SAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 241 284
Rank change year-on-year +44 +43 -45
Contract jobs citing SAN 213 216 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.03% 0.94% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.50% 6.09% 5.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 144 176
10th Percentile £296 £156 £256
25th Percentile £388 £309 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £444
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -4.23% +5.03%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £525
90th Percentile £623 £731 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 13
10th Percentile £12.00 £50.00 £20.01
25th Percentile £13.50 £57.33 £26.00
Median hourly rate £19.95 £69.53 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -71.31% +50.32% +10.12%
75th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £47.40
90th Percentile - - £60.93
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -52.40% +109.12% -52.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

SAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,276 3,548 4,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.79% 15.48% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,221 2,786
10th Percentile £203 £210 £189
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 300 240
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.95
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.19 £75.00 £58.88
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

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 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

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 3 June 2024.

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 3 June 2024. 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 +53 97 £488 +14.71% 13
Midlands +23 32 £550 - 20
South West +18 31 £500 +11.11% 15
North of England +24 27 £438 +16.67% 14
Scotland +13 19 £550 +18.92% 2
East Midlands +21 17 £563 +2.27% 9
West Midlands +4 15 £300 -45.45% 11
North West +6 14 £425 - 7
Yorkshire +21 12 £594 +163.30% 6
East of England -5 4 £425 -39.29% 15
Wales +20 3 £365 +68.98% 5
North East +7 1 £180 +5.88% 1
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 24 (11.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.88%) IIS
4 2 (0.94%) SAS
4 2 (0.94%) WordPress
5 1 (0.47%) Site Server
Applications
1 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 53 (24.88%) Azure
2 22 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.51%) AWS
4 14 (6.57%) OCI
5 12 (5.63%) OpenShift
6 8 (3.76%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.88%) GCP
8 3 (1.41%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.94%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.94%) GitHub
9 2 (0.94%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.94%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (23.47%) DNS
1 50 (23.47%) NAS
2 48 (22.54%) Firewall
3 45 (21.13%) DHCP
4 26 (12.21%) Fibre Channel
4 26 (12.21%) LAN
5 24 (11.27%) WAN
6 19 (8.92%) TCP/IP
7 15 (7.04%) iSCSI
8 14 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (5.63%) VLAN
10 10 (4.69%) MPLS
11 8 (3.76%) VPN
12 6 (2.82%) FTP
12 6 (2.82%) Network Security
13 5 (2.35%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.35%) SSL
13 5 (2.35%) Wireless
14 4 (1.88%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.35%) MySQL
2 5 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.88%) Big Data
3 4 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.94%) DB2
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Git
1 4 (1.88%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.94%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 69 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.68%) Public Sector
3 19 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.76%) Aerospace
4 8 (3.76%) Banking
4 8 (3.76%) Finance
5 7 (3.29%) Legal
5 7 (3.29%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.41%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.41%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.94%) Back Office
8 2 (0.94%) Electronics
8 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.47%) Advertising
9 1 (0.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (31.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (22.54%) Storage Engineer
3 24 (11.27%) Senior
4 18 (8.45%) VMware Engineer
5 17 (7.98%) Data Centre Engineer
6 15 (7.04%) Backup Engineer
6 15 (7.04%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.57%) Architect
8 13 (6.10%) Developer
8 13 (6.10%) Network Engineer
8 13 (6.10%) Python Developer
8 13 (6.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (6.10%) Storage and Backup Engineer
8 13 (6.10%) Support Engineer
9 12 (5.63%) Analyst
10 11 (5.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.69%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (4.23%) Field Engineer
