SAN Contracts in England

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAN over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 285 386
Rank change year-on-year -74 +101 +65
Contract jobs citing SAN 128 270 301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.73% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.02% 5.40% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 190 213
10th Percentile £309 £280 £226
25th Percentile £411 £364 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £501 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.75% +15.56%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £623 £703 £723
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -7.32% -1.39% +15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 7
10th Percentile - £20.57 £35.35
25th Percentile - £23.80 £53.13
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -46.67% +213.68%
75th Percentile - - £83.88
90th Percentile - - £87.50
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £57.50
% change year-on-year - -58.61% +140.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,185 4,997 6,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.45% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,960 3,015 4,040
10th Percentile £220 £206 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 400 438
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.20 £17.52 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.66
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +114.36% -21.96%
75th Percentile £63.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

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 2 May 2025.

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
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 2 May 2025. 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 -16 36 £550 +9.89% 39
London +4 31 £469 -1.32% 51
North of England +24 29 £405 +1.25% 30
North West +17 16 £488 +18.18% 14
Yorkshire +6 13 £390 -13.33% 12
Midlands +1 13 £475 -13.64% 18
East of England +36 11 £513 +20.59% 15
West Midlands +14 11 £475 -40.63% 14
South West +17 5 £425 -15.00% 16
East Midlands -2 2 £550 - 3
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 19 (14.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.03%) Confluence
3 8 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 8 (6.25%) Skype for Business
4 7 (5.47%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (3.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (2.34%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (2.34%) Office Communications Server
6 3 (2.34%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.78%) Apache
7 1 (0.78%) IIS
7 1 (0.78%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.75%) Azure
2 13 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (7.81%) AWS
4 9 (7.03%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.03%) IaaS
5 6 (4.69%) OpenShift
6 5 (3.91%) Cohesity
6 5 (3.91%) PaaS
7 4 (3.13%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.34%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.34%) SaaS
9 2 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.56%) GitHub
10 1 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.78%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.78%) Route 53
10 1 (0.78%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (27.34%) NAS
2 31 (24.22%) LAN
3 26 (20.31%) DNS
4 25 (19.53%) WAN
5 24 (18.75%) VPN
6 19 (14.84%) Ethernet
7 18 (14.06%) DHCP
7 18 (14.06%) MPLS
8 16 (12.50%) ATM
8 16 (12.50%) Firewall
8 16 (12.50%) Frame Relay
8 16 (12.50%) GPRS
8 16 (12.50%) GSM
8 16 (12.50%) LTE
8 16 (12.50%) SDH
8 16 (12.50%) UMTS
8 16 (12.50%) Wireshark
9 13 (10.16%) VLAN
10 12 (9.38%) TCP/IP
11 9 (7.03%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) Oracle Database
1 4 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.78%) Big Data
2 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.78%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 11 (8.59%) JIRA
2 9 (7.03%) Git
3 8 (6.25%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.69%) GitLab
5 2 (1.56%) Maven
5 2 (1.56%) Selenium
5 2 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.56%) TestNG
6 1 (0.78%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 17 (13.28%) Finance
4 13 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.38%) Legal
6 10 (7.81%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.47%) Banking
8 6 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.91%) Electronics
9 5 (3.91%) Marketing
10 4 (3.13%) Law
10 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (22.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (13.28%) Storage Engineer
3 15 (11.72%) IP Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Test Engineer
5 13 (10.16%) Linux Engineer
6 11 (8.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 11 (8.59%) Administrator
