The first table below looks at the demand for NAS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NAS over the 3 months to 24 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing NAS 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.823% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.494% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £36,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.65%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
89 63 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.31% 11.48% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 75 56 55
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
NAS
North West

NAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire NAS Jobs Demand Trend

NAS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NAS across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire NAS Salary Trend

NAS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Blackpool - 3 £36,250 -
NAS
North West

NAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing NAS 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 NAS.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (50.00%) SCCM
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (25.00%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (25.00%) Celerra
4 1 (25.00%) CLARiiON
4 1 (25.00%) EMC Centera
4 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
4 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
4 1 (25.00%) Replication
4 1 (25.00%) EMC Certification
4 1 (25.00%) NFS
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX

NAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing NAS 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 NAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Implementation Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Leader
1 1 (25.00%) Deployment Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Celerra
1 1 (25.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (25.00%) EMC Centera
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) AIX
2 1 (25.00%) HPUX
2 1 (25.00%) Solaris
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 1 (25.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) EMC
4 1 (25.00%) NetApp
Blackpool, North West
This is a contract position working to roll out with APPV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory 2008, Exchange...
Salary: £20.00 - £25.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT SPECIALISTThis is a contract position working to roll out with AppV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25.00 - £35.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Information Technology related degree, or equivalent proven knowledge in IT and Technology fields with associated qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, VCP *Extensive knowledge of MS Windows 2000/XP,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £24000 - £31000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013