NAS Contract Job Trends

Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring NAS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 501 496
Rank change year-on-year -90 -5 +58
Contract jobs citing NAS 83 57 73
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 1.49% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 35 47
10th Percentile £413 £391 £250
25th Percentile £453 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +1.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £594 £628 £610
90th Percentile £627 £660 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £500 £476
% change year-on-year +8.00% +4.99% -9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £22.02
25th Percentile - - £23.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - -52.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NAS 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,086 3,814 4,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.36% 11.59% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,971 2,353 2,673
10th Percentile £235 £230 £230
25th Percentile £390 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £503
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.48% +0.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £455 £500
% change year-on-year +4.84% -9.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 199 265
10th Percentile £14.28 £15.29 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.08 £21.37
Median hourly rate £26.72 £42.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -17.48% -8.83%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -38.49% -25.89% -0.26%

NAS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

NAS job vacancy trend in the UK

NAS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NAS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NAS

NAS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NAS over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NAS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NAS

NAS
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the UK over the 6 months to 13 September 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
England -85 77 £528 -1.86% 47
UK excluding London -69 61 £540 +8.00% 36
North of England -50 33 £550 +33.33% 5
North West -41 20 £575 +35.29% 5
London -89 19 £500 -18.03% 21
Yorkshire -36 12 £525 +27.27%
Work from Home -70 12 £561 +12.20% 18
East of England -14 9 £403 - 5
South East -68 7 £575 +9.52% 15
Scotland -21 5 £430 -14.00% 7
Midlands -42 4 £425 -22.73% 2
West Midlands -44 4 £425 -22.73% 1
South West - 3 - - 3
North East - 1 £200 -

