SAN Jobs in the Thames Valley

Storage Area Network (SAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 213 248
Rank change year-on-year +13 +35 -73
Permanent jobs citing SAN 45 53 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.67% 0.86% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.65% 5.43% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 42 25 25
10th Percentile £36,750 £25,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.38% -18.75% -17.53%
75th Percentile £59,000 £40,000 £49,500
90th Percentile £59,900 £51,975 -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +20.48% -12.63% -1.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

SAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 967 976 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.40% 15.91% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 687 549 752
10th Percentile £28,400 £26,250 £27,050
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,350 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -2.06%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the Thames Valley

SAN
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for SAN in the Thames Valley

SAN
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the Thames Valley

SAN
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +9 23 £59,000 +81.54% 4
Oxfordshire +27 14 £38,500 -1.28% 4
Buckinghamshire -15 8 £55,000 +69.23%
SAN
South East

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (31.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.89%) IIS
3 4 (8.89%) WordPress
4 1 (2.22%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 33 (73.33%) Azure
2 14 (31.11%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (28.89%) OCI
4 8 (17.78%) AWS
5 4 (8.89%) Entra ID
5 4 (8.89%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.44%) WhatsApp
7 1 (2.22%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.22%) Azure Storage
7 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (68.89%) Firewall
2 26 (57.78%) DNS
3 21 (46.67%) NAS
4 19 (42.22%) DHCP
5 9 (20.00%) VPN
5 9 (20.00%) WAN
6 8 (17.78%) VLAN
7 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
8 6 (13.33%) LAN
8 6 (13.33%) Network Security
8 6 (13.33%) Wireless
9 5 (11.11%) VoIP
10 4 (8.89%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (8.89%) iSCSI
10 4 (8.89%) Wireshark
11 3 (6.67%) SD-WAN
12 2 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (2.22%) IMAP
13 1 (2.22%) SMTP
13 1 (2.22%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) MySQL
General
1 19 (42.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (28.89%) IT Support
3 12 (26.67%) IT Engineer
3 12 (26.67%) Support Engineer
4 11 (24.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) PowerShell Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) VMware Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (13.33%) Storage Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Network Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Senior
8 3 (6.67%) Server Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) SAN Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) LAMP
2 1 (2.22%) EDI
2 1 (2.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.89%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (8.89%) Replication
3 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.67%) Wiki
4 1 (2.22%) CCTV
4 1 (2.22%) CMDB
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (82.22%) Windows
2 34 (75.56%) Linux
3 25 (55.56%) Windows Server
4 18 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (26.67%) Windows 10
6 12 (26.67%) Windows XP
7 6 (13.33%) Ubuntu
8 4 (8.89%) VMS
9 3 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (4.44%) Mac OS
11 1 (2.22%) Android
11 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (37.78%) ITIL
4 16 (35.56%) Storage Management
5 14 (31.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (31.11%) Performance Monitoring
5 14 (31.11%) Project Management
5 14 (31.11%) Server Management
6 12 (26.67%) Break/Fix
6 12 (26.67%) Converged Infrastructure
6 12 (26.67%) Performance Tuning
6 12 (26.67%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (6.67%) Change Management
8 3 (6.67%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.67%) CRM
8 3 (6.67%) Customer Experience
8 3 (6.67%) Information Security
8 3 (6.67%) IT Strategy
9 2 (4.44%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 22 (48.89%) PowerShell
2 7 (15.56%) Bash
2 7 (15.56%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (48.89%) CCNA
1 22 (48.89%) Cisco Certification
1 22 (48.89%) Degree
2 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
2 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
3 12 (26.67%) CCNP
3 12 (26.67%) DV Cleared
4 10 (22.22%) MCSE
4 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (71.11%) Active Directory
2 30 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (42.22%) Hyper-V
4 12 (26.67%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (11.11%) vSphere
6 3 (6.67%) Docker
7 1 (2.22%) NFS
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (40.00%) SCCM
2 13 (28.89%) NetBackup
2 13 (28.89%) vCenter Server
2 13 (28.89%) WSUS
3 12 (26.67%) EMC NetWorker
3 12 (26.67%) SCOM
4 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.22%) IBM BigFix
5 1 (2.22%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 39 (86.67%) VMware
2 21 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 18 (40.00%) Veeam
4 16 (35.56%) Palo Alto
5 15 (33.33%) Dell
6 14 (31.11%) Cisco
6 14 (31.11%) EMC
6 14 (31.11%) HP
7 13 (28.89%) 3PAR
7 13 (28.89%) Oracle
8 12 (26.67%) Extreme Networks
8 12 (26.67%) Juniper
8 12 (26.67%) Symantec
9 5 (11.11%) Aruba
10 4 (8.89%) ProCurve
10 4 (8.89%) Synology
10 4 (8.89%) Zerto
11 2 (4.44%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (4.44%) Red Hat
11 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow