The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 67 105 95
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -10
Permanent jobs citing SAN 55 23 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.976% 1.151% 1.262%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.13% 6.250% 5.769%
Number of salaries quoted 49 23 26
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,661 £34,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
341 368 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.45% 18.41% 21.87%
Number of salaries quoted 259 302 415
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,300 £30,950 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SAN
Cambridgeshire

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 97 (82.20%) Windows
2 80 (67.80%) Linux
3 58 (49.15%) UNIX
4 53 (44.92%) Firewall
5 44 (37.29%) Python
6 42 (35.59%) VMware
7 39 (33.05%) MySQL
7 39 (33.05%) VMware Infrastructure
8 36 (30.51%) NFS
9 34 (28.81%) Cisco
9 34 (28.81%) Degree
10 32 (27.12%) Bash shell
11 30 (25.42%) ITIL
12 29 (24.58%) EMC
13 27 (22.88%) Red Hat
13 27 (22.88%) Samba
13 27 (22.88%) Brocade
14 25 (21.19%) Big Data
14 25 (21.19%) Postgraduate
15 23 (19.49%) PHP
15 23 (19.49%) Service Delivery
15 23 (19.49%) EMC Centera
16 22 (18.64%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (18.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 22 (18.64%) EMC NetWorker
17 21 (17.80%) Apache
17 21 (17.80%) NetApp
18 20 (16.95%) HP
18 20 (16.95%) Network Security
18 20 (16.95%) vSphere

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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%) Web Services
1 2 (1.695%) Middleware
2 1 (0.847%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.847%) COM
Application Platforms
1 21 (17.80%) Apache
2 9 (7.627%) Tomcat
2 9 (7.627%) IIS
3 8 (6.780%) MS Exchange
4 4 (3.390%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.542%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (2.542%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (2.542%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.695%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (0.847%) Drupal
7 1 (0.847%) WordPress
7 1 (0.847%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (5.085%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.390%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 53 (44.92%) Firewall
2 20 (16.95%) Network Security
3 19 (16.10%) DNS
4 15 (12.71%) TCP/IP
5 11 (9.322%) Internet
6 9 (7.627%) DHCP
7 8 (6.780%) NAS
7 8 (6.780%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (5.932%) Unified Communications
8 7 (5.932%) VLAN
9 6 (5.085%) SSL
9 6 (5.085%) VoIP
9 6 (5.085%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (4.237%) iSCSI
10 5 (4.237%) WAN
11 4 (3.390%) LAN
11 4 (3.390%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (1.695%) SNMP
12 2 (1.695%) VPN
12 2 (1.695%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (33.05%) MySQL
2 25 (21.19%) Big Data
3 8 (6.780%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.932%) Text Mining
5 1 (0.847%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.847%) BusinessObjects
General
1 7 (5.932%) Finance
2 3 (2.542%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (2.542%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.695%) Law
3 2 (1.695%) Advertising
3 2 (1.695%) Games
4 1 (0.847%) Banking
4 1 (0.847%) Marketing
4 1 (0.847%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (30.51%) Administrator
2 31 (26.27%) Systems Administrator
2 31 (26.27%) Support Engineer
3 20 (16.95%) IT Support Engineer
3 20 (16.95%) IT Support
4 16 (13.56%) Consultant
5 14 (11.86%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 14 (11.86%) Linux Administrator
6 11 (9.322%) Linux Support
6 11 (9.322%) Analyst
7 9 (7.627%) Support Analyst
7 9 (7.627%) Senior Storage Specialist
7 9 (7.627%) Storage Specialist
7 9 (7.627%) Data Storage Specialist
7 9 (7.627%) EMC Storage Specialist
8 7 (5.932%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (5.932%) Systems Support
8 7 (5.932%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.932%) Support Consultant
9 6 (5.085%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.49%) EMC Centera
2 17 (14.41%) Wiki
3 6 (5.085%) Open Source
