The first table below looks at the demand for NAS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NAS over the 3 months to 24 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Rank - 44 37
Permanent jobs citing NAS 0 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen - 1.460% 0.735%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 7.059% 4.255%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 1
Average salary - £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.65%
All Communications & Networking
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 85 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 15.79% 20.68% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 35 72 42
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,400 £21,350 £20,550
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £57,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NAS
Scotland

NAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen NAS Jobs Demand Trend

NAS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NAS across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen NAS Salary Trend

NAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing NAS 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 IT job ads sampled that cited NAS.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) SAN
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) MCSE
3 7 (77.78%) Cisco
3 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (66.67%) MCITP
4 6 (66.67%) Performance Management
4 6 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (66.67%) Clustering
4 6 (66.67%) DHCP
4 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
4 6 (66.67%) ITIL
4 6 (66.67%) DNS
4 6 (66.67%) CCNA
4 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (66.67%) Citrix
4 6 (66.67%) CCA
4 6 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
4 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (66.67%) Capacity Management
5 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Wireless
6 1 (11.11%) Juniper
6 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat

NAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing NAS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited NAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) SAN
2 6 (66.67%) DHCP
2 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 6 (66.67%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) BGP
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Network Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Performance Management
1 6 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
1 6 (66.67%) Capacity Management
2 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (88.89%) MCSE
2 6 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (66.67%) MCITP
2 6 (66.67%) CCNA
2 6 (66.67%) CCA
2 6 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) Cisco
4 6 (66.67%) Citrix
5 1 (11.11%) Juniper
5 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
5 1 (11.11%) Aruba
5 1 (11.11%) Iron Mountain