Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Manchester 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank12192
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads64133
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.056 %
As % of the category below7.348 %13.01 %
Salaries quoted59119
Average minimum salary£39,283£46,059
Average salary£41,613£50,916
% change on same period last year-18.27 %
Average maximum salary£43,943£55,773
UK excluding London average salary£41,949£44,863
% change on same period last year-6.49 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads8711022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.476 %0.429 %
Salaries quoted765895
Average minimum salary£29,564£38,587
Average salary£32,113£41,690
% change on same period last year-22.97 %
Average maximum salary£34,662£44,794
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
SAN North WestSAN
North West

SAN
Demand Trend

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

Manchester SAN Demand Trend

SAN
Salary Trend

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

Manchester SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SaleNew entry-3--
SalfordNew entry-3£50,000-
StockportUp+52£37,500+97.36 %
SAN North WestSAN
North West

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

177 (49.68 %)VMware
253 (34.19 %)Cisco
349 (31.61 %)Microsoft
444 (28.39 %)Windows
539 (25.16 %)UNIX
636 (23.23 %)VMware Infrastructure
733 (21.29 %)Clustering
832 (20.65 %)Citrix
931 (20.00 %)IBM
931 (20.00 %)SQL
1030 (19.35 %)Microsoft Certification
1129 (18.71 %)Windows Server 2003
1228 (18.06 %)Cisco Certification
1327 (17.42 %)NetApp
1327 (17.42 %)Active Directory
1423 (14.84 %)WAN
1522 (14.19 %)SQL Server
1522 (14.19 %)Brocade
1621 (13.55 %)ITIL
1621 (13.55 %)MS Exchange
1621 (13.55 %)HP
1720 (12.90 %)Education
1720 (12.90 %)Service Delivery
1819 (12.26 %)Project Planning
1918 (11.61 %)Project Management
2017 (10.97 %)IVR
2017 (10.97 %)CTI
2017 (10.97 %)IBM Certification
2017 (10.97 %)SNIA Certification
2017 (10.97 %)Exchange Server 2003

