Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank10677
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-29
Matching contract IT job ads5181483
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.508 %1.926 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category10.83 %14.30 %
Daily rates quoted211456
Average daily rate£350£385
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£338
% change on same period last year-2.220 %
Hourly rates quoted45133
Average hourly rate£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.70£18.62
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.80£42.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.25£30.00
% change on same period last year+10.83 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
478210368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.92 %13.47 %
Daily rates quoted12982833
Average daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted5221234
Average hourly rate£24.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+8.690 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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-21485£350-12.50 %
LondonDown-16243£398-6.47 %
South EastDown-2114£350-
City of LondonDown-276£420-1.17 %
South WestUp+2255£343+5.38 %
BerkshireUp+1836£350-12.60 %
HampshireUp+1928£375+3.44 %
ReadingUp+2623£350+66.66 %
East of EnglandUp+1622£373+13.74 %
ScotlandDown-818£260-22.38 %
GloucestershireUp+2117£360+6.67 %
North WestDown-2016£275-31.25 %
YorkshireUp+415£333+16.66 %
SurreyUp+2114£275-21.42 %
BristolUp+513£235-37.33 %
West YorkshireUp+2012£333+20.90 %
GlasgowDown-612£200-33.33 %
KentUp+1411£350+11.11 %
FarnboroughNew entry-11£400-
SomersetUp+1710£475-
EssexUp+149£245-47.02 %
BuckinghamshireDown-69£400-3.14 %
West MidlandsUp+258£280+1.81 %
LeedsUp+188£333+20.90 %
WalesUp+188£250-54.54 %
CheshireUp+128£300-25.00 %
ManchesterUp+28£175-58.82 %
Milton KeynesDown-28£400-3.14 %
East MidlandsUp+297£269-10.41 %
CheltenhamUp+147--

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1540 (46.71 %)Windows
2378 (32.70 %)VMware
3315 (27.25 %)UNIX
4306 (26.47 %)Windows Server 2003
5292 (25.26 %)Active Directory
6274 (23.70 %)HP
7252 (21.80 %)Microsoft
8237 (20.50 %)Cisco
9235 (20.33 %)EMC
10228 (19.72 %)Security Cleared
11190 (16.44 %)Linux
12187 (16.18 %)NAS
13182 (15.74 %)VMware Infrastructure
14178 (15.40 %)MS Exchange
15169 (14.62 %)Citrix
15169 (14.62 %)Solaris
16159 (13.75 %)Oracle
17152 (13.15 %)Clustering
18146 (12.63 %)SQL
19139 (12.02 %)Migration
19139 (12.02 %)SC Cleared
20131 (11.33 %)SQL Server
21126 (10.90 %)DNS
22122 (10.55 %)LAN
23121 (10.47 %)IBM
23121 (10.47 %)Microsoft Certification
24114 (9.862 %)WAN
24114 (9.862 %)MCSE
25113 (9.775 %)Veritas
25113 (9.775 %)VMware ESX

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (1.990 %)Middleware
213 (1.125 %).NET
311 (0.952 %)J2EE
49 (0.779 %)XML
58 (0.692 %)Application Packaging
58 (0.692 %)WebSphere
66 (0.519 %)HTML
74 (0.346 %)COM
74 (0.346 %)ASP
74 (0.346 %)X-Windows
74 (0.346 %)SAP Basis
83 (0.260 %).NET Framework
92 (0.173 %)MAPI
92 (0.173 %)Oracle Coherence
92 (0.173 %)SAP XI
92 (0.173 %)ASP.NET
92 (0.173 %)WebServices
101 (0.087 %)SOAP
101 (0.087 %)ATL
101 (0.087 %)NHibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1178 (15.40 %)MS Exchange
2111 (9.602 %)Exchange Server 2003
373 (6.315 %)Exchange Server 2007
471 (6.142 %)IIS
549 (4.239 %)SharePoint
637 (3.201 %)Apache
712 (1.038 %)Tomcat
712 (1.038 %)Lotus Domino
712 (1.038 %)SAS
810 (0.865 %)WebLogic
810 (0.865 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
99 (0.779 %)GroupWise
99 (0.779 %)BizTalk Server
99 (0.779 %)Site Server
99 (0.779 %)Documentum
108 (0.692 %)Lotus Notes
117 (0.606 %)SharePoint Server 2007
117 (0.606 %)Exchange Server 5.5
126 (0.519 %)CMS
135 (0.433 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
