SAN Contract Job Trends in Essex

Storage Area Network (SAN)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing SAN 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.87% - 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% - 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £104
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.45%
75th Percentile - - £106
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £513 £513 £104
% change year-on-year +0.05% +392.79% -70.81%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 24 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 10.43% 26.37% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 28
10th Percentile - £243 £250
25th Percentile £185 £253 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £275 £462
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -40.41% +207.67%
75th Percentile £199 £311 £551
90th Percentile £213 £600 £598
East of England median daily rate £419 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -11.84% +11.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £200.00 £10.42
Median % change year-on-year - +1819.39% -
75th Percentile - - £11.64
90th Percentile - - £12.37
East of England median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -32.86% -44.00% +19.05%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

SAN job vacancy trend in Essex

SAN
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SAN

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SAN

SAN
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Essex region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Chelmsford - 1 - - 1
SAN
East of England

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell