Hybrid/Remote VSAN Contract Job Trends

Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VSAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 298 345
Rank change year-on-year +7 +47 +131
Contract jobs citing VSAN 17 27 28
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.59% 2.13% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 21
10th Percentile £300 £372 £263
25th Percentile £396 £495 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +23.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £588
90th Percentile £669 £652 £610
UK median daily rate £550 £531 £520
% change year-on-year +3.53% +2.16% -3.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

VSAN 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,071 1,268 2,234
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.54% 10.77% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 763 1,443
10th Percentile £309 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 30 79
10th Percentile £21.03 £18.11 £19.39
25th Percentile £35.25 £38.63 £20.66
Median hourly rate £64.25 £46.78 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +37.34% +0.84% -26.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.52 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.01 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £39.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -8.86% -28.18% +32.53%

VSAN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VSAN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VSAN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VSAN
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VSAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VSAN

VSAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VSAN over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

VSAN daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VSAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VSAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VSAN

VSAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (29.41%) Confluence
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
3 4 (23.53%) Datadog
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Skype
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 1 (5.88%) BIG-IP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (5.88%) DNS
3 1 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
3 1 (5.88%) PCoIP
General
1 4 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Storage Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) ModSecurity
2 1 (5.88%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
3 3 (17.65%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (17.65%) PKI
3 3 (17.65%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.88%) Replication
4 1 (5.88%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
2 4 (23.53%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
3 3 (17.65%) Design Patterns
3 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (11.76%) NsoIT
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Service Management
4 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (88.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (76.47%) vSphere
3 7 (41.18%) VMware NSX
4 5 (29.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (5.88%) GPFS
5 1 (5.88%) NFS
5 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) vRealize
1 5 (29.41%) VxRail
2 4 (23.53%) vCenter Server
3 3 (17.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (17.65%) OPNET
4 1 (5.88%) Ansible
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco
3 5 (29.41%) IBM
4 4 (23.53%) AppDynamics
4 4 (23.53%) Commvault
4 4 (23.53%) Dell
4 4 (23.53%) HP
4 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 4 (23.53%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.88%) F5
5 1 (5.88%) Infoblox
5 1 (5.88%) NetScout
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle
5 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.88%) SevOne