The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 54 48 73
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +25
Permanent jobs citing SAN 39 51 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.210% 4.412% 1.703%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.79% 21.16% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 37 29 16
Average salary £38,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.05% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £24,600 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,900 £40,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
247 241 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 20.33% 20.85% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 231 204 108
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £24,000
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
UK

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

Wales SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales -12 36 £39,000 +5.40%
SAN
UK

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 50 (64.94%) Windows
2 42 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 41 (53.25%) MS Exchange
4 36 (46.75%) VMware
5 35 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
6 32 (41.56%) Windows Server 2008
7 31 (40.26%) Exchange Server 2007
8 30 (38.96%) Active Directory
9 29 (37.66%) MS Excel
10 28 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
10 28 (36.36%) Finance
11 27 (35.06%) UNIX
12 26 (33.77%) Cisco
13 22 (28.57%) SQL Server
14 20 (25.97%) Degree
14 20 (25.97%) SC Cleared
14 20 (25.97%) Security Cleared
15 17 (22.08%) Advertising
15 17 (22.08%) Telecoms
15 17 (22.08%) VMware Infrastructure
16 16 (20.78%) ITIL
16 16 (20.78%) Dell
17 15 (19.48%) HP
17 15 (19.48%) SharePoint
17 15 (19.48%) Hyper-V
18 14 (18.18%) TCP/IP
18 14 (18.18%) Windows 2000
18 14 (18.18%) IIS
18 14 (18.18%) Incident Management
19 13 (16.88%) Linux

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 9 (11.69%) CGI
2 2 (2.597%) CSS
3 1 (1.299%) COM
Application Platforms
1 41 (53.25%) MS Exchange
2 35 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 31 (40.26%) Exchange Server 2007
4 15 (19.48%) SharePoint
5 14 (18.18%) IIS
6 11 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
7 7 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (6.494%) Apache
9 2 (2.597%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (2.597%) Lync
10 1 (1.299%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 29 (37.66%) MS Excel
2 7 (9.091%) MS Project
3 1 (1.299%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 10 (12.99%) DNS
2 10 (12.99%) Firewall
3 8 (10.39%) LAN
3 8 (10.39%) WAN
4 6 (7.792%) DHCP
4 6 (7.792%) HTTP
5 5 (6.494%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (5.195%) Unified Communications
6 4 (5.195%) NAS
6 4 (5.195%) SMTP
6 4 (5.195%) Wireless
6 4 (5.195%) VLAN
7 3 (3.896%) IP Telephony
7 3 (3.896%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (2.597%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.597%) Cisco PIX
8 2 (2.597%) IPv6
8 2 (2.597%) Nortel Alteon
9 1 (1.299%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (36.36%) Finance
2 17 (22.08%) Advertising
2 17 (22.08%) Telecoms
3 7 (9.091%) Retail
4 4 (5.195%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Consultant
2 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (9.091%) Change Consultant
3 7 (9.091%) Data Centre Engineer
4 6 (7.792%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.494%) Server Engineer
5 5 (6.494%) Analyst
6 4 (5.195%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) Junior
6 4 (5.195%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (5.195%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.195%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (5.195%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (3.896%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 3 (3.896%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.091%) Blackberry
1 7 (9.091%) EqualLogic
2 6 (7.792%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (7.792%) DTV
2 6 (7.792%) Clustering
3 5 (6.494%) Digital Media
4 3 (3.896%) iSeries
5 2 (2.597%) Replication
6 1 (1.299%) PDA
6 1 (1.299%) EPoS
6 1 (1.299%) HP StorageWorks
6 1 (1.299%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 50 (64.94%) Windows
2 32 (41.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 28 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (35.06%) UNIX
5 14 (18.18%) Windows 2000
6 13 (16.88%) Linux
7 7 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (7.792%) AIX
9 5 (6.494%) Windows 7
10 4 (5.195%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (5.195%) Tru64
11 3 (3.896%) Windows XP
12 1 (1.299%) Ubuntu
12 1 (1.299%) SUSE
12 1 (1.299%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.78%) ITIL
2 14 (18.18%) Incident Management
3 12 (15.58%) Service Management
3 12 (15.58%) Business Development
4 4 (5.195%) Communications Security
4 4 (5.195%) Service Delivery
4 4 (5.195%) Migration
5 1 (1.299%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.299%) Project Management
5 1 (1.299%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.792%) SQL
2 5 (6.494%) Python
2 5 (6.494%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.494%) Perl
2 5 (6.494%) PL/SQL
3 4 (5.195%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.195%) C
4 1 (1.299%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 20 (25.97%) Degree
1 20 (25.97%) SC Cleared
1 20 (25.97%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.195%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.195%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (2.597%) MCSE
3 2 (2.597%) MCITP
4 1 (1.299%) MCDST
4 1 (1.299%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.299%) Dell Certification
4 1 (1.299%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.597%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (38.96%) Active Directory
2 17 (22.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (19.48%) Hyper-V
4 12 (15.58%) XenServer
5 6 (7.792%) VMware ESX
6 5 (6.494%) vSphere
7 4 (5.195%) vCloud
7 4 (5.195%) VMware Server
7 4 (5.195%) XenDesktop
7 4 (5.195%) XenApp
7 4 (5.195%) MetaFrame
7 4 (5.195%) Terminal Services
8 2 (2.597%) ISA Server
8 2 (2.597%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (12.99%) NetBackup
2 8 (10.39%) Backup Exec
3 6 (7.792%) HP Data Protector
3 6 (7.792%) SCCM
3 6 (7.792%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (3.896%) ARCserve
4 3 (3.896%) SCOM
4 3 (3.896%) SCVMM
4 3 (3.896%) WSUS
5 2 (2.597%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (2.597%) Tivoli
5 2 (2.597%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (1.299%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 42 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 36 (46.75%) VMware
3 26 (33.77%) Cisco
4 16 (20.78%) Dell
5 15 (19.48%) HP
6 12 (15.58%) Citrix
7 11 (14.29%) IBM
8 10 (12.99%) Symantec
8 10 (12.99%) Oracle
9 8 (10.39%) NetApp
9 8 (10.39%) Red Hat
10 7 (9.091%) BT
11 6 (7.792%) Sybase
11 6 (7.792%) Compaq
12 4 (5.195%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (5.195%) EMC
12 4 (5.195%) Remedy
12 4 (5.195%) Brocade
13 3 (3.896%) Avaya
13 3 (3.896%) Juniper
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