The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 70 63 66
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +3
Permanent jobs citing SAN 78 78 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 3.000% 3.693% 3.381%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.37% 20.80% 19.74%
Number of salaries quoted 76 66 43
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
449 375 309
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.27% 17.76% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 375 299 256
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SAN
West Yorkshire

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 176 (78.22%) Windows
2 120 (53.33%) VMware
3 107 (47.56%) Microsoft
4 90 (40.00%) Linux
5 81 (36.00%) SQL
6 79 (35.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 77 (34.22%) UNIX
8 74 (32.89%) Windows Server 2008
9 68 (30.22%) Active Directory
10 67 (29.78%) MS Exchange
11 66 (29.33%) Cisco
12 62 (27.56%) MS Excel
13 57 (25.33%) Windows Server 2003
14 53 (23.56%) SQL Server
15 52 (23.11%) ITIL
16 46 (20.44%) HP
16 46 (20.44%) NAS
17 44 (19.56%) Citrix
18 40 (17.78%) vSphere
19 38 (16.89%) EMC
19 38 (16.89%) LAN
19 38 (16.89%) WAN
20 36 (16.00%) NetApp
20 36 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2010
21 34 (15.11%) Firewall
22 33 (14.67%) SQL Server 2008
23 32 (14.22%) IIS
24 31 (13.78%) Finance
25 30 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
26 29 (12.89%) .NET

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 29 (12.89%) .NET
2 19 (8.444%) COM+
3 13 (5.778%) Web Services
4 8 (3.556%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.667%) Middleware
6 3 (1.333%) J2EE
6 3 (1.333%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 67 (29.78%) MS Exchange
2 36 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 32 (14.22%) IIS
4 17 (7.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 17 (7.556%) SharePoint
4 17 (7.556%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (5.333%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (4.889%) Office Communications Server
7 7 (3.111%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (1.778%) Apache
10 3 (1.333%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.333%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.889%) Lync
12 1 (0.444%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (27.56%) MS Excel
2 15 (6.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 25 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 46 (20.44%) NAS
2 38 (16.89%) LAN
2 38 (16.89%) WAN
3 34 (15.11%) Firewall
4 27 (12.00%) DNS
5 24 (10.67%) DHCP
6 23 (10.22%) Internet
7 20 (8.889%) VPN
8 17 (7.556%) TCP/IP
9 11 (4.889%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (4.444%) VoIP
10 10 (4.444%) DMZ
11 9 (4.000%) Unified Communications
12 8 (3.556%) VLAN
13 7 (3.111%) PBX
13 7 (3.111%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (2.667%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (2.222%) SSH
15 5 (2.222%) FTP
15 5 (2.222%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (23.56%) SQL Server
2 33 (14.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 27 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (6.222%) MySQL
5 5 (2.222%) Oracle 9i
5 5 (2.222%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.222%) Oracle 11g
5 5 (2.222%) Oracle 10g
6 4 (1.778%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.333%) MS Access
7 3 (1.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.444%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (2.222%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.444%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (13.78%) Finance
2 2 (0.889%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.444%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.444%) Retail
3 1 (0.444%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (25.78%) Analyst
2 53 (23.56%) Support Analyst
3 37 (16.44%) Applications Support
4 28 (12.44%) Applications Support Analyst
5 20 (8.889%) Storage Specialist
5 20 (8.889%) Support Engineer
6 18 (8.000%) Administrator
7 16 (7.111%) 3rd Line Support
8 13 (5.778%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.333%) DBA
9 12 (5.333%) Team Leader
10 11 (4.889%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (4.889%) Project Manager
10 11 (4.889%) IT Support
11 10 (4.444%) Consultant
11 10 (4.444%) Infrastructure Team Leader
12 9 (4.000%) Technical Engineer
12 9 (4.000%) Server Engineer
12 9 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.11%) CLARiiON
2 21 (9.333%) Clustering
3 17 (7.556%) Blackberry
4 11 (4.889%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.111%) Celerra
6 5 (2.222%) Fat Client
6 5 (2.222%) NHS
6 5 (2.222%) Thin Client
7 4 (1.778%) EqualLogic
8 3 (1.333%) SaaS
8 3 (1.333%) Replication
9 2 (0.889%) IVR
9 2 (0.889%) CMDB
9 2 (0.889%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.889%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.889%) Data Extraction
9 2 (0.889%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.444%) IaaS
10 1 (0.444%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 176 (78.22%) Windows
2 90 (40.00%) Linux
3 77 (34.22%) UNIX
4 74 (32.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 57 (25.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 24 (10.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (4.889%) CentOS
8 10 (4.444%) HPUX
9 6 (2.667%) AIX
9 6 (2.667%) Windows 7
9 6 (2.667%) Ubuntu
10 5 (2.222%) Debian
11 4 (1.778%) Solaris
11 4 (1.778%) Mac OS X
12 3 (1.333%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.333%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.444%) Mac OS X Server
13 1 (0.444%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.11%) ITIL
2 30 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
