VSAN Contracts in England

Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VSAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VSAN 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 484 554 692
Rank change year-on-year +70 +138 -127
Contract jobs citing VSAN 57 93 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 1.57% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 67 54
10th Percentile £416 £410 £412
25th Percentile £463 £439 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £464
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +2.37% +6.42%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £539
90th Percentile £725 £638 £601
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £488
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +10.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £52.13 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.13 £46.32
% change year-on-year - +12.54% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VSAN 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 4,843 5,907 8,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.19% 12.41% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,922 3,851 5,284
10th Percentile £213 £240 £225
25th Percentile £350 £388 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +12.99%
75th Percentile £601 £650 £619
90th Percentile £690 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 409 321
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.07 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £27.50
% change year-on-year +118.16% -33.33% +10.00%

VSAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VSAN in England

VSAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for VSAN in England

VSAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VSAN in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VSAN in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for VSAN in England

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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 VSAN within the England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +6 23 £525 -4.55% 3
South East +15 21 £475 +4.40% 10
London +71 9 £638 +28.79% 4
North of England +21 3 £325 -27.78% 1
North West +18 3 £325 -26.76% 1
VSAN
UK

VSAN
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 6 (10.53%) Confluence
2 4 (7.02%) IBM Domino
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.75%) nginx
4 1 (1.75%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.75%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.77%) Nutanix
2 3 (5.26%) Azure
3 2 (3.51%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.75%) AWS
4 1 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.75%) GitHub
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) DNS
2 4 (7.02%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (5.26%) SNA
4 2 (3.51%) Firewall
4 2 (3.51%) SAN
4 2 (3.51%) Skype
5 1 (1.75%) DHCP
5 1 (1.75%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.75%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.75%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (1.75%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.75%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
2 3 (5.26%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) GitLab
General
1 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.51%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Local Government
5 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) VMware Engineer
2 12 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) VMware Expert
5 4 (7.02%) Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) Lead
6 3 (5.26%) Senior
6 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) IT Consultant
7 2 (3.51%) Network Consultant
7 2 (3.51%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) Flash
2 3 (5.26%) YAML
3 1 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (40.35%) Data Centre
2 18 (31.58%) PKI
3 6 (10.53%) Clustering
4 2 (3.51%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.51%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (42.11%) Linux
2 7 (12.28%) Windows
3 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (24.56%) Converged Infrastructure
3 13 (22.81%) Agile
4 11 (19.30%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (17.54%) CI/CD
6 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (14.04%) DevOps
8 7 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (12.28%) Computer Science
8 7 (12.28%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (12.28%) Performance Optimisation
8 7 (12.28%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (12.28%) Time Management
8 7 (12.28%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
9 6 (10.53%) Service Management
9 6 (10.53%) Validation
10 5 (8.77%) High Availability
10 5 (8.77%) ITIL
10 5 (8.77%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) Python
2 6 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.02%) Bash
4 2 (3.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (64.91%) Security Cleared
2 24 (42.11%) DV Cleared
3 22 (38.60%) SC Cleared
4 13 (22.81%) Degree
5 10 (17.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (10.53%) Master's Degree
8 5 (8.77%) CCNA
9 4 (7.02%) CCNP
9 4 (7.02%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (7.02%) VCAP
10 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 49 (85.96%) VMware NSX
2 35 (61.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (56.14%) vSphere
4 27 (47.37%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (15.79%) vCloud
6 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
6 6 (10.53%) Hyper-V
7 4 (7.02%) KVM
8 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (54.39%) vCenter Server
2 9 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 6 (10.53%) vRealize
4 4 (7.02%) Ansible
4 4 (7.02%) Terraform
4 4 (7.02%) VxRail
4 4 (7.02%) WSUS
5 2 (3.51%) Rancher
6 1 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.75%) Avamar
6 1 (1.75%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.75%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (1.75%) SCCM
6 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (1.75%) vMotion
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (21.05%) Cisco
3 6 (10.53%) Atlassian
4 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.02%) Dell
5 4 (7.02%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.51%) Splunk
6 2 (3.51%) Symantec
6 2 (3.51%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) EMC
7 1 (1.75%) Juniper
7 1 (1.75%) NETGEAR
7 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto