SAN Contracts in England

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 383 440
Rank change year-on-year +94 +57 -74
Contract jobs citing SAN 270 300 366
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.73% 0.59% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.40% 4.86% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 213 234
10th Percentile £280 £215 £250
25th Percentile £363 £331 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% +4.01%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £550
90th Percentile £705 £723 £696
UK median daily rate £511 £520 £450
% change year-on-year -1.68% +15.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 25
10th Percentile £20.57 £36.53 £20.42
25th Percentile £23.80 £53.13 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +213.68% -52.18%
75th Percentile - £83.88 -
90th Percentile - £87.50 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £31.90 £57.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year -44.52% +140.49% -52.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SAN in England

SAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAN in England.

Daily rate trend for SAN in England

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAN in England.

Hourly rate trend for SAN in England

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +73 102 £500 +17.65% 35
London +39 70 £456 -17.05% 30
South West +28 31 £500 +11.11% 11
Midlands +21 30 £563 -16.67% 27
North of England +36 29 £413 +27.41% 18
East Midlands +32 17 £563 - 5
Yorkshire +26 14 £450 +50.00% 7
North West +19 14 £425 +7.59% 9
West Midlands +13 12 £800 +18.52% 22
East of England +4 4 £425 -30.61% 9
North East +14 1 £180 -21.74% 2
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 51 (18.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.19%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.33%) IIS
4 8 (2.96%) Confluence
5 3 (1.11%) nginx
5 3 (1.11%) WordPress
6 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) Apache
7 1 (0.37%) Site Server
7 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.74%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 73 (27.04%) Azure
2 29 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.00%) AWS
4 19 (7.04%) Nutanix
5 14 (5.19%) OCI
6 13 (4.81%) GCP
7 12 (4.44%) SaaS
8 11 (4.07%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (4.07%) Rubrik
9 10 (3.70%) IaaS
9 10 (3.70%) PaaS
10 6 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.85%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.48%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (1.11%) GitHub
14 2 (0.74%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.74%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.37%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 73 (27.04%) Firewall
1 73 (27.04%) NAS
2 67 (24.81%) DNS
3 57 (21.11%) DHCP
4 43 (15.93%) TCP/IP
5 39 (14.44%) LAN
6 34 (12.59%) WAN
7 27 (10.00%) VLAN
8 21 (7.78%) Fibre Channel
9 18 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (5.19%) iSCSI
10 14 (5.19%) VPN
11 12 (4.44%) Wireless
12 11 (4.07%) MPLS
13 9 (3.33%) Kerberos
14 8 (2.96%) BGP
14 8 (2.96%) OSPF
15 7 (2.59%) Internet
15 7 (2.59%) SSL
16 6 (2.22%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.70%) MySQL
3 7 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.48%) Big Data
4 4 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.07%) Git
2 9 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.33%) JIRA
3 8 (2.96%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.74%) GitLab
6 1 (0.37%) ERwin
General
1 61 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.33%) Finance
3 18 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.30%) Banking
5 12 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.96%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.59%) Legal
7 7 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.22%) Mandarin Language
9 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.74%) Back Office
10 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.74%) Electronics
10 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.74%) Local Government
10 2 (0.74%) Marketing
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Front Office
11 1 (0.37%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 70 (25.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (15.56%) Storage Engineer
3 27 (10.00%) Architect
4 26 (9.63%) Senior
4 26 (9.63%) Support Engineer
5 23 (8.52%) VMware Engineer
6 21 (7.78%) Developer
6 21 (7.78%) Python Developer
7 16 (5.93%) Data Centre Engineer
8 15 (5.56%) Network Engineer
9 13 (4.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (4.81%) Backup Engineer
10 12 (4.44%) Analyst
11 11 (4.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 9 (3.33%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.33%) Server Engineer
12 9 (3.33%) Storage and Backup Engineer
13 8 (2.96%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.19%) Flash
