NetApp Contract Job Trends

NetApp
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of NetApp products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NetApp over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Network Appliance Corporation.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 455 438
Rank change year-on-year -45 -17 +106
Contract jobs citing NetApp 86 65 155
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.21% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.51% 0.45% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 57 90
10th Percentile £392 £400 £400
25th Percentile £438 £415 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% +0.10% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £564
90th Percentile £650 £610 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £474 £466
% change year-on-year +5.54% +1.77% +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £61.03 - -
25th Percentile £61.81 - £13.29
Median hourly rate £63.75 - £14.08
75th Percentile £65.81 - £24.96
90th Percentile £66.68 - £74.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £14.08
% change year-on-year - - -75.21%

All Vendors
UK

NetApp falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,982 14,415 19,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.93% 45.79% 44.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,952 8,524 12,023
10th Percentile £300 £287 £253
25th Percentile £410 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 799 429 770
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £19.97 £16.70
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -24.14% +27.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -14.00% -30.56% +44.00%

NetApp
Job Vacancy Trend

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

NetApp job vacancy trend in the UK

NetApp
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

NetApp
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NetApp over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NetApp in the UK

NetApp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

NetApp
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetApp within the UK over the 6 months to 19 January 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 -34 75 £563 +12.39% 10
UK excluding London -23 65 £500 +5.54% 8
North of England -20 34 £475 +0.53% 1
North West -6 26 £475 +8.88%
Midlands -21 19 £500 +33.33% 1
West Midlands - 18 £500 -
London -19 17 £617 +14.75% 4
South East -7 13 £613 +51.61% 1
Work from Home -9 11 £554 -7.62% 5
Scotland +12 8 £525 +12.30% 3
Yorkshire -38 8 £481 -10.51%
South West -9 7 £425 -7.61% 1
East Midlands -24 1 £650 +73.33% 1

NetApp
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 2 (2.33%) CICS
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.33%) Tomcat
1 2 (2.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.16%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.42%) Azure
2 17 (19.77%) GitHub
3 9 (10.47%) AWS
4 6 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.98%) GCP
4 6 (6.98%) OpenShift
5 5 (5.81%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.49%) IaaS
6 3 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.49%) PaaS
6 3 (3.49%) SaaS
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.16%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.16%) Cloud Run
8 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 29 (33.72%) SAN
2 26 (30.23%) DNS
3 22 (25.58%) TCP/IP
4 17 (19.77%) BIG-IP
4 17 (19.77%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 17 (19.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 17 (19.77%) Firewall
4 17 (19.77%) HTTP
4 17 (19.77%) SSL
5 16 (18.60%) iSCSI
5 16 (18.60%) NAS
5 16 (18.60%) Wireshark
6 11 (12.79%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (6.98%) VLAN
7 6 (6.98%) VPN
8 5 (5.81%) DHCP
8 5 (5.81%) DMZ
9 4 (4.65%) VSAN
10 3 (3.49%) Network Security
10 3 (3.49%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.47%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (18.60%) Fiddler
2 9 (10.47%) ClearCase
3 6 (6.98%) JIRA
4 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.16%) Git
5 1 (1.16%) GitLab
5 1 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.77%) Banking
3 16 (18.60%) Investment Banking
4 10 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.33%) Finance
6 2 (2.33%) Legal
6 2 (2.33%) Retail
7 1 (1.16%) Electronics
7 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.16%) Marketing
7 1 (1.16%) Police
7 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (23.26%) Network Engineer
2 18 (20.93%) Storage Engineer
3 16 (18.60%) Architect
4 14 (16.28%) Infrastructure Architect
5 13 (15.12%) Web Engineer
6 12 (13.95%) Blue Coat Engineer
6 12 (13.95%) IP Network Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) NetApp Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Security Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Server Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Administrator
10 4 (4.65%) Automation Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Python Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) VMware Architect
11 3 (3.49%) Technical Architect
11 3 (3.49%) Virtualisation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.98%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.33%) LDAP
2 2 (2.33%) Middleware
3 1 (1.16%) CrewAI
3 1 (1.16%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) LangChain
3 1 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (29.07%) Replication
2 17 (19.77%) Management Information System
3 12 (13.95%) Enterprise Storage
4 9 (10.47%) Data Centre
5 7 (8.14%) Clustering
6 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (3.49%) PKI
9 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.33%) EPoS
9 2 (2.33%) HP Storage
9 2 (2.33%) Mainframe
9 2 (2.33%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.16%) AI Agents
10 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.16%) EMC VMAX
10 1 (1.16%) EMC VNX
10 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.16%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (38.37%) Windows
2 25 (29.07%) Linux
3 13 (15.12%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.49%) Data ONTAP
6 3 (3.49%) Solaris
6 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.33%) VMS
7 2 (2.33%) zOS
8 1 (1.16%) AIX
8 1 (1.16%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.26%) Migration
2 19 (22.09%) High Availability
3 17 (19.77%) Load Balancing
4 12 (13.95%) Data Loss Prevention
4 12 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (13.95%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 11 (12.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (11.63%) ITIL
6 10 (11.63%) Project Delivery
7 9 (10.47%) Change Management
7 9 (10.47%) CI/CD
7 9 (10.47%) Data Protection
7 9 (10.47%) DevOps
8 8 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.14%) Containerisation
9 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (6.98%) Mentoring
10 6 (6.98%) Network Segmentation
10 6 (6.98%) Performance Tuning
10 6 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) PowerShell
2 15 (17.44%) SQL
3 11 (12.79%) Java
4 10 (11.63%) Shell Script
5 9 (10.47%) C
6 6 (6.98%) Python
7 3 (3.49%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (45.35%) Security Cleared
2 22 (25.58%) DV Cleared
3 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.65%) MCSE
4 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.49%) Degree
6 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.16%) CCNP
7 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.16%) VCP5
7 1 (1.16%) VCP6
7 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 40 (46.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (19.77%) Firmware
3 12 (13.95%) NFS
4 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
4 11 (12.79%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (9.30%) Hyper-V
6 6 (6.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (6.98%) vSphere
7 5 (5.81%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (4.65%) Docker
8 4 (4.65%) VMware NSX
9 3 (3.49%) BitLocker
9 3 (3.49%) KVM
9 3 (3.49%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (2.33%) SRDF
10 2 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (1.16%) Squid
11 1 (1.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (1.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (13.95%) Ansible
2 11 (12.79%) Terraform
3 10 (11.63%) Kubernetes
4 8 (9.30%) vCenter Server
5 4 (4.65%) NetBackup
5 4 (4.65%) Puppet
6 3 (3.49%) SCCM
6 3 (3.49%) vMotion
7 1 (1.16%) Argo
7 1 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.16%) Podman
7 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.16%) SnapMirror
7 1 (1.16%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 42 (48.84%) VMware
2 20 (23.26%) F5
3 17 (19.77%) Blue Coat
3 17 (19.77%) McAfee
4 15 (17.44%) EMC
5 12 (13.95%) Dell
6 11 (12.79%) Cisco
6 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
6 11 (12.79%) Oracle
7 10 (11.63%) Veeam
8 8 (9.30%) IBM
8 8 (9.30%) Veritas
9 4 (4.65%) Citrix
9 4 (4.65%) HP
9 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
9 4 (4.65%) SolarWinds
9 4 (4.65%) Splunk
10 3 (3.49%) 3PAR
10 3 (3.49%) Hitachi
10 3 (3.49%) Nimble Storage