The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 33 78 76
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -2
Permanent jobs citing SAN 132 60 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 6.268% 2.656% 2.041%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.21% 10.47% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 110 54 36
Average salary £39,250 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.77% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £39,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,000 £62,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
767 573 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.42% 25.37% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 617 462 298
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SAN
Berkshire

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 178 (72.36%) Windows
2 138 (56.10%) Clustering
3 116 (47.15%) VMware
4 112 (45.53%) Linux
5 88 (35.77%) UNIX
6 79 (32.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 78 (31.71%) Active Directory
8 73 (29.67%) EMC
9 72 (29.27%) German Language
10 67 (27.24%) SQL
11 64 (26.02%) Oracle
12 53 (21.54%) Windows Server 2003
13 52 (21.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 51 (20.73%) AIX
14 51 (20.73%) Solaris
15 50 (20.33%) French Language
15 50 (20.33%) vSphere
16 49 (19.92%) HPUX
16 49 (19.92%) Cisco
17 47 (19.11%) Red Hat
17 47 (19.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 45 (18.29%) SharePoint
19 44 (17.89%) Microsoft
20 43 (17.48%) SQL Server
20 43 (17.48%) Citrix
21 38 (15.45%) Shell Script
22 37 (15.04%) Sun
23 36 (14.63%) LAN
23 36 (14.63%) WAN
23 36 (14.63%) Hitachi

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 Development
1 6 (2.439%) COM
2 2 (0.813%) CGI
2 2 (0.813%) .NET
3 1 (0.407%) J2EE
3 1 (0.407%) ASP
3 1 (0.407%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.407%) Middleware
3 1 (0.407%) LAMP
3 1 (0.407%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 45 (18.29%) SharePoint
2 33 (13.41%) Lotus Domino
3 21 (8.537%) MS Exchange
4 9 (3.659%) Apache
5 8 (3.252%) Tomcat
6 6 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (1.626%) Lync
8 3 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (0.813%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.813%) IIS
10 1 (0.407%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.407%) LiveLink
10 1 (0.407%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.407%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.407%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 31 (12.60%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.407%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.407%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.63%) LAN
1 36 (14.63%) WAN
2 33 (13.41%) Firewall
3 26 (10.57%) NAS
4 22 (8.943%) DNS
5 20 (8.130%) DHCP
6 19 (7.724%) TCP/IP
7 17 (6.911%) VPN
8 15 (6.098%) Ethernet
8 15 (6.098%) ADSL
9 10 (4.065%) Internet
10 9 (3.659%) Unified Communications
11 8 (3.252%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.439%) NetScaler
13 5 (2.033%) MPLS
13 5 (2.033%) iSCSI
14 4 (1.626%) Cisco Nexus
15 3 (1.220%) Cisco ASA
16 2 (0.813%) LDAP
17 1 (0.407%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (17.48%) SQL Server
2 27 (10.98%) DB2
3 15 (6.098%) IDOL
3 15 (6.098%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (3.659%) MySQL
5 8 (3.252%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.407%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.407%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 15 (6.098%) LoadRunner
General
1 72 (29.27%) German Language
2 50 (20.33%) French Language
3 26 (10.57%) Finance
4 20 (8.130%) Retail
5 19 (7.724%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.878%) Spanish Language
7 10 (4.065%) Russian Language
8 6 (2.439%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.626%) Banking
10 2 (0.813%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.813%) Local Government
11 1 (0.407%) Marketing
11 1 (0.407%) Billing
11 1 (0.407%) Law
Job Titles
1 105 (42.68%) Technical Support
2 95 (38.62%) Support Engineer
3 77 (31.30%) Technical Support Engineer
3 77 (31.30%) Technical Engineer
4 57 (23.17%) Administrator
5 56 (22.76%) Systems Administrator
6 40 (16.26%) Technical Administrator
7 32 (13.01%) Consultant
8 22 (8.943%) Technical Consultant
9 19 (7.724%) Technical Specialist
9 19 (7.724%) Support Specialist
9 19 (7.724%) Architect
9 19 (7.724%) Technical Support Specialist
10 18 (7.317%) UNIX Engineer
10 18 (7.317%) UNIX Support
11 17 (6.911%) Analyst
12 14 (5.691%) Senior Consultant
12 14 (5.691%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (4.878%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (4.878%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 138 (56.10%) Clustering
2 34 (13.82%) Replication
3 15 (6.098%) PKI
4 7 (2.846%) CLARiiON
5 6 (2.439%) Blackberry
5 6 (2.439%) Celerra
6 5 (2.033%) EqualLogic
7 4 (1.626%) HACMP
8 3 (1.220%) LPAR
8 3 (1.220%) DLPAR
9 2 (0.813%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.407%) iPad
10 1 (0.407%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.407%) Open Source
10 1 (0.407%) iPhone
10 1 (0.407%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 178 (72.36%) Windows
2 112 (45.53%) Linux
