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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8791
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads14001490
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.759 %1.674 %
As % of the category below13.65 %11.83 %
Daily rates quoted413415
Average minimum daily rate£369£389
Average daily rate£390£409
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£392
% change on same period last year-3.24 %
Hourly rates quoted119107
Average minimum hourly rate£29.79£28.11
Average hourly rate£31.37£29.37
% change on same period last year+6.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.94£30.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.91£30.95
% change on same period last year-3.36 %
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1025412596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.88 %14.15 %
Daily rates quoted28042892
Average minimum daily rate£337£341
Average daily rate£357£360
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£334
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted13421504
Average minimum hourly rate£24.74£25.41
Average hourly rate£26.71£26.96
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.68£28.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.71£27.55
% change on same period last year-3.01 %

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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAN across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing SAN across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

SAN Daily Rate Histogram

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SAN across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

SAN Hourly Rate Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandUp+81318£389-5.22 %
2LondonUp+31651£399-7.83 %
3South EastUp+15292£378-7.44 %
4City of LondonUp+9182£411-10.40 %
5BerkshireUp+1589£383-6.49 %
6North WestUp+3486£384+13.51 %
7YorkshireDown-1460£315-28.76 %
8South WestUp+156£364-3.12 %
9East of EnglandDown-3754£389-4.17 %
10HampshireUp+851£344-16.86 %
11ScotlandUp+450£322-11.10 %
12West MidlandsDown-3143£334-11.12 %
12South YorkshireUp+1243£350-43.97 %
13SheffieldUp+637£350-43.97 %
13ManchesterUp+937£378+19.07 %
13GlasgowUp+2337£293-11.62 %
14ReadingUp+2134£360+6.66 %
14CheshireUp+634£402+7.90 %
15BuckinghamshireDown-932£405+0.09 %
15SurreyDown-232£375-5.42 %
15East MidlandsDown-1432£366+33.89 %
16North EastUp+1725£394+48.71 %
17MiddlesexUp+1224£414-10.40 %
18WalesDown-2323£486+20.08 %
18Canary WharfUp+423£479+25.43 %
19HertfordshireDown-3721£390-5.30 %
20Docklands, LondonUp+120£393-19.02 %
20WiltshireDown-1820£348-6.77 %
20BristolNew entry-20£359-
21PortsmouthUp+1218£275-

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing SAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAN.

11162 (40.96 %)Windows
2805 (28.38 %)Unix
3705 (24.85 %)HP
3705 (24.85 %)EMC
4626 (22.07 %)VMware
5563 (19.84 %)Active Directory
6527 (18.58 %)Solaris
7473 (16.67 %)Cisco
8466 (16.43 %)Microsoft
8466 (16.43 %)Linux
9450 (15.86 %)VERITAS
10406 (14.31 %)Oracle
11377 (13.29 %)Finance
12364 (12.83 %)Citrix
13350 (12.34 %)NetBackup
14331 (11.67 %)Windows Server 2003
15320 (11.28 %)IBM
16317 (11.17 %)Sun
17315 (11.10 %)Microsoft Certification
18310 (10.93 %)SQL
19299 (10.54 %)TCP/IP
20296 (10.43 %)Clustering
21281 (9.905 %)MCSE
22279 (9.834 %)Brocade
23271 (9.552 %)Banking
24270 (9.517 %)LAN
25262 (9.235 %)MS Exchange
26256 (9.024 %)Migration
27244 (8.601 %)Exchange Server 2003
28239 (8.424 %)DNS