3 28 (12.44%) CRM
4 26 (11.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (10.22%) Load Balancing
6 22 (9.778%) Problem Management
7 21 (9.333%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (8.444%) Time Management
8 19 (8.444%) Project Management
9 16 (7.111%) Change Control
10 13 (5.778%) E-Commerce
11 10 (4.444%) OO
11 10 (4.444%) Change Management
11 10 (4.444%) Capacity Management
11 10 (4.444%) High Availability
12 9 (4.000%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (3.556%) Performance Management
13 8 (3.556%) Business Continuity
13 8 (3.556%) Asset Management
14 7 (3.111%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 81 (36.00%) SQL
2 28 (12.44%) PowerShell
3 16 (7.111%) C#
3 16 (7.111%) C++
4 11 (4.889%) Java
5 8 (3.556%) Perl
6 7 (3.111%) C
6 7 (3.111%) VBA
7 6 (2.667%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.222%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.333%) VB
9 3 (1.333%) PHP
9 3 (1.333%) Python
9 3 (1.333%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 21 (9.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (7.111%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 12 (5.333%) MCITP
3 12 (5.333%) MCSE
4 10 (4.444%) CCNA
4 10 (4.444%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.556%) MCTS
5 8 (3.556%) MCP
5 8 (3.556%) NCDA
6 7 (3.111%) NCIE
7 6 (2.667%) MCSA
8 5 (2.222%) CCNP
8 5 (2.222%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.778%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.778%) MCAD
9 4 (1.778%) MCSD
10 3 (1.333%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.889%) MCDBA
11 2 (0.889%) Degree
11 2 (0.889%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.778%) SLA
2 5 (2.222%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (35.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 68 (30.22%) Active Directory
3 40 (17.78%) vSphere
4 28 (12.44%) XenApp
5 27 (12.00%) VMware ESX
6 14 (6.222%) XenServer
7 13 (5.778%) Hyper-V
8 9 (4.000%) XenDesktop
9 8 (3.556%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (2.222%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (2.222%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (1.778%) Novell eDirectory
12 2 (0.889%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.889%) Xen
12 2 (0.889%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.444%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 15 (6.667%) SCOM
2 14 (6.222%) Norton AntiVirus
3 13 (5.778%) SCCM
4 12 (5.333%) WSUS
5 10 (4.444%) NetBackup
6 9 (4.000%) Backup Exec
7 8 (3.556%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 5 (2.222%) Data Guard
9 3 (1.333%) Puppet
10 2 (0.889%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.444%) OpenView
11 1 (0.444%) HP NNM
11 1 (0.444%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 120 (53.33%) VMware
2 107 (47.56%) Microsoft
3 66 (29.33%) Cisco
4 46 (20.44%) HP
5 44 (19.56%) Citrix
6 38 (16.89%) EMC
7 36 (16.00%) NetApp
8 27 (12.00%) Red Hat
9 25 (11.11%) Symantec
10 18 (8.000%) Dell
11 17 (7.556%) CommVault
12 12 (5.333%) Apple
13 10 (4.444%) Kaspersky
14 9 (4.000%) Juniper
14 9 (4.000%) Oracle
15 8 (3.556%) WatchGuard
15 8 (3.556%) SonicWALL
16 7 (3.111%) Avaya
17 6 (2.667%) IBM
18 5 (2.222%) Altiris
Leeds, Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installationsA fantastic opportunity has arisen...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, 3rd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installationsA fantastic...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installations... ESSENTIAL Skills: (minimum 2...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Systems Administrator will come from an extensive Windows Server and UNIX/Linux background, with excellent experience of large virtual server environments, understanding of networking principles and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Must have an excellent understanding and experience with supporting server based applications (Windows or Linux operating systems) *Networking (CCNA, CCNP, etc) *Databases (My SQL, Microsoft SQL) *Should have...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Operation and configuration of infrastructure services, including Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft System Centre Suite... Understanding of networking principles, including switching,...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Systems EngineerMy Client is working on a "fast to market" product and is in urgent need of a Systems Engineer to implement and engineer the present infrastructure to...
IQ Resourcing
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Responsibilities *Maintenance and management of the HP SAN environment... Experience Required: *Experience of HP 3PAR, EVA and Lefthand SAN technology *HP C Class Blade Centre Infrastructure and BL...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As an Operations Engineer you will provide operational support of Windows Servers, SAN and the data centre infrastructure... Understanding of networking principles, including switching, routing, load balancing, firewalling...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £23,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Advanced PHP and Perl scripting ability... Good virtualisation and storage background; knowledge of Xen or Citrix XenServer, RAID, iSCSI and SAN/NAS solutions... Excellent knowledge of networking, protocols (...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Essential experience includes: Minimum of 2 years' experience within a service level driven environmentExperience of supporting .NET (C# or C++), COM+ applicationsSolid understanding of Internet Technologies including IIS5,...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013