The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 24 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 52 41 70
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +29
Permanent jobs citing SAN 36 51 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 3.442% 5.162% 1.756%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.44% 21.43% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 34 29 14
Average salary £39,000 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £24,600 £34,300
10% offered a salary of more than £47,200 £40,500 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
219 238 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 20.94% 24.09% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 206 200 92
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £27,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SAN
Wales

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Wales SAN Salary Histogram

SAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff -1 21 £37,500 -
Gwent +12 5 £46,500 +116.27%
Caerphilly -16 2 £29,000 -
Bridgend - 2 £33,500 -
Newport - 1 £45,000 -
SAN
Wales

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 45 (66.18%) Windows
2 39 (57.35%) MS Exchange
3 37 (54.41%) Microsoft
4 34 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 32 (47.06%) VMware
6 30 (44.12%) Windows Server 2008
7 29 (42.65%) Exchange Server 2007
8 28 (41.18%) Active Directory
9 26 (38.24%) Windows Server 2003
9 26 (38.24%) Cisco
10 25 (36.76%) MS Excel
11 23 (33.82%) Finance
12 21 (30.88%) SQL Server
13 20 (29.41%) UNIX
14 16 (23.53%) Dell
14 16 (23.53%) Advertising
14 16 (23.53%) Degree
15 15 (22.06%) ITIL
16 14 (20.59%) SharePoint
16 14 (20.59%) TCP/IP
16 14 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
17 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
17 13 (19.12%) Security Cleared
17 13 (19.12%) Telecoms
17 13 (19.12%) Incident Management
17 13 (19.12%) Linux
17 13 (19.12%) Windows 2000
17 13 (19.12%) IIS
18 12 (17.65%) HP
19 11 (16.18%) Exchange Server 2003

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (2.941%) CGI
1 2 (2.941%) CSS
2 1 (1.471%) COM
Application Platforms
1 39 (57.35%) MS Exchange
2 34 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (42.65%) Exchange Server 2007
4 14 (20.59%) SharePoint
5 13 (19.12%) IIS
6 11 (16.18%) Exchange Server 2003
7 7 (10.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (7.353%) Apache
9 2 (2.941%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (2.941%) Lync
10 1 (1.471%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 25 (36.76%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.824%) MS Project
3 1 (1.471%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.59%) TCP/IP
2 10 (14.71%) Firewall
3 9 (13.24%) DNS
4 8 (11.76%) LAN
4 8 (11.76%) WAN
5 6 (8.824%) DHCP
5 6 (8.824%) HTTP
6 5 (7.353%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (5.882%) Unified Communications
7 4 (5.882%) NAS
7 4 (5.882%) SMTP
7 4 (5.882%) VLAN
7 4 (5.882%) Wireless
8 3 (4.412%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (2.941%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.941%) Cisco PIX
9 2 (2.941%) IP Telephony
9 2 (2.941%) Nortel Alteon
10 1 (1.471%) MPLS
10 1 (1.471%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (30.88%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (33.82%) Finance
2 16 (23.53%) Advertising
3 13 (19.12%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.29%) Retail
5 1 (1.471%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (20.59%) Consultant
2 12 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (8.824%) Support Engineer
3 6 (8.824%) Data Centre Engineer
4 5 (7.353%) Server Engineer
5 4 (5.882%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 4 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (5.882%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (5.882%) Junior
5 4 (5.882%) Analyst
5 4 (5.882%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (4.412%) Architect
6 3 (4.412%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.412%) Network Consultant
6 3 (4.412%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (4.412%) Change Consultant
6 3 (4.412%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (4.412%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Blackberry
1 7 (10.29%) EqualLogic
2 6 (8.824%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (8.824%) DTV
2 6 (8.824%) Clustering
3 5 (7.353%) Digital Media
4 3 (4.412%) iSeries
5 2 (2.941%) Replication
6 1 (1.471%) PDA
6 1 (1.471%) EPoS
6 1 (1.471%) HP StorageWorks
6 1 (1.471%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 45 (66.18%) Windows
2 30 (44.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (38.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (29.41%) UNIX
5 13 (19.12%) Linux
5 13 (19.12%) Windows 2000
6 7 (10.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (8.824%) AIX
8 4 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (5.882%) Windows 7
8 4 (5.882%) Tru64
9 2 (2.941%) Windows XP
10 1 (1.471%) SUSE
10 1 (1.471%) Ubuntu
10 1 (1.471%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.06%) ITIL
2 13 (19.12%) Incident Management
3 8 (11.76%) Service Management
3 8 (11.76%) Business Development
4 4 (5.882%) Communications Security
4 4 (5.882%) Migration
5 1 (1.471%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.471%) Project Management
5 1 (1.471%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.824%) SQL
2 5 (7.353%) Python
2 5 (7.353%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.353%) Perl
2 5 (7.353%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.471%) PowerHouse
3 1 (1.471%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (23.53%) Degree
2 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
2 13 (19.12%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.941%) MCSE
4 2 (2.941%) MCITP
5 1 (1.471%) MCDST
5 1 (1.471%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.471%) Dell Certification
5 1 (1.471%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.471%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 14 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (16.18%) Hyper-V
4 9 (13.24%) XenServer
5 6 (8.824%) VMware ESX
6 4 (5.882%) VMware Server
6 4 (5.882%) XenApp
7 2 (2.941%) vSphere
7 2 (2.941%) Terminal Server
7 2 (2.941%) ISA Server
8 1 (1.471%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.471%) MetaFrame
8 1 (1.471%) vCloud
8 1 (1.471%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) NetBackup
2 5 (7.353%) Backup Exec
2 5 (7.353%) SCCM
3 3 (4.412%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (4.412%) ARCserve
3 3 (4.412%) WSUS
3 3 (4.412%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (2.941%) SCOM
4 2 (2.941%) SCVMM
4 2 (2.941%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (2.941%) Tivoli
4 2 (2.941%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (1.471%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 37 (54.41%) Microsoft
2 32 (47.06%) VMware
3 26 (38.24%) Cisco
4 16 (23.53%) Dell
5 12 (17.65%) HP
6 11 (16.18%) IBM
7 9 (13.24%) Citrix
8 8 (11.76%) NetApp
8 8 (11.76%) Red Hat
9 7 (10.29%) Symantec
9 7 (10.29%) Oracle
10 6 (8.824%) Compaq
10 6 (8.824%) Sybase
11 4 (5.882%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (5.882%) EMC
11 4 (5.882%) Brocade
12 3 (4.412%) BT
12 3 (4.412%) Avaya
12 3 (4.412%) Juniper
12 3 (4.412%) Nortel
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
If you are an Senior Microsoft Engineer and have the following experience: Administration and maintenance of diverse Microsoft environments; to include (but not limited to) Microsoft Windows 2000/...
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Salary: £38000 - £44000 per annum + Pension, Health, 20% bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
If you are an Senior Microsoft Data Centre or MS Project Engineer and have the following experience: Administration and maintenance of diverse Microsoft environments; to include (but not...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + BONUS + Health, Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Cardiff £30-36k & Benefits IntaPeople are working very closely with a well known, local client that is currently seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join the team in...
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Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Pension, Good Holidays
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Design and development of new systems and services for the RCN.Requirements of the Infrastructure Architect:You will ideally be a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with excellent VMware...
Royal College of Nursing
Salary: £34,590 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
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