NAS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.02%) Apache
3 3 (3.61%) CloudStack
3 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.41%) IIS
4 2 (2.41%) nginx
4 2 (2.41%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.20%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (43.37%) Azure
2 27 (32.53%) AWS
3 15 (18.07%) OpenShift
4 13 (15.66%) Entra ID
5 12 (14.46%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (10.84%) IaaS
7 6 (7.23%) PaaS
7 6 (7.23%) SaaS
8 5 (6.02%) Mimecast
9 4 (4.82%) Cohesity
9 4 (4.82%) GCP
9 4 (4.82%) GitHub
10 3 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (2.41%) Amazon S3
11 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.41%) Azure Storage
11 2 (2.41%) Datadog
11 2 (2.41%) Nutanix
11 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 75 (90.36%) SAN
2 34 (40.96%) Firewall
3 27 (32.53%) DNS
4 25 (30.12%) VLAN
5 23 (27.71%) DHCP
6 16 (19.28%) Structured Cabling
7 14 (16.87%) Wireless
8 12 (14.46%) Cisco IOS
8 12 (14.46%) NX-OS
9 9 (10.84%) iSCSI
10 8 (9.64%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (6.02%) Kerberos
11 5 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (4.82%) LAN
12 4 (4.82%) VSAN
12 4 (4.82%) WAN
13 3 (3.61%) SSL
14 2 (2.41%) Internet
14 2 (2.41%) TCP/IP
14 2 (2.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) Db2
2 2 (2.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.41%) Git
3 1 (1.20%) JIRA
3 1 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.46%) Finance
3 10 (12.05%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.64%) Banking
6 4 (4.82%) Games
7 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (25.30%) Architect
2 13 (15.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Storage Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Technical Architect
4 6 (7.23%) Senior
4 6 (7.23%) Storage Architect
5 5 (6.02%) Incident Manager
5 5 (6.02%) Major Incident Manager
6 4 (4.82%) Administrator
6 4 (4.82%) Applications Support
6 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (4.82%) Network Architect
6 4 (4.82%) Network Engineer
6 4 (4.82%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.82%) Python Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) Lead
7 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) Support Manager
7 3 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.61%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.87%) Terraform
2 6 (7.23%) LDAP
3 5 (6.02%) Middleware
3 5 (6.02%) REST
4 4 (4.82%) .NET
4 4 (4.82%) Celery
4 4 (4.82%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (4.82%) Kafka
4 4 (4.82%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (4.82%) YAML
5 3 (3.61%) JSON
6 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
6 1 (1.20%) HTML
6 1 (1.20%) LAMP
6 1 (1.20%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (1.20%) RESTful
6 1 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (45.78%) Data Centre
2 19 (22.89%) Replication
3 16 (19.28%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (13.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (8.43%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (7.23%) Public Cloud
7 5 (6.02%) EMC VNX
7 5 (6.02%) Mainframe
7 5 (6.02%) PKI
8 4 (4.82%) Animation
8 4 (4.82%) EMC VMAX
9 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (2.41%) PACS
9 2 (2.41%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.20%) Clustering
10 1 (1.20%) CMDB
10 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (53.01%) Windows
2 24 (28.92%) Windows Server
3 23 (27.71%) Linux
4 10 (12.05%) Unix
5 8 (9.64%) Ubuntu
6 6 (7.23%) Mac OS
7 5 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (4.82%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (3.61%) CentOS
9 3 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (2.41%) AIX
10 2 (2.41%) VMS
11 1 (1.20%) Rocky
11 1 (1.20%) SUSE
11 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Disaster Recovery
2 25 (30.12%) Migration
3 22 (26.51%) High Availability
4 21 (25.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (22.89%) ITIL
6 18 (21.69%) Capacity Planning
7 17 (20.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (16.87%) ITSM
10 13 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (14.46%) Network Segmentation
11 12 (14.46%) Performance Tuning
11 12 (14.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (13.25%) Infrastructure Automation
13 9 (10.84%) Data Protection
13 9 (10.84%) DevOps
13 9 (10.84%) Runbook
13 9 (10.84%) Storage Management
14 8 (9.64%) Change Management
14 8 (9.64%) Data Centre Operations
Programming Languages
1 20 (24.10%) Python
2 17 (20.48%) PowerShell
3 11 (13.25%) Bash
4 4 (4.82%) Perl
5 3 (3.61%) SQL
6 1 (1.20%) Bicep
6 1 (1.20%) C
6 1 (1.20%) C#
6 1 (1.20%) C++
6 1 (1.20%) Java
6 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) Security Cleared
2 19 (22.89%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.87%) CCNP
3 14 (16.87%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (13.25%) CCNA
4 11 (13.25%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (13.25%) Server+ Certification
5 10 (12.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (7.23%) Azure Certification
6 6 (7.23%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.61%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.61%) NCDA
7 3 (3.61%) NCIE
8 2 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.41%) PMP
8 2 (2.41%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.61%) SLA
3 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.41%) DICOM
3 2 (2.41%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.20%) HL7
4 1 (1.20%) NCSC
4 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 41 (49.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (34.94%) Active Directory
3 17 (20.48%) vSphere
4 15 (18.07%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (16.87%) Hyper-V
6 12 (14.46%) NFS
7 8 (9.64%) Firmware
8 3 (3.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (3.61%) SRDF
8 3 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (3.61%) VMware NSX
9 2 (2.41%) Docker
9 2 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (1.20%) Ceph
10 1 (1.20%) Dovecot
10 1 (1.20%) GPFS
10 1 (1.20%) KVM
10 1 (1.20%) Postfix
10 1 (1.20%) UAG
10 1 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (22.89%) Kubernetes
2 16 (19.28%) Ansible
3 13 (15.66%) vCenter Server
4 7 (8.43%) Grafana
4 7 (8.43%) Prometheus
5 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (7.23%) NetBackup
6 5 (6.02%) vMotion
7 4 (4.82%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (4.82%) EMC VPLEX
7 4 (4.82%) SnapMirror
8 3 (3.61%) Check_MK
8 3 (3.61%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (3.61%) SnapVault
9 2 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.41%) Argo
9 2 (2.41%) PowerCLI
9 2 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 2 (2.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (53.01%) VMware
2 34 (40.96%) Cisco
3 26 (31.33%) Microsoft
4 12 (14.46%) Dell
4 12 (14.46%) ServiceNow
5 11 (13.25%) Brocade
6 10 (12.05%) NetApp
7 8 (9.64%) Veeam
8 6 (7.23%) EMC
8 6 (7.23%) Meraki
8 6 (7.23%) Pure Storage
9 5 (6.02%) Adobe
9 5 (6.02%) Greenplum
9 5 (6.02%) Red Hat
9 5 (6.02%) Sophos
9 5 (6.02%) Sybase
9 5 (6.02%) Synology
9 5 (6.02%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (4.82%) 3PAR
10 4 (4.82%) Perforce