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This section looks at the demand for Storage Area Network (SAN) skills within the West Midlands 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStorage Area Network (SAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank130105
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads109138
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.057 %
As % of the category below7.819 %9.085 %
Salaries quoted9674
Average minimum salary£35,335£35,373
Average salary£37,822£38,455
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
Average maximum salary£40,309£41,536
UK excluding London average salary£41,552£45,761
% change on same period last year-9.19 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13941519
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.736 %0.622 %
Salaries quoted11831254
Average minimum salary£31,506£33,018
Average salary£33,724£35,598
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,943£38,178
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
SAN EnglandSAN
England

SAN
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 Midlands region.

West Midlands SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BirminghamDown-3335£40,887-1.37 %
HerefordshireUp+1026£39,655+6.10 %
WarwickshireDown-314£36,364+18.57 %
SolihullNo change012£32,500-15.40 %
ShropshireDown-114£31,250+13.63 %
CoventryNew entry-2£30,750-
StaffordshireDown-231£35,000-5.22 %
WorcestershireDown-121£25,500-46.87 %
SAN EnglandSAN
England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1148 (50.51 %)Windows
2120 (40.96 %)Linux
3119 (40.61 %)VMware
4100 (34.13 %)Cisco
599 (33.79 %)UNIX
698 (33.45 %)Firewall
773 (24.91 %)HP
865 (22.18 %)Active Directory
957 (19.45 %)Microsoft
1055 (18.77 %)VPN
1154 (18.43 %)MS Exchange
1252 (17.75 %)TCP/IP
1351 (17.41 %)SQL
1351 (17.41 %)Red Hat
1446 (15.70 %)VERITAS
1543 (14.68 %)HPUX
1641 (13.99 %)WAN
1738 (12.97 %)Solaris
1836 (12.29 %)LAN
1935 (11.95 %)Oracle
2034 (11.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
2133 (11.26 %)Pensions
2133 (11.26 %)Windows 2000
2133 (11.26 %)Citrix
2232 (10.92 %)AIX
2330 (10.24 %)Shell Script
2330 (10.24 %)Disaster Recovery
2330 (10.24 %)Health
2427 (9.215 %)SQL Server
2526 (8.874 %)Microsoft Certification

