The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Uxbridge region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 12 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing SAN 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 7.767% 0.735% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 40.00% 5.882% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £538 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £364 £349
% change year-on-year
+0.34% +4.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £26.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -1.88%
All Communications & Networking
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20 17 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 19.42% 12.50% 9.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 2
Average daily rate £250 £275 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -43.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £260 £438
10% offered a daily rate of more than £571 £600 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +20.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
SAN
London

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Uxbridge SAN Jobs Demand Trend

SAN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAN across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge SAN Daily Rate Trend

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) UNIX
3 9 (47.37%) High Availability
4 8 (42.11%) MS Exchange
4 8 (42.11%) SAP
4 8 (42.11%) ITIL
4 8 (42.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 7 (36.84%) NetIQ
5 7 (36.84%) Symantec
5 7 (36.84%) Blackberry
5 7 (36.84%) Citrix
5 7 (36.84%) EMC
5 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (36.84%) Windows 2000
5 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
5 7 (36.84%) Clustering
5 7 (36.84%) VMware
5 7 (36.84%) CLARiiON
5 7 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (36.84%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 7 (36.84%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (31.58%) Problem Management
6 6 (31.58%) Degree
7 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (21.05%) Law
7 4 (21.05%) HP
7 4 (21.05%) MCSE
7 4 (21.05%) MCSA
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) MS Exchange
1 8 (42.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (15.79%) WorkSite
3 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) NAS
2 1 (5.263%) Firewall
2 1 (5.263%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (21.05%) Law
2 1 (5.263%) Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Server Support
2 4 (21.05%) Storage Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Storage Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Server Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Server Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Operations Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Blackberry
1 7 (36.84%) Clustering
1 7 (36.84%) CLARiiON
2 1 (5.263%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.263%) Physics
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) UNIX
3 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (36.84%) Windows 2000
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) High Availability
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
3 7 (36.84%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (31.58%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.263%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (21.05%) MCSE
2 4 (21.05%) MCSA
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
1 7 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (15.79%) XenApp
2 3 (15.79%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (15.79%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (15.79%) RepliStor
3 1 (5.263%) MOM
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) SAP
2 7 (36.84%) NetIQ
2 7 (36.84%) Symantec
2 7 (36.84%) Citrix
2 7 (36.84%) EMC
2 7 (36.84%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) HP
4 3 (15.79%) Clearswift
4 3 (15.79%) Intel
4 3 (15.79%) Compaq
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.263%) Informatica
5 1 (5.263%) Oracle
5 1 (5.263%) IBM