SAN Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Storage Area Network (SAN)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing SAN 6 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.46% - 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.31% - 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile - - £291
25th Percentile £121 - £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £123 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £124 - £513
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £123 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -74.21% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £15.00 - £40.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

SAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 113 85 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.75% 14.91% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 43 80
10th Percentile £248 £235 £260
25th Percentile £450 £250 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £382 £533
Median % change year-on-year +24.35% -28.33% +12.21%
75th Percentile £567 £490 £649
90th Percentile £639 £587 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £545 £536
% change year-on-year -8.17% +1.54% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 16
10th Percentile £19.33 £27.23 £12.57
25th Percentile £25.88 £41.40 £38.26
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +563.27%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £72.94
90th Percentile £100.25 £73.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £41.40 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.95% +3.49% +308.16%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SAN job vacancy trend in Bristol

SAN
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SAN

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SAN

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) MCSE
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Dell