171 (6.142 %)MS Excel
225 (2.163 %)MS Office
36 (0.519 %)MS Project
44 (0.346 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.087 %)MS Visio
51 (0.087 %)AutoCAD
51 (0.087 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.865 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.433 %)assyst
33 (0.260 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.173 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.087 %)Remedy ITSM
51 (0.087 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1187 (16.18 %)NAS
2126 (10.90 %)DNS
3122 (10.55 %)LAN
4114 (9.862 %)WAN
5111 (9.602 %)Firewall
6106 (9.170 %)TCP/IP
7101 (8.737 %)DHCP
846 (3.979 %)Internet
937 (3.201 %)LDAP
1028 (2.422 %)VPN
1123 (1.990 %)Ethernet
1222 (1.903 %)SMTP
1222 (1.903 %)iSCSI
1320 (1.730 %)VLAN
1417 (1.471 %)VoIP
1514 (1.211 %)Wireless
1611 (0.952 %)Cisco PIX
1710 (0.865 %)MPLS
187 (0.606 %)Kerberos
187 (0.606 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1131 (11.33 %)SQL Server
252 (4.498 %)SQL Server 2005
346 (3.979 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (1.384 %)Oracle 10g
512 (1.038 %)Oracle 8/8i
512 (1.038 %)SQL Server 2008
611 (0.952 %)MySQL
79 (0.779 %)DB2
88 (0.692 %)SQL Server Integration Services
88 (0.692 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
97 (0.606 %)RDBMS
106 (0.519 %)Oracle 9i
115 (0.433 %)DTS
124 (0.346 %)Informix
124 (0.346 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
124 (0.346 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
133 (0.260 %)Datawarehouse
142 (0.173 %)Data Mining
142 (0.173 %)ETL
142 (0.173 %)DataStage
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (1.038 %)TestDirector
26 (0.519 %)MSI
32 (0.173 %)CruiseControl
32 (0.173 %)Visual Studio Team System
32 (0.173 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (0.173 %)ClearCase
41 (0.087 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.087 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1103 (8.910 %)Finance
298 (8.478 %)Government
397 (8.391 %)Banking
436 (3.114 %)Investment Banking
517 (1.471 %)Insurance
517 (1.471 %)Health
616 (1.384 %)Education
715 (1.298 %)Local Government
813 (1.125 %)Telecoms
99 (0.779 %)Police
108 (0.692 %)Front Office
108 (0.692 %)Back Office
117 (0.606 %)Law
117 (0.606 %)Retail
125 (0.433 %)Home Office
134 (0.346 %)Electric
143 (0.260 %)Financial Institution
143 (0.260 %)Legal
143 (0.260 %)Criminal Justice
143 (0.260 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1161 (13.93 %)Consultant
2140 (12.11 %)Architect
3133 (11.51 %)Administrator
4125 (10.81 %)Analyst
573 (6.315 %)Support Engineer
658 (5.017 %)Systems Administrator
751 (4.412 %)Storage Engineer
848 (4.152 %)Server Engineer
946 (3.979 %)Technical Architect
946 (3.979 %)Support Analyst
1041 (3.547 %)3rd Line Support
1139 (3.374 %)UNIX Administrator
1235 (3.028 %)Technical Consultant
1332 (2.768 %)DBA
1332 (2.768 %)Project Manager
1332 (2.768 %)SAN Engineer
1430 (2.595 %)Storage Administrator
1430 (2.595 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1528 (2.422 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1528 (2.422 %)Systems Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1152 (13.15 %)Clustering
268 (5.882 %)CLARiiON
348 (4.152 %)Replication
433 (2.855 %)Thin Client
433 (2.855 %)Fat Client
530 (2.595 %)Symmetrix DMX
628 (2.422 %)Symmetrix
628 (2.422 %)EMC Centera
724 (2.076 %)Blackberry
821 (1.817 %)NHS
920 (1.730 %)Celerra
1017 (1.471 %)LPAR
1116 (1.384 %)HACMP
1213 (1.125 %)Mainframe
1312 (1.038 %)PKI
1411 (0.952 %)DLPAR
159 (0.779 %)Firmware
167 (0.606 %)Client/Server
167 (0.606 %)Video Conferencing
175 (0.433 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1540 (46.71 %)Windows
2315 (27.25 %)UNIX
3306 (26.47 %)Windows Server 2003
4190 (16.44 %)Linux
5169 (14.62 %)Solaris
688 (7.612 %)Windows Server 2008
771 (6.142 %)AIX
870 (6.055 %)HPUX
