The first table below looks at the demand for the Storage Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Storage Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Specialist
Rank 194 177 172
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Storage Specialist 10 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.199% 0.176% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.207% 0.183% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 3
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +14.70%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Storage Specialist
England

Storage Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Storage Specialist across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Storage Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Storage Specialist
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Storage Specialist Salary Trend

Storage Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Specialist within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -10 9 £45,000 +12.50%
Shropshire - 1 - -
Storage Specialist
England

Storage Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Storage Specialist in their job title 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 with Storage Specialist in their job title.

1 13 (76.47%) EMC
1 13 (76.47%) NetApp
1 13 (76.47%) Enterprise Storage
2 12 (70.59%) HP
3 11 (64.71%) Windows
3 11 (64.71%) NetBackup
3 11 (64.71%) Technical Architecture
4 10 (58.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (58.82%) Hyper-V
4 10 (58.82%) VMware
4 10 (58.82%) IBM
4 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (29.41%) SAN
6 3 (17.65%) Hitachi
6 3 (17.65%) Cisco
6 3 (17.65%) Oracle
6 3 (17.65%) ITIL
6 3 (17.65%) Symmetrix DMX
7 2 (11.76%) Replication
7 2 (11.76%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (11.76%) UNIX
7 2 (11.76%) SQL
7 2 (11.76%) Finance
8 1 (5.882%) Migration
8 1 (5.882%) StorageTek
8 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (5.882%) CLARiiON
8 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
8 1 (5.882%) Retail

Storage Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Storage Specialist in their job title 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 with Storage Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) SAN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
2 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (17.65%) Symmetrix DMX
3 2 (11.76%) Replication
4 1 (5.882%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.76%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) Migration
3 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
3 1 (5.882%) TOGAF
3 1 (5.882%) Supplier Management
3 1 (5.882%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.882%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.882%) CCNP
1 1 (5.882%) CCNA
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (58.82%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.882%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) NetBackup
2 2 (11.76%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (5.882%) Tivoli
3 1 (5.882%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) EMC
1 13 (76.47%) NetApp
2 12 (70.59%) HP
3 10 (58.82%) VMware
3 10 (58.82%) IBM
4 3 (17.65%) Hitachi
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle
5 1 (5.882%) StorageTek
5 1 (5.882%) Brocade
5 1 (5.882%) Symantec
5 1 (5.882%) Fujitsu
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Based in Birmingham my client is looking for an experienced HP EVA Storage Technical Specialist to join their thriving data centre division... maintenance of documentation and processes) Skills,...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
maintenance of documentation and processes) Skills, Knowledge & Experience: Essential The applicant must have 5 - 10 years experience of providing technical architecture and support to enterprise clients. Specialising in...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013