SAN Jobs in the Midlands

Storage Area Network (SAN)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAN over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 214 183
Rank change year-on-year -12 -31 +100
Permanent jobs citing SAN 23 137 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.34% 0.95% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.56% 8.07% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 19 115 80
10th Percentile £36,950 £31,750 £27,950
25th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.44% +3.89%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £54,000 £53,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,400
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.86% -0.21%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 898 1,698 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.39% 11.76% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 499 1,259 729
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,500 £31,448
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.60% -1.67%
75th Percentile £57,350 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £70,850
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the Midlands

SAN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAN in the Midlands.

Salary trend for SAN in the Midlands

SAN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SAN in the Midlands

SAN
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. 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
East Midlands -8 13 £48,000 +20.00% 23
West Midlands +15 10 £50,000 +33.33% 28
SAN
England

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (56.52%) SharePoint
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (26.09%) IIS
4 2 (8.70%) Skype for Business
5 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (39.13%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) Google Drive
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (78.26%) Firewall
2 14 (60.87%) DNS
3 10 (43.48%) DHCP
4 6 (26.09%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (26.09%) VLAN
5 5 (21.74%) iSCSI
6 3 (13.04%) VPN
7 2 (8.70%) LAN
7 2 (8.70%) Network Security
7 2 (8.70%) Skype
7 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
7 2 (8.70%) WAN
8 1 (4.35%) HTTP
8 1 (4.35%) NAS
8 1 (4.35%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (4.35%) PBX
8 1 (4.35%) SSL
8 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) Maven
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (21.74%) Billing
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Law
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.70%) Retail
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Health
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Local Government
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 11 (47.83%) 3rd Line Support
2 11 (47.83%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 11 (47.83%) Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) IT Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) IT Support
4 5 (21.74%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Project Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Active Directory Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Active Directory Support
5 2 (8.70%) Active Directory Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) SAN Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) SAN Support
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Systems Administrator
6 1 (4.35%) Network Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) LDAP
1 1 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Windows Server
3 4 (17.39%) Linux
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.35%) CentOS
6 1 (4.35%) Debian
6 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Tech Ops
2 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Migration
2 5 (21.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Agile
5 2 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
5 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
5 2 (8.70%) Project Management
5 2 (8.70%) Server Management
6 1 (4.35%) BCP
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.35%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) CCNA
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) CEH
4 1 (4.35%) CISSP
4 1 (4.35%) GIAC
4 1 (4.35%) SANS
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (91.30%) Active Directory
2 16 (69.57%) Hyper-V
3 11 (47.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (26.09%) Terminal Services
4 6 (26.09%) vSphere
5 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) SCCM
2 5 (21.74%) Autotask
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.70%) SCOM
3 2 (8.70%) SCOrch
3 2 (8.70%) SCSM
4 1 (4.35%) Nessus
4 1 (4.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (65.22%) VMware
3 12 (52.17%) HP
4 8 (34.78%) Cisco
5 7 (30.43%) Dell
5 7 (30.43%) NetApp
6 5 (21.74%) Aruba
6 5 (21.74%) Datto
7 1 (4.35%) Citrix
7 1 (4.35%) EMC
7 1 (4.35%) Google
7 1 (4.35%) Juniper
7 1 (4.35%) Meraki
7 1 (4.35%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (4.35%) Okta
7 1 (4.35%) SonicWALL
7 1 (4.35%) Sophos
7 1 (4.35%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (4.35%) Veeam