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 18 August 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
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 451 490
Rank change year-on-year -85 +39 -6
Contract jobs citing NetApp 138 94 67
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.62% 0.60% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 72 57
10th Percentile £450 £401 £363
25th Percentile £475 £474 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +5.39%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £663 £650 £636
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £52.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £66.50 -

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 22,363 15,539 16,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.75% 47.27% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,844 9,486 10,594
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +4.41% -4.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,149 808 821
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.61 £13.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.12 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.27 £21.35 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.81% -22.38% -17.76%

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 18 August 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 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 NetApp within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 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 -90 125 £550 - 64
UK excluding London -79 100 £550 - 46
London -47 34 £563 +12.50% 19
Work from Home -36 31 £522 +4.40% 27
North of England -61 30 £519 +9.26% 5
Midlands -31 23 £325 -35.00% 5
West Midlands -27 21 £200 -60.00% 3
South East -85 21 £550 -8.33% 22
South West -26 17 £575 +27.78% 7
East of England -28 16 £600 +9.09% 8
North West -39 16 - - 3
Yorkshire -34 14 £519 - 2
Wales - 9 £550 -
East Midlands - 2 £433 - 2

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 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.17%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (2.17%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.09%) Azure
2 24 (17.39%) Rubrik
3 17 (12.32%) AWS
4 9 (6.52%) GCP
5 8 (5.80%) OpenShift
6 6 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.35%) GitHub
7 4 (2.90%) IaaS
7 4 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.17%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.17%) Cohesity
8 3 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.17%) PaaS
9 2 (1.45%) Datadog
10 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.72%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (26.81%) DNS
2 33 (23.91%) SAN
3 25 (18.12%) Firewall
4 19 (13.77%) TCP/IP
5 17 (12.32%) SSL
6 16 (11.59%) BIG-IP
6 16 (11.59%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 16 (11.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 16 (11.59%) HTTP
6 16 (11.59%) Wireshark
7 11 (7.97%) NAS
7 11 (7.97%) VPN
8 10 (7.25%) DHCP
8 10 (7.25%) VLAN
9 6 (4.35%) WAN
10 5 (3.62%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (3.62%) LAN
11 4 (2.90%) SD-WAN
11 4 (2.90%) SMTP
11 4 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.45%) SQLite
4 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.72%) MySQL
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 16 (11.59%) Fiddler
2 7 (5.07%) Git
3 5 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.72%) JIRA
6 1 (0.72%) MSI
6 1 (0.72%) Subversion
General
1 25 (18.12%) Banking
2 24 (17.39%) Finance
3 23 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 16 (11.59%) Investment Banking
5 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.62%) Legal
7 4 (2.90%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.45%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.45%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (30.43%) Storage Engineer
2 40 (28.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (14.49%) Network Engineer
3 20 (14.49%) Senior
4 18 (13.04%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 17 (12.32%) NetApp Engineer
6 16 (11.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
6 16 (11.59%) IP Network Engineer
6 16 (11.59%) Web Engineer
7 15 (10.87%) VMware Specialist
8 11 (7.97%) Architect
9 10 (7.25%) Backup Engineer
9 10 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Storage and Backup Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Storage Architect
12 7 (5.07%) Consultant
13 6 (4.35%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.35%) NetApp Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.45%) Flash
1 2 (1.45%) Middleware
1 2 (1.45%) Mojolicious
1 2 (1.45%) Moose
1 2 (1.45%) REST
1 2 (1.45%) SPNEGO
Miscellaneous
1 41 (29.71%) Enterprise Storage
2 35 (25.36%) Replication
3 20 (14.49%) Data Centre
3 20 (14.49%) Management Information System
4 11 (7.97%) PKI
5 8 (5.80%) Clustering
5 8 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (5.07%) EMC VMAX
6 7 (5.07%) EMC VNX
7 4 (2.90%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.17%) Celerra
8 3 (2.17%) EMC Centera
8 3 (2.17%) FlexPod
8 3 (2.17%) IBM XIV
8 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.17%) Symmetrix
8 3 (2.17%) Symmetrix DMX
9 2 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.45%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.45%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 45 (32.61%) Windows
2 40 (28.99%) Linux
3 27 (19.57%) Windows Server
4 18 (13.04%) Data ONTAP
4 18 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (8.70%) CentOS
6 10 (7.25%) Rocky
7 8 (5.80%) VMS
8 5 (3.62%) Ubuntu
9 4 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (2.17%) CoreOS
10 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (1.45%) AIX
11 2 (1.45%) HPUX
11 2 (1.45%) Solaris
11 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (20.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 28 (20.29%) Migration
3 23 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 19 (13.77%) Load Balancing
5 16 (11.59%) Capacity Planning
5 16 (11.59%) Data Loss Prevention
5 16 (11.59%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 15 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (7.97%) Performance Tuning
9 10 (7.25%) CI/CD
10 9 (6.52%) Performance Optimisation
11 8 (5.80%) Data Migration
11 8 (5.80%) Platform Engineering
11 8 (5.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (5.80%) Storage Management
11 8 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
12 7 (5.07%) High Availability
12 7 (5.07%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.74%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.97%) Python
3 7 (5.07%) Bash
4 6 (4.35%) SQL
5 2 (1.45%) Java
5 2 (1.45%) Korn
5 2 (1.45%) Perl
5 2 (1.45%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 30 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 23 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 8 (5.80%) NCDA
6 7 (5.07%) Degree
7 5 (3.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.90%) MCSE
9 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.17%) NCIE
9 3 (2.17%) OCP
9 3 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.45%) CCNP
10 2 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.72%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.90%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (47.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (15.94%) vSphere
3 19 (13.77%) Active Directory
4 17 (12.32%) Firmware
5 16 (11.59%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (11.59%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (7.97%) NFS
7 9 (6.52%) Hyper-V
8 8 (5.80%) VMware NSX
9 6 (4.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 5 (3.62%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (2.90%) BitLocker
12 3 (2.17%) Docker
12 3 (2.17%) SRDF
13 1 (0.72%) KVM
13 1 (0.72%) Samba
13 1 (0.72%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.72%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 31 (22.46%) Ansible
2 19 (13.77%) NetBackup
3 15 (10.87%) Terraform
3 15 (10.87%) vCenter Server
4 13 (9.42%) Kubernetes
5 12 (8.70%) SnapMirror
6 7 (5.07%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (4.35%) Avamar
7 6 (4.35%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (3.62%) Puppet
9 4 (2.90%) SnapVault
9 4 (2.90%) vMotion
10 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (2.17%) Prometheus
10 3 (2.17%) SCCM
10 3 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.45%) Argo
11 2 (1.45%) Grafana
11 2 (1.45%) systemd
12 1 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 88 (63.77%) VMware
2 30 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 28 (20.29%) Veeam
4 23 (16.67%) Cisco
5 18 (13.04%) EMC
6 16 (11.59%) Blue Coat
6 16 (11.59%) F5
6 16 (11.59%) McAfee
7 15 (10.87%) Dell
8 13 (9.42%) Brocade
9 11 (7.97%) Red Hat
10 9 (6.52%) Meraki
10 9 (6.52%) Pure Storage
11 7 (5.07%) 3PAR
11 7 (5.07%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.35%) CheckPoint
13 5 (3.62%) Citrix
13 5 (3.62%) Commvault
13 5 (3.62%) Oracle
13 5 (3.62%) Veritas