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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 266 209
Rank change year-on-year -17 -57 +17
Contract jobs citing SAN 111 98 221
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.59% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.89% 3.94% 5.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 57 153
10th Percentile £329 £281 £210
25th Percentile £406 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% +13.89% +7.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £603 £588
UK median daily rate £529 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +5.70% +7.53% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 5
10th Percentile £29.09 £11.75 -
25th Percentile £33.73 £11.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £41.45 £45.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -28.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £54.35 £49.38 £78.00
90th Percentile £62.09 £52.25 -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -6.25% +55.58%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,271 2,488 3,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.12% 14.95% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 1,372 2,255
10th Percentile £191 £200 £205
25th Percentile £300 £345 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £594
90th Percentile £647 £660 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 134 280
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.95 £17.67
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.81 £24.69
Median hourly rate £42.50 £49.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% -12.37% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.44 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.50 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% -18.18% +30.95%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAN

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

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 16 November 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
South East +39 55 £529 -10.42% 37
North of England -40 25 £548 +1.86% 7
North West -21 19 £550 +10.28% 4
East of England -10 16 £550 +14.58% 14
Midlands -33 7 £437 +68.08% 3
Yorkshire -45 6 £447 -19.82% 2
Northern Ireland -3 5 £350 +125.81% 3
East Midlands -5 5 £127 -74.66%
South West -3 3 £475 - 3
West Midlands -27 2 £525 +101.92% 3
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (9.91%) SharePoint
3 10 (9.01%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (9.01%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (9.01%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (9.01%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (9.01%) Office Communications Server
3 10 (9.01%) SharePoint Server
3 10 (9.01%) Skype for Business
4 4 (3.60%) WebSphere
5 3 (2.70%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.90%) CICS
6 1 (0.90%) Confluence
6 1 (0.90%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.90%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.62%) Azure
2 10 (9.01%) AWS
3 8 (7.21%) GCP
4 7 (6.31%) IaaS
4 7 (6.31%) SaaS
5 6 (5.41%) Cohesity
5 6 (5.41%) PaaS
6 5 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.60%) Azure Storage
7 4 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.90%) GitHub
9 1 (0.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (32.43%) DNS
2 25 (22.52%) NAS
3 21 (18.92%) Firewall
4 18 (16.22%) DHCP
5 14 (12.61%) TCP/IP
6 13 (11.71%) VPN
7 10 (9.01%) DDNS
8 9 (8.11%) iSCSI
9 6 (5.41%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (5.41%) VLAN
10 4 (3.60%) WAN
11 3 (2.70%) BGP
11 3 (2.70%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (2.70%) OSPF
11 3 (2.70%) VSAN
11 3 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.80%) IPv6
12 2 (1.80%) Spanning Tree
12 2 (1.80%) TACACS
13 1 (0.90%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) GitLab
2 4 (3.60%) Git
2 4 (3.60%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.60%) JIRA
3 3 (2.70%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.71%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.31%) Finance
5 5 (4.50%) Banking
6 3 (2.70%) Front Office
7 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.80%) Local Government
7 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (19.82%) Architect
2 15 (13.51%) Administrator
3 13 (11.71%) Infrastructure Architect
4 12 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (9.91%) Support Engineer
6 10 (9.01%) Exchange Engineer
6 10 (9.01%) Exchange Support
7 9 (8.11%) Backup Administrator
7 9 (8.11%) Storage Administrator
7 9 (8.11%) Storage and Backup Administrator
8 8 (7.21%) Technical Architect
9 7 (6.31%) Storage Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) Analyst
10 6 (5.41%) Senior
10 6 (5.41%) Server Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) Developer
11 5 (4.50%) HP Storage Administrator
12 4 (3.60%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 4 (3.60%) Data Centre Technician
12 4 (3.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.21%) Middleware
2 1 (0.90%) LDAP
2 1 (0.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (26.13%) Data Centre
1 29 (26.13%) Replication
2 12 (10.81%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (5.41%) Clustering
4 5 (4.50%) Private Cloud
5 4 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.60%) HP Storage
5 4 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.60%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.80%) CCTV
7 2 (1.80%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.80%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.90%) CMDB
8 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.90%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.90%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 57 (51.35%) Windows
2 42 (37.84%) Linux
3 26 (23.42%) Windows Server
4 16 (14.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (12.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (10.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (9.91%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (8.11%) Ubuntu
9 8 (7.21%) Unix
10 5 (4.50%) CentOS
10 5 (4.50%) Debian
11 4 (3.60%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.80%) Solaris
12 2 (1.80%) VMS
13 1 (0.90%) AIX
13 1 (0.90%) MVS
13 1 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.90%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.93%) ITIL
2 22 (19.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (15.32%) High Availability
4 16 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 13 (11.71%) Agile
7 12 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (9.91%) Architectural Design
9 10 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (9.01%) Capacity Planning
9 10 (9.01%) Content Management
9 10 (9.01%) Enterprise Content Management
9 10 (9.01%) Enterprise Search
9 10 (9.01%) Migration
10 9 (8.11%) Project Delivery
11 8 (7.21%) Application Virtualisation
12 7 (6.31%) Containerisation
12 7 (6.31%) Due Diligence
12 7 (6.31%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (18.02%) PowerShell
2 15 (13.51%) Python
3 13 (11.71%) Shell Script
4 7 (6.31%) SQL
5 3 (2.70%) Bash
6 1 (0.90%) Bicep
6 1 (0.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 57 (51.35%) Security Cleared
2 30 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 25 (22.52%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.41%) Degree
5 5 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.60%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.60%) CCNA
6 4 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.60%) Server+ Certification
7 3 (2.70%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.70%) MCSE
7 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.90%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.90%) CCNP
9 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.60%) GDPR
1 4 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.70%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.70%) SLA
3 1 (0.90%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.90%) NCSC
3 1 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 42 (37.84%) Active Directory
2 33 (29.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (9.01%) Brightmail
3 10 (9.01%) Hyper-V
3 10 (9.01%) ISA Server
4 8 (7.21%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (6.31%) vSphere
6 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.70%) DFS Replication
7 3 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.70%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.80%) Ceph
8 2 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.90%) Firmware
9 1 (0.90%) KVM
9 1 (0.90%) NFS
9 1 (0.90%) SRDF
9 1 (0.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.90%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (15.32%) Ansible
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Clustering
3 9 (8.11%) NetBackup
3 9 (8.11%) SCCM
4 7 (6.31%) vCenter Server
5 6 (5.41%) WSUS
6 5 (4.50%) EMC NetWorker
6 5 (4.50%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (2.70%) Terraform
7 3 (2.70%) vRealize
8 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.90%) Puppet
9 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.90%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (48.65%) VMware
2 36 (32.43%) Microsoft
3 30 (27.03%) NetApp
4 23 (20.72%) Dell
5 19 (17.12%) Red Hat
6 18 (16.22%) Cisco
7 14 (12.61%) HP
8 12 (10.81%) EMC
9 10 (9.01%) Veritas
10 9 (8.11%) 3PAR
11 8 (7.21%) F5
11 8 (7.21%) Nimble Storage
12 7 (6.31%) Veeam
13 6 (5.41%) Brocade
13 6 (5.41%) Isilon
13 6 (5.41%) Oracle
13 6 (5.41%) Splunk
14 5 (4.50%) Pure Storage
15 4 (3.60%) Citrix
15 4 (3.60%) IBM