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The table below looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2030
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads73
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below15.56 %6.667 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£24,333£49,000
Average salary£26,167£49,500
% change on same period last year-47.13 %
Average maximum salary£28,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,091£44,599
% change on same period last year-5.62 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads4545
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.019 %
Salaries quoted1536
Average minimum salary£34,235£36,333
Average salary£37,971£39,632
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Average maximum salary£41,706£42,930
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
SAN County AntrimSAN
County Antrim

SAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SAN across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Belfast SAN Demand Trend

SAN
Salary Trend

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

Belfast SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Belfast SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

116 (88.89 %)Windows
213 (72.22 %)Active Directory
312 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
411 (61.11 %)MS Excel
411 (61.11 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (55.56 %)SQL Server
69 (50.00 %)Clustering
78 (44.44 %)VBScript
78 (44.44 %)DHCP
78 (44.44 %)DNS
78 (44.44 %)VERITAS
78 (44.44 %)Windows 2000 Server
87 (38.89 %)Linux
87 (38.89 %)NetBackup
96 (33.33 %)Change Management
105 (27.78 %)Disaster Recovery
105 (27.78 %)Microsoft
105 (27.78 %)Project Management
105 (27.78 %)MS Exchange
105 (27.78 %)UNIX
105 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
114 (22.22 %)Citrix
114 (22.22 %)VMware
123 (16.67 %)Service Management
123 (16.67 %)Migration
123 (16.67 %)Replication
123 (16.67 %)Firewall
123 (16.67 %)ITSM
123 (16.67 %)Workflow
123 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (27.78 %)MS Exchange
22 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (11.11 %)IIS
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (61.11 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
28 (44.44 %)DNS
28 (44.44 %)DHCP
33 (16.67 %)Firewall
33 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX
33 (16.67 %)VPN
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (55.56 %)SQL Server
23 (16.67 %)DTS
23 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.11 %)Banking
12 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
21 (5.556 %)Finance
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (22.22 %)Technical Specialist
23 (16.67 %)Senior Support Analyst
23 (16.67 %)Network Specialist
23 (16.67 %)Analyst
23 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
23 (16.67 %)Administrator
23 (16.67 %)Senior Analyst
32 (11.11 %)Windows Server Engineer
32 (11.11 %)UNIX Support
32 (11.11 %)Server Support
32 (11.11 %)Server Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Server Administrator
41 (5.556 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (5.556 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
41 (5.556 %)Senior Systems Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Support Specialist
41 (5.556 %)Systems Administrator
41 (5.556 %)Systems Engineer
41 (5.556 %)DBA
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (50.00 %)Clustering
23 (16.67 %)SecurID
23 (16.67 %)Replication
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (88.89 %)Windows
211 (61.11 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (44.44 %)Windows 2000 Server
47 (38.89 %)Linux
55 (27.78 %)UNIX
62 (11.11 %)AIX
62 (11.11 %)HPUX
62 (11.11 %)Solaris
71 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
71 (5.556 %)Windows NT
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (33.33 %)Change Management
25 (27.78 %)Disaster Recovery
25 (27.78 %)Project Management
25 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
33 (16.67 %)Service Management
33 (16.67 %)ITSM
33 (16.67 %)Workflow
33 (16.67 %)Migration
33 (16.67 %)Network Load Balancing
33 (16.67 %)Time Management
33 (16.67 %)Data Migration
41 (5.556 %)ITIL
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (44.44 %)VBScript
23 (16.67 %)SQL
32 (11.11 %)Perl
32 (11.11 %)Korn
41 (5.556 %)VB
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (11.11 %)MCSE
31 (5.556 %)MCDBA
31 (5.556 %)MCP
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (72.22 %)Active Directory
27 (38.89 %)NetBackup
32 (11.11 %)Terminal Server
32 (11.11 %)Terminal Services
41 (5.556 %)Backup Exec
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (11.11 %)MOM
12 (11.11 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (5.556 %)ARCserve
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (44.44 %)VERITAS
25 (27.78 %)Microsoft
34 (22.22 %)Citrix
34 (22.22 %)VMware
43 (16.67 %)Cisco
52 (11.11 %)CA
52 (11.11 %)HP
61 (5.556 %)Compaq