The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 77 48 47
Rank change year-on-year
-29 -1
Permanent jobs citing SAN 39 46 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.327% 3.166% 3.534%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.42% 16.03% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 33 41 41
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £52,500 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 287 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.74% 19.75% 18.50%
Number of salaries quoted 253 247 223
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SAN
West Midlands

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 64 (54.24%) Cisco
2 63 (53.39%) VMware
3 61 (51.69%) HP
4 58 (49.15%) Windows
5 51 (43.22%) EMC
6 41 (34.75%) Active Directory
6 41 (34.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 40 (33.90%) Linux
8 38 (32.20%) NetApp
8 38 (32.20%) Windows Server 2008
9 36 (30.51%) MS Exchange
10 34 (28.81%) vSphere
11 32 (27.12%) Symmetrix DMX
11 32 (27.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 31 (26.27%) Microsoft
13 30 (25.42%) Solaris
14 29 (24.58%) ITIL
15 28 (23.73%) Firewall
16 27 (22.88%) Banking
17 26 (22.03%) Change Management
17 26 (22.03%) SQL
18 25 (21.19%) UNIX
19 24 (20.34%) Finance
20 23 (19.49%) IBM
20 23 (19.49%) Citrix
21 22 (18.64%) Problem Management
22 21 (17.80%) Brocade
23 20 (16.95%) Red Hat
23 20 (16.95%) DNS
24 19 (16.10%) Shell Script

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 2 (1.695%) .NET
1 2 (1.695%) J2EE
1 2 (1.695%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 36 (30.51%) MS Exchange
2 16 (13.56%) IIS
3 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
4 12 (10.17%) SAS
5 9 (7.627%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (6.780%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (5.085%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (4.237%) Lync
8 5 (4.237%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (1.695%) Apache
9 2 (1.695%) Tomcat
9 2 (1.695%) WebSphere MQ
9 2 (1.695%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 12 (10.17%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.695%) Office 365
3 1 (0.847%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.390%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.73%) Firewall
2 20 (16.95%) DNS
3 19 (16.10%) DHCP
4 18 (15.25%) iSCSI
4 18 (15.25%) Fibre Channel
5 13 (11.02%) VLAN
6 11 (9.322%) VPN
7 9 (7.627%) Unified Communications
8 7 (5.932%) WAN
8 7 (5.932%) LAN
9 6 (5.085%) TCP/IP
9 6 (5.085%) NAS
9 6 (5.085%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (4.237%) IP Telephony
11 4 (3.390%) IPsec
11 4 (3.390%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (2.542%) HTTP
12 3 (2.542%) Wireless
12 3 (2.542%) Internet
13 2 (1.695%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.322%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (1.695%) TOAD
4 1 (0.847%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.847%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (1.695%) MSI
2 1 (0.847%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.847%) AdminStudio
General
1 27 (22.88%) Banking
2 24 (20.34%) Finance
3 16 (13.56%) Investment Banking
4 5 (4.237%) Corporate Banking
4 5 (4.237%) Retail
5 2 (1.695%) Back Office
5 2 (1.695%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.847%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 20 (16.95%) Administrator
2 19 (16.10%) Consultant
3 17 (14.41%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 17 (14.41%) Storage Engineer
4 11 (9.322%) Storage Administrator
5 10 (8.475%) Technical Consultant
5 10 (8.475%) Network Engineer
6 8 (6.780%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (5.085%) Analyst
7 6 (5.085%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (4.237%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.390%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (3.390%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (3.390%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 4 (3.390%) Network Support
9 4 (3.390%) Storage Consultant
9 4 (3.390%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 4 (3.390%) SAN Consultant
9 4 (3.390%) Virtualisation Consultant
10 3 (2.542%) Pre Sales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (27.12%) Symmetrix DMX
2 11 (9.322%) Wiki
3 10 (8.475%) Replication
4 9 (7.627%) Symmetrix
5 6 (5.085%) Clustering
6 4 (3.390%) CLARiiON
6 4 (3.390%) EqualLogic
7 3 (2.542%) Celerra
8 2 (1.695%) HACMP
8 2 (1.695%) LPAR
8 2 (1.695%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.847%) iPad
9 1 (0.847%) Open Source
9 1 (0.847%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.847%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 58 (49.15%) Windows
2 40 (33.90%) Linux
3 38 (32.20%) Windows Server 2008
4 32 (27.12%) Windows Server 2003
5 30 (25.42%) Solaris
6 25 (21.19%) UNIX
