Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAN 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 370 288 555
Rank change year-on-year -82 +267 -185
Permanent jobs citing SAN 715 1,231 943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 1.25% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.31% 7.90% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 634 650 747
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £33,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -1.02% +3.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +3.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SAN 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%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN 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 -44 635 £50,000 +5.26% 122
UK excluding London -77 556 £44,000 +3.53% 102
Work from Home +9 279 £50,000 -4.76% 66
North of England -42 154 £42,500 +6.25% 19
Midlands -18 131 £40,000 -15.79% 18
London -36 125 £65,000 - 43
South East -17 100 £50,000 +25.00% 27
South West -13 69 £50,000 +17.65% 17
East Midlands +1 66 £44,000 -16.19% 10
Yorkshire +35 65 £44,500 +37.56% 8
West Midlands -10 64 £38,000 -17.84% 8
East of England +17 52 £43,500 -19.07% 10
North West -80 52 £51,364 +14.14% 10
North East +4 37 £32,500 -13.33% 1
Wales -18 30 £41,067 -8.74% 7
Scotland -123 18 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Northern Ireland -2 2 £65,000 +85.71%

SAN
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
1 161 (22.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (10.77%) SharePoint
3 48 (6.71%) IIS
4 10 (1.40%) SAS
5 9 (1.26%) WordPress
6 6 (0.84%) Apache
6 6 (0.84%) nginx
6 6 (0.84%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.70%) CMS
7 5 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.56%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 59 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) SPSS
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.14%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.14%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 392 (54.83%) Azure
2 310 (43.36%) Microsoft 365
3 108 (15.10%) AWS
4 74 (10.35%) Entra ID
5 61 (8.53%) OneDrive
6 36 (5.03%) IaaS
7 30 (4.20%) GCP
7 30 (4.20%) SaaS
8 28 (3.92%) PaaS
9 26 (3.64%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (1.82%) OCI
12 9 (1.26%) Rubrik
13 7 (0.98%) Slack
14 6 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.84%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.70%) Amazon S3
15 5 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.70%) Power Platform
16 4 (0.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 249 (34.83%) Firewall
2 192 (26.85%) DNS
3 176 (24.62%) NAS
4 156 (21.82%) DHCP
5 141 (19.72%) WAN
6 123 (17.20%) LAN
7 113 (15.80%) VPN
8 86 (12.03%) VLAN
9 63 (8.81%) TCP/IP
10 50 (6.99%) iSCSI
11 49 (6.85%) Wireless
12 40 (5.59%) SD-WAN
13 38 (5.31%) Network Security
13 38 (5.31%) VoIP
14 35 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
15 28 (3.92%) WLAN
16 27 (3.78%) Fibre Channel
17 22 (3.08%) Unified Communications
18 20 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
19 19 (2.66%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.82%) MySQL
4 8 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.70%) Power BI
7 4 (0.56%) Redis
8 3 (0.42%) Big Data
8 3 (0.42%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.56%) JIRA
2 3 (0.42%) GitLab
2 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 252 (35.24%) Social Skills
2 91 (12.73%) Finance
3 81 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (7.27%) Law
5 37 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (4.76%) Legal
7 26 (3.64%) Public Sector
8 19 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.66%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.82%) Advertising
11 10 (1.40%) Billing
12 9 (1.26%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.98%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.84%) Banking
14 6 (0.84%) Local Government
14 6 (0.84%) Police
15 5 (0.70%) Automotive
15 5 (0.70%) Retail
16 4 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 221 (30.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 121 (16.92%) Support Engineer
3 113 (15.80%) IT Engineer
4 110 (15.38%) Senior
5 70 (9.79%) IT Support
6 64 (8.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 62 (8.67%) 3rd Line Support
8 61 (8.53%) IT Support Engineer
9 50 (6.99%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 48 (6.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 47 (6.57%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 45 (6.29%) Storage Specialist
13 43 (6.01%) Administrator
13 43 (6.01%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 33 (4.62%) Analyst
15 32 (4.48%) Lead
16 31 (4.34%) IBM Storage Specialist
16 31 (4.34%) IT Manager
17 30 (4.20%) SAN Specialist
17 30 (4.20%) SAN Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.10%) ARM Templates
1 15 (2.10%) LAMP
2 9 (1.26%) .NET
3 8 (1.12%) LDAP
4 4 (0.56%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.56%) EJB
5 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.42%) CSS
5 3 (0.42%) HTML
5 3 (0.42%) jQuery
6 2 (0.28%) EDI
6 2 (0.28%) SAML
6 2 (0.28%) ServiceStack