12 9 (4.23%) Field Service Engineer
12 9 (4.23%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.51%) Flash
2 7 (3.29%) REST
3 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.94%) ADSI
3 2 (0.94%) LAMP
3 2 (0.94%) Middleware
3 2 (0.94%) POSIX
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 68 (31.92%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.10%) Clustering
3 11 (5.16%) Client/Server
3 11 (5.16%) PKI
3 11 (5.16%) Replication
4 10 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.29%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.82%) HP Storage
8 5 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.35%) Fat Client
8 5 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.35%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.41%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.41%) IBM XIV
11 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.94%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.94%) NVMe
11 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (47.89%) Linux
2 101 (47.42%) Windows
3 64 (30.05%) Windows Server
4 34 (15.96%) Unix
5 26 (12.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (12.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (10.80%) Ubuntu
7 22 (10.33%) AIX
8 20 (9.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (7.98%) Windows 10
10 14 (6.57%) Windows XP
11 13 (6.10%) Debian
12 11 (5.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (4.69%) Solaris
14 9 (4.23%) VMS
15 4 (1.88%) CentOS
15 4 (1.88%) Data ONTAP
16 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (36.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (27.70%) ITIL
3 41 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (15.96%) Migration
5 28 (13.15%) Break/Fix
5 28 (13.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 28 (13.15%) Server Management
6 26 (12.21%) Customer Service
6 26 (12.21%) Storage Management
7 23 (10.80%) Data Protection
8 22 (10.33%) Performance Tuning
9 20 (9.39%) Agile
10 19 (8.92%) Project Management
11 16 (7.51%) Performance Monitoring
11 16 (7.51%) Proactive Monitoring
12 15 (7.04%) Change Management
13 14 (6.57%) Configuration Management
13 14 (6.57%) Converged Infrastructure
13 14 (6.57%) Incident Management
13 14 (6.57%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.60%) PowerShell
2 25 (11.74%) Python
3 14 (6.57%) SQL
4 10 (4.69%) Bash
5 7 (3.29%) Perl
6 4 (1.88%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.41%) Java
8 2 (0.94%) AWK
8 2 (0.94%) Bourne shell
8 2 (0.94%) C#
8 2 (0.94%) Korn
9 1 (0.47%) Ruby
9 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 87 (40.85%) Security Cleared
2 59 (27.70%) SC Cleared
3 43 (20.19%) Degree
4 41 (19.25%) DV Cleared
5 33 (15.49%) CCNA
5 33 (15.49%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (9.39%) MCSE
8 15 (7.04%) CCNP
9 10 (4.69%) A+ Certification
10 9 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (3.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.88%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.41%) MCSA
13 3 (1.41%) RHCE
14 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.94%) PhD
14 2 (0.94%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.94%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.63%) SLA
2 3 (1.41%) GDPR
2 3 (1.41%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 75 (35.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (32.86%) Active Directory
3 42 (19.72%) VMware ESXi
4 33 (15.49%) vSphere
5 23 (10.80%) Hyper-V
6 18 (8.45%) VMware NSX
7 11 (5.16%) Firmware
8 9 (4.23%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (3.76%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (2.35%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.94%) Docker
11 2 (0.94%) GPFS
11 2 (0.94%) KVM
11 2 (0.94%) NFS
11 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (17.84%) vCenter Server
2 37 (17.37%) NetBackup
3 30 (14.08%) SCCM
4 22 (10.33%) EMC NetWorker
4 22 (10.33%) WSUS
5 19 (8.92%) Ansible
6 15 (7.04%) SCOM
7 13 (6.10%) Kubernetes
8 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (4.23%) Terraform
9 8 (3.76%) Nagios
10 6 (2.82%) Avamar
10 6 (2.82%) HP Data Protector
10 6 (2.82%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (1.88%) Grafana
12 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.88%) Prometheus
12 4 (1.88%) VxRail
12 4 (1.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (58.22%) VMware
2 83 (38.97%) Microsoft
3 53 (24.88%) Dell
4 50 (23.47%) Cisco
5 36 (16.90%) EMC
6 35 (16.43%) HP
7 29 (13.62%) Brocade
8 27 (12.68%) Veeam
9 26 (12.21%) Red Hat
10 24 (11.27%) Oracle
11 23 (10.80%) Palo Alto
12 20 (9.39%) IBM
12 20 (9.39%) Symantec
13 18 (8.45%) NetApp
14 15 (7.04%) 3PAR
14 15 (7.04%) Juniper
15 14 (6.57%) Extreme Networks
16 13 (6.10%) Veritas
17 9 (4.23%) CheckPoint
18 8 (3.76%) Hitachi