Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1109990
Rank change year-on-year
Down-11Down-9
Matching contract IT job ads6467201464
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.476 %1.565 %1.789 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category12.63 %10.73 %13.28 %
Daily rates quoted262254406
Average daily rate£350£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£232£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£475£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£383
% change year-on-year
--8.490 %
Hourly rates quoted3995130
Average hourly rate£25.00£29.00£30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79 %-4.910 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.50£22.85£20.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.29£36.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£30.13£30.69
% change year-on-year
-18.67 %-1.840 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

SAN
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

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 within the UK.

SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAN within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

SAN
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-13619£350-6.35 %
LondonDown-25323£369-1.66 %
City of LondonUp+1127£400-
South EastUp+2106£379+16.53 %
East of EnglandUp+2044£400-
South WestDown-939£298-25.62 %
HertfordshireUp+4433£400-4.42 %
North WestUp+1731£280+1.81 %
East MidlandsUp+228£350+52.17 %
HampshireDown-327£350+16.66 %
West MidlandsUp+1726£300-14.28 %
SurreyUp+922£375+7.14 %
BerkshireUp+2118£425+0.89 %
YorkshireUp+617£325+4.00 %
ReadingUp+1013£450+6.82 %
ScotlandDown-2613£285-28.75 %
WarwickshireUp+312--
BuckinghamshireUp+1011£275-10.56 %
SomersetUp+1810£300-26.38 %
WiltshireUp+1710£399-5.62 %
DerbyUp+310£300-8.04 %
West YorkshireUp+310£325+4.00 %
DerbyshireUp+110£300-8.04 %
LeedsUp+169£325-
WarwickUp+69--
ManchesterDown-99--
LincolnshireNew entry-9£450-
StevenageUp+108£400-6.10 %
West SussexUp+68£425+28.78 %
CheshireNo change08£375+50.00 %

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1563 (47.15 %)Windows
2354 (29.65 %)VMware
3349 (29.23 %)UNIX
4281 (23.53 %)HP
5279 (23.37 %)Linux
6253 (21.19 %)Windows Server 2003
7230 (19.26 %)Solaris
8227 (19.01 %)EMC
9223 (18.68 %)Cisco
10222 (18.59 %)Active Directory
11200 (16.75 %)NAS
12199 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
13189 (15.83 %)Finance
14179 (14.99 %)Microsoft
14179 (14.99 %)VMware Infrastructure
15157 (13.15 %)Citrix
16155 (12.98 %)Brocade
17152 (12.73 %)MS Exchange
18150 (12.56 %)NetBackup
19149 (12.48 %)Veritas
20147 (12.31 %)AIX
21146 (12.23 %)Oracle
22143 (11.98 %)NetApp
23142 (11.89 %)DNS
24140 (11.73 %)Banking
25137 (11.47 %)Clustering
25137 (11.47 %)ITIL
26135 (11.31 %)IBM
27123 (10.30 %)Migration
28122 (10.22 %)Sun

