SAN Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 351 | 256 | 255 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -95 | -1 | -46 |
| Contract jobs citing SAN | 129 | 126 | 115 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.46% | 0.79% | 0.67% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.41% | 5.82% | 4.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 82 | 99 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £329 | £295 |
| 25th Percentile | £366 | £419 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £623 | £608 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +13.40% | +7.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29.09 | £11.75 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33.73 | £12.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.00 | £41.45 | £30.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.81% | +38.17% | -49.15% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £54.35 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £62.09 | £51.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £52.50 | £34.00 | £23.80 |
| % change year-on-year | +54.41% | +42.86% | -40.50% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 2,924 | 2,166 | 2,533 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 10.33% | 13.50% | 14.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,611 | 1,398 | 1,387 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £199 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £351 | £305 | £343 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £454 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.84% | -5.52% | +3.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £579 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £649 | £653 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 365 | 138 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.10 | £15.31 | £16.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.75 | £17.65 | £24.97 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £41.48 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.31% | -21.00% | -7.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.22 | £65.00 | £66.01 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.40 | £80.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.50 | £34.00 | £48.56 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.41% | -29.98% | -13.97% |
SAN Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
SAN Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAN.
SAN Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
SAN Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAN.
SAN Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -33 | 50 | £525 | -4.11% | 13 |
| North West | -41 | 25 | £550 | - | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -13 | 24 | £522 | +16.78% | 3 |
| East of England | -33 | 22 | £550 | - | 12 |
| Midlands | -34 | 16 | £425 | -2.75% | 13 |
| South West | -29 | 14 | £341 | -28.21% | 7 |
| South East | -99 | 12 | £495 | -4.12% | 18 |
| West Midlands | -42 | 11 | £425 | -19.05% | |
| Scotland | - | 11 | £127 | - | 14 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 5 | £425 | +235.44% | 13 |
| Wales | - | 4 | £525 | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £200 | - | 3 |
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SAN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Communications & Networking
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAS | 33.3% | 43 |
| 2 | Firewall | 29.5% | 38 |
| 3 | DNS | 27.9% | 36 |
| 4 | VLAN | 24.0% | 31 |
| 5 | DHCP | 19.4% | 25 |
| 6 | Fibre Channel | 10.9% | 14 |
| 7 | Structured Cabling | 10.1% | 13 |
| 8 | Wireless | 8.5% | 11 |
| 9 | Cisco IOS | 7.8% | 10 |
| 9 | NX-OS | 7.8% | 10 |
| 11 | iSCSI | 6.2% | 8 |
| 11 | TCP/IP | 6.2% | 8 |
| 13 | Ethernet | 5.4% | 7 |
| 13 | VPN | 5.4% | 7 |
| 15 | LAN | 3.1% | 4 |
| 15 | VoIP | 3.1% | 4 |
| 17 | WAN | 2.3% | 3 |
| 18 | Connectrix | 1.6% | 2 |
| 18 | Network Security | 1.6% | 2 |
| 18 | Skype | 1.6% | 2 |