3 88 (35.77%) UNIX
4 53 (21.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 52 (21.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 51 (20.73%) Solaris
6 51 (20.73%) AIX
7 49 (19.92%) HPUX
8 47 (19.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 36 (14.63%) SUSE
10 20 (8.130%) Windows XP
11 8 (3.252%) CentOS
11 8 (3.252%) Debian
11 8 (3.252%) Ubuntu
12 6 (2.439%) Windows 2000
13 4 (1.626%) Windows 7
14 3 (1.220%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.813%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.407%) Windows Phone
16 1 (0.407%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.01%) Data Protection
2 21 (8.537%) ITIL
3 15 (6.098%) Performance Testing
4 14 (5.691%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (5.285%) Performance Management
6 11 (4.472%) Project Planning
6 11 (4.472%) Network Architecture
6 11 (4.472%) Service Delivery
6 11 (4.472%) Change Management
7 10 (4.065%) PRINCE2
8 7 (2.846%) PRINCE
9 5 (2.033%) Project Management
10 4 (1.626%) Change Control
10 4 (1.626%) Workflow
11 3 (1.220%) Asset Management
11 3 (1.220%) Data Management
11 3 (1.220%) Migration
11 3 (1.220%) Workflow Management
11 3 (1.220%) Logistics
11 3 (1.220%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (27.24%) SQL
2 38 (15.45%) Shell Script
3 30 (12.20%) C
4 12 (4.878%) Perl
5 9 (3.659%) Java
6 8 (3.252%) Python
6 8 (3.252%) PHP
6 8 (3.252%) Ruby
6 8 (3.252%) Bash shell
7 6 (2.439%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.407%) C++
8 1 (0.407%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (10.98%) Security Cleared
2 22 (8.943%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.317%) Degree
4 16 (6.504%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (5.691%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (5.691%) Citrix Certification
6 13 (5.285%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (5.285%) CCIA
7 12 (4.878%) MCSE
8 11 (4.472%) CCNP
9 10 (4.065%) NCDA
9 10 (4.065%) NCIE
10 9 (3.659%) CCA
10 9 (3.659%) MCITP
11 8 (3.252%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (3.252%) CCEA
11 8 (3.252%) CCEE
12 7 (2.846%) DV Cleared
13 6 (2.439%) VCAP
13 6 (2.439%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.911%) SLA
2 4 (1.626%) QA
3 1 (0.407%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 79 (32.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 78 (31.71%) Active Directory
3 50 (20.33%) vSphere
4 27 (10.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 27 (10.98%) VMware ESX
5 17 (6.911%) XenApp
5 17 (6.911%) XenServer
5 17 (6.911%) XenDesktop
6 16 (6.504%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.504%) Hyper-V
7 10 (4.065%) vCloud
8 9 (3.659%) Oracle RAC
8 9 (3.659%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.407%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.407%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.407%) NFS
9 1 (0.407%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (6.098%) Netcool
1 15 (6.098%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 12 (4.878%) NetBackup
3 9 (3.659%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 6 (2.439%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.626%) Tivoli
5 4 (1.626%) Backup Exec
5 4 (1.626%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 3 (1.220%) SCCM
6 3 (1.220%) SCOM
7 2 (0.813%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.813%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 116 (47.15%) VMware
2 73 (29.67%) EMC
3 64 (26.02%) Oracle
4 49 (19.92%) Cisco
5 47 (19.11%) Red Hat
6 44 (17.89%) Microsoft
7 43 (17.48%) Citrix
8 37 (15.04%) Sun
9 36 (14.63%) Hitachi
10 35 (14.23%) HP
11 32 (13.01%) Veritas
12 27 (10.98%) Sybase
13 20 (8.130%) NetApp
14 18 (7.317%) Fujitsu
15 15 (6.098%) Meridio
15 15 (6.098%) Juniper
16 14 (5.691%) Dell
17 9 (3.659%) JBoss
18 8 (3.252%) LANDesk
18 8 (3.252%) Symantec
Reading, Berkshire
Your storage expertise must be commendable with proficiency particularly SAN with iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols. A clustering exposure is also required for the role so you will...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Your storage expertise must be commendable with proficiency particularly SAN with iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols. A clustering exposure is also required for the role so you will...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Hold current NASAP, NCDA an advantage. Knowledge of Cisco UCS or HP and IBM Server products an advantage. Knowledge of competitive storage solutions such and HP & EMC an...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Support Engineer is required for a worldwide household name. This company specialises within the technology sector and provide excellent training and career progression. The Technical Services team...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £35,000 per annum Plus Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Support Engineer is required for a worldwide household name. This company specialises within the technology sector and provide excellent training and career progression. The Technical Services team...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £35,000 per annum Plus Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013