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 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 375 283 560
Rank change year-on-year -92 +277 -187
Permanent jobs citing SAN 723 1,233 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 1.27% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.35% 7.96% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 640 653 751
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -2.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +4.65%

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 13,526 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%

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 28 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 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 -57 642 £50,000 +6.38% 103
UK excluding London -82 563 £44,000 +3.53% 85
Work from Home +19 282 £50,000 -4.76% 64
North of England -45 154 £43,742 +9.36% 14
Midlands -5 135 £40,000 -15.79% 20
London -18 126 £65,000 - 31
South East -27 100 £50,000 +25.00% 15
South West -22 71 £50,000 +17.65% 15
West Midlands -2 67 £38,000 -15.56% 11
East Midlands -8 67 £44,500 -15.24% 9
Yorkshire +29 65 £45,000 +38.46% 7
North West -74 53 £51,364 +14.14% 7
East of England +6 52 £43,500 -13.00% 10
North East +2 36 £32,500 -21.21%
Wales -25 30 £41,067 -8.74% 9
Scotland -121 19 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Northern Ireland -9 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
1 163 (22.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (10.65%) SharePoint
3 50 (6.92%) IIS
4 10 (1.38%) SAS
5 9 (1.24%) WordPress
6 6 (0.83%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) nginx
6 6 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.55%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 60 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.41%) 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
1 394 (54.50%) Azure
2 313 (43.29%) Microsoft 365
3 108 (14.94%) AWS
4 74 (10.24%) Entra ID
5 62 (8.58%) OneDrive
6 36 (4.98%) IaaS
7 30 (4.15%) GCP
8 29 (4.01%) SaaS
9 27 (3.73%) PaaS
10 25 (3.46%) Nutanix
11 17 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (1.80%) OCI
13 9 (1.24%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.97%) Slack
15 6 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.83%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.69%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (0.69%) Power Platform
17 4 (0.55%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 252 (34.85%) Firewall
2 193 (26.69%) DNS
3 176 (24.34%) NAS
4 156 (21.58%) DHCP
5 143 (19.78%) WAN
6 124 (17.15%) LAN
7 115 (15.91%) VPN
8 86 (11.89%) VLAN
9 65 (8.99%) TCP/IP
10 50 (6.92%) iSCSI
10 50 (6.92%) Wireless
11 40 (5.53%) Network Security
11 40 (5.53%) SD-WAN
12 38 (5.26%) VoIP
13 33 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (3.73%) Fibre Channel
14 27 (3.73%) WLAN
15 22 (3.04%) Unified Communications
16 20 (2.77%) Remote Desktop
17 18 (2.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (16.46%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.01%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.80%) MySQL
4 8 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.69%) Power BI
7 4 (0.55%) Redis
8 3 (0.41%) Big Data
8 3 (0.41%) DB2
8 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.55%) JIRA
2 3 (0.41%) GitLab
2 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 255 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 90 (12.45%) Finance
3 80 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.47%) Law
5 36 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (4.56%) Legal
7 26 (3.60%) Public Sector
8 19 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 17 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.80%) Advertising
11 10 (1.38%) Billing
12 9 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.97%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.83%) Local Government
14 6 (0.83%) Police
15 5 (0.69%) Automotive
15 5 (0.69%) Banking
15 5 (0.69%) Retail
16 4 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 220 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (16.87%) Support Engineer
3 114 (15.77%) IT Engineer
4 107 (14.80%) Senior
5 70 (9.68%) IT Support
6 65 (8.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 62 (8.58%) 3rd Line Support
7 62 (8.58%) IT Support Engineer
8 50 (6.92%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 48 (6.64%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 46 (6.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 45 (6.22%) Storage Specialist
12 44 (6.09%) Administrator
13 43 (5.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 35 (4.84%) Analyst
15 32 (4.43%) Lead
16 31 (4.29%) IBM Storage Specialist
16 31 (4.29%) IT Manager
17 30 (4.15%) SAN Specialist
17 30 (4.15%) SAN Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.07%) ARM Templates
1 15 (2.07%) LAMP
2 9 (1.24%) .NET
3 8 (1.11%) LDAP
4 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
