The first table below looks at the demand for SAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAN 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Rank 58 94 69
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -25
Permanent jobs citing SAN 214 143 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 3.923% 2.755% 3.085%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.74% 16.29% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 184 106 119
Average salary £32,500 £37,400 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.10% -6.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,850 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1084 878 903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 19.87% 16.91% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 828 685 770
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SAN
England

SAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SAN Salary Trend

SAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAN across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +14 136 £31,000 -11.42%
North Yorkshire +12 42 £33,000 -26.66%
South Yorkshire +27 30 £39,500 +20.61%
East Yorkshire +2 6 £26,000 -35.00%
SAN
England

SAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 380 (73.36%) Windows
2 321 (61.97%) VMware
3 226 (43.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 225 (43.44%) Microsoft
5 206 (39.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 183 (35.33%) Active Directory
7 179 (34.56%) Windows Server 2003
8 159 (30.69%) Linux
8 159 (30.69%) MS Exchange
9 155 (29.92%) UNIX
10 138 (26.64%) ITIL
11 137 (26.45%) SQL Server
12 129 (24.90%) MS Excel
13 127 (24.52%) NAS
14 123 (23.75%) SQL
15 118 (22.78%) Firewall
16 115 (22.20%) HP
17 107 (20.66%) LAN
18 102 (19.69%) WAN
18 102 (19.69%) Cisco
19 101 (19.50%) Citrix
20 89 (17.18%) SQL Server 2008
21 86 (16.60%) SQL Server 2005
22 84 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
23 80 (15.44%) TCP/IP
23 80 (15.44%) DNS
24 79 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
24 79 (15.25%) Finance
25 76 (14.67%) XenApp
26 72 (13.90%) Exchange Server 2007

SAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 29 (5.598%) .NET
2 19 (3.668%) XML
3 18 (3.475%) WebSphere
4 16 (3.089%) SOAP
4 16 (3.089%) COM+
4 16 (3.089%) REST
5 12 (2.317%) Web Services
6 7 (1.351%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.158%) Middleware
8 3 (0.579%) CSS
9 2 (0.386%) HTML
9 2 (0.386%) J2EE
9 2 (0.386%) Java EE
10 1 (0.193%) Oracle Streams
Application Platforms
1 159 (30.69%) MS Exchange
2 72 (13.90%) Exchange Server 2007
3 55 (10.62%) Exchange Server 2010
4 50 (9.653%) IIS
5 46 (8.880%) SharePoint
6 30 (5.792%) Exchange Server 2003
7 23 (4.440%) Lync
8 21 (4.054%) Tomcat
9 19 (3.668%) SharePoint 2010
10 18 (3.475%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 16 (3.089%) Office Communications Server
12 6 (1.158%) Apache
13 5 (0.965%) SharePoint Server
13 5 (0.965%) Exchange Server 2000
14 3 (0.579%) Amazon EC2
15 1 (0.193%) SAS
15 1 (0.193%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 129 (24.90%) MS Excel
2 23 (4.440%) MS Office
3 3 (0.579%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.193%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 25 (4.826%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.193%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 127 (24.52%) NAS
2 118 (22.78%) Firewall
3 107 (20.66%) LAN
4 102 (19.69%) WAN
5 80 (15.44%) TCP/IP
5 80 (15.44%) DNS
6 65 (12.55%) DHCP
7 47 (9.073%) Internet
8 35 (6.757%) VPN
9 25 (4.826%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (4.440%) SSH
10 23 (4.440%) HTTP
11 22 (4.247%) Network Security
11 22 (4.247%) iSCSI
12 21 (4.054%) MPLS
13 20 (3.861%) Fibre Channel
14 19 (3.668%) OSPF
15 18 (3.475%) LDAP
15 18 (3.475%) Cisco PIX
16 17 (3.282%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (26.45%) SQL Server
2 89 (17.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 86 (16.60%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (3.282%) Oracle 11g
5 15 (2.896%) MySQL
6 12 (2.317%) Oracle 10g
7 10 (1.931%) Oracle 9i
8 8 (1.544%) RDBMS
8 8 (1.544%) SQL Server 2012
9 6 (1.158%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.965%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (0.772%) SQL Server 2000
11 4 (0.772%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.579%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.579%) MS Access
13 2 (0.386%) VLDB
13 2 (0.386%) DTS
13 2 (0.386%) Data Mining
14 1 (0.193%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.317%) Oracle APEX
2 5 (0.965%) WebLOAD
3 1 (0.193%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (15.25%) Finance
2 23 (4.440%) Telecoms
3 11 (2.124%) Manufacturing
4 7 (1.351%) Banking
5 3 (0.579%) Aerospace
5 3 (0.579%) Military
5 3 (0.579%) Electronics
6 2 (0.386%) Marketing
7 1 (0.193%) Retail
7 1 (0.193%) Legal
7 1 (0.193%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 109 (21.04%) Analyst
2 80 (15.44%) Administrator
3 73 (14.09%) Support Analyst
4 56 (10.81%) Support Engineer
5 50 (9.653%) Technical Analyst
6 49 (9.459%) Systems Administrator
7 37 (7.143%) Network Engineer
8 36 (6.950%) Systems Engineer
9 34 (6.564%) Applications Support
10 33 (6.371%) Technical Engineer
11 30 (5.792%) Server Engineer
11 30 (5.792%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (5.598%) DBA
12 29 (5.598%) Technical Support
13 27 (5.212%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 27 (5.212%) Applications Support Analyst
14 26 (5.019%) Storage Specialist
15 25 (4.826%) Consultant
16 24 (4.633%) Technical Support Engineer
16 24 (4.633%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.880%) Clustering
2 39 (7.529%) Cloud Computing
3 36 (6.950%) Enterprise Storage
4 29 (5.598%) Replication
5 22 (4.247%) Blackberry
5 22 (4.247%) CLARiiON
6 18 (3.475%) Celerra
7 12 (2.317%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.965%) HP StorageWorks
8 5 (0.965%) NHS
9 4 (0.772%) SaaS
9 4 (0.772%) EqualLogic
10 3 (0.579%) Fat Client
10 3 (0.579%) Thin Client
10 3 (0.579%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (0.386%) IVR
11 2 (0.386%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.386%) iPad
11 2 (0.386%) CMDB
11 2 (0.386%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 380 (73.36%) Windows
2 206 (39.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 179 (34.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 159 (30.69%) Linux
5 155 (29.92%) UNIX
6 45 (8.687%) Solaris
7 33 (6.371%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 29 (5.598%) HPUX
9 21 (4.054%) Windows 7
10 20 (3.861%) AIX
11 18 (3.475%) Windows XP
12 10 (1.931%) Mac OS X
12 10 (1.931%) CentOS
13 8 (1.544%) Debian
14 7 (1.351%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (1.158%) Windows 2000 Server
16 5 (0.965%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.965%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.579%) Windows 2000
18 1 (0.193%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (26.64%) ITIL
2 84 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 67 (12.93%) Load Balancing
4 39 (7.529%) Change Management
5 35 (6.757%) Capacity Management
6 33 (6.371%) Migration
7 32 (6.178%) Capacity Planning
8 28 (5.405%) CRM
9 26 (5.019%) Release Management
10 25 (4.826%) Business Continuity
11 24 (4.633%) Service Management
11 24 (4.633%) Problem Management
11 24 (4.633%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (4.247%) Time Management
13 21 (4.054%) Project Management
14 19 (3.668%) Change Control
14 19 (3.668%) High Availability
15 16 (3.089%) Workflow
16 14 (2.703%) E-Commerce
16 14 (2.703%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 123 (23.75%) SQL
2 35 (6.757%) Perl
3 30 (5.792%) Java
4 26 (5.019%) PowerShell
5 22 (4.247%) Bash shell
6 21 (4.054%) Python
7 20 (3.861%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.703%) C
9 13 (2.510%) C#
9 13 (2.510%) C++
10 12 (2.317%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.931%) VBScript
12 9 (1.737%) VBA
13 3 (0.579%) VB
13 3 (0.579%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.579%) PHP
Qualifications
1 79 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 63 (12.16%) MCSE
3 45 (8.687%) MCP
4 38 (7.336%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (6.757%) CCNA
6 29 (5.598%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 27 (5.212%) MCITP
8 26 (5.019%) Citrix Certification
9 24 (4.633%) Security Cleared
10 23 (4.440%) CCA
11 20 (3.861%) MCTS
12 19 (3.668%) MCSA
13 17 (3.282%) CCSA
14 11 (2.124%) CCIA
14 11 (2.124%) CCNP
15 9 (1.737%) Degree
15 9 (1.737%) CCEE
15 9 (1.737%) CCEA
16 8 (1.544%) NCDA
16 8 (1.544%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.915%) SLA
2 13 (2.510%) PCI DSS
3 5 (0.965%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 226 (43.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 183 (35.33%) Active Directory
3 76 (14.67%) XenApp
4 68 (13.13%) VMware ESXi
5 64 (12.36%) Hyper-V
6 60 (11.58%) vSphere
7 47 (9.073%) XenServer
8 35 (6.757%) VMware ESX
9 32 (6.178%) XenDesktop
10 29 (5.598%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 17 (3.282%) Oracle RMAN
12 13 (2.510%) Oracle RAC
13 9 (1.737%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 9 (1.737%) Terminal Services
14 7 (1.351%) NFS
14 7 (1.351%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.965%) Novell eDirectory
16 3 (0.579%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.579%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 3 (0.579%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 44 (8.494%) WSUS
2 41 (7.915%) Backup Exec
3 38 (7.336%) Norton AntiVirus
4 26 (5.019%) NetBackup
5 23 (4.440%) SCCM
6 18 (3.475%) SCOM
7 16 (3.089%) Data Guard
8 6 (1.158%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 4 (0.772%) Puppet
10 3 (0.579%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.193%) HP NNM
11 1 (0.193%) Oracle Statspack
11 1 (0.193%) HP Data Protector
11 1 (0.193%) HP SiteScope
11 1 (0.193%) HP SIM
11 1 (0.193%) OpenView
11 1 (0.193%) BMC PATROL
11 1 (0.193%) Control-M
Vendors
1 321 (61.97%) VMware
2 225 (43.44%) Microsoft
3 115 (22.20%) HP
4 102 (19.69%) Cisco
5 101 (19.50%) Citrix
6 62 (11.97%) EMC
7 59 (11.39%) Symantec
8 51 (9.846%) NetApp
9 49 (9.459%) Oracle
10 42 (8.108%) Red Hat
11 32 (6.178%) Veritas
12 31 (5.985%) Dell
12 31 (5.985%) McAfee
13 30 (5.792%) Sun
14 28 (5.405%) IBM
14 28 (5.405%) Brocade
15 25 (4.826%) CheckPoint
16 24 (4.633%) CommVault
17 21 (4.054%) JBoss
18 20 (3.861%) ProCurve
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