SAN Jobs in the North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Storage Area Network (SAN) England / North West
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	176	124	117
Rank change year-on-year	-52	-7
Permanent jobs citing SAN	95	108	157
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West	1.39%	1.92%	2.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	8.92%	12.03%	16.25%
Number of salaries quoted	84	88	120
Median salary	£40,000	£45,000	£41,250
Median salary % change year-on-year	-11.11%	+9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than	£28,400	£32,000	£26,225
10% offered a salary of more than	£52,500	£60,000	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-5.88%	+6.25%

SAN is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Communications & Computer Network Skills North West
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	1065	898	966
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West	15.60%	15.95%	15.13%
Number of salaries quoted	847	761	773
Median salary	£42,500	£38,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+11.84%	+1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£24,500	£25,000	£22,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£55,000	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,500

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the North West citing SAN as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the North West

SAN
Salary Trend in the North West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAN in the North West.

SAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing SAN in the North West over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Salary histogram for SAN in the North West

SAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Manchester	-55	43	£39,000	-13.33%	10
Cheshire	-8	39	£40,000	-10.11%	3
Merseyside	-10	10	£42,500	-29.16%
Lancashire	+6	3	£32,500	-7.14%	1
SAN England

SAN
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing SAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the North West region with a requirement for SAN.

1	127 (73.41%)	VMware
2	102 (58.96%)	Windows
3	92 (53.18%)	Microsoft
4	86 (49.71%)	Active Directory
5	72 (41.62%)	Windows Server
6	62 (35.84%)	MS Exchange
7	61 (35.26%)	Citrix
8	58 (33.53%)	Hyper-V
9	56 (32.37%)	Firewall
10	53 (30.64%)	DNS
11	52 (30.06%)	VMware Infrastructure
12	49 (28.32%)	Data Centre
13	44 (25.43%)	Cisco
14	43 (24.86%)	DHCP
15	41 (23.70%)	WAN

15	41 (23.70%)	Windows Server 2008
15	41 (23.70%)	Windows Server 2012
16	40 (23.12%)	LAN
17	38 (21.97%)	VPN
18	33 (19.08%)	NetApp
19	32 (18.50%)	PowerShell
20	31 (17.92%)	XenApp
21	30 (17.34%)	Terminal Services
22	29 (16.76%)	Linux
22	29 (16.76%)	SQL
22	29 (16.76%)	ITIL
22	29 (16.76%)	Exchange Server 2010
23	28 (16.18%)	Exchange Server 2013
23	28 (16.18%)	SQL Server
23	28 (16.18%)	VLAN

SAN
Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	62 (35.84%)	MS Exchange
2	29 (16.76%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	28 (16.18%)	Exchange Server 2013
4	23 (13.29%)	IIS
5	12 (6.94%)	SharePoint
6	10 (5.78%)	Exchange Server 2007
7	9 (5.20%)	Apache
8	4 (2.31%)	OpenStack
8	4 (2.31%)	SharePoint Server
8	4 (2.31%)	Skype for Business
9	3 (1.73%)	WebSphere
10	1 (0.58%)	Confluence
10	1 (0.58%)	DNN
10	1 (0.58%)	Exchange Server 2003
10	1 (0.58%)	IBM Notes
10	1 (0.58%)	Tomcat

Applications
1	10 (5.78%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (2.31%)	Microsoft Project

Cloud Services
1	19 (10.98%)	Office 365
2	17 (9.83%)	Microsoft Azure
3	14 (8.09%)	Amazon AWS
4	4 (2.31%)	OpenShift
5	2 (1.16%)	SaaS
6	1 (0.58%)	Amazon EC2
6	1 (0.58%)	Amazon Kinesis
6	1 (0.58%)	Amazon SQS
6	1 (0.58%)	AWS Lambda
6	1 (0.58%)	Cloud Computing
6	1 (0.58%)	IaaS
6	1 (0.58%)	OneDrive

Communications & Networking
1	56 (32.37%)	Firewall
2	53 (30.64%)	DNS
3	43 (24.86%)	DHCP
4	41 (23.70%)	WAN
5	40 (23.12%)	LAN
6	38 (21.97%)	VPN
7	28 (16.18%)	VLAN
8	26 (15.03%)	TCP/IP
9	17 (9.83%)	NAS
10	16 (9.25%)	Remote Desktop
11	11 (6.36%)	VoIP
12	10 (5.78%)	Cisco ASA
13	7 (4.05%)	MPLS
13	7 (4.05%)	Network Security
14	6 (3.47%)	NetScaler
15	5 (2.89%)	Internet
15	5 (2.89%)	iSCSI
15	5 (2.89%)	Wi-Fi
16	4 (2.31%)	Cisco IOS
16	4 (2.31%)	Skype

