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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Kent 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5473
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads4721
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.009 %
As % of the category below11.52 %7.895 %
Salaries quoted3817
Average minimum salary£37,500£35,706
Average salary£44,000£37,324
% change on same period last year+17.88 %
Average maximum salary£50,500£38,941
UK excluding London average salary£42,549£45,625
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
Communications & Networking KentCommunications & Networking
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads408266
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.200 %0.118 %
Salaries quoted370228
Average minimum salary£34,172£29,648
Average salary£36,505£31,832
% change on same period last year+14.67 %
Average maximum salary£38,837£34,017
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
SAN South EastSAN
South East

SAN
Demand Trend

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

Kent SAN Demand Trend

SAN
Salary Trend

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

Kent SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Kent region over the past 3 months.

Kent SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Kent region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1Tunbridge WellsNew entry-25£47,750-
2CanterburyNew entry-4£40,000-
3ChathamNew entry-3£40,000-
4SwanleyNew entry-1£25,500-
4MaidstoneUp+41£45,000+83.67 %
4DartfordNew entry-1£41,000-
4West MallingDown-161£42,500+1.19 %
SAN South EastSAN
South East

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kent region citing SAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAN.

131 (50.00 %)NetBackup
228 (45.16 %)Cisco
327 (43.55 %)Windows
415 (24.19 %)SQL Server
514 (22.58 %)Unix
514 (22.58 %)IBM
514 (22.58 %)HP
613 (20.97 %)Active Directory
613 (20.97 %)VERITAS
79 (14.52 %)VMware
79 (14.52 %)Windows 2000
79 (14.52 %)SAP
88 (12.90 %)SQL
88 (12.90 %)LAN
88 (12.90 %)SAP Basis
97 (11.29 %)Clustering
97 (11.29 %)AIX
106 (9.677 %)SMS
106 (9.677 %)Citrix
106 (9.677 %)Firewall
106 (9.677 %)Telecoms
106 (9.677 %)MOM
106 (9.677 %)Shell Script
106 (9.677 %)Brocade
106 (9.677 %)WSUS
115 (8.065 %)SQL Server 2000
115 (8.065 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
115 (8.065 %)Oracle
124 (6.452 %)MCSE
124 (6.452 %)MS Excel

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kent region citing SAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
18 (12.90 %)SAP Basis
Application Platforms
13 (4.839 %)IIS
Applications
14 (6.452 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
18 (12.90 %)LAN
26 (9.677 %)SMS
26 (9.677 %)Firewall
33 (4.839 %)TCP/IP
33 (4.839 %)WAN
42 (3.226 %)DHCP
42 (3.226 %)DNS
51 (1.613 %)Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (24.19 %)SQL Server
25 (8.065 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (3.226 %)DB2
41 (1.613 %)SQL Server 2005
General
16 (9.677 %)Telecoms
24 (6.452 %)Finance
24 (6.452 %)Health
24 (6.452 %)Pensions
32 (3.226 %)Banking
Job Titles
122 (35.48 %)Storage Engineer
212 (19.35 %)Server Support
310 (16.13 %)Support Engineer
310 (16.13 %)Administrator
48 (12.90 %)SQL Server DBA
48 (12.90 %)Consultant
48 (12.90 %)DBA
48 (12.90 %)Windows Server Engineer
48 (12.90 %)SQL DBA
48 (12.90 %)Server Engineer
48 (12.90 %)Server Support Engineer
56 (9.677 %)Storage Administrator
56 (9.677 %)Server Specialist
64 (6.452 %)Storage Consultant
64 (6.452 %)Storage Specialist
64 (6.452 %)3rd Line Support
64 (6.452 %)Technical Consultant
73 (4.839 %)UNIX Support
82 (3.226 %)Citrix Support
82 (3.226 %)Server Administrator
Miscellaneous
17 (11.29 %)Clustering
23 (4.839 %)Replication
32 (3.226 %)HACMP
32 (3.226 %)Mainframe
Operating Systems
127 (43.55 %)Windows
214 (22.58 %)Unix
39 (14.52 %)Windows 2000
47 (11.29 %)AIX
54 (6.452 %)Linux
62 (3.226 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (3.226 %)Solaris
71 (1.613 %)HPUX
71 (1.613 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
14 (6.452 %)Disaster Recovery
14 (6.452 %)Load Balancing
22 (3.226 %)Change Management
22 (3.226 %)Migration
Programming Languages
18 (12.90 %)SQL
26 (9.677 %)Shell Script
32 (3.226 %)Perl
Qualifications
14 (6.452 %)MCSE
14 (6.452 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (6.452 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
14 (6.452 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21 (1.613 %)MCP
System Software
131 (50.00 %)NetBackup
213 (20.97 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
16 (9.677 %)MOM
16 (9.677 %)WSUS
25 (8.065 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (3.226 %)OpenView
32 (3.226 %)Tivoli
Vendors
128 (45.16 %)Cisco
214 (22.58 %)IBM
214 (22.58 %)HP
313 (20.97 %)VERITAS
49 (14.52 %)VMware
49 (14.52 %)SAP
56 (9.677 %)Citrix
56 (9.677 %)Brocade
65 (8.065 %)Oracle
74 (6.452 %)CommVault
74 (6.452 %)EMC
74 (6.452 %)NetApp
83 (4.839 %)Microsoft
92 (3.226 %)Hitachi
101 (1.613 %)Red Hat
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