Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 317 373 462
Rank change year-on-year +56 +89 -108
Contract jobs citing SAN 304 388 446
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.65% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.41% 5.27% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 252 288
10th Percentile £280 £170 £256
25th Percentile £374 £339 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +15.50% -
75th Percentile £606 £632 £550
90th Percentile £722 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +22.35% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 34
10th Percentile £13.48 £44.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £31.90 £57.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -44.52% +140.49% -52.18%
75th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £47.40
90th Percentile £41.00 £86.05 £60.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £69.53 £46.83
% change year-on-year -42.47% +48.48% -6.35%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK 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
England +94 270 £500 -3.85% 130
UK excluding London +73 223 £520 +22.35% 107
South East +73 102 £500 +17.65% 35
Work from Home +62 93 £529 +1.68% 47
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
Scotland +4 25 £550 +18.92% 3
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
Wales +17 3 £365 +241.12% 2
North East +14 1 £180 -21.74% 2

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 51 (16.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.61%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.28%) IIS
4 8 (2.63%) Confluence
5 4 (1.32%) SAS
6 3 (0.99%) nginx
6 3 (0.99%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.99%) WordPress
7 2 (0.66%) Apache
7 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.33%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.33%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.66%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 83 (27.30%) Azure
2 32 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (10.20%) AWS
4 19 (6.25%) Nutanix
5 16 (5.26%) OpenShift
6 14 (4.61%) OCI
7 13 (4.28%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (4.28%) GCP
8 12 (3.95%) SaaS
9 11 (3.62%) Rubrik
10 10 (3.29%) IaaS
10 10 (3.29%) PaaS
11 9 (2.96%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.32%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.99%) GitHub
14 2 (0.66%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.33%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 83 (27.30%) NAS
2 77 (25.33%) Firewall
3 70 (23.03%) DNS
4 58 (19.08%) DHCP
5 44 (14.47%) TCP/IP
6 42 (13.82%) LAN
7 37 (12.17%) WAN
8 27 (8.88%) Fibre Channel
8 27 (8.88%) VLAN
9 18 (5.92%) iSCSI
9 18 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (4.61%) VPN
11 12 (3.95%) Wireless
12 11 (3.62%) MPLS
13 9 (2.96%) Kerberos
14 8 (2.63%) BGP
14 8 (2.63%) Internet
14 8 (2.63%) OSPF
15 7 (2.30%) Network Security
15 7 (2.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.51%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.29%) MySQL
3 7 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.97%) DB2
5 4 (1.32%) Big Data
5 4 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.93%) Git
2 13 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.96%) JIRA
4 8 (2.63%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.66%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) ERwin
General
1 73 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.83%) Finance
3 29 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.22%) Banking
5 20 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.63%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.30%) Legal
8 6 (1.97%) Mandarin Language
9 5 (1.64%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Back Office
10 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Electronics
10 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Local Government
10 2 (0.66%) Marketing
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
11 1 (0.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 81 (26.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (15.79%) Storage Engineer
3 31 (10.20%) Architect
3 31 (10.20%) Senior
4 26 (8.55%) Support Engineer
5 23 (7.57%) VMware Engineer
6 21 (6.91%) Developer
6 21 (6.91%) Python Developer
7 16 (5.26%) Data Centre Engineer
8 15 (4.93%) IT Engineer
8 15 (4.93%) Network Engineer
9 14 (4.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (4.28%) Analyst
10 13 (4.28%) Backup Engineer
10 13 (4.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.95%) Linux Engineer
12 11 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.29%) Infrastructure Architect
13 10 (3.29%) Server Engineer
14 9 (2.96%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.92%) Flash
2 11 (3.62%) LDAP
3 9 (2.96%) REST