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (16.18%)	SQL Server
2	10 (5.78%)	SQL Server 2008
3	8 (4.62%)	MySQL
4	6 (3.47%)	SQL Server 2005
5	5 (2.89%)	SQL Server 2012
6	4 (2.31%)	SQL Server 2014
7	3 (1.73%)	Oracle Database
7	3 (1.73%)	PostgreSQL
8	2 (1.16%)	SQL Server 2000
9	1 (0.58%)	Amazon DynamoDB

Development Applications
1	3 (1.73%)	Jenkins
2	2 (1.16%)	Git (software)
2	2 (1.16%)	Maven
3	1 (0.58%)	GoCD
3	1 (0.58%)	JIRA

General
1	15 (8.67%)	Finance
2	7 (4.05%)	Pharmaceutical
3	3 (1.73%)	Banking
4	2 (1.16%)	Back Office
4	2 (1.16%)	Manufacturing
4	2 (1.16%)	Retail
5	1 (0.58%)	Investment Banking
5	1 (0.58%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	38 (21.97%)	3rd Line Support
1	38 (21.97%)	Infrastructure Engineer
2	27 (15.61%)	Analyst
3	25 (14.45%)	Infrastructure Analyst
4	23 (13.29%)	3rd Line Engineer
4	23 (13.29%)	Infrastructure Support
4	23 (13.29%)	Support Analyst
5	21 (12.14%)	Infrastructure Support Analyst
5	21 (12.14%)	Support Engineer
6	19 (10.98%)	3rd Line Support Analyst
7	18 (10.40%)	3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8	17 (9.83%)	3rd Line Infrastructure Support Analyst
8	17 (9.83%)	Storage Engineer
9	14 (8.09%)	Administrator
10	13 (7.51%)	Systems Administrator
10	13 (7.51%)	VMware Engineer
11	11 (6.36%)	3rd Line Support Engineer
11	11 (6.36%)	Citrix Engineer
11	11 (6.36%)	Senior Storage Engineer
12	8 (4.62%)	IT Support

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	8 (4.62%)	LAMP
2	7 (4.05%)	Web Services
3	4 (2.31%)	XML
4	3 (1.73%)	POSIX
5	2 (1.16%)	.NET
5	2 (1.16%)	Middleware
6	1 (0.58%)	.NET Framework
6	1 (0.58%)	LAPP Stack
6	1 (0.58%)	RabbitMQ
6	1 (0.58%)	REST
6	1 (0.58%)	SOAP

Miscellaneous
1	49 (28.32%)	Data Centre
2	12 (6.94%)	iPad
3	10 (5.78%)	EMC VNX
4	6 (3.47%)	Clustering
5	5 (2.89%)	Driving Licence
5	5 (2.89%)	HP Storage
5	5 (2.89%)	Management Information System
6	3 (1.73%)	Analytical Skills
6	3 (1.73%)	Replication
7	2 (1.16%)	Private Cloud
7	2 (1.16%)	Virtual Team
8	1 (0.58%)	Blog
8	1 (0.58%)	Cyberthreat
8	1 (0.58%)	Public Cloud
8	1 (0.58%)	Smartphone
8	1 (0.58%)	Wiki

Operating Systems
1	102 (58.96%)	Windows
2	72 (41.62%)	Windows Server
3	41 (23.70%)	Windows Server 2008
3	41 (23.70%)	Windows Server 2012
4	29 (16.76%)	Linux
5	21 (12.14%)	Windows Server 2003
6	12 (6.94%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	12 (6.94%)	Windows 7
7	11 (6.36%)	CentOS
8	10 (5.78%)	Unix
8	10 (5.78%)	Windows XP
9	9 (5.20%)	Windows 8
10	5 (2.89%)	Windows 10
10	5 (2.89%)	Windows Vista
11	4 (2.31%)	HPUX
12	3 (1.73%)	AIX
12	3 (1.73%)	Debian
12	3 (1.73%)	SUSE
13	2 (1.16%)	Windows 2000
14	1 (0.58%)	Ubuntu