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (2.429 %)Middleware
226 (2.178 %)WebSphere
319 (1.591 %)J2EE
416 (1.340 %).NET
515 (1.256 %)Web Services
69 (0.754 %)XML
78 (0.670 %)LAMP
84 (0.335 %)WMI
84 (0.335 %)SAP XI
84 (0.335 %)ASP.NET
84 (0.335 %)ADSI
84 (0.335 %)JMS
93 (0.251 %)WSH
93 (0.251 %)CGI
93 (0.251 %)ATL
93 (0.251 %)ASP
93 (0.251 %)Spring
102 (0.168 %)AJAX
111 (0.084 %)COM
111 (0.084 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1152 (12.73 %)MS Exchange
2100 (8.375 %)Exchange Server 2003
381 (6.784 %)Exchange Server 2007
462 (5.193 %)IIS
547 (3.936 %)Apache
646 (3.853 %)SharePoint
730 (2.513 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
823 (1.926 %)WebLogic
918 (1.508 %)Tomcat
1013 (1.089 %)Lotus Domino
1110 (0.838 %)SharePoint Server 2007
128 (0.670 %)SAS
137 (0.586 %)WebSphere Application Server
146 (0.503 %)Exchange Server 5.5
146 (0.503 %)WebSphere Process Server
146 (0.503 %)BizTalk Server
146 (0.503 %)WebSphere MQ
146 (0.503 %)Lotus Notes
152 (0.168 %)Exchange Server 2000
152 (0.168 %)GroupWise
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
135 (2.931 %)MS Excel
219 (1.591 %)MS Office
36 (0.503 %)MS Project
43 (0.251 %)MS Visio
51 (0.084 %)Photoshop
51 (0.084 %)S-PLUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.838 %)SAP SM
29 (0.754 %)assyst
34 (0.335 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.168 %)Maximo
51 (0.084 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.084 %)Remedy ITSM
51 (0.084 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.084 %)Dynamics AX
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1200 (16.75 %)NAS
2142 (11.89 %)DNS
3107 (8.961 %)LAN
4105 (8.794 %)Firewall
593 (7.789 %)TCP/IP
692 (7.705 %)WAN
789 (7.454 %)DHCP
845 (3.769 %)iSCSI
944 (3.685 %)Internet
1041 (3.434 %)VPN
1125 (2.094 %)VoIP
1222 (1.843 %)LDAP
1317 (1.424 %)VLAN
1413 (1.089 %)Cisco ASA
1511 (0.921 %)SSL
1511 (0.921 %)MPLS
1511 (0.921 %)Connectrix
1610 (0.838 %)SMS
1610 (0.838 %)Ethernet
1610 (0.838 %)SMTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1116 (9.715 %)SQL Server
227 (2.261 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (1.926 %)Datawarehouse
421 (1.759 %)RDBMS
518 (1.508 %)ETL
615 (1.256 %)MySQL
714 (1.173 %)Oracle 10g
813 (1.089 %)SQL Server 2000
912 (1.005 %)Oracle 8/8i
109 (0.754 %)SQL Server 2008
118 (0.670 %)SQL Server Integration Services
118 (0.670 %)MS Access
127 (0.586 %)DTS
127 (0.586 %)DB2
127 (0.586 %)BusinessObjects
127 (0.586 %)Sybase ASE
135 (0.419 %)OLTP
135 (0.419 %)Star Schema
135 (0.419 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
144 (0.335 %)NonStop SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (0.586 %)Oracle Forms
24 (0.335 %)LoadRunner
32 (0.168 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (0.168 %)WinRunner
41 (0.084 %)ClearCase
41 (0.084 %)TestDirector
41 (0.084 %)Bugzilla
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1189 (15.83 %)Finance
2140 (11.73 %)Banking
395 (7.956 %)Government
467 (5.611 %)Investment Banking
521 (1.759 %)Back Office
619 (1.591 %)Telecoms
718 (1.508 %)Front Office
718 (1.508 %)Law
817 (1.424 %)Insurance
916 (1.340 %)Financial Institution
1013 (1.089 %)Health
1110 (0.838 %)Retail
128 (0.670 %)Education
136 (0.503 %)Manufacturing
145 (0.419 %)Legal
154 (0.335 %)Local Government
154 (0.335 %)Auditing
154 (0.335 %)Police
154 (0.335 %)Military
162 (0.168 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1184 (15.41 %)Administrator
2150 (12.56 %)Architect
3120 (10.05 %)Consultant
4117 (9.799 %)Analyst
575 (6.281 %)Systems Administrator
659 (4.941 %)Technical Architect
756 (4.690 %)UNIX Administrator
852 (4.355 %)Storage Administrator
947 (3.936 %)Support Engineer
1046 (3.853 %)Storage Engineer
1145 (3.769 %)Project Manager
1242 (3.518 %)3rd Line Support
1341 (3.434 %)Infrastructure Architect
1439 (3.266 %)Storage Consultant
1537 (3.099 %)Systems Engineer
1537 (3.099 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1633 (2.764 %)Solutions Architect
1732 (2.680 %)Support Analyst
1732 (2.680 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1831 (2.596 %)Infrastructure Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1137 (11.47 %)Clustering
279 (6.616 %)Replication
378 (6.533 %)CLARiiON
447 (3.936 %)Blackberry
539 (3.266 %)Symmetrix DMX
630 (2.513 %)Celerra
724 (2.010 %)Symmetrix
724 (2.010 %)EMC Centera
821 (1.759 %)iSeries
919 (1.591 %)Firmware
1018 (1.508 %)Fat Client
1018 (1.508 %)AS400
1018 (1.508 %)HACMP
1018 (1.508 %)Mainframe
1018 (1.508 %)Thin Client
1018 (1.508 %)NHS
1113 (1.089 %)Derivative
1211 (0.921 %)Client/Server
1211 (0.921 %)Fixed Income
1310 (0.838 %)Tandem
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1563 (47.15 %)Windows
2349 (29.23 %)UNIX
3279 (23.37 %)Linux
4253 (21.19 %)Windows Server 2003
5230 (19.26 %)Solaris
6147 (12.31 %)AIX
7117 (9.799 %)Red Hat Linux
8116 (9.715 %)Windows Server 2008
964 (5.360 %)HPUX
1063 (5.276 %)Windows 2000 Server
1155 (4.606 %)Windows XP
1241 (3.434 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1340 (3.350 %)Windows 2000
1427 (2.261 %)Windows Vista
1427 (2.261 %)VMS
1517 (1.424 %)SUSE
1613 (1.089 %)Windows NT
1710 (0.838 %)Tru64
189 (0.754 %)NetWare
196 (0.503 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1137 (11.47 %)ITIL
2123 (10.30 %)Migration
364 (5.360 %)Project Management
451 (4.271 %)PRINCE2
549 (4.104 %)Disaster Recovery
549 (4.104 %)Service Management
647 (3.936 %)Capacity Planning
745 (3.769 %)Change Management
836 (3.015 %)Validation
925 (2.094 %)Load Balancing
1023 (1.926 %)Service Delivery
1120 (1.675 %)Data Management
1219 (1.591 %)Configuration Management
1219 (1.591 %)E-Commerce
1219 (1.591 %)Performance Testing
1318 (1.508 %)Incident Management
1417 (1.424 %)Performance Management
1417 (1.424 %)Problem Management
1515 (1.256 %)Technical Architecture
1614 (1.173 %)Data Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1111 (9.296 %)SQL
2107 (8.961 %)C
364 (5.360 %)Perl
461 (5.109 %)Shell Script
550 (4.188 %)Java
626 (2.178 %)Korn
723 (1.926 %)Bash shell
820 (1.675 %)PowerShell
915 (1.256 %)VBScript
1014 (1.173 %)C++
1111 (0.921 %)PHP
1111 (0.921 %)VB
1210 (0.838 %)PL/SQL
138 (0.670 %)Python
138 (0.670 %)C#
145 (0.419 %)VB.NET
145 (0.419 %)Ruby
154 (0.335 %)JCL
154 (0.335 %)T-SQL
163 (0.251 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1199 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
2106 (8.878 %)SC Cleared
386 (7.203 %)Microsoft Certification
478 (6.533 %)MCSE
543 (3.601 %)Cisco Certification
637 (3.099 %)CCNA
727 (2.261 %)DV Cleared
825 (2.094 %)ITIL Certification
923 (1.926 %)Degree
1016 (1.340 %)RHCE
1016 (1.340 %)MCSA
1016 (1.340 %)MCP
1115 (1.256 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1213 (1.089 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
139 (0.754 %)CCNP
139 (0.754 %)BC Cleared
148 (0.670 %)MCITP
157 (0.586 %)CCIE
157 (0.586 %)CISSP
157 (0.586 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.005 %)SLA
28 (0.670 %)QA
34 (0.335 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.251 %)ISO27001
52 (0.168 %)GxP
61 (0.084 %)ISO9000
61 (0.084 %)Basel II
61 (0.084 %)BS7799
61 (0.084 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1222 (18.59 %)Active Directory
2179 (14.99 %)VMware Infrastructure
3150 (12.56 %)NetBackup
4107 (8.961 %)VMware ESX
563 (5.276 %)NFS
645 (3.769 %)Backup Exec
735 (2.931 %)vSphere
827 (2.261 %)Citrix Presentation Server
827 (2.261 %)Hyper-V
925 (2.094 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1023 (1.926 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1122 (1.843 %)XenApp
1219 (1.591 %)SRDF
1219 (1.591 %)Oracle RAC
1318 (1.508 %)Veritas File System
1411 (0.921 %)Terminal Services
1411 (0.921 %)ISA Server
1510 (0.838 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
169 (0.754 %)Xen
178 (0.670 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
179 (6.616 %)Tivoli
256 (4.690 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
337 (3.099 %)EMC NetWorker
430 (2.513 %)Legato
519 (1.591 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
617 (1.424 %)ARCserve
716 (1.340 %)SCCM
716 (1.340 %)MOM
716 (1.340 %)OpenView
815 (1.256 %)OpenView Configuration Management
815 (1.256 %)WSUS
914 (1.173 %)BMC PATROL
1012 (1.005 %)SCOM
1110 (0.838 %)HP Data Protector
129 (0.754 %)Tivoli Monitoring
129 (0.754 %)CONTROL-M
137 (0.586 %)Nagios
137 (0.586 %)Unicenter
146 (0.503 %)Netcool/Webtop
146 (0.503 %)EMC TimeFinder
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1354 (29.65 %)VMware
2281 (23.53 %)HP
3227 (19.01 %)EMC
4223 (18.68 %)Cisco
5179 (14.99 %)Microsoft
6157 (13.15 %)Citrix
7155 (12.98 %)Brocade
8149 (12.48 %)Veritas
9146 (12.23 %)Oracle
10143 (11.98 %)NetApp
11135 (11.31 %)IBM
12122 (10.22 %)Sun
13112 (9.380 %)Red Hat
1473 (6.114 %)Symantec
1534 (2.848 %)SAP
1631 (2.596 %)Dell
1727 (2.261 %)BMC
1824 (2.010 %)Hitachi
1824 (2.010 %)McAfee
1920 (1.675 %)Compaq