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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 73 73 54
Rank change year-on-year
0 -19
Permanent jobs citing SAN 8 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.151% 0.286% 1.515%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.556% 2.062% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 8
Average salary £33,815 £50,000 £38,531
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.37% +29.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,850 £48,000 £31,800
10% offered a salary of more than £38,298 £52,000 £41,577
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
144 97 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 20.72% 13.86% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 136 82 59
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SAN
East Midlands

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester -7 5 £33,815 -32.37%
SAN
East Midlands

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 18 (90.00%) VMware
2 15 (75.00%) HP
3 14 (70.00%) vSphere
4 13 (65.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 10 (50.00%) NetApp
6 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
7 8 (40.00%) ITIL
7 8 (40.00%) MCP
7 8 (40.00%) Windows
7 8 (40.00%) Capacity Management
8 7 (35.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
9 6 (30.00%) SAP
9 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (25.00%) Retail
10 5 (25.00%) Linux
10 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (20.00%) Firewall
11 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
11 4 (20.00%) IIS
11 4 (20.00%) Dell
11 4 (20.00%) Citrix
12 3 (15.00%) Novell
12 3 (15.00%) SQL
12 3 (15.00%) MCSE
12 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
12 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
12 3 (15.00%) Cisco

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 Platforms
1 7 (35.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (20.00%) IIS
3 2 (10.00%) Commerce Server 2007
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (10.00%) Commerce Server
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (15.00%) iSCSI
3 2 (10.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.000%) LAN
4 1 (5.000%) WAN
4 1 (5.000%) MPLS
4 1 (5.000%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.000%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (5.000%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (5.000%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) VMware Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 5 (25.00%) Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Server Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Server Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Network Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Team Leader
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Clustering
2 1 (5.000%) EPoS
2 1 (5.000%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (25.00%) Linux
3 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (15.00%) SUSE
5 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
1 8 (40.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (10.00%) Change Management
2 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.000%) Business Development
3 1 (5.000%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) VBScript
3 1 (5.000%) VB
3 1 (5.000%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (40.00%) MCP
3 7 (35.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (15.00%) MCSE
4 3 (15.00%) MCITP
4 3 (15.00%) VCP4
5 2 (10.00%) MCTS
5 2 (10.00%) MCPD
5 2 (10.00%) MCSA
6 1 (5.000%) CCNP
6 1 (5.000%) CCNA
6 1 (5.000%) CCA
6 1 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (5.000%) CCEA
6 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.000%) NCDA
6 1 (5.000%) NCIE
6 1 (5.000%) CCAA
System Software
1 14 (70.00%) vSphere
2 13 (65.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (10.00%) XenApp
4 2 (10.00%) XenServer
4 2 (10.00%) XenDesktop
4 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
5 1 (5.000%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCOM
2 1 (5.000%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.000%) Backup Exec
2 1 (5.000%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) VMware
2 15 (75.00%) HP
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (50.00%) NetApp
4 6 (30.00%) SAP
5 4 (20.00%) Dell
5 4 (20.00%) Citrix
6 3 (15.00%) Novell
6 3 (15.00%) Cisco
6 3 (15.00%) Symantec
7 2 (10.00%) Altiris
7 2 (10.00%) EMC
8 1 (5.000%) CommVault
8 1 (5.000%) Sophos
8 1 (5.000%) WatchGuard
8 1 (5.000%) Veeam
8 1 (5.000%) ProCurve