The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 36 35 64
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +29
Permanent jobs citing SAN 60 47 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.510% 4.942% 1.708%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.47% 20.98% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 55 38 14
Average salary £43,500 £52,500 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.14% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,100 £45,000 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,000 £53,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
267 224 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.52% 23.55% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 242 182 97
Average salary £50,000 £45,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.89% +1.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SAN
East of England

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire SAN Jobs Demand Trend

SAN
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +7 21 £44,500 -1.11%
Bedford +9 20 £48,500 -
Dunstable -10 9 £29,000 -49.34%
SAN
East of England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAN.

1 117 (85.40%) VMware
2 116 (84.67%) Windows
3 64 (46.72%) VMware ESX
4 60 (43.80%) Linux
4 60 (43.80%) Microsoft
4 60 (43.80%) vSphere
5 54 (39.42%) Active Directory
6 53 (38.69%) MS Exchange
6 53 (38.69%) VMware Infrastructure
7 50 (36.50%) iSCSI
8 49 (35.77%) Fibre Channel
8 49 (35.77%) SQL Server
9 46 (33.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 45 (32.85%) HP
11 44 (32.12%) MCSE
11 44 (32.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 42 (30.66%) IIS
13 40 (29.20%) DNS
13 40 (29.20%) Cisco
14 39 (28.47%) Citrix
14 39 (28.47%) MySQL
15 38 (27.74%) Exchange Server 2010
16 36 (26.28%) SQL Server 2008
16 36 (26.28%) DHCP
17 35 (25.55%) TCP/IP
18 34 (24.82%) Apache
18 34 (24.82%) ITIL
19 32 (23.36%) NAS
20 31 (22.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21 30 (21.90%) SQL Server 2005

