The first table below looks at the demand for Fibre Channel skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Fibre Channel 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fibre Channel (FC)
Rank 53 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Channel 11 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.957% 1.531% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.692% 12.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 0
Average salary £32,500 £26,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.49% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,995 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.48% -
All Communications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
143 74 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 25.44% 12.59% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 128 63 105
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Fibre Channel
North East

Fibre Channel
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Fibre Channel across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Tyne and Wear Fibre Channel Jobs Demand Trend

Fibre Channel
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Fibre Channel across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Fibre Channel Salary Trend

Fibre Channel
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Channel within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -7 10 £32,500 +21.49%
Gateshead - 1 - -
Fibre Channel
North East

Fibre Channel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing Fibre Channel 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 Fibre Channel.

1 15 (100.00%) SAN
2 14 (93.33%) Cisco
3 12 (80.00%) Solaris
3 12 (80.00%) HP
4 10 (66.67%) MS Excel
4 10 (66.67%) MS Visio
4 10 (66.67%) WAN
4 10 (66.67%) VPN
4 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 10 (66.67%) Oracle
4 10 (66.67%) Firewall
4 10 (66.67%) Network Design
4 10 (66.67%) VLAN
4 10 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
4 10 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
4 10 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (66.67%) Hyper-V
4 10 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
4 10 (66.67%) Network Management
5 5 (33.33%) VMware
6 4 (26.67%) VMware ESX
6 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (20.00%) EMC
8 2 (13.33%) Windows
8 2 (13.33%) Veritas
8 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
8 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (13.33%) Clustering
8 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
8 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi

Fibre Channel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing Fibre Channel 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 Fibre Channel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 10 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 10 (66.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) SAN
2 10 (66.67%) Firewall
2 10 (66.67%) VLAN
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 10 (66.67%) WAN
2 10 (66.67%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (6.667%) NAS
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Administrator
2 3 (20.00%) SAN Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Clustering
2 1 (6.667%) Celerra
2 1 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.667%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (6.667%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Solaris
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
3 1 (6.667%) UNIX
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Network Design
1 10 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 10 (66.67%) Network Management
2 1 (6.667%) Capacity Management
2 1 (6.667%) Performance Management
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL
2 1 (6.667%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (26.67%) VMware ESX
2 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) vSphere
3 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Cisco
2 12 (80.00%) HP
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (66.67%) Oracle
4 5 (33.33%) VMware
5 3 (20.00%) EMC
6 2 (13.33%) Veritas
7 1 (6.667%) Hitachi
7 1 (6.667%) NetApp
7 1 (6.667%) FalconStor
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
The successful SAN Support Engineer - 2nd Line - SAN, VMWare, Active Directory will need to extensive experience in some of the following: - Core Edge Topology, - Fiber Channel Routing and...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013