Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NAS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 676 749 963
Rank change year-on-year +73 +214 -235
Permanent jobs citing NAS 231 197 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 1.28% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 218 165 225
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,450 £34,400
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -23.81% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,125 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,625 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -3.75% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NAS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

NAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NAS in the UK

NAS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NAS.

Salary trend for NAS in the UK

NAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NAS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +91 218 £50,000 +25.00% 38
UK excluding London +8 175 £45,000 +16.88% 32
Work from Home +36 73 £44,000 +10.00% 12
North of England +55 60 £50,000 +25.00% 9
London +107 52 £52,000 -16.80% 10
South East -4 51 £47,500 +23.38% 8
Yorkshire +81 37 £60,000 +50.00% 3
South West -15 23 £42,500 +6.25% 2
East of England +5 16 £42,500 - 5
North West -5 16 £32,500 -38.10% 5
East Midlands -5 13 £45,000 -36.62% 1
Midlands -29 13 £45,000 +38.46% 3
Scotland - 8 £42,500 -
North East -16 7 £35,000 -16.34% 1
Wales - 4 £40,000 - 6

NAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 49 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.12%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.76%) IIS
4 9 (3.90%) WordPress
5 5 (2.16%) CMS
6 4 (1.73%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.87%) Apache
7 2 (0.87%) nginx
8 1 (0.43%) JOnAS
8 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 123 (53.25%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (48.05%) Azure
3 45 (19.48%) Entra ID
4 40 (17.32%) OneDrive
5 39 (16.88%) AWS
6 16 (6.93%) Google Workspace
7 15 (6.49%) SaaS
8 10 (4.33%) Nutanix
9 7 (3.03%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.60%) PaaS
11 5 (2.16%) GCP
11 5 (2.16%) IaaS
11 5 (2.16%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.30%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.30%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.43%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.43%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 177 (76.62%) SAN
2 109 (47.19%) Firewall
3 60 (25.97%) DNS
4 50 (21.65%) WAN
5 48 (20.78%) LAN
6 45 (19.48%) VPN
7 36 (15.58%) TCP/IP
8 32 (13.85%) VLAN
9 30 (12.99%) DHCP
10 26 (11.26%) VoIP
11 23 (9.96%) Wireless
12 22 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (8.66%) iSCSI
14 16 (6.93%) SSL
15 15 (6.49%) Network Security
16 13 (5.63%) Broadband
17 11 (4.76%) Fibre Channel
18 10 (4.33%) Unified Communications
19 8 (3.46%) Internet
20 7 (3.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.99%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.03%) Power BI
3 4 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.30%) MySQL
5 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.30%) GitLab
1 3 (1.30%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 78 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.79%) Finance
4 14 (6.06%) Law
5 11 (4.76%) Games
5 11 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.73%) Aviation
7 4 (1.73%) Avionics
7 4 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.87%) Banking
8 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.87%) Retail
8 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.43%) Military
9 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (26.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (12.99%) IT Engineer
3 26 (11.26%) Support Engineer
4 21 (9.09%) Administrator
4 21 (9.09%) IT Support
5 19 (8.23%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (8.23%) Senior
6 17 (7.36%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 17 (7.36%) IT Manager
7 16 (6.93%) Systems Administrator
8 15 (6.49%) Consultant
8 15 (6.49%) Lead
8 15 (6.49%) Network Engineer
9 12 (5.19%) IT Technician
10 11 (4.76%) IT Administrator
10 11 (4.76%) IT Consultant
11 9 (3.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 9 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.63%) LAMP
2 8 (3.46%) LDAP
3 5 (2.16%) .NET
4 4 (1.73%) EJB
4 4 (1.73%) HTML
5 3 (1.30%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.30%) CSS
5 3 (1.30%) jQuery
6 2 (0.87%) SAML
6 2 (0.87%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.29%) Replication
2 31 (13.42%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.90%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.03%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (3.03%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.60%) FPGA
9 5 (2.16%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.16%) PKI
9 5 (2.16%) PMI
10 4 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.30%) CCTV
11 3 (1.30%) Clustering
11 3 (1.30%) Wiki
12 2 (0.87%) Smartcard
12 2 (0.87%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 174 (75.32%) Windows
2 129 (55.84%) Windows Server
3 93 (40.26%) Linux
4 21 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 19 (8.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (7.79%) VMS
7 15 (6.49%) Mac OS
7 15 (6.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (4.33%) Ubuntu
10 9 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.60%) CentOS
11 6 (2.60%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.87%) Android
12 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.88%) Migration
4 31 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (11.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 25 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (10.82%) Preventative Maintenance
7 22 (9.52%) ITIL
7 22 (9.52%) Mentoring
8 21 (9.09%) Business Continuity
8 21 (9.09%) Storage Management
9 19 (8.23%) Asset Management
9 19 (8.23%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.23%) Infrastructure Management
10 18 (7.79%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.79%) Service Delivery
11 17 (7.36%) Project Management
12 16 (6.93%) Server Management
13 14 (6.06%) Customer Service
13 14 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.02%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.52%) Bash
3 17 (7.36%) Python
4 9 (3.90%) SQL
5 6 (2.60%) Java
6 4 (1.73%) Perl
7 3 (1.30%) C#
7 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (17.32%) Cisco Certification
1 40 (17.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (14.72%) MCSE
3 31 (13.42%) CCNA
4 28 (12.12%) Degree
5 17 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.93%) Security Cleared
7 11 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.46%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.03%) MCSA
10 6 (2.60%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (2.16%) CCNP
11 5 (2.16%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.16%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.16%) VCAP
12 4 (1.73%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.73%) MCP
12 4 (1.73%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.76%) SLA
3 11 (4.76%) SOC 2
4 4 (1.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.87%) NCSC
5 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 138 (59.74%) Active Directory
2 107 (46.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (30.74%) Hyper-V
4 41 (17.75%) VMware ESXi
5 32 (13.85%) vSphere
6 11 (4.76%) Docker
7 9 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (3.46%) Firmware
9 6 (2.60%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.30%) NFS
10 3 (1.30%) pfSense
11 2 (0.87%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 41 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (11.26%) vCenter Server
3 24 (10.39%) SCCM
4 20 (8.66%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.90%) ZABBIX
6 8 (3.46%) FortiGate
6 8 (3.46%) WSUS
7 7 (3.03%) Ansible
7 7 (3.03%) Nagios
8 4 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.73%) Backup Exec
8 4 (1.73%) cPanel
8 4 (1.73%) Plesk
9 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.43%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 167 (72.29%) VMware
2 121 (52.38%) Microsoft
3 51 (22.08%) Veeam
4 34 (14.72%) Cisco
5 21 (9.09%) HP
6 16 (6.93%) Aruba
6 16 (6.93%) Google
7 14 (6.06%) Dell
7 14 (6.06%) NetApp
8 13 (5.63%) Apple
8 13 (5.63%) Mitel
8 13 (5.63%) Synology
9 12 (5.19%) Meraki
10 10 (4.33%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.90%) ESET
11 9 (3.90%) ProCurve
11 9 (3.90%) Sophos
11 9 (3.90%) Zerto
12 7 (3.03%) Citrix
12 7 (3.03%) Fortinet