Processes & Methodologies
1	29 (16.76%)	ITIL
2	19 (10.98%)	Service Delivery
3	18 (10.40%)	Disaster Recovery
4	11 (6.36%)	Mentoring
4	11 (6.36%)	Migration
5	10 (5.78%)	Problem Management
6	9 (5.20%)	DevOps
6	9 (5.20%)	Project Management
6	9 (5.20%)	Service Management
7	8 (4.62%)	Load Balancing
8	7 (4.05%)	Analytics
8	7 (4.05%)	Change Management
8	7 (4.05%)	Customer Engagement
8	7 (4.05%)	Data Protection
8	7 (4.05%)	Product Management
9	6 (3.47%)	Presales
10	5 (2.89%)	Knowledge Management
10	5 (2.89%)	Server Hardening
10	5 (2.89%)	Server Virtualisation
10	5 (2.89%)	SIEM

Programming Languages
1	32 (18.50%)	PowerShell
2	29 (16.76%)	SQL
3	16 (9.25%)	Perl
4	12 (6.94%)	Bash Shell
5	8 (4.62%)	Python
6	6 (3.47%)	Ruby
6	6 (3.47%)	VB
7	3 (1.73%)	AWK
7	3 (1.73%)	Korn
7	3 (1.73%)	sed
8	2 (1.16%)	VBScript
9	1 (0.58%)	Java
9	1 (0.58%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	17 (9.83%)	Microsoft Certification
2	14 (8.09%)	Cisco Certification
2	14 (8.09%)	MCSE
3	11 (6.36%)	CCNA
4	8 (4.62%)	Degree
4	8 (4.62%)	ITIL Certification
5	6 (3.47%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6	5 (2.89%)	MCSA
7	4 (2.31%)	CCA
7	4 (2.31%)	Citrix Certification
8	3 (1.73%)	CCIE
8	3 (1.73%)	CCNP
8	3 (1.73%)	MCP
9	2 (1.16%)	Master's Degree
9	2 (1.16%)	MCITP
9	2 (1.16%)	SC Cleared
9	2 (1.16%)	Security Cleared
10	1 (0.58%)	A+ Certification
10	1 (0.58%)	AWS Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	6 (3.47%)	SLA
2	2 (1.16%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	1 (0.58%)	PCI DSS
3	1 (0.58%)	PMO

System Software
1	86 (49.71%)	Active Directory
2	58 (33.53%)	Hyper-V
3	52 (30.06%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	31 (17.92%)	XenApp
5	30 (17.34%)	Terminal Services
6	17 (9.83%)	vSphere
7	12 (6.94%)	XenDesktop
8	11 (6.36%)	VMware ESXi
9	8 (4.62%)	Virtual Machines
9	8 (4.62%)	Virtual Servers
10	7 (4.05%)	Docker
11	5 (2.89%)	PowerHA
12	3 (1.73%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
12	3 (1.73%)	XenServer
13	2 (1.16%)	KVM
14	1 (0.58%)	Microsoft App-V
14	1 (0.58%)	OpenSIPS
14	1 (0.58%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	17 (9.83%)	WSUS
2	10 (5.78%)	Nagios
3	7 (4.05%)	Opscode Chef
3	7 (4.05%)	SCCM
3	7 (4.05%)	SCOM
4	6 (3.47%)	Backup Exec
4	6 (3.47%)	Puppet
4	6 (3.47%)	SCDPM
4	6 (3.47%)	SCVMM
5	5 (2.89%)	Ansible
5	5 (2.89%)	CFEngine
6	4 (2.31%)	SolarWinds Orion
7	3 (1.73%)	FortiGate
7	3 (1.73%)	McAfee ePO
7	3 (1.73%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7	3 (1.73%)	NetBackup
8	2 (1.16%)	Norton AntiVirus
9	1 (0.58%)	SCOrch
9	1 (0.58%)	SCSM
9	1 (0.58%)	ServiceCenter

Vendors
1	127 (73.41%)	VMware
2	92 (53.18%)	Microsoft
3	61 (35.26%)	Citrix
4	44 (25.43%)	Cisco
5	33 (19.08%)	NetApp
6	26 (15.03%)	HP
7	18 (10.40%)	EMC
7	18 (10.40%)	Red Hat
8	17 (9.83%)	Avaya
9	11 (6.36%)	Veeam
10	7 (4.05%)	3PAR
10	7 (4.05%)	Dell
10	7 (4.05%)	SonicWALL
10	7 (4.05%)	Symantec
11	6 (3.47%)	Palo Alto
11	6 (3.47%)	SolarWinds
12	5 (2.89%)	CheckPoint
12	5 (2.89%)	McAfee
12	5 (2.89%)	Veritas
13	4 (2.31%)	Juniper