4 4 (1.32%) POSIX
5 3 (0.99%) .NET
5 3 (0.99%) EDI
5 3 (0.99%) LAMP
6 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.66%) ADSI
6 2 (0.66%) Middleware
6 2 (0.66%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.66%) Web Services
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.33%) OpenID
7 1 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (25.99%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.55%) Clustering
3 22 (7.24%) Management Information System
4 21 (6.91%) Replication
5 20 (6.58%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (4.61%) Client/Server
6 14 (4.61%) PKI
7 10 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.96%) CCTV
9 8 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.63%) Fat Client
9 8 (2.63%) Thin Client
10 7 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.30%) HP Storage
10 7 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.32%) NHS
12 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (56.25%) Windows
2 140 (46.05%) Linux
3 98 (32.24%) Windows Server
4 44 (14.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (14.14%) Unix
6 41 (13.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 34 (11.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 32 (10.53%) Ubuntu
9 26 (8.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (6.91%) AIX
10 21 (6.91%) Debian
11 20 (6.58%) Windows 10
12 18 (5.92%) Solaris
13 13 (4.28%) Windows XP
14 10 (3.29%) VMS
15 8 (2.63%) Oracle Linux
16 7 (2.30%) Data ONTAP
17 5 (1.64%) Android
17 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
18 3 (0.99%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 80 (26.32%) ITIL
3 58 (19.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 45 (14.80%) Migration
5 43 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (12.83%) Agile
7 35 (11.51%) Storage Management
8 32 (10.53%) Customer Service
8 32 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
9 31 (10.20%) Data Protection
10 30 (9.87%) Server Management
11 27 (8.88%) High Availability
12 25 (8.22%) Break/Fix
13 22 (7.24%) Data Modelling
13 22 (7.24%) Project Management
14 20 (6.58%) Configuration Management
14 20 (6.58%) Prototyping
15 19 (6.25%) Business Continuity
16 18 (5.92%) Data Engineering
16 18 (5.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 71 (23.36%) PowerShell
2 50 (16.45%) Python
3 24 (7.89%) SQL
4 18 (5.92%) Bash
5 11 (3.62%) Perl
6 6 (1.97%) Java
6 6 (1.97%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.66%) AWK
7 2 (0.66%) Bourne shell
7 2 (0.66%) Korn
8 1 (0.33%) C#
8 1 (0.33%) VB
8 1 (0.33%) VBA
8 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 95 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 64 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 52 (17.11%) Degree
4 49 (16.12%) DV Cleared
5 35 (11.51%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (11.18%) CCNA
7 23 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (6.58%) MCSE
9 17 (5.59%) CCNP
10 9 (2.96%) A+ Certification
11 8 (2.63%) CISSP
12 7 (2.30%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.97%) CISA
13 6 (1.97%) CISM
13 6 (1.97%) SANS
14 5 (1.64%) MCSA
14 5 (1.64%) PMP
15 4 (1.32%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.61%) SLA
2 10 (3.29%) GDPR
3 8 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 117 (38.49%) Active Directory
2 107 (35.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (15.13%) VMware ESXi
4 37 (12.17%) vSphere
5 35 (11.51%) Hyper-V
6 17 (5.59%) VMware NSX
7 15 (4.93%) Docker
8 10 (3.29%) Firmware
9 9 (2.96%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (2.63%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
12 5 (1.64%) KVM
13 4 (1.32%) GPFS
13 4 (1.32%) NFS
14 2 (0.66%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.33%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.33%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 56 (18.42%) SCCM
2 42 (13.82%) NetBackup
3 37 (12.17%) vCenter Server
4 35 (11.51%) Ansible
5 31 (10.20%) Kubernetes
6 29 (9.54%) EMC NetWorker
7 27 (8.88%) Terraform
8 23 (7.57%) WSUS
9 16 (5.26%) SCOM
10 11 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 10 (3.29%) Microsoft Clustering
12 8 (2.63%) Nagios
12 8 (2.63%) Netcool
12 8 (2.63%) Tivoli
12 8 (2.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 7 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (1.97%) Avamar
14 6 (1.97%) Prometheus
14 6 (1.97%) Red Hat Satellite
14 6 (1.97%) VxRail
Vendors
1 177 (58.22%) VMware
2 118 (38.82%) Microsoft
3 81 (26.64%) Cisco
4 73 (24.01%) Dell
5 70 (23.03%) HP
6 62 (20.39%) EMC
7 44 (14.47%) Red Hat
8 35 (11.51%) Veeam
9 34 (11.18%) Brocade
10 32 (10.53%) Oracle
11 31 (10.20%) IBM
12 26 (8.55%) Citrix
12 26 (8.55%) NetApp
13 24 (7.89%) Palo Alto
14 22 (7.24%) CheckPoint
15 19 (6.25%) Symantec
16 17 (5.59%) 3PAR
16 17 (5.59%) Juniper
16 17 (5.59%) Veritas
17 16 (5.26%) Avaya