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.730%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 1 (0.730%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 53 (38.69%) MS Exchange
2 42 (30.66%) IIS
3 38 (27.74%) Exchange Server 2010
4 34 (24.82%) Apache
5 28 (20.44%) Exchange Server 2007
6 20 (14.60%) Lync
7 14 (10.22%) Office Communications Server
8 6 (4.380%) SharePoint
9 4 (2.920%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2003
11 1 (0.730%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.730%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.730%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (18.25%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.190%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.730%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.730%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 50 (36.50%) iSCSI
2 49 (35.77%) Fibre Channel
3 40 (29.20%) DNS
4 36 (26.28%) DHCP
5 35 (25.55%) TCP/IP
6 32 (23.36%) NAS
7 26 (18.98%) Firewall
8 20 (14.60%) Network Security
9 15 (10.95%) WAN
10 14 (10.22%) LAN
11 10 (7.299%) VPN
12 9 (6.569%) VLAN
13 7 (5.109%) DMZ
13 7 (5.109%) Internet
14 5 (3.650%) MPLS
15 4 (2.920%) SSL
15 4 (2.920%) HTTPS
15 4 (2.920%) HTTP
15 4 (2.920%) Cisco ASA
16 2 (1.460%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (35.77%) SQL Server
2 39 (28.47%) MySQL
3 36 (26.28%) SQL Server 2008
4 30 (21.90%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (5.839%) RDBMS
6 5 (3.650%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (3.650%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.730%) DTS
General
1 10 (7.299%) Finance
2 5 (3.650%) Banking
3 2 (1.460%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 31 (22.63%) Systems Engineer
1 31 (22.63%) Linux Engineer
2 19 (13.87%) Wintel Engineer
2 19 (13.87%) Administrator
3 18 (13.14%) Analyst
4 16 (11.68%) VMware Specialist
5 14 (10.22%) Server Engineer
6 13 (9.489%) DBA
6 13 (9.489%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (8.759%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (8.759%) Architect
7 12 (8.759%) VMware Architect
8 11 (8.029%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.839%) Linux Administrator
9 8 (5.839%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 8 (5.839%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 8 (5.839%) SQL DBA
9 8 (5.839%) Systems Administrator
9 8 (5.839%) VMware Engineer
10 7 (5.109%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.98%) SaaS
2 8 (5.839%) Clustering
3 6 (4.380%) Replication
4 2 (1.460%) Firmware
5 1 (0.730%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.730%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.730%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 116 (84.67%) Windows
2 60 (43.80%) Linux
3 44 (32.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 28 (20.44%) Windows Server 2003
5 24 (17.52%) Windows 7
6 11 (8.029%) UNIX
7 5 (3.650%) Solaris
8 4 (2.920%) Windows XP
8 4 (2.920%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.730%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.730%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.82%) ITIL
2 19 (13.87%) Supplier Management
3 18 (13.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (10.22%) Network Load Balancing
5 11 (8.029%) Change Management
5 11 (8.029%) Service Management
6 9 (6.569%) Incident Management
7 5 (3.650%) Migration
8 3 (2.190%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (2.190%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (2.190%) Problem Management
8 3 (2.190%) Project Management
8 3 (2.190%) CRM
9 2 (1.460%) Service Delivery
9 2 (1.460%) Change Control
10 1 (0.730%) Database Security
10 1 (0.730%) Business Continuity
10 1 (0.730%) Requirements Analysis
10 1 (0.730%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.33%) SQL
2 5 (3.650%) C
3 1 (0.730%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.730%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.730%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (33.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (32.12%) MCSE
3 31 (22.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 27 (19.71%) MCITP
5 25 (18.25%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (18.25%) CCNA
6 18 (13.14%) MCP
7 12 (8.759%) MCTS
8 11 (8.029%) SC Cleared
8 11 (8.029%) Security Cleared
8 11 (8.029%) MCSA
9 9 (6.569%) Degree
9 9 (6.569%) CCA
9 9 (6.569%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (3.650%) CCNP
10 5 (3.650%) OCP
10 5 (3.650%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (2.190%) CCSP
12 2 (1.460%) CCIP
12 2 (1.460%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.299%) PCI DSS
2 6 (4.380%) SLA
3 1 (0.730%) QA
System Software
1 64 (46.72%) VMware ESX
2 60 (43.80%) vSphere
3 54 (39.42%) Active Directory
4 53 (38.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (15.33%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (15.33%) XenApp
6 19 (13.87%) Hyper-V
7 15 (10.95%) XenDesktop
8 14 (10.22%) NFS
8 14 (10.22%) Microsoft App-V
8 14 (10.22%) XenServer
9 7 (5.109%) VMFS
10 5 (3.650%) Forefront TMG
10 5 (3.650%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (3.650%) ISA Server
11 4 (2.920%) Terminal Services
11 4 (2.920%) VMware Server
11 4 (2.920%) UAG
12 3 (2.190%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (10.95%) WSUS
2 6 (4.380%) HP SIM
3 5 (3.650%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.730%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.730%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.730%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.730%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 117 (85.40%) VMware
2 60 (43.80%) Microsoft
3 45 (32.85%) HP
4 40 (29.20%) Cisco
5 39 (28.47%) Citrix
6 20 (14.60%) EMC
6 20 (14.60%) CommVault
7 18 (13.14%) Oracle
8 15 (10.95%) LANDesk
9 7 (5.109%) Salesforce.com
9 7 (5.109%) Dell
10 6 (4.380%) FalconStor
10 6 (4.380%) Nimsoft
11 4 (2.920%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.460%) Symantec
13 1 (0.730%) VocaLink
13 1 (0.730%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.730%) 3Com
13 1 (0.730%) McAfee
Bedfordshire, South East
In-depth knowledge and practical experience of Microsoft Windows 2003+ and Microsoft Exchange 2010 administration for a medium size commercial organisation. Good knowledge of virtualisation technologies preferable VMware...
montreal
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Yearly Bonus and On call duty Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Ideally commercial data-centre experience working with Apache and MySQL. * Exposure to and knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Cisco networking elements... * Experience of working within ITIL...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Red Hat Specialist / Linux Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP...
Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedfordshire
CCIE *Experience of working in VMware ideally supporting multiple hosts in a farm *Extensive Knowledge of SAN *Formal certification from Cisco (CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, CCSP, etc). *Formal certification...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benifits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
SQL Server Database Administrator ( SQL SERVER DBA ), is urgently needed for our client based in Luton. With in-depth MS SQL DB administration experience and proficiency in Database...
Vadis People
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus scheme
Posted: 21 May 2013