2 11 (4.07%) LDAP
3 5 (1.85%) REST
4 3 (1.11%) EDI
4 3 (1.11%) LAMP
5 2 (0.74%) .NET
5 2 (0.74%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.74%) ADSI
5 2 (0.74%) Middleware
5 2 (0.74%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.37%) OAuth
6 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.37%) OpenID
6 1 (0.37%) SAML
6 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 70 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 26 (9.63%) Clustering
3 22 (8.15%) Management Information System
4 21 (7.78%) Replication
5 20 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (4.81%) PKI
7 10 (3.70%) Client/Server
7 10 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (3.33%) CCTV
9 8 (2.96%) Fat Client
9 8 (2.96%) Thin Client
10 7 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.59%) HP Storage
10 7 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (1.48%) NHS
13 4 (1.48%) Public Cloud
14 3 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 150 (55.56%) Windows
2 130 (48.15%) Linux
3 84 (31.11%) Windows Server
4 39 (14.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 39 (14.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (12.22%) Unix
6 32 (11.85%) Ubuntu
6 32 (11.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (8.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (7.78%) AIX
8 21 (7.78%) Debian
9 20 (7.41%) Windows 10
10 18 (6.67%) Solaris
11 13 (4.81%) Windows XP
12 10 (3.70%) VMS
13 8 (2.96%) Oracle Linux
14 5 (1.85%) Android
15 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (1.11%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.74%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 75 (27.78%) ITIL
3 58 (21.48%) Disaster Recovery
4 41 (15.19%) Migration
5 37 (13.70%) Agile
5 37 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (11.48%) Storage Management
7 30 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
7 30 (11.11%) Server Management
8 24 (8.89%) Data Protection
9 23 (8.52%) Customer Service
9 23 (8.52%) High Availability
10 22 (8.15%) Data Modelling
10 22 (8.15%) Project Management
11 20 (7.41%) Break/Fix
11 20 (7.41%) Configuration Management
11 20 (7.41%) Prototyping
12 19 (7.04%) Business Continuity
13 18 (6.67%) Data Engineering
13 18 (6.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 63 (23.33%) PowerShell
2 35 (12.96%) Python
3 19 (7.04%) SQL
4 15 (5.56%) Bash
5 6 (2.22%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.11%) Perl
7 2 (0.74%) AWK
7 2 (0.74%) Bourne shell
7 2 (0.74%) Korn
8 1 (0.37%) C#
8 1 (0.37%) Java
8 1 (0.37%) VB
8 1 (0.37%) VBA
8 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (34.07%) Security Cleared
2 62 (22.96%) SC Cleared
3 51 (18.89%) Degree
4 48 (17.78%) DV Cleared
5 26 (9.63%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (9.26%) CCNA
7 16 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (5.19%) CCNP
9 13 (4.81%) MCSE
10 8 (2.96%) CISSP
11 7 (2.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (2.22%) CISA
12 6 (2.22%) CISM
12 6 (2.22%) SANS
13 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.48%) MCSA
14 3 (1.11%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.11%) PMP
14 3 (1.11%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.19%) SLA
2 10 (3.70%) GDPR
3 8 (2.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 108 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 103 (38.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (15.56%) VMware ESXi
4 37 (13.70%) vSphere
5 35 (12.96%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.93%) VMware NSX
7 11 (4.07%) Docker
8 10 (3.70%) Firmware
9 9 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (2.96%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
12 5 (1.85%) KVM
13 2 (0.74%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.37%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.37%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 52 (19.26%) SCCM
2 37 (13.70%) vCenter Server
3 36 (13.33%) NetBackup
4 29 (10.74%) Ansible
4 29 (10.74%) EMC NetWorker
5 22 (8.15%) WSUS
6 20 (7.41%) Kubernetes
6 20 (7.41%) Terraform
7 16 (5.93%) SCOM
8 11 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (2.96%) Nagios
10 8 (2.96%) Netcool
10 8 (2.96%) Tivoli
10 8 (2.96%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 7 (2.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (2.22%) Avamar
12 6 (2.22%) HP Data Protector
12 6 (2.22%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (2.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 169 (62.59%) VMware
2 112 (41.48%) Microsoft
3 76 (28.15%) Cisco
4 66 (24.44%) HP
5 64 (23.70%) Dell
6 57 (21.11%) EMC
7 44 (16.30%) Red Hat
8 35 (12.96%) Veeam
9 32 (11.85%) Oracle
10 26 (9.63%) Brocade
11 25 (9.26%) IBM
12 24 (8.89%) Palo Alto
13 23 (8.52%) Citrix
14 22 (8.15%) CheckPoint
15 19 (7.04%) NetApp
15 19 (7.04%) Symantec
16 17 (6.30%) 3PAR
16 17 (6.30%) Juniper
17 16 (5.93%) Avaya
18 14 (5.19%) CyberArk