SAN Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Storage Area Network (SAN)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing SAN 13 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.91% - 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.03% - 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile £506 - £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £365
Median % change year-on-year - - +68.98%
75th Percentile £541 - £373
90th Percentile £546 - -
Wales median daily rate £525 - £365
% change year-on-year - - +68.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £44.00
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £51.88
90th Percentile - - £53.00
Wales median hourly rate - - £50.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 59 46 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 13.23% 19.33% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 30 27
10th Percentile £361 £160 £179
25th Percentile £413 £190 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year +48.75% - -42.86%
75th Percentile £534 £431 £494
90th Percentile £555 £459 £619
Wales median daily rate £425 £300 £281
% change year-on-year +41.67% +6.67% -46.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £36.00 £22.80
25th Percentile - £39.38 £35.47
Median hourly rate £12.21 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.87% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £22.60 £51.25 £50.94
90th Percentile £41.29 £55.00 £52.63
Wales median hourly rate £12.21 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -72.87% - -

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

SAN job vacancy trend in South Wales

SAN
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SAN

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SAN

SAN
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Cardiff - 9 - -
Newport - 4 £525 - 3
SAN
Wales

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
General
1 9 (69.23%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Field Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) Field Service Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) IT Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Field Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Storage Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Backup Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Storage and Backup Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Backup Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Storage Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Data Centre
2 9 (69.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (15.38%) Fat Client
4 2 (15.38%) Thin Client
5 1 (7.69%) PKI
5 1 (7.69%) Replication
5 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (69.23%) Break/Fix
2 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
3 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Data Management
4 3 (23.08%) Presales
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
6 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (7.69%) Storage Management
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) MCSE
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (69.23%) A+ Certification
2 9 (69.23%) CCNA
2 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (69.23%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) NFS
2 1 (7.69%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (7.69%) SnapMirror
1 1 (7.69%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Dell
2 4 (30.77%) NetApp
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (7.69%) Veeam