NAS Contracts in Scotland

Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring NAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NAS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 118 159
Rank change year-on-year +13 +41 +11
Contract jobs citing NAS 11 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.50% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.80% 4.40% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 0
10th Percentile £465 £410 -
25th Percentile £475 £436 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -
75th Percentile £550 £611 -
90th Percentile - £623 -
UK median daily rate £486 £475 £548
% change year-on-year +2.37% -13.24% +21.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.55
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £60.55
% change year-on-year - -60.69% +43.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

NAS 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 141 250 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 8.68% 11.28% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 150 227
10th Percentile £200 £187 £160
25th Percentile £313 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
75th Percentile £525 £626 £538
90th Percentile £550 £700 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 21
10th Percentile - £15.43 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.69 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%
75th Percentile £23.53 £60.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing NAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for NAS in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NAS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for NAS in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NAS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for NAS in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow +7 11 £525 -4.55% 1
NAS
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
1 11 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 11 (100.00%) OpenShift
2 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Git
1 11 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (90.91%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) NetBackup Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Python Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Backup Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Unix
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 11 (100.00%) Data Deduplication
1 11 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 10 (90.91%) Decision-Making
2 10 (90.91%) Observability
3 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (63.64%) Security Hardening
4 6 (54.55%) Task Automation
5 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
6 4 (36.36%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (18.18%) Capacity Management
8 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (9.09%) Data Security
9 1 (9.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 11 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 11 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Veritas