The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the North West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank 230 233 231
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Brocade 19 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.266% 0.042% 0.086%
As % of the Vendors category 0.579% 0.091% 0.171%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 4
Average salary £53,750 £41,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.51% -30.83%
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year
+2.22% +11.11%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3281 3308 3509
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.91% 46.49% 50.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2711 2840 3063
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Brocade
England

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Brocade across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West Brocade Jobs Demand Trend

Brocade
Salary Trend

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

North West Brocade Salary Trend

Brocade
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Brocade across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Brocade Salary Histogram

Brocade
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Brocade within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +17 10 £40,000 +73.91%
Manchester - 6 £62,500 -
Brocade
England

Brocade
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1 54 (84.38%) EMC
2 50 (78.13%) Oracle
3 49 (76.56%) IBM
3 49 (76.56%) SAN
4 47 (73.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 46 (71.88%) Windows
6 42 (65.63%) SQL
7 39 (60.94%) Tivoli
8 36 (56.25%) Linux
9 35 (54.69%) AIX
9 35 (54.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 34 (53.13%) Finance
10 34 (53.13%) EMC NetWorker
11 20 (31.25%) HP
12 19 (29.69%) VMware
13 15 (23.44%) CLARiiON
13 15 (23.44%) VMware Infrastructure
13 15 (23.44%) Cisco
14 12 (18.75%) LAN
15 11 (17.19%) Citrix
16 9 (14.06%) Celerra
16 9 (14.06%) Unified Communications
17 8 (12.50%) NAS
17 8 (12.50%) NetBackup
17 8 (12.50%) Sun
18 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
18 7 (10.94%) UNIX
18 7 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
18 7 (10.94%) Symantec
18 7 (10.94%) Wireless

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Brocade 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 Brocade. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.813%) Lotus Domino
2 4 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (6.250%) MS Exchange
3 3 (4.688%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.563%) IIS
4 1 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 49 (76.56%) SAN
2 12 (18.75%) LAN
3 9 (14.06%) Unified Communications
4 8 (12.50%) NAS
5 7 (10.94%) Wireless
6 6 (9.375%) Network Security
6 6 (9.375%) IPsec
6 6 (9.375%) Firewall
6 6 (9.375%) VPN
6 6 (9.375%) SSL
6 6 (9.375%) WLAN
7 2 (3.125%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (3.125%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (1.563%) WAN
8 1 (1.563%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.563%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.813%) DB2
General
1 34 (53.13%) Finance
2 3 (4.688%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (56.25%) Consultant
2 32 (50.00%) Storage Consultant
3 29 (45.31%) Tivoli Consultant
3 29 (45.31%) Backup Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (9.375%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 5 (7.813%) Architect
6 5 (7.813%) Security Architect
6 5 (7.813%) Network Architect
6 5 (7.813%) Network Security Architect
7 4 (6.250%) Storage Engineer
8 3 (4.688%) Sales Consultant
8 3 (4.688%) Senior Storage Engineer
8 3 (4.688%) SAN Engineer
8 3 (4.688%) Storage Specialist
8 3 (4.688%) Storage Manager
8 3 (4.688%) Tivoli Specialist
9 2 (3.125%) Storage Support Analyst
9 2 (3.125%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.125%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.44%) CLARiiON
2 9 (14.06%) Celerra
3 6 (9.375%) Replication
4 2 (3.125%) HP StorageWorks
5 1 (1.563%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 46 (71.88%) Windows
2 36 (56.25%) Linux
3 35 (54.69%) AIX
4 7 (10.94%) UNIX
5 5 (7.813%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (7.813%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.125%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (1.563%) Solaris
7 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (54.69%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (10.94%) Incident Management
3 6 (9.375%) Load Balancing
3 6 (9.375%) Migration
4 5 (7.813%) DRM
4 5 (7.813%) Data Protection
5 3 (4.688%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.125%) ITIL
7 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.563%) Business Development
7 1 (1.563%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.563%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 42 (65.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (9.375%) CCIE
3 4 (6.250%) CCNP
3 4 (6.250%) CCDP
4 2 (3.125%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.125%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.125%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.125%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.125%) CCA
4 2 (3.125%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (3.125%) CCEA
4 2 (3.125%) CCSP
5 1 (1.563%) MCP
5 1 (1.563%) MCSE
5 1 (1.563%) MCSA
5 1 (1.563%) CCNA
5 1 (1.563%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.563%) Degree
5 1 (1.563%) MCITP
System Software
1 15 (23.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.94%) vSphere
3 4 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.125%) MetaFrame
5 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.563%) VMware Server
5 1 (1.563%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 1 (1.563%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (73.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 39 (60.94%) Tivoli
3 34 (53.13%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (12.50%) NetBackup
5 5 (7.813%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 54 (84.38%) EMC
2 50 (78.13%) Oracle
3 49 (76.56%) IBM
4 20 (31.25%) HP
5 19 (29.69%) VMware
6 15 (23.44%) Cisco
7 11 (17.19%) Citrix
8 8 (12.50%) Sun
9 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
9 7 (10.94%) Symantec
10 6 (9.375%) F5
10 6 (9.375%) Fortinet
10 6 (9.375%) Blue Coat
10 6 (9.375%) Juniper
10 6 (9.375%) CheckPoint
11 5 (7.813%) SAP
12 3 (4.688%) 3PAR
13 2 (3.125%) CommVault
13 2 (3.125%) NetApp
14 1 (1.563%) McAfee