The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 38 42 38
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Permanent jobs citing SAN 7 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 3.167% 1.455% 0.488%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.33% 13.33% 2.222%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 1
Average salary £41,250 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
30 30 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 13.57% 10.91% 21.95%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 38
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,000 £22,300
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SAN
West Midlands

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bromsgrove - 5 £42,500 -
Kidderminster - 3 £42,500 -
Worcester - 2 £37,250 -
Droitwich -1 1 £35,000 -
Redditch - 1 £45,000 -
SAN
West Midlands

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 11 (84.62%) Windows
1 11 (84.62%) MS Exchange
1 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 9 (69.23%) HP
2 9 (69.23%) Citrix
3 8 (61.54%) VMware ESX
3 8 (61.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) vSphere
4 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
4 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
5 6 (46.15%) Cisco
5 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (46.15%) XenApp
5 6 (46.15%) XenServer
5 6 (46.15%) XenDesktop
6 5 (38.46%) CCEE
6 5 (38.46%) CCAA
6 5 (38.46%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (30.77%) Dell
7 4 (30.77%) Symantec
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
7 4 (30.77%) MCITP
7 4 (30.77%) Firewall
7 4 (30.77%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (30.77%) Windows 2000 Server
7 4 (30.77%) iSCSI

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (84.62%) MS Exchange
2 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (23.08%) IIS
4 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Fibre Channel
1 4 (30.77%) iSCSI
2 3 (23.08%) NAS
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) QlikView
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Sales Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Server Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (30.77%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (7.692%) Data Transformation
2 1 (7.692%) Business Development
2 1 (7.692%) Data Management
2 1 (7.692%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) VB
2 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (38.46%) CCEE
2 5 (38.46%) CCAA
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (30.77%) MCITP
4 3 (23.08%) MCTS
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
4 3 (23.08%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (23.08%) MCSE
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.692%) NCDA
5 1 (7.692%) NCIE
5 1 (7.692%) CCIA
5 1 (7.692%) CCA
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) VMware ESX
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (61.54%) vSphere
2 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
3 6 (46.15%) XenApp
3 6 (46.15%) XenServer
3 6 (46.15%) XenDesktop
4 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (23.08%) ARCserve
2 1 (7.692%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.692%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 9 (69.23%) HP
2 9 (69.23%) Citrix
3 6 (46.15%) Cisco
4 4 (30.77%) Dell
4 4 (30.77%) Symantec
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Veritas
5 3 (23.08%) McAfee
6 1 (7.692%) CommVault
6 1 (7.692%) NetApp
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Hold current NASAP, NCDA an advantage. Knowledge of Cisco UCS or HP and IBM Server products an advantage. Knowledge of competitive storage solutions such and HP & EMC an...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Droitwich, Worcestershire
SSIS (SQL Server Integration Dervice) - Essential... This will include assisting with the maintenance of a Data Warehouse to enable the production of clean, clear and accessible reports and...
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013