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (1.290 %)WebSphere
21 (0.645 %)Java RMI
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (13.55 %)MS Exchange
217 (10.97 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (3.871 %)IIS
36 (3.871 %)SharePoint
44 (2.581 %)Exchange Server 2007
53 (1.935 %)WorkSite
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (9.677 %)MS Excel
28 (5.161 %)MS Office
31 (0.645 %)MS Visio
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.935 %)e-Work
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (14.84 %)WAN
217 (10.97 %)CTI
316 (10.32 %)LAN
413 (8.387 %)VPN
511 (7.097 %)TCP/IP
610 (6.452 %)VoIP
79 (5.806 %)Firewall
88 (5.161 %)MPLS
95 (3.226 %)iSCSI
95 (3.226 %)DNS
103 (1.935 %)Internet
112 (1.290 %)SSL
112 (1.290 %)SSH
112 (1.290 %)Cisco IOS
112 (1.290 %)Ethernet
112 (1.290 %)Network Security
121 (0.645 %)DHCP
121 (0.645 %)Broadband
121 (0.645 %)SMS
121 (0.645 %)Cisco PIX
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (14.19 %)SQL Server
211 (7.097 %)SQL Server 2000
211 (7.097 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.645 %)MySQL
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (12.90 %)Education
216 (10.32 %)Finance
39 (5.806 %)Health
39 (5.806 %)Law
46 (3.871 %)Telecoms
55 (3.226 %)Pensions
64 (2.581 %)Government
73 (1.935 %)Legal
82 (1.290 %)Pharmaceutical
82 (1.290 %)Back Office
91 (0.645 %)Electronics
91 (0.645 %)Aerospace
91 (0.645 %)Banking
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
141 (26.45 %)Consultant
219 (12.26 %)Architect
318 (11.61 %)Service Manager
417 (10.97 %)Technical Manager
417 (10.97 %)IT Architect
417 (10.97 %)Technical Services Manager
516 (10.32 %)IT Consultant
516 (10.32 %)Technical Consultant
615 (9.677 %)Administrator
712 (7.742 %)Infrastructure Manager
810 (6.452 %)Services Delivery Manager
810 (6.452 %)Delivery Manager
810 (6.452 %)Systems Administrator
97 (4.516 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
97 (4.516 %)Project Manager
97 (4.516 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
97 (4.516 %)UNIX Administrator
97 (4.516 %)Infrastructure Consultant
97 (4.516 %)Storage Consultant
97 (4.516 %)SAN Consultant
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
133 (21.29 %)Clustering
217 (10.97 %)IVR
311 (7.097 %)HACMP
46 (3.871 %)Management Information System
54 (2.581 %)Blackberry
61 (0.645 %)Mainframe
61 (0.645 %)Replication
61 (0.645 %)PDA
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (28.39 %)Windows
239 (25.16 %)UNIX
329 (18.71 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (10.32 %)AIX
515 (9.677 %)Linux
515 (9.677 %)Windows Vista
69 (5.806 %)Windows 2000 Server
77 (4.516 %)Windows XP
86 (3.871 %)Windows 2000
86 (3.871 %)Solaris
94 (2.581 %)Windows Server 2008
103 (1.935 %)HPUX
112 (1.290 %)OpenVMS
112 (1.290 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (0.645 %)i5/OS
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (13.55 %)ITIL
220 (12.90 %)Service Delivery
319 (12.26 %)Project Planning
418 (11.61 %)Project Management
517 (10.97 %)Data Management
616 (10.32 %)Technical Architecture
713 (8.387 %)PRINCE2
87 (4.516 %)Business Development
87 (4.516 %)Change Management
95 (3.226 %)Disaster Recovery
104 (2.581 %)Network Design
113 (1.935 %)Strategic Planning
113 (1.935 %)Load Balancing
122 (1.290 %)Network Load Balancing
122 (1.290 %)User Acceptance Testing
122 (1.290 %)Security Management
122 (1.290 %)Workflow
122 (1.290 %)Migration
122 (1.290 %)Business Continuity
131 (0.645 %)Asset Management
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (20.00 %)SQL
22 (1.290 %)Shell Script
31 (0.645 %)C
31 (0.645 %)VB
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (19.35 %)Microsoft Certification
228 (18.06 %)Cisco Certification
317 (10.97 %)IBM Certification
317 (10.97 %)SNIA Certification
413 (8.387 %)MCSE
58 (5.161 %)CCNA
58 (5.161 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
67 (4.516 %)Degree
75 (3.226 %)MCP
83 (1.935 %)MCSA
83 (1.935 %)CCNP
83 (1.935 %)MCDST
92 (1.290 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.645 %)CCA
101 (0.645 %)Citrix Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.935 %)SLA
13 (1.935 %)QA
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
136 (23.23 %)VMware Infrastructure
227 (17.42 %)Active Directory
316 (10.32 %)VMware ESX
47 (4.516 %)Xen
55 (3.226 %)NFS
64 (2.581 %)Citrix Presentation Server
73 (1.935 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.645 %)Terminal Services
81 (0.645 %)VMware Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (5.806 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (1.935 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.935 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (1.290 %)Tivoli
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
177 (49.68 %)VMware
253 (34.19 %)Cisco
349 (31.61 %)Microsoft
432 (20.65 %)Citrix
531 (20.00 %)IBM
627 (17.42 %)NetApp
722 (14.19 %)Brocade
821 (13.55 %)HP
99 (5.806 %)Oracle
108 (5.161 %)Sun
117 (4.516 %)Hitachi
125 (3.226 %)Intel
125 (3.226 %)Symantec
134 (2.581 %)Dell
134 (2.581 %)Juniper
143 (1.935 %)Interwoven
143 (1.935 %)EMC
143 (1.935 %)Metastorm
143 (1.935 %)VERITAS
152 (1.290 %)Red Hat