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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the Northern Ireland 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1934
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads166
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below22.54 %10.53 %
Salaries quoted55
Average minimum salary£24,600£55,600
Average salary£26,300£58,800
% change on same period last year-55.27 %
Average maximum salary£28,000£62,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,703£45,164
% change on same period last year-7.66 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Northern Ireland
Matching permanent IT job ads7157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.024 %
Salaries quoted2544
Average minimum salary£49,303£36,008
Average salary£50,663£39,794
% change on same period last year+27.31 %
Average maximum salary£52,022£43,580
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
SAN UKSAN
UK

SAN
Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 20 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
County AntrimUp+138£26,167-57.96 %
County LondonderryNew entry-6--
SAN UKSAN
UK

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

124 (80.00 %)TCP/IP
220 (66.67 %)Windows
317 (56.67 %)Linux
317 (56.67 %)MS Excel
317 (56.67 %)Active Directory
317 (56.67 %)Clustering
415 (50.00 %)VERITAS
415 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
514 (46.67 %)NetBackup
613 (43.33 %)UNIX
613 (43.33 %)SQL Server
712 (40.00 %)DNS
712 (40.00 %)Change Management
810 (33.33 %)DHCP
810 (33.33 %)AIX
810 (33.33 %)Solaris
810 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
99 (30.00 %)VBScript
99 (30.00 %)MS Exchange
108 (26.67 %)Citrix
108 (26.67 %)Perl
108 (26.67 %)HPUX
108 (26.67 %)Korn
117 (23.33 %)Microsoft
126 (20.00 %)CA
126 (20.00 %)MOM
126 (20.00 %)VMware
126 (20.00 %)ITIL
135 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
135 (16.67 %)Data Migration

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (30.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2000
24 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (6.667 %)IIS
41 (3.333 %)WebLogic
41 (3.333 %)BizTalk Server
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (56.67 %)MS Excel
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (80.00 %)TCP/IP
212 (40.00 %)DNS
310 (33.33 %)DHCP
43 (10.00 %)Firewall
43 (10.00 %)Cisco PIX
43 (10.00 %)VPN
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (43.33 %)SQL Server
25 (16.67 %)DTS
25 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2005
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (6.667 %)Banking
12 (6.667 %)Investment Banking
21 (3.333 %)Finance
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (23.33 %)Administrator
26 (20.00 %)UNIX Support
35 (16.67 %)Technical Specialist
44 (13.33 %)Server Administrator
53 (10.00 %)Network Specialist
53 (10.00 %)UNIX Administrator
53 (10.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
53 (10.00 %)Analyst
53 (10.00 %)Systems Administrator
53 (10.00 %)DBA
53 (10.00 %)Server Support
53 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Technical Architect
62 (6.667 %)Senior Support Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Senior Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Architect
62 (6.667 %)Server Engineer
62 (6.667 %)Windows Server Engineer
71 (3.333 %)Systems Engineer
71 (3.333 %)Senior Systems Engineer
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (56.67 %)Clustering
25 (16.67 %)Replication
33 (10.00 %)SecurID
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (66.67 %)Windows
217 (56.67 %)Linux
315 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
413 (43.33 %)UNIX
510 (33.33 %)Solaris
510 (33.33 %)AIX
510 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
68 (26.67 %)HPUX
71 (3.333 %)Windows 2000
71 (3.333 %)Windows NT
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (40.00 %)Change Management
26 (20.00 %)ITIL
35 (16.67 %)Service Management
35 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
35 (16.67 %)ITSM
35 (16.67 %)Workflow
35 (16.67 %)Migration
35 (16.67 %)Network Load Balancing
35 (16.67 %)Data Migration
35 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
44 (13.33 %)Project Management
53 (10.00 %)Time Management
62 (6.667 %)Enterprise Architecture
71 (3.333 %)Service Delivery
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (30.00 %)VBScript
28 (26.67 %)Perl
28 (26.67 %)Korn
35 (16.67 %)SQL
42 (6.667 %)VB
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (10.00 %)MCDBA
23 (10.00 %)MCP
32 (6.667 %)MCSE
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (56.67 %)Active Directory
214 (46.67 %)NetBackup
34 (13.33 %)Terminal Services
42 (6.667 %)Terminal Server
51 (3.333 %)Backup Exec
51 (3.333 %)AquaLogic
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (20.00 %)MOM
24 (13.33 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (6.667 %)OpenView
32 (6.667 %)Unicenter
41 (3.333 %)ARCserve
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (50.00 %)VERITAS
28 (26.67 %)Citrix
37 (23.33 %)Microsoft
46 (20.00 %)VMware
46 (20.00 %)CA
55 (16.67 %)Cisco
55 (16.67 %)HP
61 (3.333 %)Compaq
61 (3.333 %)BEA