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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 667 755 948
Rank change year-on-year +88 +193 -236
Permanent jobs citing NAS 230 198 293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.71% 1.27% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 220 165 220
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,279 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.56% -9.93% -5.56%

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 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +117 218 £50,000 +25.00% 37
UK excluding London +49 171 £45,000 +17.56% 35
Work from Home +55 75 £44,000 +10.00% 8
North of England +61 58 £50,000 +25.00% 12
London +119 54 £52,000 -20.00% 10
South East +15 50 £47,500 +23.38% 11
Yorkshire +99 35 £60,000 +50.00% 5
South West -2 23 £42,500 +8.59% 2
East of England +19 16 £42,500 - 4
North West +8 15 £32,500 -38.10% 7
East Midlands +4 13 £45,000 -36.62% 3
Midlands -29 13 £45,000 +38.46% 3
North East -9 8 £35,000 -2.78%
Scotland - 8 £42,500 -
Wales - 3 £40,000 - 4

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 (21.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.17%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.78%) IIS
4 9 (3.91%) WordPress
5 5 (2.17%) CMS
6 4 (1.74%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.87%) Apache
7 2 (0.87%) nginx
7 2 (0.87%) Site Server
8 1 (0.43%) JOnAS
Applications
1 21 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 120 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (47.83%) Azure
3 44 (19.13%) Entra ID
4 41 (17.83%) AWS
5 39 (16.96%) OneDrive
6 16 (6.96%) Google Workspace
7 15 (6.52%) SaaS
8 9 (3.91%) Nutanix
9 7 (3.04%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.61%) PaaS
11 5 (2.17%) GCP
11 5 (2.17%) IaaS
11 5 (2.17%) 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%) Azure Storage
14 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 176 (76.52%) SAN
2 107 (46.52%) Firewall
3 58 (25.22%) DNS
4 51 (22.17%) WAN
5 49 (21.30%) LAN
6 44 (19.13%) VPN
7 34 (14.78%) TCP/IP
8 31 (13.48%) VLAN
9 28 (12.17%) DHCP
10 25 (10.87%) VoIP
11 22 (9.57%) Wireless
12 21 (9.13%) iSCSI
12 21 (9.13%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (6.96%) SSL
14 14 (6.09%) Network Security
15 13 (5.65%) Broadband
16 11 (4.78%) Fibre Channel
17 10 (4.35%) Unified Communications
18 8 (3.48%) Internet
18 8 (3.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.04%) Power BI
3 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.30%) MySQL
4 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 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 76 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.26%) Finance
4 13 (5.65%) Law
5 12 (5.22%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.78%) Games
7 4 (1.74%) Aviation
7 4 (1.74%) Avionics
7 4 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.87%) Banking
9 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (26.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (12.61%) IT Engineer
3 25 (10.87%) Support Engineer
4 22 (9.57%) Administrator
5 21 (9.13%) Senior
6 20 (8.70%) IT Support
7 18 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (7.39%) IT Manager
8 17 (7.39%) Systems Administrator
9 16 (6.96%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 16 (6.96%) Network Engineer
10 15 (6.52%) Consultant
11 14 (6.09%) Lead
12 12 (5.22%) IT Administrator
12 12 (5.22%) IT Technician
13 11 (4.78%) IT Consultant
13 11 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.91%) SAN Engineer
14 9 (3.91%) VMware Engineer
15 8 (3.48%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.65%) LAMP
2 8 (3.48%) LDAP
3 5 (2.17%) .NET
3 5 (2.17%) HTML
4 4 (1.74%) EJB
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 (14.35%) Replication
2 31 (13.48%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.09%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.22%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.78%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.91%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (3.04%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.04%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (3.04%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.61%) FPGA
10 5 (2.17%) Operational Technology
10 5 (2.17%) PKI
10 5 (2.17%) PMI
11 3 (1.30%) CCTV
11 3 (1.30%) Clustering
11 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.30%) Wiki
12 2 (0.87%) Smartcard
12 2 (0.87%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 175 (76.09%) Windows
2 130 (56.52%) Windows Server
3 95 (41.30%) Linux
4 21 (9.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (8.70%) Windows 10
6 17 (7.39%) VMS
7 15 (6.52%) Mac OS
7 15 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (6.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (4.35%) Ubuntu
10 9 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.61%) CentOS
11 6 (2.61%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.87%) Android
12 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.43%) Unix
13 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.96%) Migration
4 30 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (11.74%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (10.43%) Preventative Maintenance
7 21 (9.13%) ITIL
7 21 (9.13%) Mentoring
8 20 (8.70%) Business Continuity
8 20 (8.70%) Storage Management
9 19 (8.26%) Asset Management
9 19 (8.26%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.26%) Infrastructure Management
10 18 (7.83%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.83%) Service Delivery
11 17 (7.39%) Project Management
12 15 (6.52%) Server Management
13 14 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (5.65%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.09%) PowerShell
2 21 (9.13%) Bash
3 17 (7.39%) Python
4 10 (4.35%) SQL
5 6 (2.61%) Java
6 4 (1.74%) Perl
7 3 (1.30%) C#
7 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
1 40 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (14.78%) MCSE
3 31 (13.48%) CCNA
4 28 (12.17%) Degree
5 17 (7.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.96%) Security Cleared
7 12 (5.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.48%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.04%) MCSA
10 6 (2.61%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (2.17%) CCNP
11 5 (2.17%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.17%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.17%) VCAP
12 4 (1.74%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.74%) MCP
12 4 (1.74%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.78%) SLA
3 11 (4.78%) SOC 2
4 4 (1.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.87%) NCSC
5 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 139 (60.43%) Active Directory
2 105 (45.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (30.43%) Hyper-V
4 40 (17.39%) VMware ESXi
5 34 (14.78%) vSphere
6 11 (4.78%) Docker
7 10 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (3.48%) Firmware
9 6 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.30%) pfSense
11 2 (0.87%) NFS
11 2 (0.87%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (16.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (11.30%) SCCM
2 26 (11.30%) vCenter Server
3 20 (8.70%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.91%) ZABBIX
5 8 (3.48%) FortiGate
5 8 (3.48%) WSUS
6 7 (3.04%) Ansible
6 7 (3.04%) Nagios
7 4 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.74%) Backup Exec
7 4 (1.74%) cPanel
7 4 (1.74%) Plesk
8 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.43%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 167 (72.61%) VMware
2 119 (51.74%) Microsoft
3 50 (21.74%) Veeam
4 35 (15.22%) Cisco
5 21 (9.13%) HP
6 16 (6.96%) Aruba
6 16 (6.96%) Google
6 16 (6.96%) NetApp
7 14 (6.09%) Dell
8 13 (5.65%) Apple
8 13 (5.65%) Mitel
8 13 (5.65%) Synology
9 12 (5.22%) Meraki
10 10 (4.35%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.91%) ProCurve
11 9 (3.91%) Zerto
12 8 (3.48%) ESET
12 8 (3.48%) Sophos
13 7 (3.04%) Commvault
13 7 (3.04%) Fortinet