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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the West Yorkshire region 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7066
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads2530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.030 %
As % of the category below11.96 %10.60 %
Daily rates quoted111
Average minimum daily rate£255£300
Average daily rate£277£325
% change on same period last year-14.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£394
% change on same period last year-13.21 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£13.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£13.00£37.50
% change on same period last year-65.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£31.97
% change on same period last year-7.37 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads209283
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.279 %0.286 %
Daily rates quoted4952
Average minimum daily rate£282£334
Average daily rate£296£340
% change on same period last year-12.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2133
Average minimum hourly rate£23.09£26.40
Average hourly rate£24.32£28.00
% change on same period last year-13.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.56£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SAN YorkshireSAN
Yorkshire

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire SAN Hourly Rate Trend

SAN
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LeedsDown-817£277-14.68 %
HalifaxDown-123--
SAN YorkshireSAN
Yorkshire

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

122 (57.89 %)Windows
219 (50.00 %)Active Directory
316 (42.11 %)SQL Server
415 (39.47 %)Microsoft
514 (36.84 %)ITIL
613 (34.21 %)MS Exchange
613 (34.21 %)WAN
613 (34.21 %)Firewall
613 (34.21 %)Exchange Server 2003
712 (31.58 %)UNIX
811 (28.95 %)PRINCE2
811 (28.95 %)SQL
811 (28.95 %)VMware
811 (28.95 %)SQL Server 2005
811 (28.95 %)VMware Infrastructure
910 (26.32 %)VMware ESX
910 (26.32 %)Finance
910 (26.32 %)MPLS
910 (26.32 %)VPN
108 (21.05 %)Windows 2000
108 (21.05 %)MS Excel
108 (21.05 %)Internet
108 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2000
117 (18.42 %)Project Management
117 (18.42 %)Banking
126 (15.79 %)Law
126 (15.79 %)Linux
126 (15.79 %)Cisco
126 (15.79 %)Citrix
126 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2000

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.263 %)WebSphere
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (34.21 %)MS Exchange
113 (34.21 %)Exchange Server 2003
26 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2000
33 (7.895 %)WebLogic
42 (5.263 %)Lotus Notes
42 (5.263 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (2.632 %)Apache
51 (2.632 %)Tomcat
51 (2.632 %)IIS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (21.05 %)MS Excel
21 (2.632 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (34.21 %)WAN
113 (34.21 %)Firewall
210 (26.32 %)MPLS
210 (26.32 %)VPN
38 (21.05 %)Internet
43 (7.895 %)DNS
43 (7.895 %)ATM
43 (7.895 %)LAN
52 (5.263 %)DHCP
52 (5.263 %)FTP
52 (5.263 %)RIP
52 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
52 (5.263 %)SSL
52 (5.263 %)LDAP
52 (5.263 %)OSPF
52 (5.263 %)Frame Relay
52 (5.263 %)iSCSI
61 (2.632 %)PBX
61 (2.632 %)SMS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (42.11 %)SQL Server
211 (28.95 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (5.263 %)Oracle 10g
42 (5.263 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (2.632 %)Oracle 9i
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (26.32 %)Finance
27 (18.42 %)Banking
36 (15.79 %)Law
43 (7.895 %)Telecoms
51 (2.632 %)Government
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (18.42 %)Project Engineer
25 (13.16 %)Consultant
34 (10.53 %)Architect
34 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
34 (10.53 %)Technical Consultant
43 (7.895 %)DBA
43 (7.895 %)Server Support
52 (5.263 %)Project Manager
52 (5.263 %)Administrator
52 (5.263 %)Oracle DBA
52 (5.263 %)SQL Server DBA
52 (5.263 %)SQL DBA
52 (5.263 %)IT Support Engineer
52 (5.263 %)UNIX Engineer
52 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Architect
52 (5.263 %)Linux Engineer
52 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Designer
52 (5.263 %)Project Consultant
61 (2.632 %)Sun Engineer
61 (2.632 %)Server Engineer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (10.53 %)Clustering
23 (7.895 %)Client/Server
31 (2.632 %)N-Tier
31 (2.632 %)Mainframe
31 (2.632 %)CLARiiON
31 (2.632 %)PKI
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (57.89 %)Windows
212 (31.58 %)UNIX
38 (21.05 %)Windows 2000
46 (15.79 %)Linux
54 (10.53 %)Windows XP
54 (10.53 %)HPUX
54 (10.53 %)Solaris
54 (10.53 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (7.895 %)SUSE
71 (2.632 %)AIX
71 (2.632 %)NetWare
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (36.84 %)ITIL
211 (28.95 %)PRINCE2
37 (18.42 %)Project Management
44 (10.53 %)Disaster Recovery
44 (10.53 %)Network Load Balancing
53 (7.895 %)Migration
62 (5.263 %)Security Management
62 (5.263 %)SOA
62 (5.263 %)Network Design
71 (2.632 %)Incident Management
71 (2.632 %)Requirements Analysis
71 (2.632 %)Problem Management
71 (2.632 %)SC Cleared
71 (2.632 %)Security Cleared
71 (2.632 %)CMMI
71 (2.632 %)TOGAF
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (28.95 %)SQL
21 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (13.16 %)MCSE
24 (10.53 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (5.263 %)CCNA
32 (5.263 %)Cisco Certification
41 (2.632 %)CISSP
41 (2.632 %)PMP
41 (2.632 %)PMI Certification
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.263 %)PCI DSS
21 (2.632 %)SLA
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (50.00 %)Active Directory
211 (28.95 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (26.32 %)VMware ESX
43 (7.895 %)Oracle RAC
52 (5.263 %)MetaFrame
52 (5.263 %)Terminal Services
61 (2.632 %)Backup Exec
61 (2.632 %)Oracle RMAN
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (10.53 %)OpenView
23 (7.895 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (5.263 %)NNM
32 (5.263 %)OVOW
32 (5.263 %)OVIS
32 (5.263 %)OVPA
32 (5.263 %)HP Data Protector
32 (5.263 %)MOM
41 (2.632 %)Tivoli
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (39.47 %)Microsoft
211 (28.95 %)VMware
36 (15.79 %)Cisco
36 (15.79 %)Citrix
45 (13.16 %)HP
45 (13.16 %)Oracle
54 (10.53 %)VERITAS
63 (7.895 %)IBM
63 (7.895 %)Sun
72 (5.263 %)EMC
72 (5.263 %)Lotus
81 (2.632 %)CheckPoint
81 (2.632 %)Remedy
81 (2.632 %)ESRI
81 (2.632 %)Avaya
81 (2.632 %)Juniper
81 (2.632 %)BEA
81 (2.632 %)Hitachi
81 (2.632 %)Siemens
81 (2.632 %)Dell
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