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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the North West 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 last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank10795
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads222257
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.114 %
As % of the category below9.336 %12.33 %
Salaries quoted186188
Average minimum salary£41,892£43,266
Average salary£46,685£46,451
% change on same period last year+0.50 %
Average maximum salary£51,479£49,636
UK excluding London average salary£42,642£45,361
% change on same period last year-5.99 %
Communications & Networking North WestCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads23782085
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.146 %0.927 %
Salaries quoted20441817
Average minimum salary£31,121£32,642
Average salary£33,550£35,097
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum salary£35,979£37,552
UK excluding London average salary£37,694£38,927
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
SAN EnglandSAN
England

SAN
Demand Trend

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

North West SAN Demand Trend

SAN
Salary Trend

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

North West SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West 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 North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterDown-2488£51,767-2.60 %
2CheshireUp+3081£44,736+18.33 %
3MerseysideDown-439£35,125-14.24 %
4LancashireDown-2012£32,833-30.47 %
5CumbriaUp+41£40,000-11.11 %
SAN EnglandSAN
England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing SAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAN.

1214 (46.93 %)Windows
2204 (44.74 %)Unix
3114 (25.00 %)Cisco
4113 (24.78 %)Microsoft
595 (20.83 %)Mainframe
691 (19.96 %)PRINCE2
691 (19.96 %)Banking
788 (19.30 %)Clustering
887 (19.08 %)Microsoft Certification
985 (18.64 %)Active Directory
985 (18.64 %)IBM
1084 (18.42 %)Citrix
1175 (16.45 %)VMware
1271 (15.57 %)PMP
1271 (15.57 %)PMI Certification
1271 (15.57 %)SQL Server
1370 (15.35 %)Stakeholder Management
1370 (15.35 %)Matrix Management
1467 (14.69 %)Cisco Certification
1561 (13.38 %)SQL
1659 (12.94 %)TCP/IP
1756 (12.28 %)Finance
1854 (11.84 %)MS Excel
1854 (11.84 %)MS Exchange
1854 (11.84 %)LAN
1953 (11.62 %)AIX
2052 (11.40 %)Firewall
2151 (11.18 %)ITIL
2151 (11.18 %)WAN
2151 (11.18 %)Exchange Server 2003

