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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 688 753 939
Rank change year-on-year +65 +186 -238
Permanent jobs citing NAS 230 199 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 1.28% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 219 166 229
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,625 £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 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,389 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.22% -9.67% -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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +90 218 £50,000 +25.00% 32
UK excluding London +21 172 £45,000 +17.22% 29
Work from Home +56 74 £44,500 +11.25% 8
North of England +70 59 £50,000 +25.00% 11
London +144 53 £52,250 -18.04% 9
South East +7 50 £47,500 +23.38% 7
Yorkshire +98 36 £60,000 +50.00% 5
South West -13 23 £42,500 +8.59% 2
North West +14 16 £32,500 -38.10% 6
East of England +7 16 £42,500 - 3
East Midlands -5 13 £45,000 -36.62% 1
Midlands -24 13 £45,000 +38.46% 1
Scotland - 8 £42,500 -
North East -11 7 £35,000 -16.34%
Wales - 3 £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 48 (20.87%) 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
8 1 (0.43%) JOnAS
8 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (9.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 121 (52.61%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (47.83%) Azure
3 45 (19.57%) Entra ID
4 40 (17.39%) AWS
4 40 (17.39%) OneDrive
5 16 (6.96%) Google Workspace
6 15 (6.52%) SaaS
7 9 (3.91%) Nutanix
8 7 (3.04%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.61%) PaaS
10 5 (2.17%) GCP
10 5 (2.17%) IaaS
10 5 (2.17%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.30%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.30%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.87%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Storage
13 1 (0.43%) Dropbox
13 1 (0.43%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 176 (76.52%) SAN
2 108 (46.96%) Firewall
3 58 (25.22%) DNS
4 50 (21.74%) WAN
5 48 (20.87%) 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%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (8.70%) iSCSI
14 16 (6.96%) SSL
15 14 (6.09%) Network Security
16 13 (5.65%) Broadband
17 11 (4.78%) Fibre Channel
18 10 (4.35%) Unified Communications
19 8 (3.48%) Internet
20 7 (3.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.04%) 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 78 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.26%) Finance
4 14 (6.09%) 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%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Military
10 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (26.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (12.61%) IT Engineer
3 26 (11.30%) Support Engineer
4 21 (9.13%) Administrator
4 21 (9.13%) IT Support
5 20 (8.70%) Senior
6 19 (8.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (7.39%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 17 (7.39%) IT Manager
8 16 (6.96%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (6.52%) Consultant
9 15 (6.52%) Network Engineer
10 14 (6.09%) Lead
11 12 (5.22%) IT Technician
12 11 (4.78%) IT Administrator
12 11 (4.78%) IT Consultant
13 10 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 9 (3.91%) 2nd Line Support
15 8 (3.48%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.65%) LAMP
2 8 (3.48%) LDAP
3 5 (2.17%) .NET
4 4 (1.74%) EJB
4 4 (1.74%) 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 32 (13.91%) Data Centre
1 32 (13.91%) Replication
2 14 (6.09%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.22%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.78%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.91%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.04%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.04%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (3.04%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.61%) FPGA
9 5 (2.17%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.17%) PKI
9 5 (2.17%) PMI
10 4 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.30%) CCTV
11 3 (1.30%) Clustering
11 3 (1.30%) Wiki
12 2 (0.87%) CMDB
12 2 (0.87%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 173 (75.22%) Windows
2 129 (56.09%) Windows Server
3 95 (41.30%) Linux
4 20 (8.70%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (7.39%) VMS
6 15 (6.52%) Mac OS
6 15 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (6.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (4.35%) Ubuntu
9 9 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (2.61%) CentOS
10 6 (2.61%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.87%) Android
11 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) Unix
12 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.96%) Migration
4 30 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 25 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (10.87%) Preventative Maintenance
7 22 (9.57%) Mentoring
8 21 (9.13%) ITIL
8 21 (9.13%) Storage Management
9 20 (8.70%) Business Continuity
10 19 (8.26%) Asset Management
10 19 (8.26%) Computer Science
10 19 (8.26%) Infrastructure Management
11 18 (7.83%) Project Delivery
11 18 (7.83%) Service Delivery
12 17 (7.39%) Project Management
13 16 (6.96%) Server Management
14 14 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (5.65%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.65%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.57%) Bash
3 17 (7.39%) Python
4 9 (3.91%) 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%) SOC 2
4 10 (4.35%) SLA
5 4 (1.74%) GDPR
6 2 (0.87%) NCSC
6 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 138 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 105 (45.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (29.57%) Hyper-V
4 41 (17.83%) VMware ESXi
5 33 (14.35%) 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%) NFS
10 3 (1.30%) pfSense
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 40 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (11.74%) vCenter Server
3 25 (10.87%) SCCM
4 20 (8.70%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.91%) ZABBIX
6 8 (3.48%) FortiGate
6 8 (3.48%) WSUS
7 7 (3.04%) Ansible
7 7 (3.04%) Nagios
8 4 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.74%) Backup Exec
8 4 (1.74%) cPanel
8 4 (1.74%) Plesk
9 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.43%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 166 (72.17%) 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
7 15 (6.52%) NetApp
8 14 (6.09%) Dell
9 13 (5.65%) Apple
9 13 (5.65%) Mitel
9 13 (5.65%) Synology
10 12 (5.22%) Meraki
11 10 (4.35%) Palo Alto
12 9 (3.91%) ESET
12 9 (3.91%) ProCurve
12 9 (3.91%) Sophos
12 9 (3.91%) Zerto
13 7 (3.04%) Fortinet
14 6 (2.61%) Commvault