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing SAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
135 (1.234 %).NET
135 (1.234 %)Middleware
226 (0.916 %)WebSphere
226 (0.916 %)WebServices
317 (0.599 %)COM+
317 (0.599 %)DCOM
413 (0.458 %)J2EE
413 (0.458 %)XML
511 (0.388 %).NET Framework
511 (0.388 %)WMI
610 (0.352 %)ADSI
79 (0.317 %)ASP
88 (0.282 %)ADO
95 (0.176 %)ASP.NET
95 (0.176 %)Software Packaging
104 (0.141 %)WSH
104 (0.141 %)Spring
104 (0.141 %)JNI
104 (0.141 %)SAP XI
113 (0.106 %)SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1262 (9.235 %)MS Exchange
2244 (8.601 %)Exchange Server 2003
3156 (5.499 %)IIS
4101 (3.560 %)Exchange Server 2000
588 (3.102 %)Apache
659 (2.080 %)Exchange Server 2007
751 (1.798 %)SharePoint
834 (1.198 %)WebLogic
924 (0.846 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1019 (0.670 %)Lotus Domino
1118 (0.634 %)GroupWise
1217 (0.599 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1217 (0.599 %)Oracle Application Server
1315 (0.529 %)BizTalk Server
1413 (0.458 %)JBoss
1511 (0.388 %)Lotus Notes
169 (0.317 %)Tomcat
169 (0.317 %)SharePoint Server 2007
176 (0.211 %)CMS
185 (0.176 %)WebSphere Application Server
Applications
193 (3.278 %)MS Excel
273 (2.573 %)MS Office
353 (1.868 %)MS Project
421 (0.740 %)MS Visio
53 (0.106 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.070 %)Fireworks
Business Applications
133 (1.163 %)Oracle Applications
218 (0.634 %)Oracle 11i
37 (0.247 %)SoftGrid
43 (0.106 %)BusinessWorks
43 (0.106 %)TIBCO iProcess
52 (0.070 %)Oracle EBS
52 (0.070 %)Axapta
52 (0.070 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.035 %)SAP ERP
61 (0.035 %)assyst
61 (0.035 %)Navision
61 (0.035 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1299 (10.54 %)TCP/IP
2270 (9.517 %)LAN
3239 (8.424 %)DNS
4223 (7.860 %)WAN
5187 (6.591 %)Firewall
6128 (4.512 %)DHCP
777 (2.714 %)iSCSI
875 (2.644 %)WINS
958 (2.044 %)Internet
1054 (1.903 %)VPN
1152 (1.833 %)VLAN
1241 (1.445 %)Ethernet
1338 (1.339 %)SMTP
1437 (1.304 %)LDAP
1437 (1.304 %)Connectrix
1523 (0.811 %)VoIP
1621 (0.740 %)SMS
1720 (0.705 %)SSH
1817 (0.599 %)Network Security
1817 (0.599 %)POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1229 (8.072 %)SQL Server
268 (2.397 %)SQL Server 2005
365 (2.291 %)Oracle 10g
458 (2.044 %)SQL Server 2000
541 (1.445 %)Oracle 8/8i
629 (1.022 %)Oracle 9i
716 (0.564 %)DB2
815 (0.529 %)SQL Server 7
815 (0.529 %)SQL Server Integration Services
914 (0.493 %)Sybase ASE
1013 (0.458 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1013 (0.458 %)MySQL
1013 (0.458 %)RDBMS
1110 (0.352 %)Datawarehouse
1110 (0.352 %)DTS
129 (0.317 %)OLAP
138 (0.282 %)Informix
146 (0.211 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
155 (0.176 %)BusinessObjects
164 (0.141 %)GIS
Development Applications
110 (0.352 %)Subversion
29 (0.317 %)ClearCase
38 (0.282 %)TestDirector
46 (0.211 %)MSI
53 (0.106 %)JIRA
53 (0.106 %)ClearQuest
53 (0.106 %)Eclipse
62 (0.070 %)Ant
62 (0.070 %)Flash
71 (0.035 %)ERwin
71 (0.035 %)PVCS
71 (0.035 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.035 %)InstallShield
71 (0.035 %)CruiseControl
General
1377 (13.29 %)Finance
2271 (9.552 %)Banking
3158 (5.569 %)Government
4105 (3.701 %)Investment Banking
592 (3.243 %)Telecoms
649 (1.727 %)Health
743 (1.516 %)Back Office
842 (1.480 %)Law
938 (1.339 %)Financial Institution
1034 (1.198 %)Legal
1130 (1.057 %)Insurance
1225 (0.881 %)Retail
1314 (0.493 %)Auditing
1413 (0.458 %)Construction
1512 (0.423 %)Front Office
1610 (0.352 %)Pharmaceutical
179 (0.317 %)Education
187 (0.247 %)Local Government
194 (0.141 %)Games
203 (0.106 %)Police
Job Titles
1503 (17.73 %)Administrator
2329 (11.60 %)Consultant
3240 (8.460 %)Analyst
4215 (7.578 %)Architect
5172 (6.063 %)Storage Administrator
6162 (5.710 %)Storage Engineer
7144 (5.076 %)Systems Administrator
8136 (4.794 %)Support Engineer
9120 (4.230 %)UNIX Administrator
10117 (4.124 %)Project Manager
11102 (3.595 %)Storage Consultant
12101 (3.560 %)Storage Specialist
13100 (3.525 %)Server Engineer
1488 (3.102 %)3rd Line Support
1587 (3.067 %)SAN Engineer
1682 (2.890 %)Server Support
1779 (2.785 %)DBA
1877 (2.714 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1877 (2.714 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1975 (2.644 %)SAN Administrator
Miscellaneous
1296 (10.43 %)Clustering
2175 (6.168 %)CLARiiON
3149 (5.252 %)Replication
4101 (3.560 %)Symmetrix
586 (3.031 %)Mainframe
682 (2.890 %)Celerra
749 (1.727 %)Asset Management
840 (1.410 %)Blackberry
937 (1.304 %)EMC Centera
1028 (0.987 %)Client/Server
1127 (0.952 %)HACMP
1223 (0.811 %)IBM Mainframe
1316 (0.564 %)PKI
1413 (0.458 %)Firmware
1413 (0.458 %)Thin Client
1413 (0.458 %)Management Information System
1413 (0.458 %)Fat Client
1512 (0.423 %)EPoS
1611 (0.388 %)Equities
1710 (0.352 %)VAX
Operating Systems
11162 (40.96 %)Windows
2805 (28.38 %)Unix
3527 (18.58 %)Solaris
4466 (16.43 %)Linux
5331 (11.67 %)Windows Server 2003
6228 (8.037 %)AIX
7218 (7.684 %)HPUX
8198 (6.979 %)Windows 2000
9172 (6.063 %)Windows NT
1047 (1.657 %)Windows XP
1138 (1.339 %)SUSE
1226 (0.916 %)VMS
1226 (0.916 %)NetWare
1321 (0.740 %)Fedora
1419 (0.670 %)Tru64
1511 (0.388 %)MVS
167 (0.247 %)Debian
176 (0.211 %)IRIX
184 (0.141 %)zOS
192 (0.070 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1256 (9.024 %)Migration
2226 (7.966 %)ITIL
3125 (4.406 %)PRINCE2
4112 (3.948 %)Change Management
5107 (3.772 %)Disaster Recovery
6101 (3.560 %)Project Management
757 (2.009 %)Service Management
845 (1.586 %)Configuration Management
944 (1.551 %)Performance Management
1043 (1.516 %)Problem Management
1141 (1.445 %)Data Migration
1238 (1.339 %)Service Delivery
1334 (1.198 %)Data Protection
1431 (1.093 %)Project Planning
1431 (1.093 %)ITSM
1431 (1.093 %)Data Management
1525 (0.881 %)Technical Architecture
1621 (0.740 %)Load Balancing
1621 (0.740 %)User Acceptance Testing
1621 (0.740 %)Network Design
Programming Languages
1310 (10.93 %)SQL
2167 (5.886 %)Perl
