SAN Job Trends in England

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 437 363
Rank change year-on-year -109 -74 -22
Permanent jobs citing SAN 168 201 635
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.51% 0.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.74% 3.28% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 124 153 547
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £43,438 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -3.16% -1.12%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,125 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.94% -5.26% -4.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,137 6,132 12,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.39% 15.50% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,012 3,432 8,520
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,483 £67,500 £62,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SAN job vacancy trend in England

SAN
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAN

SAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 64 £65,000 -1.89% 16
South East -51 31 £67,500 +62.65% 14
North of England -45 28 £53,750 +16.22% 18
North West +15 20 £50,000 -25.48% 12
Midlands -19 16 £42,500 -15.00% 5
East of England -10 14 £46,000 -8.00% 1
South West -67 13 £26,150 -40.23% 4
West Midlands -23 8 £42,500 -15.00% 3
East Midlands -27 8 £41,250 -14.06% 2
Yorkshire -55 6 £57,500 +64.29% 4
North East -52 2 - - 2
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 41 (24.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.95%) IIS
4 2 (1.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.60%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 99 (58.93%) Azure
2 80 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (14.88%) AWS
3 25 (14.88%) PaaS
4 24 (14.29%) IaaS
5 22 (13.10%) Entra ID
6 21 (12.50%) Datadog
7 20 (11.90%) SaaS
8 8 (4.76%) Cohesity
8 8 (4.76%) Mimecast
9 7 (4.17%) GitHub
10 5 (2.98%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.79%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.60%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.60%) GCP
13 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 91 (54.17%) DNS
2 81 (48.21%) Firewall
3 67 (39.88%) DHCP
4 48 (28.57%) VPN
5 47 (27.98%) Wi-Fi
6 46 (27.38%) VLAN
7 31 (18.45%) NAS
8 19 (11.31%) WAN
9 15 (8.93%) LAN
10 14 (8.33%) TCP/IP
11 12 (7.14%) Network Security
12 11 (6.55%) iSCSI
13 10 (5.95%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (5.36%) NetScaler
15 8 (4.76%) Internet
15 8 (4.76%) Wireshark
16 6 (3.57%) VSAN
17 3 (1.79%) VoIP
17 3 (1.79%) Wireless
18 2 (1.19%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (30.36%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (4.76%) MySQL
2 8 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (11.31%) Chocolatey
2 2 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.60%) Git
General
1 43 (25.60%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (19.05%) Finance
4 20 (11.90%) Banking
5 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.17%) Legal
8 4 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 55 (32.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 49 (29.17%) Senior
4 26 (15.48%) Senior IT Engineer
5 22 (13.10%) Azure Engineer
6 20 (11.90%) Support Engineer
7 17 (10.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (8.93%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) IT Support
10 12 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
11 11 (6.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 11 (6.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 10 (5.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (5.95%) Administrator
12 10 (5.95%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.38%) Regular Expression
1 4 (2.38%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.45%) Data Centre
2 22 (13.10%) PKI
3 19 (11.31%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (9.52%) Clustering
5 11 (6.55%) Enterprise Storage
5 11 (6.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (6.55%) Replication
6 9 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (5.36%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.76%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.76%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.98%) Smartphone
9 4 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 119 (70.83%) Windows
2 77 (45.83%) Windows Server
3 39 (23.21%) Linux
4 30 (17.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (8.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.98%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.79%) CentOS
9 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (38.10%) Disaster Recovery
3 46 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (25.60%) ITSM
5 40 (23.81%) Migration
6 33 (19.64%) ITIL
7 29 (17.26%) Storage Management
8 22 (13.10%) Change Management
9 19 (11.31%) Analytical Thinking
9 19 (11.31%) High Availability
9 19 (11.31%) Security Patching
10 17 (10.12%) Business Continuity
10 17 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (9.52%) Server Management
11 16 (9.52%) SIEM
12 13 (7.74%) RBAC
13 12 (7.14%) BCP
13 12 (7.14%) Patch Management
13 12 (7.14%) Service Delivery
14 11 (6.55%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.24%) PowerShell
2 27 (16.07%) SQL
3 9 (5.36%) Bash
3 9 (5.36%) Bicep
3 9 (5.36%) Python
4 6 (3.57%) Korn
5 2 (1.19%) C
5 2 (1.19%) Java
6 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.69%) Degree
3 22 (13.10%) DV Cleared
4 21 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 20 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (11.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (8.33%) SC Cleared
8 13 (7.74%) CCNA
9 12 (7.14%) A+ Certification
9 12 (7.14%) MCSE
9 12 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (4.76%) CCNP
11 7 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (3.57%) MCSA
12 6 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.79%) RHCE
13 3 (1.79%) RHCSA
14 2 (1.19%) Dell Certification
14 2 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (20.24%) SLA
2 7 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.38%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 132 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 71 (42.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (17.26%) Hyper-V
4 26 (15.48%) vSphere
5 14 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (7.74%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (5.36%) Docker
8 8 (4.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (2.38%) Firmware
10 3 (1.79%) VMware NSX
11 2 (1.19%) Samba
12 1 (0.60%) KVM
12 1 (0.60%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (14.29%) SCCM
3 23 (13.69%) WSUS
4 12 (7.14%) VxRail
5 10 (5.95%) Kubernetes
6 8 (4.76%) vCenter Server
7 7 (4.17%) Terraform
8 6 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (2.38%) Ansible
9 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (1.79%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.19%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.19%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.19%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (1.19%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.60%) Nagios
12 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.60%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 129 (76.79%) VMware
2 119 (70.83%) Microsoft
3 34 (20.24%) Dell
4 33 (19.64%) Veeam
5 25 (14.88%) Cisco
5 25 (14.88%) Tenable
6 24 (14.29%) NetApp
7 19 (11.31%) AppDynamics
7 19 (11.31%) Dynatrace
8 18 (10.71%) Red Hat
9 14 (8.33%) Commvault
10 11 (6.55%) Citrix
10 11 (6.55%) HP
10 11 (6.55%) Meraki
11 9 (5.36%) EMC
11 9 (5.36%) SonicWALL
11 9 (5.36%) Zerto
12 7 (4.17%) McAfee
13 6 (3.57%) Broadcom
14 5 (2.98%) SolarWinds