NFS Contract Job Trends in England
Network File System (NFS)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing NFS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 625 | 486 | 479 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -139 | -7 | +50 |
| Contract jobs citing NFS | 38 | 40 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.081% | 0.14% | 0.10% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.79% | 1.07% | 0.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 25 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £304 | £314 | £384 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | £580 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £625 | £501 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.60% | +24.88% | -12.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £650 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £603 | - | £610 |
| UK median daily rate | £468 | £625 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.20% | +25.00% | -13.98% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £81.86 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £84.69 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £92.11 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £92.11 | - | - |
All System Software Skills
England
NFS falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing system software skills in England.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing system software skills | 4,819 | 3,732 | 3,688 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 10.28% | 12.66% | 11.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,156 | 2,426 | 2,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £213 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £384 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.91% | +3.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £675 | £701 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 269 | 126 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.00 | £15.50 | £17.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £20.87 | £21.66 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £30.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +108.33% | -40.00% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.82 | £69.92 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.11 | £88.38 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £26.00 | £38.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +140.38% | -31.58% | -17.18% |
NFS Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NFS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
NFS Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NFS.
NFS Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NFS in England over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.
NFS Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NFS.
NFS 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 NFS within the England region over the 6 months to 10 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -86 | 16 | £465 | -28.46% | 8 |
| East of England | - | 8 | £513 | - | 7 |
| North of England | -61 | 7 | £474 | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 4 | £465 | - | |
| Yorkshire | -23 | 3 | £519 | - | 1 |
| South West | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Midlands | -42 | 2 | £234 | -24.41% | |
| South East | -86 | 2 | £738 | +13.46% | 8 |
| West Midlands | -46 | 1 | £263 | -15.12% | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £205 | - | |
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NFS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMware Infrastructure | 65.8% | 25 |
| 2 | Active Directory | 34.2% | 13 |
| 3 | Virtual Machines | 28.9% | 11 |
| 4 | Hyper-V | 23.7% | 9 |
| 5 | KVM | 13.2% | 5 |
| 5 | Veritas Volume Manager | 13.2% | 5 |
| 5 | VMware ESXi | 13.2% | 5 |
| 5 | vSphere | 13.2% | 5 |
| 9 | Firmware | 7.9% | 3 |
| 9 | Veritas Cluster Server | 7.9% | 3 |
| 11 | Ceph | 5.3% | 2 |
| 11 | GPFS | 5.3% | 2 |
| 11 | QEMU | 5.3% | 2 |
| 11 | Samba | 5.3% | 2 |
| 11 | Veritas File System | 5.3% | 2 |
| 11 | VirtualBox | 5.3% | 2 |
| 17 | Docker | 2.6% | 1 |
| 17 | EMC RecoverPoint | 2.6% | 1 |
| 17 | etcd | 2.6% | 1 |
| 17 | Oracle RAC | 2.6% | 1 |