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (3.072 %)J2EE
28 (2.730 %)WebSphere
35 (1.706 %)Middleware
43 (1.024 %)XML
52 (0.683 %).NET
61 (0.341 %)LAMP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
154 (18.43 %)MS Exchange
234 (11.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
322 (7.509 %)Exchange Server 2000
416 (5.461 %)Apache
512 (4.096 %)WebLogic
512 (4.096 %)Exchange Server 2007
67 (2.389 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
76 (2.048 %)Lotus Domino
85 (1.706 %)Tomcat
94 (1.365 %)SharePoint
94 (1.365 %)IIS
94 (1.365 %)JBoss
102 (0.683 %)iPlanet
102 (0.683 %)Exchange Server 5.5
111 (0.341 %)Site Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (6.143 %)MS Excel
28 (2.730 %)MS Office
32 (0.683 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.341 %)SoftGrid
11 (0.341 %)SAP Retail
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
198 (33.45 %)Firewall
255 (18.77 %)VPN
352 (17.75 %)TCP/IP
441 (13.99 %)WAN
536 (12.29 %)LAN
619 (6.485 %)DNS
712 (4.096 %)IPX
712 (4.096 %)IPX/SPX
89 (3.072 %)DHCP
89 (3.072 %)NetScreen
98 (2.730 %)LDAP
106 (2.048 %)Cisco PIX
115 (1.706 %)Network Security
115 (1.706 %)Internet
124 (1.365 %)MPLS
124 (1.365 %)Wireless
132 (0.683 %)SSL
132 (0.683 %)Wi-Fi
132 (0.683 %)HTTP
132 (0.683 %)VoIP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (9.215 %)SQL Server
212 (4.096 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (3.754 %)DB2
49 (3.072 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (1.706 %)Oracle 10g
64 (1.365 %)Oracle 9i
72 (0.683 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.683 %)DTS
72 (0.683 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.341 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.341 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.341 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.683 %)ClearCase
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (11.26 %)Pensions
230 (10.24 %)Health
319 (6.485 %)Games
413 (4.437 %)Finance
512 (4.096 %)Online Games
69 (3.072 %)Retail
78 (2.730 %)Insurance
84 (1.365 %)Banking
93 (1.024 %)Education
93 (1.024 %)Government
101 (0.341 %)Electric
101 (0.341 %)Construction
101 (0.341 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.341 %)Telecoms
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (23.55 %)Administrator
244 (15.02 %)Technical Specialist
339 (13.31 %)Analyst
438 (12.97 %)UNIX Administrator
531 (10.58 %)Systems Administrator
630 (10.24 %)Consultant
718 (6.143 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
817 (5.802 %)Systems Engineer
915 (5.119 %)Technical Consultant
1013 (4.437 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1013 (4.437 %)Support Engineer
1112 (4.096 %)Server Support
1112 (4.096 %)DBA
1112 (4.096 %)Linux Administrator
1211 (3.754 %)Network Specialist
1211 (3.754 %)Linux Support
1211 (3.754 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1310 (3.413 %)SQL DBA
149 (3.072 %)IT Manager
149 (3.072 %)Support Analyst
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (8.874 %)Clustering
216 (5.461 %)SecurID
39 (3.072 %)Firmware
48 (2.730 %)Management Information System
57 (2.389 %)Statistics
57 (2.389 %)Blackberry
66 (2.048 %)HACMP
75 (1.706 %)Fat Client
75 (1.706 %)Thin Client
75 (1.706 %)PMI
83 (1.024 %)AS400
83 (1.024 %)Replication
83 (1.024 %)CLARiiON
83 (1.024 %)Symmetrix
83 (1.024 %)Mainframe
92 (0.683 %)Computer Science
92 (0.683 %)EMC Centera
92 (0.683 %)EPoS
101 (0.341 %)Video Conferencing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1148 (50.51 %)Windows
2120 (40.96 %)Linux
399 (33.79 %)UNIX
443 (14.68 %)HPUX
538 (12.97 %)Solaris
633 (11.26 %)Windows 2000
732 (10.92 %)AIX
814 (4.778 %)Windows Server 2003
912 (4.096 %)Windows XP
1011 (3.754 %)SUSE
116 (2.048 %)Tru64
121 (0.341 %)Windows NT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (10.24 %)Disaster Recovery
225 (8.532 %)Problem Management
323 (7.850 %)ITIL
412 (4.096 %)Change Management
510 (3.413 %)Configuration Management
69 (3.072 %)Technical Architecture
78 (2.730 %)Security Cleared
78 (2.730 %)Information Security
87 (2.389 %)Project Management
87 (2.389 %)Service Management
87 (2.389 %)SC Cleared
96 (2.048 %)Performance Management
96 (2.048 %)Load Balancing
96 (2.048 %)Asset Management
96 (2.048 %)ITSM
96 (2.048 %)Information Security Management
96 (2.048 %)Security Management
105 (1.706 %)Migration
105 (1.706 %)Stakeholder Management
114 (1.365 %)PRINCE2
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
151 (17.41 %)SQL
230 (10.24 %)Shell Script
316 (5.461 %)Perl
413 (4.437 %)Java
53 (1.024 %)Transact-SQL
53 (1.024 %)VBScript
53 (1.024 %)VB
62 (0.683 %)C
71 (0.341 %)Korn
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (8.874 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (8.532 %)MCSE
315 (5.119 %)MCP
410 (3.413 %)Cisco Certification
58 (2.730 %)CCNP
58 (2.730 %)CCNA
66 (2.048 %)MCSA
75 (1.706 %)PMI Certification
84 (1.365 %)RHCE
84 (1.365 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
84 (1.365 %)MCDST
92 (0.683 %)Citrix Certification
92 (0.683 %)CCDA
92 (0.683 %)CCDP
92 (0.683 %)RHCT
101 (0.341 %)CCA
101 (0.341 %)CCEA
101 (0.341 %)MCDBA
101 (0.341 %)MCITP
101 (0.341 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.683 %)QA
21 (0.341 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
165 (22.18 %)Active Directory
224 (8.191 %)VMware Infrastructure
322 (7.509 %)NetBackup
410 (3.413 %)Terminal Server
410 (3.413 %)VMware ESX
59 (3.072 %)Citrix Presentation Server
68 (2.730 %)ISA Server
77 (2.389 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (5.461 %)HP Data Protector
215 (5.119 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
313 (4.437 %)Legato
411 (3.754 %)Tivoli
59 (3.072 %)BMC Performance Manager
67 (2.389 %)Norton AntiVirus
67 (2.389 %)BMC PATROL
75 (1.706 %)EMC NetWorker
84 (1.365 %)OpenView
84 (1.365 %)CiscoWorks
93 (1.024 %)EMC Navisphere
102 (0.683 %)SCCM
102 (0.683 %)Nagios
111 (0.341 %)MOM
111 (0.341 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
111 (0.341 %)SCOM
111 (0.341 %)WSUS
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1119 (40.61 %)VMware
2100 (34.13 %)Cisco
373 (24.91 %)HP
457 (19.45 %)Microsoft
551 (17.41 %)Red Hat
646 (15.70 %)VERITAS
735 (11.95 %)Oracle
833 (11.26 %)Citrix
919 (6.485 %)EMC
1017 (5.802 %)BMC
1116 (5.461 %)IBM
1214 (4.778 %)Sun
1313 (4.437 %)Symantec
149 (3.072 %)Altiris
158 (2.730 %)Dell
167 (2.389 %)3Com
176 (2.048 %)CommVault
185 (1.706 %)Siemens
194 (1.365 %)Concord
194 (1.365 %)NetApp
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