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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 247 235
Rank change year-on-year +22 -12 +12
Contract jobs citing SAN 144 134 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.93% 0.75% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.90% 5.17% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 92 127
10th Percentile £329 £298 £210
25th Percentile £409 £413 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £519 £413
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +25.76% -2.37%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £607 £618 £632
UK median daily rate £532 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +6.35% +8.11% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 5
10th Percentile £29.09 £11.75 -
25th Percentile £33.73 £11.81 £35.00
Median hourly rate £41.45 £26.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.90% -54.35% +41.10%
75th Percentile £54.35 £48.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £62.09 £51.13 -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £23.80 £40.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -40.50% +67.29%

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 2,087 2,593 3,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.49% 14.46% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,312 1,439 2,158
10th Percentile £200 £205 £206
25th Percentile £315 £357 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £453
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +10.50% +0.56%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £588
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 218 247
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.16 £16.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.37 £24.63
Median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.89% -0.26% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £82.51 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.67% -9.72% +36.12%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAN 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +52 69 £500 -15.33% 21
East of England +22 30 £550 +84.87% 7
North of England -25 27 £510 -9.73% 18
North West -4 16 £548 +21.67% 3
Yorkshire -19 11 £430 -27.01% 8
Midlands -25 7 £437 +12.77% 7
Northern Ireland +1 6 £350 +125.81% 1
East Midlands -10 4 £127 -77.27% 6
Scotland -9 3 £436 -14.88% 6
West Midlands -13 3 £525 +75.88%
South West -5 2 £463 -7.50% 3
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (10.42%) SharePoint
3 13 (9.03%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (9.03%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (9.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (9.03%) Exchange Server 2013
3 13 (9.03%) Office Communications Server
3 13 (9.03%) SharePoint Server
3 13 (9.03%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.78%) OpenStack
4 4 (2.78%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.69%) CICS
5 1 (0.69%) Confluence
5 1 (0.69%) SAS
5 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (20.83%) Azure
2 21 (14.58%) Cohesity
3 13 (9.03%) AWS
4 9 (6.25%) IaaS
5 8 (5.56%) GCP
5 8 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.86%) PaaS
6 7 (4.86%) SaaS
7 5 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.47%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.78%) Azure Storage
8 4 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.08%) GitHub
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 62 (43.06%) DNS
2 28 (19.44%) NAS
3 25 (17.36%) VPN
4 22 (15.28%) DHCP
5 20 (13.89%) Firewall
6 14 (9.72%) LAN
6 14 (9.72%) TCP/IP
6 14 (9.72%) WAN
7 13 (9.03%) DDNS
8 12 (8.33%) iSCSI
9 11 (7.64%) MPLS
10 10 (6.94%) ATM
10 10 (6.94%) Ethernet
10 10 (6.94%) Frame Relay
10 10 (6.94%) GPRS
10 10 (6.94%) GSM
10 10 (6.94%) LTE
10 10 (6.94%) SDH
10 10 (6.94%) UMTS
10 10 (6.94%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.39%) DB2
3 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (9.03%) GitLab
2 9 (6.25%) Git
3 8 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.17%) JIRA
5 4 (2.78%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.42%) Telecoms
3 13 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.86%) Finance
6 5 (3.47%) Banking
7 3 (2.08%) Front Office
7 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.39%) Local Government
9 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (12.50%) Administrator
2 17 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (10.42%) Support Engineer
4 13 (9.03%) Exchange Engineer
4 13 (9.03%) Exchange Support
5 11 (7.64%) Architect
6 10 (6.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Backup Administrator
7 9 (6.25%) IP Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Network Engineer
7 9 (6.25%) Storage Administrator
7 9 (6.25%) Storage and Backup Administrator
8 8 (5.56%) Consultant
