SAN Contract Job Trends in Wales

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring SAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 42 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +20
Contract jobs citing SAN 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.97% 0.85% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.93% 3.85% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £365 £202
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% +80.69% +88.79%
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £465
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £22.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +51.11% -43.75% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

SAN 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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 78 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 10.81% 21.97% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 48 28
10th Percentile £155 £145 £172
25th Percentile £160 £193 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £300 £356
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -15.79% -28.75%
75th Percentile £343 £427 £588
90th Percentile £575 £475 £681
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -3.75% +4.17% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
10th Percentile - £21.00 £14.84
25th Percentile £12.82 £24.50 £15.56
Median hourly rate £80.00 £37.50 £16.77
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% +123.68% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 £17.97
90th Percentile £89.00 £47.50 £18.69
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.43% -12.50% +105.13%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

SAN job vacancy trend in Wales

SAN
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SAN

SAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SAN

SAN
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
South Wales +3 4 - - 2
North Wales - 1 £345 -
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (20.00%) NAS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Field Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support
2 2 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Break/Fix
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) A+ Certification
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) MCSE
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Veritas
2 1 (20.00%) VMware