6 2 (0.28%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.14%) Flash
7 1 (0.14%) Middleware
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.14%) Web Services
7 1 (0.14%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 118 (16.50%) Data Centre
2 67 (9.37%) Driving Licence
3 63 (8.81%) Replication
4 42 (5.87%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (5.59%) Clustering
6 33 (4.62%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (3.78%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.22%) Public Cloud
9 22 (3.08%) PKI
10 17 (2.38%) PMI
11 12 (1.68%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.40%) CCTV
13 9 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.26%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.12%) VAX
15 7 (0.98%) CMDB
15 7 (0.98%) NHS
16 6 (0.84%) Cyberattack
16 6 (0.84%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 458 (64.06%) Windows
2 334 (46.71%) Windows Server
3 222 (31.05%) Linux
4 66 (9.23%) Windows 10
5 62 (8.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (8.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 57 (7.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (3.92%) Ubuntu
9 27 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (2.94%) Unix
11 20 (2.80%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (2.52%) SUSE
12 18 (2.52%) Windows 7
13 16 (2.24%) AIX
14 14 (1.96%) CentOS
15 13 (1.82%) Windows Server 2003
16 12 (1.68%) VMS
16 12 (1.68%) Windows XP
17 6 (0.84%) Mac OS
17 6 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (38.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 165 (23.08%) ITIL
3 131 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (13.99%) Disaster Recovery
5 79 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
6 72 (10.07%) Server Management
7 71 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (9.23%) Migration
8 66 (9.23%) Project Management
8 66 (9.23%) Storage Management
9 61 (8.53%) Mentoring
10 59 (8.25%) Project Delivery
11 49 (6.85%) Customer Service
12 44 (6.15%) Agile
12 44 (6.15%) Incident Management
12 44 (6.15%) Proactive Monitoring
13 38 (5.31%) Performance Monitoring
14 37 (5.17%) High Availability
15 35 (4.90%) Business Continuity
16 33 (4.62%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 185 (25.87%) PowerShell
2 89 (12.45%) SQL
3 25 (3.50%) Python
4 22 (3.08%) Bash
5 6 (0.84%) C#
5 6 (0.84%) Java
6 5 (0.70%) Perl
7 3 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.14%) AWK
8 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.14%) Korn
8 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (15.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 96 (13.43%) Degree
3 94 (13.15%) Security Cleared
4 89 (12.45%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (10.35%) MCSE
6 72 (10.07%) SC Cleared
7 71 (9.93%) CCNA
8 51 (7.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (4.62%) DV Cleared
10 31 (4.34%) Azure Certification
11 29 (4.06%) CCNP
12 27 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (3.78%) ITIL Certification
13 22 (3.08%) MCSA
14 18 (2.52%) MCP
14 18 (2.52%) PMI Certification
15 15 (2.10%) Citrix Certification
16 11 (1.54%) A+ Certification
17 9 (1.26%) CCA
17 9 (1.26%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.11%) SLA
2 16 (2.24%) GDPR
3 8 (1.12%) PMO
4 6 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
6 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (0.28%) NIST
6 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.14%) COBIT
7 1 (0.14%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 422 (59.02%) Active Directory
2 327 (45.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 202 (28.25%) Hyper-V
4 93 (13.01%) vSphere
5 70 (9.79%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (3.36%) Virtual Servers
7 21 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (2.38%) XenApp
9 15 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.96%) Terminal Services
11 12 (1.68%) NFS
12 11 (1.54%) vCloud
13 9 (1.26%) Firmware
13 9 (1.26%) VMware Server
13 9 (1.26%) XenDesktop
14 7 (0.98%) SRDF
15 6 (0.84%) Docker
15 6 (0.84%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.70%) DFS Replication
17 2 (0.28%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 86 (12.03%) SCCM
2 72 (10.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (8.53%) vCenter Server
4 33 (4.62%) NetBackup
5 32 (4.48%) SCOM
6 31 (4.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 31 (4.34%) Ansible
7 23 (3.22%) Backup Exec
8 22 (3.08%) ZABBIX
9 20 (2.80%) WSUS
10 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
10 17 (2.38%) VxRail
11 16 (2.24%) EMC NetWorker
11 16 (2.24%) Nagios
11 16 (2.24%) Terraform
12 12 (1.68%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.68%) SmoothWall
13 10 (1.40%) vRealize
14 8 (1.12%) EMC VPLEX
14 8 (1.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 484 (67.69%) VMware
2 469 (65.59%) Microsoft
3 177 (24.76%) Veeam
4 127 (17.76%) Cisco
5 113 (15.80%) Citrix
6 110 (15.38%) HP
7 81 (11.33%) Dell
8 80 (11.19%) NetApp
9 60 (8.39%) IBM
10 48 (6.71%) EMC
11 38 (5.31%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (5.03%) Palo Alto
13 34 (4.76%) Oracle
14 32 (4.48%) 3PAR
14 32 (4.48%) Aruba
15 28 (3.92%) Fortinet
16 27 (3.78%) Commvault
16 27 (3.78%) Red Hat
17 26 (3.64%) Mitel
17 26 (3.64%) Sophos