8 8 (5.56%) Storage Engineer
8 8 (5.56%) Test Engineer
9 7 (4.86%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (4.86%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (4.86%) Analyst
9 7 (4.86%) Server Engineer
9 7 (4.86%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.33%) Middleware
2 2 (1.39%) YAML
3 1 (0.69%) Flash
3 1 (0.69%) LDAP
3 1 (0.69%) POSIX
3 1 (0.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (19.44%) Replication
2 25 (17.36%) Data Centre
3 14 (9.72%) Enterprise Storage
4 10 (6.94%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.17%) Clustering
6 6 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (3.47%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.78%) HP Storage
9 3 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.39%) CCTV
10 2 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.39%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.39%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.69%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.69%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 82 (56.94%) Windows
2 58 (40.28%) Linux
3 48 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 30 (20.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (19.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (14.58%) Unix
7 16 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (7.64%) Ubuntu
9 7 (4.86%) CentOS
10 5 (3.47%) Debian
11 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.39%) Solaris
12 2 (1.39%) VMS
13 1 (0.69%) AIX
13 1 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.69%) MVS
13 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.69%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (26.39%) ITIL
2 27 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 22 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (14.58%) High Availability
6 20 (13.89%) Build Automation
6 20 (13.89%) Deployment Automation
6 20 (13.89%) Operations Management
6 20 (13.89%) SIEM
7 17 (11.81%) Agile
8 14 (9.72%) Architectural Design
9 13 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (9.03%) Content Management
9 13 (9.03%) Enterprise Content Management
9 13 (9.03%) Enterprise Search
10 12 (8.33%) Customer Service
11 11 (7.64%) Computer Science
11 11 (7.64%) Infrastructure Automation
11 11 (7.64%) Project Management
12 10 (6.94%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 22 (15.28%) Python
3 19 (13.19%) Shell Script
4 11 (7.64%) Java
5 10 (6.94%) SQL
6 3 (2.08%) Bash
7 1 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 37 (25.69%) DV Cleared
3 25 (17.36%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.72%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.64%) CCNP
6 10 (6.94%) Degree
6 10 (6.94%) ISEB
6 10 (6.94%) ISTQB
6 10 (6.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (4.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.78%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.78%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.78%) CCNA
9 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.78%) Server+ Certification
10 3 (2.08%) MCSE
10 3 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.17%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.47%) SLA
3 4 (2.78%) GDPR
3 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 65 (45.14%) Active Directory
2 48 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (15.28%) Virtual Servers
4 20 (13.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 14 (9.72%) vSphere
6 13 (9.03%) Brightmail
6 13 (9.03%) Hyper-V
6 13 (9.03%) ISA Server
7 7 (4.86%) VMware NSX
8 6 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (3.47%) DFS Replication
10 4 (2.78%) Ceph
11 3 (2.08%) Firmware
12 2 (1.39%) GPFS
12 2 (1.39%) NFS
12 2 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.69%) Docker
13 1 (0.69%) KVM
13 1 (0.69%) Xen
13 1 (0.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (24.31%) Ansible
2 23 (15.97%) SCCM
3 20 (13.89%) WSUS
4 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Clustering
4 13 (9.03%) vCenter Server
5 10 (6.94%) NetBackup
6 7 (4.86%) vRealize
7 6 (4.17%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (4.17%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (2.78%) Kubernetes
9 2 (1.39%) Argo
9 2 (1.39%) Backup Exec
9 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.39%) Terraform
9 2 (1.39%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.69%) Puppet
10 1 (0.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 72 (50.00%) VMware
2 67 (46.53%) Microsoft
3 43 (29.86%) NetApp
4 33 (22.92%) Cisco
5 26 (18.06%) Dell
6 22 (15.28%) Red Hat
7 20 (13.89%) Splunk
8 15 (10.42%) EMC
9 14 (9.72%) HP
10 13 (9.03%) Veritas
11 11 (7.64%) Juniper
12 10 (6.94%) Veeam
13 9 (6.25%) 3PAR
13 9 (6.25%) Brocade
13 9 (6.25%) F5
14 8 (5.56%) Nimble Storage
15 7 (4.86%) Isilon
16 6 (4.17%) IBM
16 6 (4.17%) Oracle
17 5 (3.47%) Citrix