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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the West Lothian 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
Rank2346
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads81
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below38.10 %3.704 %
Salaries quoted81
Average minimum salary£49,000£35,000
Average salary£53,375£35,000
% change on same period last year+52.50 %
Average maximum salary£57,750£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,703£45,164
% change on same period last year-7.66 %
West Lothian IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Lothian
Matching permanent IT job ads2127
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted1510
Average minimum salary£37,941£34,087
Average salary£40,824£36,022
% change on same period last year+13.33 %
Average maximum salary£43,706£37,957
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
SAN ScotlandSAN
Scotland

SAN
Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian 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
LivingstonNew entry-7£55,000-
SAN ScotlandSAN
Scotland

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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.

19 (64.29 %)Solaris
28 (57.14 %)Finance
37 (50.00 %)NetApp
37 (50.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
37 (50.00 %)IBM
37 (50.00 %)EMC
44 (28.57 %)CommVault
44 (28.57 %)VMware
53 (21.43 %)Microsoft
53 (21.43 %)ITIL
62 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
62 (14.29 %)MS Excel
71 (7.143 %)Client/Server
71 (7.143 %)Sun
71 (7.143 %)Linux
71 (7.143 %)MCSE
71 (7.143 %)Apache
71 (7.143 %)UNIX
71 (7.143 %)AIX
71 (7.143 %)HPUX
71 (7.143 %)MCP
71 (7.143 %)Oracle
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server
71 (7.143 %)Symantec
71 (7.143 %)Project Management
71 (7.143 %)Red Hat
71 (7.143 %)Intranet
71 (7.143 %)Internet
71 (7.143 %)Extranet

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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.

West Lothian IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)Apache
West Lothian IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Excel
West Lothian IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)Intranet
11 (7.143 %)Internet
11 (7.143 %)Extranet
West Lothian IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
West Lothian IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (57.14 %)Finance
West Lothian IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (21.43 %)Project Manager
21 (7.143 %)Consultant
21 (7.143 %)Systems Administrator
21 (7.143 %)Administrator
21 (7.143 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
21 (7.143 %)UNIX Administrator
21 (7.143 %)Systems Architect
21 (7.143 %)Server Engineer
21 (7.143 %)Storage Consultant
21 (7.143 %)Senior Server Engineer
21 (7.143 %)Senior Systems Architect
21 (7.143 %)Architect
West Lothian IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Client/Server
West Lothian IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (64.29 %)Solaris
21 (7.143 %)Linux
21 (7.143 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (7.143 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 (7.143 %)UNIX
21 (7.143 %)AIX
21 (7.143 %)HPUX
West Lothian IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)ITIL
22 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
31 (7.143 %)Project Management
31 (7.143 %)Service Delivery
West Lothian IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)MCP
11 (7.143 %)MCSE
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
West Lothian IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Lothian IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (50.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
West Lothian IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (50.00 %)IBM
17 (50.00 %)EMC
17 (50.00 %)NetApp
24 (28.57 %)VMware
24 (28.57 %)CommVault
33 (21.43 %)Microsoft
41 (7.143 %)Sun
41 (7.143 %)Oracle
41 (7.143 %)Red Hat
41 (7.143 %)Symantec