964 (5.536 %)Windows 2000
1055 (4.758 %)Red Hat Linux
1148 (4.152 %)Windows 2000 Server
1237 (3.201 %)Windows XP
1333 (2.855 %)Windows Vista
1418 (1.557 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1517 (1.471 %)NetWare
1610 (0.865 %)Windows NT
178 (0.692 %)SUSE
187 (0.606 %)VMS
196 (0.519 %)OpenVMS
203 (0.260 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1139 (12.02 %)Migration
298 (8.478 %)ITIL
372 (6.228 %)Disaster Recovery
463 (5.450 %)Project Management
534 (2.941 %)Change Management
631 (2.682 %)Load Balancing
722 (1.903 %)Service Management
722 (1.903 %)Workflow
821 (1.817 %)PRINCE2
821 (1.817 %)Network Design
920 (1.730 %)Performance Management
1017 (1.471 %)Configuration Management
1017 (1.471 %)Service Delivery
1116 (1.384 %)Business Continuity
1214 (1.211 %)Performance Testing
1313 (1.125 %)BCP
1412 (1.038 %)Test Scripting
1412 (1.038 %)Technical Architecture
1511 (0.952 %)Content Management
169 (0.779 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1146 (12.63 %)SQL
263 (5.450 %)Shell Script
347 (4.066 %)Perl
427 (2.336 %)Java
525 (2.163 %)C
613 (1.125 %)Korn
712 (1.038 %)PHP
87 (0.606 %)PowerShell
87 (0.606 %)Python
96 (0.519 %)T-SQL
105 (0.433 %)JavaScript
114 (0.346 %)VB
123 (0.260 %)C#
123 (0.260 %)Tcl
123 (0.260 %)AWK
132 (0.173 %)JCL
132 (0.173 %)VBScript
132 (0.173 %)PL/SQL
141 (0.087 %)DCL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1228 (19.72 %)Security Cleared
2139 (12.02 %)SC Cleared
3121 (10.47 %)Microsoft Certification
4114 (9.862 %)MCSE
552 (4.498 %)Cisco Certification
644 (3.806 %)DV Cleared
743 (3.720 %)CCNA
840 (3.460 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
928 (2.422 %)Degree
1022 (1.903 %)MCTS
1022 (1.903 %)Citrix Certification
1116 (1.384 %)MCSA
1212 (1.038 %)CCEA
1310 (0.865 %)MCP
1310 (0.865 %)CCA
1310 (0.865 %)Novell Certification
1310 (0.865 %)RHCE
1310 (0.865 %)ITIL Certification
149 (0.779 %)CNE
158 (0.692 %)CCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (3.460 %)SLA
28 (0.692 %)QA
33 (0.260 %)ISO27001
41 (0.087 %)COBIT
41 (0.087 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1292 (25.26 %)Active Directory
2182 (15.74 %)VMware Infrastructure
3113 (9.775 %)VMware ESX
488 (7.612 %)NetBackup
551 (4.412 %)NFS
637 (3.201 %)Citrix Presentation Server
727 (2.336 %)Veritas Volume Manager
826 (2.249 %)Oracle RAC
924 (2.076 %)Backup Exec
1020 (1.730 %)ISA Server
1118 (1.557 %)Hyper-V
1216 (1.384 %)XenApp
1311 (0.952 %)Veritas Cluster Server
149 (0.779 %)SRDF
149 (0.779 %)MetaFrame
158 (0.692 %)Oracle RMAN
167 (0.606 %)Novell eDirectory
176 (0.519 %)XenServer
176 (0.519 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
176 (0.519 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
158 (5.017 %)Tivoli
244 (3.806 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
337 (3.201 %)SCCM
434 (2.941 %)SCOM
434 (2.941 %)MOM
527 (2.336 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
527 (2.336 %)Legato
624 (2.076 %)EMC NetWorker
722 (1.903 %)Netcool
821 (1.817 %)HP Data Protector
920 (1.730 %)ARCserve
1018 (1.557 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1018 (1.557 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1115 (1.298 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1213 (1.125 %)OpenView
1213 (1.125 %)EMC Navisphere
1311 (0.952 %)Netcool/Webtop
1311 (0.952 %)ZENworks
1410 (0.865 %)WSUS
156 (0.519 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1378 (32.70 %)VMware
2274 (23.70 %)HP
3252 (21.80 %)Microsoft
4237 (20.50 %)Cisco
5235 (20.33 %)EMC
6169 (14.62 %)Citrix
7159 (13.75 %)Oracle
8121 (10.47 %)IBM
9113 (9.775 %)Veritas
1092 (7.958 %)NetApp
1186 (7.439 %)Brocade
1285 (7.353 %)Sun
1361 (5.277 %)Red Hat
1443 (3.720 %)Dell
1539 (3.374 %)Symantec
1637 (3.201 %)Hitachi
1728 (2.422 %)CheckPoint
1823 (1.990 %)Altiris
1918 (1.557 %)CA
1918 (1.557 %)Intel