SAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 264 384
Rank change year-on-year -54 +120 -122
Permanent jobs citing SAN 553 798 599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.29% 0.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.66% 7.22% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 485 458 499
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £49,625 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.32% +2.11% +3.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
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 SAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
North of England -29 152 £42,500 +6.25% 18
Midlands -7 136 £40,000 -20.00% 27
South East -1 97 £50,000 +20.48% 35
West Midlands -6 72 £38,000 -22.05% 22
South West +1 67 £51,500 +22.62% 11
Yorkshire +44 66 £44,000 +35.38% 7
East Midlands -1 63 £41,500 -20.95% 5
East of England +13 52 £43,500 -13.00% 9
North West -58 51 £51,364 +14.14% 9
North East +7 35 £32,500 -13.33% 2
Wales -5 30 £41,067 -8.74% 2
Scotland -112 17 £47,500 -13.64% 3
Northern Ireland +11 2 £65,000 +85.71% 3
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 139 (25.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (13.38%) SharePoint
3 36 (6.51%) IIS
4 6 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.08%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 5 (0.90%) SAS
6 4 (0.72%) CloudStack
6 4 (0.72%) WordPress
7 3 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 52 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 306 (55.33%) Azure
2 267 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (15.37%) AWS
4 54 (9.76%) Entra ID
4 54 (9.76%) OneDrive
5 30 (5.42%) IaaS
6 25 (4.52%) GCP
7 23 (4.16%) SaaS
8 20 (3.62%) PaaS
9 13 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.35%) OCI
10 7 (1.27%) Slack
11 6 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.08%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (0.90%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.72%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.72%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.54%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.54%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 200 (36.17%) Firewall
2 141 (25.50%) NAS
3 132 (23.87%) DNS
4 112 (20.25%) DHCP
5 105 (18.99%) WAN
6 88 (15.91%) LAN
7 80 (14.47%) VPN
8 67 (12.12%) VLAN
9 43 (7.78%) TCP/IP
10 41 (7.41%) VoIP
10 41 (7.41%) Wireless
11 39 (7.05%) iSCSI
12 25 (4.52%) SD-WAN
12 25 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (3.98%) WLAN
14 19 (3.44%) Network Security
15 18 (3.25%) Internet
16 17 (3.07%) Remote Desktop
17 16 (2.89%) SSL
18 15 (2.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (17.72%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (3.25%) MySQL
4 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.90%) Power BI
5 3 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.54%) Redis
6 1 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.54%) GitLab
1 3 (0.54%) JIRA
1 3 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
1 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 216 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (12.30%) Finance
4 39 (7.05%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (6.87%) Law
6 23 (4.16%) Legal
7 19 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 19 (3.44%) Public Sector
8 11 (1.99%) Advertising
8 11 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.27%) Retail
12 6 (1.08%) Local Government
12 6 (1.08%) Police
13 5 (0.90%) Automotive
13 5 (0.90%) Military
14 4 (0.72%) Aviation
14 4 (0.72%) Avionics
14 4 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 178 (32.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 113 (20.43%) Support Engineer
3 106 (19.17%) IT Engineer
4 79 (14.29%) Senior
5 64 (11.57%) IT Support
6 59 (10.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 58 (10.49%) 3rd Line Support
8 55 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
9 46 (8.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 43 (7.78%) Administrator
11 38 (6.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (6.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 33 (5.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (5.24%) IT Administrator
15 28 (5.06%) Analyst
15 28 (5.06%) Lead
16 27 (4.88%) Infrastructure Support
17 25 (4.52%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 25 (4.52%) Server Administrator
18 24 (4.34%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.81%) LAMP
2 8 (1.45%) .NET
3 4 (0.72%) EJB
4 3 (0.54%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.54%) CSS
4 3 (0.54%) HTML
4 3 (0.54%) jQuery
4 3 (0.54%) LDAP
5 2 (0.36%) SAML
5 2 (0.36%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.36%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.18%) EDI
6 1 (0.18%) Flash
6 1 (0.18%) Middleware
6 1 (0.18%) OAuth
6 1 (0.18%) Web Services
6 1 (0.18%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 81 (14.65%) Data Centre
