The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 23 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 34 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Permanent jobs citing SAN 20 21 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 6.116% 8.140% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.97% 35.59% -
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 0
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
77 59 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 23.55% 22.87% 8.970%
Number of salaries quoted 69 51 25
Average salary £38,500 £32,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.46% +10.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SAN
Suffolk

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Ipswich SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 32 (78.05%) VMware
2 26 (63.41%) Windows
3 25 (60.98%) EMC
3 25 (60.98%) NetApp
4 23 (56.10%) MS Exchange
5 21 (51.22%) Cisco
6 18 (43.90%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (43.90%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (39.02%) Exchange Server 2010
8 15 (36.59%) Active Directory
9 14 (34.15%) Tivoli
9 14 (34.15%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (34.15%) VMware Infrastructure
9 14 (34.15%) Isilon
10 13 (31.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 13 (31.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 12 (29.27%) Firewall
12 11 (26.83%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (26.83%) Replication
13 10 (24.39%) Symantec
14 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
14 9 (21.95%) Backup Exec
14 9 (21.95%) Citrix
14 9 (21.95%) Linux
14 9 (21.95%) UNIX
14 9 (21.95%) NAS
14 9 (21.95%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (19.51%) ITIL
15 8 (19.51%) Solaris
15 8 (19.51%) IBM

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 4 (9.756%) WSH
2 2 (4.878%) XML
2 2 (4.878%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 23 (56.10%) MS Exchange
2 16 (39.02%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (14.63%) IIS
4 3 (7.317%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.878%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) Firewall
2 11 (26.83%) Cisco Nexus
3 9 (21.95%) NAS
3 9 (21.95%) Fibre Channel
4 8 (19.51%) DNS
4 8 (19.51%) VoIP
5 7 (17.07%) TCP/IP
6 6 (14.63%) VPN
6 6 (14.63%) iSCSI
7 5 (12.20%) DHCP
8 3 (7.317%) SMTP
8 3 (7.317%) SSL
8 3 (7.317%) MPLS
8 3 (7.317%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (2.439%) LAN
9 1 (2.439%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.439%) WAN
9 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.317%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (9.756%) Finance
2 1 (2.439%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Administrator
2 13 (31.71%) Storage Administrator
3 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (9.756%) Team Leader
4 4 (9.756%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 3 (7.317%) Storage Engineer
5 3 (7.317%) UNIX Administrator
6 2 (4.878%) Server Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Server Support
6 2 (4.878%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Server Support Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Technician
7 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 1 (2.439%) Storage Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Replication
2 3 (7.317%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (63.41%) Windows
2 18 (43.90%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (43.90%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (21.95%) Linux
3 9 (21.95%) UNIX
4 8 (19.51%) Solaris
5 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (19.51%) ITIL
3 5 (12.20%) Problem Management
3 5 (12.20%) Business Continuity
4 4 (9.756%) Risk Management
5 2 (4.878%) Migration
6 1 (2.439%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.439%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 3 (7.317%) Perl
2 3 (7.317%) VB
2 3 (7.317%) Shell Script
3 2 (4.878%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.756%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.317%) Degree
2 3 (7.317%) VCAP
2 3 (7.317%) CCA
2 3 (7.317%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.439%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 15 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (34.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (31.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 5 (12.20%) vSphere
4 5 (12.20%) NFS
5 3 (7.317%) XenApp
5 3 (7.317%) XenServer
5 3 (7.317%) XenDesktop
5 3 (7.317%) VMware ESX
6 2 (4.878%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 14 (34.15%) Tivoli
2 13 (31.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 9 (21.95%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 32 (78.05%) VMware
2 25 (60.98%) EMC
2 25 (60.98%) NetApp
3 21 (51.22%) Cisco
4 14 (34.15%) Isilon
5 10 (24.39%) Symantec
6 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
6 9 (21.95%) Citrix
7 8 (19.51%) IBM
8 3 (7.317%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.439%) Oracle
9 1 (2.439%) HP
9 1 (2.439%) Dell