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 15 September 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 458 488
Rank change year-on-year -81 +30 -4
Contract jobs citing NetApp 140 99 73
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.62% 0.65% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 74 64
10th Percentile £408 £402 £363
25th Percentile £465 £473 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £663 £650 £610
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £505
% change year-on-year - +8.91% -3.81%
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 22,747 15,293 16,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.80% 47.12% 44.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,964 9,367 10,148
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £612 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,253 777 684
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.60 £14.26
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.44 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.90 £25.15 £30.21
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -16.74% -30.36%
75th Percentile £62.00 £43.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.75 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +24.48% -30.00% -25.60%

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 15 September 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 15 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 15 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 -86 125 £550 - 92
UK excluding London -86 105 £550 - 65
London -65 32 £550 -12.00% 29
Work from Home -53 26 £550 +10.00% 38
North of England -55 26 £519 +9.26% 11
East of England -27 22 £600 +9.09% 8
Midlands -27 21 £325 -35.00% 6
South West -34 20 £575 +31.43% 4
West Midlands -36 19 £200 -60.00% 5
South East -80 17 £550 -8.33% 34
Yorkshire -21 13 £519 - 4
North West -41 13 - - 8
Wales - 9 £550 - 1
Scotland -24 3 £145 -71.00% 4
East Midlands - 2 £433 - 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 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (2.14%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.43%) Confluence
4 1 (0.71%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.57%) Azure
2 19 (13.57%) Rubrik
3 16 (11.43%) AWS
4 7 (5.00%) GCP
4 7 (5.00%) OpenShift
5 6 (4.29%) GitHub
6 5 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.86%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.14%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.14%) Cohesity
8 3 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.43%) Datadog
10 1 (0.71%) IaaS
10 1 (0.71%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (26.43%) SAN
2 35 (25.00%) DNS
3 23 (16.43%) Firewall
3 23 (16.43%) TCP/IP
4 13 (9.29%) BIG-IP
4 13 (9.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 13 (9.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 13 (9.29%) HTTP
4 13 (9.29%) SSL
4 13 (9.29%) Wireshark
5 12 (8.57%) VLAN
6 10 (7.14%) NAS
7 8 (5.71%) DHCP
7 8 (5.71%) Kerberos
8 7 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (5.00%) VPN
9 5 (3.57%) Network Security
9 5 (3.57%) WAN
10 4 (2.86%) LAN
10 4 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (5.71%) SQLite
3 7 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.71%) MySQL
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.71%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.71%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 13 (9.29%) Fiddler
2 12 (8.57%) Git
3 11 (7.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.14%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.43%) JIRA
5 2 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.71%) Subversion
General
1 28 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.57%) Finance
3 20 (14.29%) Banking
4 14 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (9.29%) Investment Banking
6 12 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.57%) Legal
8 4 (2.86%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.14%) Retail
10 2 (1.43%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (32.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (26.43%) Storage Engineer
3 21 (15.00%) Senior
4 18 (12.86%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 17 (12.14%) Network Engineer
6 15 (10.71%) VMware Specialist
7 13 (9.29%) Blue Coat Engineer
7 13 (9.29%) IP Network Engineer
7 13 (9.29%) Web Engineer
8 12 (8.57%) NetApp Engineer
9 11 (7.86%) Backup Engineer
9 11 (7.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (7.14%) Architect
10 10 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
10 10 (7.14%) Storage and Backup Engineer
11 8 (5.71%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (5.71%) Storage Architect
12 6 (4.29%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.29%) NetApp Specialist
13 5 (3.57%) Backup Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.86%) Terraform
2 8 (5.71%) SPNEGO
3 3 (2.14%) REST
4 2 (1.43%) Middleware
4 2 (1.43%) Mojolicious
4 2 (1.43%) Moose
5 1 (0.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (31.43%) Enterprise Storage
2 32 (22.86%) Replication
3 20 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 17 (12.14%) Management Information System
5 10 (7.14%) PKI
6 7 (5.00%) EMC VMAX
6 7 (5.00%) EMC VNX
7 5 (3.57%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.14%) Celerra
9 3 (2.14%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.14%) EMC Centera
9 3 (2.14%) IBM XIV
9 3 (2.14%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.14%) Symmetrix
9 3 (2.14%) Symmetrix DMX
10 2 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.43%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 49 (35.00%) Windows
2 46 (32.86%) Linux
3 32 (22.86%) Windows Server
4 26 (18.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (10.00%) CentOS
5 14 (10.00%) Data ONTAP
6 12 (8.57%) Rocky
7 5 (3.57%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.57%) VMS
8 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.43%) AIX
9 2 (1.43%) HPUX
9 2 (1.43%) Solaris
9 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.71%) Unix
10 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (39.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (15.00%) Migration
3 17 (12.14%) CI/CD
3 17 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.43%) Load Balancing
5 14 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 14 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
6 13 (9.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 13 (9.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 13 (9.29%) Malware Detection/Protection
7 11 (7.86%) Capacity Planning
8 10 (7.14%) Business Continuity
8 10 (7.14%) DevOps
9 9 (6.43%) Containerisation
9 9 (6.43%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (6.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (6.43%) Storage Management
10 7 (5.00%) Roadmaps
10 7 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.57%) PowerShell
2 18 (12.86%) Python
3 13 (9.29%) Bash
4 9 (6.43%) Perl
5 8 (5.71%) Korn
6 6 (4.29%) SQL
7 3 (2.14%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 53 (37.86%) Security Cleared
2 32 (22.86%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.57%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.71%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.57%) NCDA
6 5 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.86%) Degree
7 4 (2.86%) MCSE
8 3 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.14%) NCIE
9 2 (1.43%) CCNP
9 2 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.71%) Dell Certification
10 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.71%) PMP
10 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.71%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (14.29%) vSphere
3 15 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 15 (10.71%) Firmware
3 15 (10.71%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (6.43%) NFS
6 8 (5.71%) Hyper-V
6 8 (5.71%) VMware NSX
7 6 (4.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 5 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (2.14%) Docker
9 3 (2.14%) SRDF
10 2 (1.43%) GPFS
11 1 (0.71%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.71%) KVM
11 1 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.71%) Samba
11 1 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.71%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 28 (20.00%) Ansible
2 18 (12.86%) NetBackup
3 11 (7.86%) vCenter Server
4 10 (7.14%) Kubernetes
5 7 (5.00%) EMC VPLEX
5 7 (5.00%) SnapMirror
6 5 (3.57%) SCCM
7 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.86%) Puppet
7 4 (2.86%) SnapVault
8 3 (2.14%) Avamar
8 3 (2.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (2.14%) Prometheus
8 3 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.43%) Argo
9 2 (1.43%) Grafana
9 2 (1.43%) systemd
10 1 (0.71%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.71%) Salt
Vendors
1 83 (59.29%) VMware
2 28 (20.00%) Cisco
2 28 (20.00%) Veeam
3 27 (19.29%) Microsoft
4 19 (13.57%) Dell
4 19 (13.57%) EMC
5 13 (9.29%) Blue Coat
5 13 (9.29%) F5
5 13 (9.29%) McAfee
6 12 (8.57%) Brocade
7 9 (6.43%) IBM
7 9 (6.43%) Meraki
8 8 (5.71%) Red Hat
9 7 (5.00%) 3PAR
9 7 (5.00%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.29%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.57%) Oracle
11 5 (3.57%) Pure Storage
11 5 (3.57%) Veritas
12 4 (2.86%) Commvault