2 55 (9.95%) Driving Licence
3 39 (7.05%) Clustering
4 35 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (5.79%) Replication
6 27 (4.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 27 (4.88%) Management Information System
7 20 (3.62%) PKI
8 17 (3.07%) PMI
9 11 (1.99%) CCTV
9 11 (1.99%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.81%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.45%) CMDB
11 8 (1.45%) VAX
12 6 (1.08%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.90%) Life Science
13 5 (0.90%) Operational Technology
14 4 (0.72%) Fat Client
14 4 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 359 (64.92%) Windows
2 263 (47.56%) Windows Server
3 167 (30.20%) Linux
4 60 (10.85%) Windows 10
5 54 (9.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (9.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (8.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (3.98%) Windows Server 2008
9 18 (3.25%) Windows 7
10 17 (3.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (2.71%) Ubuntu
12 13 (2.35%) AIX
13 12 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 12 (2.17%) Windows XP
14 11 (1.99%) Unix
15 9 (1.63%) SUSE
16 6 (1.08%) CentOS
16 6 (1.08%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 6 (1.08%) VMS
17 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (37.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 156 (28.21%) ITIL
3 122 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (14.10%) Disaster Recovery
5 71 (12.84%) Server Management
6 61 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (10.13%) Project Management
9 49 (8.86%) Mentoring
9 49 (8.86%) Migration
10 46 (8.32%) Storage Management
11 45 (8.14%) Customer Service
12 43 (7.78%) Incident Management
13 38 (6.87%) Performance Monitoring
14 34 (6.15%) Agile
15 33 (5.97%) Proactive Monitoring
16 31 (5.61%) Infrastructure Maintenance
16 31 (5.61%) Root Cause Analysis
17 30 (5.42%) Service Delivery
18 29 (5.24%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 140 (25.32%) PowerShell
2 69 (12.48%) SQL
3 13 (2.35%) Bash
4 10 (1.81%) Python
5 3 (0.54%) C#
5 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.54%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.18%) AWK
7 1 (0.18%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.18%) Korn
7 1 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 80 (14.47%) Microsoft Certification
1 80 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.10%) Cisco Certification
3 77 (13.92%) Degree
4 68 (12.30%) CCNA
5 63 (11.39%) SC Cleared
6 43 (7.78%) MCSE
7 29 (5.24%) Azure Certification
8 27 (4.88%) DV Cleared
8 27 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (3.80%) CCNP
10 20 (3.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 17 (3.07%) PMI Certification
12 16 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (2.35%) MCP
14 12 (2.17%) A+ Certification
14 12 (2.17%) MCSA
15 11 (1.99%) Citrix Certification
16 10 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (1.63%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (10.31%) SLA
2 10 (1.81%) GDPR
3 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.36%) ISO 31000
5 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (0.36%) NIST
5 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) COBIT
6 1 (0.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.18%) NCSC
6 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 342 (61.84%) Active Directory
2 256 (46.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 180 (32.55%) Hyper-V
4 59 (10.67%) vSphere
5 53 (9.58%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (2.17%) XenApp
8 11 (1.99%) Terminal Services
8 11 (1.99%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.45%) VMware NSX
11 7 (1.27%) Firmware
11 7 (1.27%) NFS
11 7 (1.27%) SRDF
11 7 (1.27%) VMware Server
12 6 (1.08%) Docker
13 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.36%) pfSense
13 2 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 70 (12.66%) SCCM
2 62 (11.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (8.14%) vCenter Server
4 31 (5.61%) SCOM
5 26 (4.70%) NetBackup
6 21 (3.80%) WSUS
6 21 (3.80%) ZABBIX
7 20 (3.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 19 (3.44%) Backup Exec
9 16 (2.89%) EMC NetWorker
10 15 (2.71%) Microsoft Clustering
11 14 (2.53%) VxRail
12 13 (2.35%) Nagios
13 12 (2.17%) Opsgenie
13 12 (2.17%) SmoothWall
14 11 (1.99%) Ansible
15 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 10 (1.81%) Terraform
16 9 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
17 8 (1.45%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 380 (68.72%) Microsoft
2 377 (68.17%) VMware
3 135 (24.41%) Veeam
4 99 (17.90%) Cisco
5 78 (14.10%) HP
6 76 (13.74%) Citrix
7 71 (12.84%) Dell
8 70 (12.66%) NetApp
9 45 (8.14%) IBM
10 39 (7.05%) EMC
11 28 (5.06%) Palo Alto
12 26 (4.70%) Aruba
12 26 (4.70%) Sophos
13 25 (4.52%) Mitel
13 25 (4.52%) Nimble Storage
13 25 (4.52%) Oracle
14 24 (4.34%) Fortinet
14 24 (4.34%) SolarWinds
15 20 (3.62%) Veritas
16 19 (3.44%) Juniper