6 11 (8.59%) VMware Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) Support Engineer
7 9 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Network Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (5.47%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (5.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) Windows Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Senior
10 6 (4.69%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.59%) LDAP
2 8 (6.25%) Middleware
3 6 (4.69%) REST
4 4 (3.13%) Kafka
4 4 (3.13%) YAML
5 2 (1.56%) Flash
5 2 (1.56%) pytest
6 1 (0.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 16 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.25%) Replication
3 7 (5.47%) Clustering
3 7 (5.47%) EMC VMAX
4 6 (4.69%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.13%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.34%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (2.34%) PKI
8 2 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.56%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 64 (50.00%) Linux
2 60 (46.88%) Windows
3 32 (25.00%) Unix
4 31 (24.22%) Windows Server
5 10 (7.81%) Ubuntu
5 10 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (5.47%) AIX
6 7 (5.47%) CentOS
6 7 (5.47%) VMS
6 7 (5.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (4.69%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (4.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (3.13%) Debian
8 4 (3.13%) Solaris
9 3 (2.34%) HPUX
9 3 (2.34%) Windows 10
10 2 (1.56%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (32.81%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (27.34%) ITIL
3 33 (25.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (17.97%) Storage Management
5 20 (15.63%) High Availability
6 19 (14.84%) Problem Management
7 17 (13.28%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (12.50%) DevOps
8 16 (12.50%) Fault Management
8 16 (12.50%) Project Management
8 16 (12.50%) Regression Testing
8 16 (12.50%) Test Strategy
9 12 (9.38%) Agile
9 12 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (9.38%) Migration
10 11 (8.59%) Change Management
11 10 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
13 8 (6.25%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.84%) PowerShell
1 19 (14.84%) Python
2 16 (12.50%) Java
3 8 (6.25%) Shell Script
4 7 (5.47%) Bash
5 4 (3.13%) SQL
6 3 (2.34%) C#
7 2 (1.56%) C
7 2 (1.56%) COBOL
7 2 (1.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (20.31%) SC Cleared
3 19 (14.84%) CCNP
3 19 (14.84%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (12.50%) ISEB
4 16 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 16 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 13 (10.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (8.59%) DV Cleared
7 8 (6.25%) Degree
7 8 (6.25%) MCSE
8 7 (5.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.56%) CCNA
9 2 (1.56%) CISSP
9 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.56%) MCSA
10 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.81%) SLA
2 3 (2.34%) GDPR
2 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.78%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.78%) NIST
4 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (28.13%) Active Directory
3 18 (14.06%) vSphere
4 12 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (7.81%) Hyper-V
6 9 (7.03%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (5.47%) Firmware
8 6 (4.69%) DFS Replication
8 6 (4.69%) KVM
8 6 (4.69%) VMware NSX
9 5 (3.91%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (3.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 4 (3.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 3 (2.34%) Brightmail
11 3 (2.34%) Docker
11 3 (2.34%) ISA Server
11 3 (2.34%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (1.56%) Ceph
13 1 (0.78%) SRDF
13 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (14.06%) Ansible
2 13 (10.16%) vCenter Server
3 9 (7.03%) Puppet
4 6 (4.69%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.69%) Terraform
4 6 (4.69%) vRealize
4 6 (4.69%) WSUS
5 5 (3.91%) NetBackup
5 5 (3.91%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.91%) SCCM
5 5 (3.91%) Tivoli
5 5 (3.91%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (3.13%) Backup Exec
6 4 (3.13%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (3.13%) Grafana
6 4 (3.13%) HP Data Protector
6 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.13%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 64 (50.00%) VMware
2 54 (42.19%) Microsoft
3 39 (30.47%) Cisco
4 19 (14.84%) EMC
4 19 (14.84%) Red Hat
5 17 (13.28%) Juniper
5 17 (13.28%) NetApp
6 16 (12.50%) Dell
7 14 (10.94%) HP
8 12 (9.38%) Oracle
9 11 (8.59%) Splunk
10 10 (7.81%) Brocade
11 8 (6.25%) Veritas
12 7 (5.47%) Citrix
12 7 (5.47%) IBM
12 7 (5.47%) ServiceNow
13 6 (4.69%) Veeam
14 5 (3.91%) F5
14 5 (3.91%) SAP
15 4 (3.13%) AppDynamics