Enterprise Storage Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Enterprise Storage
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Storage in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Storage over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 550 547
Rank change year-on-year +55 -3 +170
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Storage 14 16 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.045% 0.075%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.13% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 21
10th Percentile - £35,500 -
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,580 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £119,500 - £65,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +75.00% -9.09% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Enterprise Storage falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,649 12,311 11,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.19% 34.27% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,315 5,294 8,462
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,543
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Enterprise Storage
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Storage relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Enterprise Storage job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Enterprise Storage
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Enterprise Storage.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Enterprise Storage

Enterprise Storage
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Storage in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Storage in the UK excluding London

Enterprise Storage
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Storage within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
East of England +23 5 £55,000 +10.00%
North of England +9 5 £36,000 - 3
North West - 5 £36,000 -
South East +36 2 £48,580 +2.27% 4
Midlands - 2 £120,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £125,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £115,000 -
Enterprise Storage
UK

Enterprise Storage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (7.14%) IIS
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) AWS
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) IaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) PaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) SAN
2 5 (35.71%) VLAN
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) Wireless
5 2 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (7.14%) BGP
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (7.14%) DHCP
6 1 (7.14%) DNS
6 1 (7.14%) NAS
6 1 (7.14%) NetScaler
6 1 (7.14%) PBX
6 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.14%) VoIP
6 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Manager
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Senior IT Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior IT Support
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Operations Director
5 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
2 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Life Science
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
1 8 (57.14%) Windows Server
2 5 (35.71%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Ubuntu
3 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) AI
2 5 (35.71%) Change Management
2 5 (35.71%) Data Centre Operations
2 5 (35.71%) High Availability
2 5 (35.71%) ITSM
2 5 (35.71%) Service Management
3 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 4 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 4 (28.57%) Cost Control
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security
3 4 (28.57%) IT Governance
3 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (7.14%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 9 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.14%) AirWatch
3 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM
3 1 (7.14%) SCOM
3 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (35.71%) Fortinet
3 5 (35.71%) Palo Alto
3 5 (35.71%) Veeam
4 4 (28.57%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (28.57%) Dell
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco
6 1 (7.14%) Citrix
6 1 (7.14%) Commvault
6 1 (7.14%) Juniper
6 1 (7.14%) Meraki
6 1 (7.14%) Mitel
6 1 (7.14%) Oracle
6 1 (7.14%) Red Hat
6 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 1 (7.14%) Veritas