
33 (7.500 %)Replication
42 (5.000 %)Clustering
42 (5.000 %)Celerra
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (45.00 %)Windows
210 (25.00 %)Solaris
38 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (17.50 %)Windows 2000
56 (15.00 %)UNIX
65 (12.50 %)AIX
74 (10.00 %)HPUX
82 (5.000 %)Linux
82 (5.000 %)VMS
91 (2.500 %)zOS
91 (2.500 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (15.00 %)Security Cleared
25 (12.50 %)ITSM
25 (12.50 %)ITIL
34 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
34 (10.00 %)Operations Management
42 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (2.500 %)Project Planning
51 (2.500 %)Data Migration
51 (2.500 %)Data Protection
51 (2.500 %)Business Continuity
51 (2.500 %)Data Management
51 (2.500 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.500 %)Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (2.500 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (15.00 %)MCSE
16 (15.00 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (12.50 %)CNE
25 (12.50 %)Novell Certification
31 (2.500 %)CCNA
31 (2.500 %)Cisco Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (10.00 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (30.00 %)NetBackup
21 (2.500 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (2.500 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (10.00 %)OpenView
14 (10.00 %)Legato
14 (10.00 %)OVOW
23 (7.500 %)HP Data Protector
32 (5.000 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (2.500 %)DiskXtender
41 (2.500 %)RepliStor
41 (2.500 %)EMC Navisphere
41 (2.500 %)Tivoli
41 (2.500 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (40.00 %)EMC
213 (32.50 %)HP
213 (32.50 %)Brocade
312 (30.00 %)Cisco
47 (17.50 %)ADIC
55 (12.50 %)VERITAS
55 (12.50 %)Sun
55 (12.50 %)IBM
64 (10.00 %)Symantec
73 (7.500 %)Oracle
82 (5.000 %)Microsoft
82 (5.000 %)NetApp
82 (5.000 %)VMware
91 (2.500 %)CommVault