4 4 (0.55%) EJB
5 3 (0.41%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.41%) CSS
5 3 (0.41%) HTML
5 3 (0.41%) 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
Miscellaneous
1 118 (16.32%) Data Centre
2 67 (9.27%) Driving Licence
3 62 (8.58%) Replication
4 42 (5.81%) Clustering
4 42 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (4.56%) Enterprise Storage
6 28 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 24 (3.32%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.18%) PKI
9 17 (2.35%) PMI
10 12 (1.66%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.38%) CCTV
12 9 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.24%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.11%) VAX
14 7 (0.97%) CMDB
14 7 (0.97%) NHS
15 6 (0.83%) FPGA
15 6 (0.83%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 465 (64.32%) Windows
2 336 (46.47%) Windows Server
3 225 (31.12%) Linux
4 65 (8.99%) Windows 10
5 63 (8.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (8.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 58 (8.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 28 (3.87%) Ubuntu
9 22 (3.04%) Unix
10 20 (2.77%) AIX
10 20 (2.77%) Windows Server 2008
11 18 (2.49%) SUSE
11 18 (2.49%) Windows 7
12 14 (1.94%) CentOS
13 13 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
14 12 (1.66%) VMS
14 12 (1.66%) Windows XP
15 6 (0.83%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (38.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 165 (22.82%) ITIL
3 133 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (13.97%) Disaster Recovery
5 79 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
6 74 (10.24%) Server Management
7 72 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (9.54%) Storage Management
9 66 (9.13%) Project Management
10 65 (8.99%) Migration
11 62 (8.58%) Mentoring
12 58 (8.02%) Project Delivery
13 50 (6.92%) Customer Service
14 44 (6.09%) Agile
14 44 (6.09%) Incident Management
14 44 (6.09%) Proactive Monitoring
15 39 (5.39%) High Availability
16 38 (5.26%) Performance Monitoring
17 36 (4.98%) Business Continuity
18 34 (4.70%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 186 (25.73%) PowerShell
2 93 (12.86%) SQL
3 25 (3.46%) Python
4 22 (3.04%) Bash
5 6 (0.83%) C#
5 6 (0.83%) Java
6 5 (0.69%) Perl
7 4 (0.55%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.14%) AWK
9 1 (0.14%) Bicep
9 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
9 1 (0.14%) Korn
9 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 99 (13.69%) Degree
3 95 (13.14%) Security Cleared
4 90 (12.45%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (10.24%) MCSE
6 73 (10.10%) SC Cleared
7 72 (9.96%) CCNA
8 52 (7.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (4.56%) DV Cleared
10 30 (4.15%) Azure Certification
10 30 (4.15%) CCNP
11 28 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (3.73%) ITIL Certification
13 24 (3.32%) MCSA
14 18 (2.49%) MCP
14 18 (2.49%) PMI Certification
15 16 (2.21%) Citrix Certification
16 11 (1.52%) A+ Certification
17 10 (1.38%) CCA
18 9 (1.24%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.02%) SLA
2 16 (2.21%) GDPR
3 7 (0.97%) PMO
4 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.55%) 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 (58.37%) Active Directory
2 332 (45.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 203 (28.08%) Hyper-V
4 92 (12.72%) vSphere
5 72 (9.96%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (3.46%) Virtual Servers
7 22 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (2.35%) XenApp
9 15 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.94%) Terminal Services
11 12 (1.66%) NFS
12 11 (1.52%) vCloud
13 9 (1.24%) Firmware
13 9 (1.24%) VMware Server
13 9 (1.24%) XenDesktop
14 6 (0.83%) Docker
14 6 (0.83%) SRDF
14 6 (0.83%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.69%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 85 (11.76%) SCCM
2 72 (9.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 62 (8.58%) vCenter Server
4 33 (4.56%) NetBackup
4 33 (4.56%) SCOM
5 32 (4.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 32 (4.43%) Ansible
6 23 (3.18%) Backup Exec
7 22 (3.04%) ZABBIX
8 20 (2.77%) WSUS
9 18 (2.49%) Microsoft Clustering
10 17 (2.35%) Terraform
10 17 (2.35%) VxRail
11 16 (2.21%) EMC NetWorker
11 16 (2.21%) Nagios
12 12 (1.66%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.66%) SmoothWall
13 9 (1.24%) FortiGate
13 9 (1.24%) vRealize
14 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 488 (67.50%) VMware
2 473 (65.42%) Microsoft
3 178 (24.62%) Veeam
4 127 (17.57%) Cisco
5 113 (15.63%) Citrix
6 112 (15.49%) HP
7 82 (11.34%) Dell
8 79 (10.93%) NetApp
9 64 (8.85%) IBM
10 47 (6.50%) EMC
11 38 (5.26%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (4.98%) Palo Alto
13 35 (4.84%) Oracle
14 32 (4.43%) Aruba
15 31 (4.29%) 3PAR
16 28 (3.87%) Fortinet
16 28 (3.87%) Red Hat
16 28 (3.87%) Sophos
17 27 (3.73%) Commvault
18 26 (3.60%) Mitel