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing SAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
113 (2.851 %)Middleware
27 (1.535 %).NET
27 (1.535 %)J2EE
32 (0.439 %)WebSphere
41 (0.219 %)CSS
Application Platforms
154 (11.84 %)MS Exchange
251 (11.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
349 (10.75 %)Exchange Server 2000
442 (9.211 %)IIS
520 (4.386 %)Exchange Server 5.5
69 (1.974 %)Apache
69 (1.974 %)Exchange Server 2007
77 (1.535 %)SharePoint
82 (0.439 %)WorkSite
91 (0.219 %)CICS
91 (0.219 %)CMS
Applications
154 (11.84 %)MS Excel
215 (3.289 %)MS Office
31 (0.219 %)MS Project
31 (0.219 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
12 (0.439 %)e-Work
21 (0.219 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
159 (12.94 %)TCP/IP
254 (11.84 %)LAN
352 (11.40 %)Firewall
451 (11.18 %)WAN
539 (8.553 %)CTI
626 (5.702 %)VoIP
722 (4.825 %)VPN
821 (4.605 %)DNS
916 (3.509 %)Internet
108 (1.754 %)VLAN
117 (1.535 %)Network Security
126 (1.316 %)DHCP
135 (1.096 %)WINS
144 (0.877 %)LDAP
144 (0.877 %)DMZ
144 (0.877 %)Cisco PIX
144 (0.877 %)Wireless
153 (0.658 %)3G
153 (0.658 %)MPLS
153 (0.658 %)Cisco ICM
Database & Business Intelligence
171 (15.57 %)SQL Server
231 (6.798 %)SQL Server 2000
329 (6.360 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (3.509 %)Oracle 10g
416 (3.509 %)MySQL
58 (1.754 %)Datawarehouse
64 (0.877 %)SQL Server 7
73 (0.658 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
11 (0.219 %)CruiseControl
General
191 (19.96 %)Banking
256 (12.28 %)Finance
342 (9.211 %)Pensions
429 (6.360 %)Health
517 (3.728 %)Retail
611 (2.412 %)Government
77 (1.535 %)Telecoms
77 (1.535 %)Education
84 (0.877 %)Law
93 (0.658 %)Legal
101 (0.219 %)Games
101 (0.219 %)Construction
101 (0.219 %)Local Government
101 (0.219 %)Telemarketing
Job Titles
187 (19.08 %)Project Manager
261 (13.38 %)Architect
358 (12.72 %)Consultant
448 (10.53 %)Administrator
539 (8.553 %)Systems Administrator
539 (8.553 %)IT Architect
638 (8.333 %)IT Consultant
737 (8.114 %)Infrastructure Manager
836 (7.895 %)Analyst
929 (6.360 %)Systems Engineer
1028 (6.140 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1125 (5.482 %)UNIX Administrator
1221 (4.605 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1320 (4.386 %)3rd Line Support
1419 (4.167 %)Network Engineer
1419 (4.167 %)Technical Manager
1518 (3.947 %)Systems Support
1617 (3.728 %)Support Analyst
1714 (3.070 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1813 (2.851 %)Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
195 (20.83 %)Mainframe
288 (19.30 %)Clustering
339 (8.553 %)IVR
420 (4.386 %)HACMP
517 (3.728 %)Blackberry
615 (3.289 %)Computer Science
712 (2.632 %)Management Information System
85 (1.096 %)N-Tier
85 (1.096 %)PMI
94 (0.877 %)Thin Client
94 (0.877 %)CLARiiON
94 (0.877 %)Symmetrix
94 (0.877 %)EMC Centera
94 (0.877 %)Fat Client
94 (0.877 %)Celerra
102 (0.439 %)Replication
111 (0.219 %)CESG
111 (0.219 %)Asset Management
111 (0.219 %)PDA
Operating Systems
1214 (46.93 %)Windows
2204 (44.74 %)Unix
353 (11.62 %)AIX
450 (10.96 %)Linux
536 (7.895 %)Solaris
635 (7.675 %)Windows 2000
720 (4.386 %)HPUX
720 (4.386 %)Windows Server 2003
816 (3.509 %)Windows NT
98 (1.754 %)Windows XP
104 (0.877 %)SUSE
112 (0.439 %)OpenVMS
121 (0.219 %)i5/OS
Processes & Methodologies
191 (19.96 %)PRINCE2
270 (15.35 %)Stakeholder Management
270 (15.35 %)Matrix Management
351 (11.18 %)ITIL
438 (8.333 %)Technical Architecture
526 (5.702 %)Migration
620 (4.386 %)Change Management
620 (4.386 %)PRINCE
717 (3.728 %)Project Management
815 (3.289 %)Document Management
815 (3.289 %)Software Engineering
911 (2.412 %)Load Balancing
109 (1.974 %)Data Management
109 (1.974 %)Quality Management
117 (1.535 %)RUP
117 (1.535 %)ERP
117 (1.535 %)Data Modelling
117 (1.535 %)Business Continuity
125 (1.096 %)Business Development
125 (1.096 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
161 (13.38 %)SQL
214 (3.070 %)C
38 (1.754 %)VB
38 (1.754 %)Shell Script
47 (1.535 %)Java
52 (0.439 %)VBScript
52 (0.439 %)PHP
61 (0.219 %)JavaScript
61 (0.219 %)Perl
61 (0.219 %)C++
Qualifications
187 (19.08 %)Microsoft Certification
271 (15.57 %)PMP
271 (15.57 %)PMI Certification
367 (14.69 %)Cisco Certification
448 (10.53 %)MCSE
539 (8.553 %)IBM Certification
539 (8.553 %)SNIA Certification
623 (5.044 %)Degree
717 (3.728 %)CCNA
816 (3.509 %)MCSA
914 (3.070 %)MCP
107 (1.535 %)CCNP
115 (1.096 %)Citrix Certification
124 (0.877 %)CCDA
124 (0.877 %)A+ Certification
133 (0.658 %)ITIL Certification
133 (0.658 %)CCVP
133 (0.658 %)RHCT
133 (0.658 %)MBCS
133 (0.658 %)MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.754 %)SLA
22 (0.439 %)ISO27001
31 (0.219 %)QA
System Software
185 (18.64 %)Active Directory
221 (4.605 %)ISA Server
311 (2.412 %)MailMarshal
46 (1.316 %)VMware ESX
54 (0.877 %)Xen
63 (0.658 %)NetBackup
63 (0.658 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.439 %)VMware Server
81 (0.219 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.219 %)Terminal Services
Systems Management
120 (4.386 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
120 (4.386 %)MOM
213 (2.851 %)OpenView Configuration Management
39 (1.974 %)Tivoli
48 (1.754 %)OpenView
57 (1.535 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
66 (1.316 %)SCOM
74 (0.877 %)EMC TimeFinder
74 (0.877 %)CiscoWorks
83 (0.658 %)Legato
83 (0.658 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
92 (0.439 %)ARCserve
92 (0.439 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1114 (25.00 %)Cisco
2113 (24.78 %)Microsoft
385 (18.64 %)IBM
484 (18.42 %)Citrix
575 (16.45 %)VMware
645 (9.868 %)HP
743 (9.430 %)Brocade
833 (7.237 %)Oracle
925 (5.482 %)CheckPoint
1024 (5.263 %)EMC
1119 (4.167 %)VERITAS
1217 (3.728 %)Sun
1316 (3.509 %)Red Hat
1316 (3.509 %)SonicWALL
1412 (2.632 %)NetApp
1412 (2.632 %)Nokia
1511 (2.412 %)Intel
1610 (2.193 %)Avaya
178 (1.754 %)StorageTek
187 (1.535 %)SAP
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