7 19 (16.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (14.41%) AIX
9 15 (12.71%) SUSE
10 7 (5.932%) HPUX
11 4 (3.390%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (1.695%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.695%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.695%) Mac OS X Server
13 1 (0.847%) Android
13 1 (0.847%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.847%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.58%) ITIL
2 26 (22.03%) Change Management
3 22 (18.64%) Problem Management
4 14 (11.86%) RDF
5 11 (9.322%) BCP
5 11 (9.322%) Migration
5 11 (9.322%) Business Continuity
5 11 (9.322%) Risk Analysis
5 11 (9.322%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (8.475%) Service Management
7 9 (7.627%) Configuration Management
8 5 (4.237%) Data Management
8 5 (4.237%) Business Transformation
8 5 (4.237%) Business Development
8 5 (4.237%) Fund Management
8 5 (4.237%) Wealth Management
9 4 (3.390%) Project Management
10 3 (2.542%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.542%) Disaster Recovery
11 2 (1.695%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.03%) SQL
2 19 (16.10%) Shell Script
3 15 (12.71%) Korn
4 12 (10.17%) Perl
5 2 (1.695%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.847%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (16.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 17 (14.41%) Degree
3 10 (8.475%) MCITP
4 9 (7.627%) NCDA
4 9 (7.627%) NCIE
4 9 (7.627%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.780%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (6.780%) CCEE
6 7 (5.932%) CCNA
7 6 (5.085%) MCSE
7 6 (5.085%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.085%) CCAA
8 5 (4.237%) MCTS
8 5 (4.237%) CCNP
9 4 (3.390%) CCIA
10 3 (2.542%) VCAP
10 3 (2.542%) VCDX
10 3 (2.542%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.695%) HP ASE
11 2 (1.695%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.86%) SLA
2 10 (8.475%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (4.237%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (34.75%) Active Directory
1 41 (34.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (28.81%) vSphere
3 19 (16.10%) XenDesktop
3 19 (16.10%) VMware ESX
4 16 (13.56%) XenApp
5 15 (12.71%) XenServer
5 15 (12.71%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 14 (11.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 14 (11.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (9.322%) Hyper-V
7 11 (9.322%) Veritas File System
8 9 (7.627%) SRDF
9 2 (1.695%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (1.695%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (7.627%) EMC TimeFinder
2 7 (5.932%) NetBackup
2 7 (5.932%) WSUS
3 6 (5.085%) SCCM
3 6 (5.085%) SCOM
3 6 (5.085%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (4.237%) Backup Exec
5 3 (2.542%) ARCserve
5 3 (2.542%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (1.695%) Foglight
6 2 (1.695%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.695%) YUM
7 1 (0.847%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 64 (54.24%) Cisco
2 63 (53.39%) VMware
3 61 (51.69%) HP
4 51 (43.22%) EMC
5 38 (32.20%) NetApp
6 31 (26.27%) Microsoft
7 23 (19.49%) IBM
7 23 (19.49%) Citrix
8 21 (17.80%) Brocade
9 20 (16.95%) Red Hat
10 19 (16.10%) Oracle
11 18 (15.25%) Veritas
12 15 (12.71%) Sun
13 14 (11.86%) Sybase
14 13 (11.02%) DataCore
15 9 (7.627%) Hitachi
15 9 (7.627%) Symantec
16 8 (6.780%) Juniper
16 8 (6.780%) Dell
17 5 (4.237%) CommVault
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator - Birmingham My Birmingham based client is seeking an 3rd/4th Line Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator to join their growing business and IT team of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will also need to have a strong server background with SAN Enterprise Storage - Dell Compellant, EqualLogic or PowerVault... Key words:- Dell Compellant, EqualLogic, PowerVault, SAN, SCCM, SCOM,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Unix Systems Administrator - £35-45K + Bonus. Our client a leading Financial Services organisation is looking to recruit an experienced Unix Sytems Administrator with a strong technical background and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Understanding of SANs and LANs. *Strong Shell Scripting skills. *Experience of large AIX migration projects... *Linux (Red Hat) skills - will ideally have worked on Linux migration projects. *Understanding...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Key focus is the daily storage operations with the following core responsibilities: System Monitoring Trouble-shooting Storage Provisioning Performance Monitoring Incident Handling Problem Management Change Management Agreed Service...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £50 - £55 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 23 April 2013