3 6 (5.085%) Replication
3 6 (5.085%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.542%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.542%) EqualLogic
4 3 (2.542%) Celerra
5 2 (1.695%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.695%) Online Games
5 2 (1.695%) Biology
5 2 (1.695%) CLARiiON
5 2 (1.695%) Clustering
6 1 (0.847%) PDA
6 1 (0.847%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 97 (82.20%) Windows
2 80 (67.80%) Linux
3 58 (49.15%) UNIX
4 22 (18.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (10.17%) Debian
6 6 (5.085%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (4.237%) Windows 7
7 5 (4.237%) AIX
8 4 (3.390%) Windows XP
9 3 (2.542%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.542%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.695%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.695%) CentOS
11 1 (0.847%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.847%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.847%) Scientific Linux
11 1 (0.847%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.42%) ITIL
2 23 (19.49%) Service Delivery
3 22 (18.64%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (12.71%) Load Balancing
5 13 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (10.17%) Information Security
7 11 (9.322%) Business Continuity
8 10 (8.475%) BCP
9 9 (7.627%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (6.780%) Data Protection
10 8 (6.780%) E-Commerce
11 6 (5.085%) Performance Management
11 6 (5.085%) Network Design
12 4 (3.390%) Data Management
13 3 (2.542%) Data Analysis
13 3 (2.542%) Business Development
13 3 (2.542%) Change Control
14 2 (1.695%) Infrastructure Management
14 2 (1.695%) Capacity Planning
14 2 (1.695%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 44 (37.29%) Python
2 32 (27.12%) Bash shell
3 23 (19.49%) PHP
4 18 (15.25%) Perl
5 10 (8.475%) SQL
6 8 (6.780%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.695%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.695%) Java
8 1 (0.847%) C
Qualifications
1 34 (28.81%) Degree
2 25 (21.19%) Postgraduate
3 9 (7.627%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (6.780%) CCNP
4 8 (6.780%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.932%) NCDA
5 7 (5.932%) NCIE
6 6 (5.085%) RHCE
7 4 (3.390%) MCITP
8 3 (2.542%) VCDX
8 3 (2.542%) MCTS
8 3 (2.542%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.542%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (2.542%) VCAP
8 3 (2.542%) CCEE
8 3 (2.542%) CCIA
9 2 (1.695%) CCEA
9 2 (1.695%) CCDP
9 2 (1.695%) HP ASE
9 2 (1.695%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.847%) SLA
1 1 (0.847%) QA
System Software
1 39 (33.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (30.51%) NFS
3 27 (22.88%) Samba
4 20 (16.95%) vSphere
5 18 (15.25%) VMware ESX
6 16 (13.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 13 (11.02%) Hyper-V
8 12 (10.17%) Active Directory
9 9 (7.627%) XenDesktop
10 6 (5.085%) Postfix
10 6 (5.085%) Sendmail
10 6 (5.085%) XenApp
10 6 (5.085%) XenServer
11 3 (2.542%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.847%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (18.64%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (5.085%) SCCM
2 6 (5.085%) Nagios
2 6 (5.085%) OSSEC
2 6 (5.085%) Puppet
2 6 (5.085%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 5 (4.237%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (4.237%) NetBackup
4 4 (3.390%) Tivoli
5 3 (2.542%) Backup Exec
5 3 (2.542%) SCOM
6 2 (1.695%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.695%) Windows Storage Server
Vendors
1 42 (35.59%) VMware
2 34 (28.81%) Cisco
3 29 (24.58%) EMC
4 27 (22.88%) Red Hat
4 27 (22.88%) Brocade
5 21 (17.80%) NetApp
6 20 (16.95%) HP
7 17 (14.41%) Microsoft
8 13 (11.02%) CheckPoint
9 11 (9.322%) Oracle
10 10 (8.475%) Citrix
11 8 (6.780%) Symantec
12 7 (5.932%) F5
13 6 (5.085%) TippingPoint
13 6 (5.085%) SolarWinds
14 5 (4.237%) IBM
14 5 (4.237%) Dell
15 3 (2.542%) CommVault
16 2 (1.695%) Akamai
16 2 (1.695%) JBoss
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Salary: £35000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + 25 days holiday
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits
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