SAN Contract Job Trends in London

Storage Area Network (SAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 308 303
Rank change year-on-year -45 -5 +71
Contract jobs citing SAN 45 41 92
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.32% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.31% 3.07% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 53
10th Percentile £448 £269 £250
25th Percentile £463 £317 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -16.67% -15.29%
75th Percentile £606 £618 £600
90th Percentile £641 £640 £765
England median daily rate £500 £498 £465
% change year-on-year +0.46% +7.03% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
England median hourly rate £61.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,358 1,335 1,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.29% 10.37% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 848 1,192
10th Percentile £263 £262 £201
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +1.78% -10.68%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £616
90th Percentile £695 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 71
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +70.45% -14.43%
75th Percentile £40.75 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £57.95 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.02 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.34% +7.69% +71.05%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SAN job vacancy trend in London

SAN
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAN

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN in London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in London

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAN

SAN
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London -8 4 £510 +14.93% 1
SAN
England

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (2.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.33%) Datadog
3 6 (13.33%) IaaS
3 6 (13.33%) PaaS
3 6 (13.33%) SaaS
4 4 (8.89%) AWS
4 4 (8.89%) Rubrik
5 2 (4.44%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.44%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (60.00%) NAS
2 11 (24.44%) Firewall
3 8 (17.78%) VPN
4 7 (15.56%) DHCP
4 7 (15.56%) DNS
5 5 (11.11%) VLAN
5 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (8.89%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (4.44%) LAN
7 2 (4.44%) Multicast
7 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.44%) WAN
8 1 (2.22%) MPLS
8 1 (2.22%) Skype
8 1 (2.22%) Unified Communications
8 1 (2.22%) VXLAN
8 1 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.22%) Power BI
3 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Chocolatey
2 4 (8.89%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) GitLab
3 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Banking
4 6 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.22%) International Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Police
6 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) Storage Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) IT Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Senior
3 6 (13.33%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (13.33%) Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Senior IT Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Subject Matter Expert
5 4 (8.89%) Architect
5 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Data Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Data Storage Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Migration Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Technical Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Active Directory Migration Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Exchange Migration Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) EDI
1 3 (6.67%) Flash
2 2 (4.44%) .NET
2 2 (4.44%) LDAP
2 2 (4.44%) REST
3 1 (2.22%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (35.56%) Replication
2 9 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
3 8 (17.78%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
5 3 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (6.67%) EMC VNX
6 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (4.44%) PACS
6 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.22%) ASTM
7 1 (2.22%) EMC VMAX
7 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Linux
3 2 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.44%) VMS
4 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Migration
2 12 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 9 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 9 (20.00%) Runbook
5 8 (17.78%) Validation
6 7 (15.56%) Storage Management
7 6 (13.33%) ITIL
7 6 (13.33%) ITSM
7 6 (13.33%) Security Patching
8 5 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (11.11%) High Availability
8 5 (11.11%) Information Security
8 5 (11.11%) Operational Stability
8 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) Python
2 8 (17.78%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.89%) SQL
4 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) C++
4 2 (4.44%) Java
5 1 (2.22%) Korn
Qualifications
1 18 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (24.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.67%) CCNA
4 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.67%) Degree
4 3 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.44%) CCNP
5 2 (4.44%) HP ASE
6 1 (2.22%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.22%) MCSE
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.22%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.78%) SLA
2 2 (4.44%) DICOM
2 2 (4.44%) HL7
3 1 (2.22%) COBIT
3 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 23 (51.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 10 (22.22%) NFS
3 5 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.44%) Docker
4 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.44%) vSphere
5 1 (2.22%) Firmware
5 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (20.00%) Ansible
3 8 (17.78%) EMC VPLEX
3 8 (17.78%) vMotion
4 7 (15.56%) SCCM
5 4 (8.89%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (4.44%) Avamar
6 2 (4.44%) FortiGate
6 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
6 2 (4.44%) NetBackup
6 2 (4.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (4.44%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (4.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (4.44%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.22%) Podman
7 1 (2.22%) PowerCLI
7 1 (2.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (64.44%) VMware
2 18 (40.00%) Pure Storage
3 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
4 10 (22.22%) Commvault
5 8 (17.78%) NetApp
6 6 (13.33%) AppDynamics
6 6 (13.33%) Dynatrace
6 6 (13.33%) EMC
6 6 (13.33%) Tenable
7 4 (8.89%) Brocade
7 4 (8.89%) IBM
8 3 (6.67%) Dell
8 3 (6.67%) Isilon
8 3 (6.67%) Red Hat
9 2 (4.44%) 3PAR
9 2 (4.44%) Cisco
9 2 (4.44%) Citrix
9 2 (4.44%) Oracle
9 2 (4.44%) ProCurve
9 2 (4.44%) Veritas