396 (3.384 %)Shell Script
453 (1.868 %)VBScript
551 (1.798 %)VB
649 (1.727 %)Java
745 (1.586 %)C
830 (1.057 %)Python
928 (0.987 %)Transact-SQL
1027 (0.952 %)Korn
1115 (0.529 %)DCL
1211 (0.388 %)JCL
1310 (0.352 %)C#
1310 (0.352 %)C++
148 (0.282 %)REXX
157 (0.247 %)PL/SQL
164 (0.141 %)VB.NET
164 (0.141 %)PHP
173 (0.106 %)JavaScript
173 (0.106 %)VBA
Qualifications
1315 (11.10 %)Microsoft Certification
2281 (9.905 %)MCSE
386 (3.031 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
386 (3.031 %)Cisco Certification
478 (2.749 %)MCP
565 (2.291 %)CCNA
637 (1.304 %)Degree
736 (1.269 %)Citrix Certification
827 (0.952 %)CCA
827 (0.952 %)MCSA
923 (0.811 %)CCNP
1018 (0.634 %)CCEA
1018 (0.634 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1018 (0.634 %)ITIL Certification
1116 (0.564 %)CNE
1116 (0.564 %)Novell Certification
1212 (0.423 %)CCIE
1212 (0.423 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
139 (0.317 %)PMP
139 (0.317 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
150 (1.762 %)SLA
232 (1.128 %)QA
34 (0.141 %)BS7799
34 (0.141 %)ISO17799
43 (0.106 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.106 %)JSP 440
52 (0.070 %)BS25999
52 (0.070 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1563 (19.84 %)Active Directory
2350 (12.34 %)NetBackup
3224 (7.896 %)VMware ESX
497 (3.419 %)NFS
586 (3.031 %)Citrix Presentation Server
673 (2.573 %)Backup Exec
748 (1.692 %)Samba
843 (1.516 %)ISA Server
940 (1.410 %)Terminal Services
1036 (1.269 %)Oracle RAC
1123 (0.811 %)VMware Server
1216 (0.564 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1216 (0.564 %)MetaFrame
1315 (0.529 %)Terminal Server
1315 (0.529 %)VMware GSX
1414 (0.493 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1414 (0.493 %)VMware Workstation
158 (0.282 %)Xen
158 (0.282 %)Oracle RMAN
167 (0.247 %)NDS
Systems Management
1167 (5.886 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
2144 (5.076 %)Tivoli
3105 (3.701 %)Legato
484 (2.961 %)EMC TimeFinder
575 (2.644 %)OpenView
670 (2.467 %)HP Data Protector
765 (2.291 %)MOM
852 (1.833 %)EMC NetWorker
942 (1.480 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1036 (1.269 %)EMC Navisphere
1124 (0.846 %)ARCserve
1219 (0.670 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1316 (0.564 %)Norton AntiVirus
1414 (0.493 %)AutoSys
1414 (0.493 %)DiskXtender
1512 (0.423 %)WSUS
1611 (0.388 %)OVOW
178 (0.282 %)OVPA
187 (0.247 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
196 (0.211 %)BMC Performance Manager
Vendors
1705 (24.85 %)HP
1705 (24.85 %)EMC
2626 (22.07 %)VMware
3473 (16.67 %)Cisco
4466 (16.43 %)Microsoft
5450 (15.86 %)VERITAS
6406 (14.31 %)Oracle
7364 (12.83 %)Citrix
8320 (11.28 %)IBM
9317 (11.17 %)Sun
10279 (9.834 %)Brocade
11235 (8.283 %)Red Hat
12191 (6.732 %)NetApp
13162 (5.710 %)Dell
1492 (3.243 %)Symantec
1579 (2.785 %)Altiris
1661 (2.150 %)Hitachi
1746 (1.621 %)Compaq
1746 (1.621 %)Novell
1837 (1.304 %)BMC
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