The first table below looks at the demand for iSCSI skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited iSCSI 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
iSCSI
Rank 194 178 168
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -10
Permanent jobs citing iSCSI 13 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.262% 0.244% 0.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.505% 1.565% 0.267%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 1
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +2.89%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +26.86%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
864 703 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.40% 15.61% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 716 569 590
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
iSCSI
England

iSCSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands iSCSI Jobs Demand Trend

iSCSI
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing iSCSI across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands iSCSI Salary Trend

iSCSI
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands iSCSI Salary Histogram

iSCSI
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing iSCSI within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +9 5 £35,000 -17.64%
Solihull -13 2 £34,000 -4.22%
Birmingham -27 2 £40,000 +23.07%
Coventry -12 1 £35,000 -30.00%
Wolverhampton - 1 £35,000 -
Worcestershire - 1 £35,000 -
iSCSI
England

iSCSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing iSCSI 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 iSCSI.

1 34 (100.00%) Windows
1 34 (100.00%) SAN
1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (79.41%) Fibre Channel
3 26 (76.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (73.53%) Linux
4 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
5 24 (70.59%) Active Directory
5 24 (70.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 23 (67.65%) Cisco
6 23 (67.65%) Windows Server 2003
7 22 (64.71%) MS Exchange
8 21 (61.76%) Solaris
8 21 (61.76%) HP
9 20 (58.82%) vSphere
10 18 (52.94%) Firewall
11 17 (50.00%) IIS
12 16 (47.06%) SQL
12 16 (47.06%) IBM
13 13 (38.24%) DNS
13 13 (38.24%) DHCP
13 13 (38.24%) DataCore
13 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 13 (38.24%) VLAN
14 11 (32.35%) Symantec
15 10 (29.41%) Dell
16 8 (23.53%) Sun
16 8 (23.53%) UNIX
16 8 (23.53%) HPUX
16 8 (23.53%) Replication

iSCSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing iSCSI 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 iSCSI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 22 (64.71%) MS Exchange
2 17 (50.00%) IIS
3 5 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
5 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (2.941%) Lync
6 1 (2.941%) SAS
6 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) SAN
2 27 (79.41%) Fibre Channel
3 18 (52.94%) Firewall
4 13 (38.24%) VLAN
4 13 (38.24%) DHCP
4 13 (38.24%) DNS
5 5 (14.71%) NAS
6 1 (2.941%) LAN
6 1 (2.941%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (8.824%) Back Office
2 2 (5.882%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Analyst
1 8 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
1 8 (23.53%) Technical Analyst
1 8 (23.53%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 4 (11.76%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (11.76%) Administrator
3 3 (8.824%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 2 (5.882%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
4 2 (5.882%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) IT Administrator
4 2 (5.882%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (5.882%) Sales Consultant
4 2 (5.882%) Consultant
5 1 (2.941%) Network Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Replication
2 2 (5.882%) EqualLogic
3 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (73.53%) Linux
3 24 (70.59%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (67.65%) Windows Server 2003
5 21 (61.76%) Solaris
6 8 (23.53%) UNIX
6 8 (23.53%) HPUX
7 4 (11.76%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.824%) Project Management
1 3 (8.824%) Service Delivery
2 2 (5.882%) ITIL
2 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2
2 2 (5.882%) Benchmarking
2 2 (5.882%) Problem Management
3 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.941%) Information Security
3 1 (2.941%) Project Planning
3 1 (2.941%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) SQL
2 2 (5.882%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (11.76%) CCNP
2 4 (11.76%) CCNA
2 4 (11.76%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.76%) CCEE
2 4 (11.76%) CCAA
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.882%) MCITP
3 2 (5.882%) MCP
3 2 (5.882%) MCSE
4 1 (2.941%) VCP4
4 1 (2.941%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.941%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 26 (76.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (70.59%) Active Directory
3 20 (58.82%) vSphere
4 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (14.71%) XenDesktop
5 5 (14.71%) XenApp
6 4 (11.76%) XenServer
6 4 (11.76%) Hyper-V
6 4 (11.76%) VMware ESX
7 3 (8.824%) ISA Server
8 1 (2.941%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) NetBackup
2 3 (8.824%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.941%) SCCM
3 1 (2.941%) SCOM
3 1 (2.941%) ARCserve
3 1 (2.941%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
3 23 (67.65%) Cisco
4 21 (61.76%) HP
5 16 (47.06%) IBM
6 13 (38.24%) DataCore
7 11 (32.35%) Symantec
8 10 (29.41%) Dell
9 8 (23.53%) Sun
10 6 (17.65%) Citrix
11 2 (5.882%) EMC
11 2 (5.882%) ProCurve
11 2 (5.882%) Riverbed
12 1 (2.941%) Fortinet
12 1 (2.941%) McAfee
12 1 (2.941%) Avaya
12 1 (2.941%) NetApp
12 1 (2.941%) Veritas
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