SAN Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Storage Area Network (SAN)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 19 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -
Contract jobs citing SAN 9 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 4.76% 2.65% 1.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.03% 13.04% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £126 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £127 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year -71.14% +3.53% -
75th Percentile £128 - £463
90th Percentile £128 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £129 £563 £501
% change year-on-year -77.16% +12.28% +74.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 31 23 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 16.40% 20.35% 19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 13 24
10th Percentile £126 £435 £200
25th Percentile £175 £440 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.16% +8.82% -15.00%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £506
90th Percentile £699 £611 £634
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

SAN job vacancy trend in Southampton

SAN
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SAN

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SAN

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 9 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 9 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 9 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 9 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 9 (100.00%) CCNA
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (100.00%) MCSE
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Dell