VSAN Contract Job Trends in England

Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK > England

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 470 468
Rank change year-on-year -73 -2 +71
Contract jobs citing VSAN 85 44 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 1.34% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 25 48
10th Percentile £360 £500 £376
25th Percentile £522 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +6.16% +9.07%
75th Percentile £702 £613 £556
90th Percentile £800 £658 £561
UK median daily rate £605 £550 £518
% change year-on-year +10.00% +6.16% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £75.00 - -
25th Percentile £83.77 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £99.29 - -
UK median hourly rate £98.82 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VSAN 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 4,340 3,280 3,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.32% 11.74% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,560 2,064 2,307
10th Percentile £250 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 168 192
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.50 £15.33
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £44.25 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.38 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.35% -15.00% -11.49%

VSAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VSAN job vacancy trend in England

VSAN
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VSAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VSAN

VSAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VSAN in England over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VSAN in England

VSAN
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VSAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VSAN

VSAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VSAN in England over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VSAN in England

VSAN
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 26 September 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West -21 25 £700 +20.43% 7
South East -65 23 £610 +10.91% 3
London -84 11 £600 +4.35% 11
Midlands -38 9 £395 +8.09% 3
West Midlands -38 8 £263 -27.99%
North of England -67 7 £400 - 7
East of England - 6 £433 - 1
Yorkshire - 4 £519 -
North West -44 3 £316 - 7
East Midlands -15 1 £526 - 3
VSAN
UK

VSAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.71%) OpenStack
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.18%) CMS
3 1 (1.18%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.94%) AWS
2 20 (23.53%) Azure
3 4 (4.71%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.35%) Azure Stack
4 2 (2.35%) Azure Storage
4 2 (2.35%) Datadog
4 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.35%) GCP
4 2 (2.35%) GitHub
4 2 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.35%) OCI
4 2 (2.35%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.18%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.71%) DNS
2 20 (23.53%) Firewall
3 18 (21.18%) TCP/IP
4 17 (20.00%) DHCP
5 5 (5.88%) VLAN
6 4 (4.71%) BGP
7 3 (3.53%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (3.53%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (3.53%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (3.53%) OSPF
7 3 (3.53%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (3.53%) VPN
8 2 (2.35%) LAN
8 2 (2.35%) NAS
8 2 (2.35%) Network Security
8 2 (2.35%) SAN
8 2 (2.35%) WAN
9 1 (1.18%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (1.18%) H.323
9 1 (1.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.18%) GitLab
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
2 8 (9.41%) Finance
2 8 (9.41%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.88%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.71%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.71%) Retail
5 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.35%) Banking
5 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.35%) Local Government
6 1 (1.18%) Advertising
6 1 (1.18%) Legal
6 1 (1.18%) Marketing
6 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (27.06%) Senior
2 22 (25.88%) VMware Engineer
3 18 (21.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 18 (21.18%) Platform Engineer
4 14 (16.47%) Senior VMware Engineer
5 10 (11.76%) Architect
6 8 (9.41%) Principal Engineer
6 8 (9.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Network Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 6 (7.06%) Consultant
8 6 (7.06%) VMware Consultant
9 5 (5.88%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 4 (4.71%) Analyst
10 4 (4.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 4 (4.71%) Storage Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (37.65%) Terraform
2 4 (4.71%) Flash
3 1 (1.18%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.18%) REST
3 1 (1.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (31.76%) Data Centre
2 14 (16.47%) PKI
2 14 (16.47%) Public Cloud
3 12 (14.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (7.06%) Private Cloud
4 6 (7.06%) Replication
5 4 (4.71%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.35%) Clustering
7 2 (2.35%) EMC VMAX
7 2 (2.35%) EMC VNX
7 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.94%) Linux
2 27 (31.76%) Windows
3 5 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.71%) Unix
5 2 (2.35%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.12%) Infrastructure as Code
2 27 (31.76%) Platform Engineering
3 24 (28.24%) Technical Leadership
4 21 (24.71%) Network Virtualisation
5 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (23.53%) Migration
6 19 (22.35%) SIEM
7 17 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 16 (18.82%) Mentoring
9 15 (17.65%) DevSecOps
10 14 (16.47%) Agile
10 14 (16.47%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (16.47%) Systems Engineering
11 13 (15.29%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (12.94%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (11.76%) Load Balancing
15 9 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (10.59%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 23 (27.06%) PowerShell
2 19 (22.35%) Python
3 17 (20.00%) Bash
4 1 (1.18%) Bicep
4 1 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 37 (43.53%) DV Cleared
3 34 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 31 (36.47%) VCAP
5 25 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (9.41%) AWS Certification
7 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.53%) CCNP
8 3 (3.53%) CCSE
8 3 (3.53%) CCSM
8 3 (3.53%) Degree
9 2 (2.35%) NCDA
9 2 (2.35%) NCIE
10 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.18%) NCSC
3 1 (1.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 72 (84.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 67 (78.82%) VMware NSX
3 56 (65.88%) vSphere
4 45 (52.94%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 16 (18.82%) Hyper-V
7 11 (12.94%) Docker
8 7 (8.24%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (7.06%) NFS
10 4 (4.71%) GPFS
11 2 (2.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (2.35%) SRDF
12 1 (1.18%) KVM
12 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (48.24%) vCenter Server
2 29 (34.12%) Ansible
3 28 (32.94%) Kubernetes
4 25 (29.41%) VxRail
5 11 (12.94%) vRealize
6 10 (11.76%) PowerCLI
7 3 (3.53%) Grafana
7 3 (3.53%) Prometheus
8 2 (2.35%) Argo
8 2 (2.35%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (2.35%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (2.35%) NetBackup
8 2 (2.35%) SnapMirror
8 2 (2.35%) SnapVault
8 2 (2.35%) vMotion
9 1 (1.18%) Avamar
9 1 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (1.18%) OPNET
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (15.29%) Cisco
3 8 (9.41%) Broadcom
4 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.24%) Oracle
5 4 (4.71%) IBM
5 4 (4.71%) Palo Alto
5 4 (4.71%) SaltStack
5 4 (4.71%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.71%) Veeam
6 3 (3.53%) CheckPoint
6 3 (3.53%) CyberArk
6 3 (3.53%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.53%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.53%) Thales
7 2 (2.35%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.35%) Brocade
7 2 (2.35%) Dell
7 2 (2.35%) EMC
7 2 (2.35%) NetApp