SAN Jobs in the South West

Storage Area Network (SAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 216 206
Rank change year-on-year +58 -10 +50
Permanent jobs citing SAN 22 67 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.61% 0.71% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.04% 5.41% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 12 63 36
10th Percentile - £31,750 £28,125
25th Percentile £28,750 £37,625 £34,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +21.21% -8.33%
75th Percentile £50,813 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,450 £64,900 £68,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,672
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.88% +0.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 544 1,239 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.15% 13.21% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 328 933 538
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -4.76%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the South West

SAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for SAN in the South West

SAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the South West over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SAN in the South West

SAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Dorset +55 14 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Somerset +3 3 £47,500 -16.67% 1
Wiltshire +36 2 £39,500 -31.30% 4
Gloucestershire +47 1 £55,000 +14.58% 6
Bristol +42 1 £30,000 -40.00% 2
Devon +14 1 £70,000 +75.00% 1
SAN
England

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (63.64%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
4 1 (4.55%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) Firewall
2 14 (63.64%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (50.00%) VLAN
4 10 (45.45%) MPLS
4 10 (45.45%) VoIP
5 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (4.55%) Ethernet
6 1 (4.55%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (4.55%) IP Telephony
6 1 (4.55%) LAN
6 1 (4.55%) NAS
6 1 (4.55%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (4.55%) VPN
6 1 (4.55%) WAN
6 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (63.64%) Manufacturing
2 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Legal
4 2 (9.09%) Local Government
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Coordinator
1 14 (63.64%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 4 (18.18%) Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) Help Desk Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) IT Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) IT Systems Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Data Technician
5 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Operations Technician
Miscellaneous
1 14 (63.64%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (50.00%) CCTV
3 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
4 2 (9.09%) Private Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Clustering
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (90.91%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server
3 10 (45.45%) Windows 10
4 2 (9.09%) Linux
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.55%) AIX
5 1 (4.55%) Android
5 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (63.64%) ERP
2 14 (63.64%) Time Management
2 14 (63.64%) Virtual Environments
3 5 (22.73%) ITIL
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (9.09%) Analytics
6 2 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (9.09%) Decision Intelligence
6 2 (9.09%) Project Management
6 2 (9.09%) Service Management
6 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
7 1 (4.55%) Break/Fix
7 1 (4.55%) Containerisation
7 1 (4.55%) Cost Control
7 1 (4.55%) Customer Service
7 1 (4.55%) DevSecOps
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (4.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.55%) SANS
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (86.36%) Active Directory
3 10 (45.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.55%) Docker
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.09%) Ansible
2 2 (9.09%) SmoothWall
3 1 (4.55%) Backup Exec
3 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) NetBackup
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
3 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
1 21 (95.45%) VMware
2 12 (54.55%) Veeam
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
4 2 (9.09%) EMC
4 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.55%) Google
5 1 (4.55%) Hitachi
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) IBM
5 1 (4.55%) NetApp
5 1 (4.55%) Oracle
5 1 (4.55%) Snow
5 1 (4.55%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (4.55%) Veritas