SAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 324 248
Rank change year-on-year -94 -76 +140
Permanent jobs citing SAN 164 566 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.76% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.30% 5.74% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 133 496 425
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +3.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,063 £53,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,036
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.12% -2.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,144 9,866 10,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.00% 13.17% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 7,111 4,601
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
South East +39 60 £41,500 -15.09% 30
North of England -65 46 £51,500 +17.74% 19
South West +64 24 £39,500 -21.00% 12
Yorkshire +14 23 £35,000 -22.22% 6
Midlands -51 19 £50,000 +25.00% 8
North West -38 13 £62,205 +21.11% 13
North East +24 10 £60,000 +84.62%
East of England +8 10 £51,500 +18.39% 5
East Midlands -14 10 £50,000 +12.36% 6
West Midlands -3 9 £46,500 +22.37% 2
Scotland +105 2 £31,500 -33.68% 7
Wales +12 2 £42,500 +3.49% 4
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -
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 61 (37.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.54%) SharePoint
3 10 (6.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (4.27%) Skype for Business
5 6 (3.66%) IIS
6 4 (2.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (2.44%) Confluence
7 2 (1.22%) Tomcat
7 2 (1.22%) WebSphere
7 2 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.61%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.61%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (9.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 84 (51.22%) Azure
2 48 (29.27%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (18.90%) AWS
4 13 (7.93%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.71%) GCP
6 7 (4.27%) IaaS
7 5 (3.05%) Nutanix
8 4 (2.44%) Cohesity
8 4 (2.44%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.22%) GitHub
9 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.22%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.22%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.22%) SaaS
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.61%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (39.63%) Firewall
2 64 (39.02%) NAS
3 39 (23.78%) DNS
4 34 (20.73%) DHCP
5 23 (14.02%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (13.41%) VLAN
7 17 (10.37%) LAN
7 17 (10.37%) VPN
7 17 (10.37%) WAN
8 15 (9.15%) iSCSI
8 15 (9.15%) VSAN
9 13 (7.93%) VoIP
10 11 (6.71%) Remote Desktop
10 11 (6.71%) TCP/IP
11 10 (6.10%) MPLS
12 8 (4.88%) IP Telephony
12 8 (4.88%) Multicast
13 6 (3.66%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (3.66%) Skype
13 6 (3.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (28.66%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.05%) DB2
3 5 (3.05%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.44%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.44%) MySQL
5 3 (1.83%) Power BI
6 2 (1.22%) Big Data
6 2 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.66%) JIRA
2 5 (3.05%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.83%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.83%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.83%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.83%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.22%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.22%) Git
6 1 (0.61%) GitLab
6 1 (0.61%) Maven
6 1 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 58 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.80%) Finance
3 19 (11.59%) Manufacturing
4 15 (9.15%) Legal
5 11 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.88%) Advertising
8 7 (4.27%) Games
8 7 (4.27%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.05%) Banking
9 5 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.44%) Law
11 3 (1.83%) Billing
11 3 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.22%) Local Government
12 2 (1.22%) Retail
13 1 (0.61%) Aviation
13 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (33.54%) Support Engineer
2 47 (28.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (21.34%) IT Engineer
4 29 (17.68%) Infrastructure Support
5 28 (17.07%) IT Support
6 24 (14.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 24 (14.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 23 (14.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (11.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 18 (10.98%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (9.15%) Coordinator
10 15 (9.15%) Help Desk Coordinator
11 13 (7.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (7.93%) Administrator
11 13 (7.93%) Senior
12 11 (6.71%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (5.49%) Analyst
14 8 (4.88%) Virtualisation Engineer
15 7 (4.27%) Systems Administrator
16 6 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.88%) Middleware
2 6 (3.66%) SAML
3 3 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.83%) LDAP
4 1 (0.61%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.61%) REST
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.61%) SAP XI
4 1 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.24%) Clustering
2 23 (14.02%) Replication
3 16 (9.76%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (7.32%) Driving Licence
5 11 (6.71%) CCTV
5 11 (6.71%) Data Centre
6 9 (5.49%) Blackberry
7 7 (4.27%) PKI
8 6 (3.66%) Enterprise Storage
8 6 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.44%) Hedge funds
9 4 (2.44%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.44%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.22%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.22%) HP Storage
11 2 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 125 (76.22%) Windows
2 73 (44.51%) Windows Server
3 39 (23.78%) Linux
4 22 (13.41%) Windows 10
5 14 (8.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (8.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (4.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.83%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.22%) CentOS
9 2 (1.22%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.22%) Solaris
9 2 (1.22%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.22%) Unix
9 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.61%) AIX
10 1 (0.61%) Android
10 1 (0.61%) Debian
10 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.80%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (31.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (24.39%) High Availability
3 40 (24.39%) Virtual Environments
4 31 (18.90%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (14.63%) Computer Science
5 24 (14.63%) ITIL
6 23 (14.02%) Time Management
7 19 (11.59%) Kalman Filter
8 18 (10.98%) ERP
9 17 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (9.76%) Customer Service
11 15 (9.15%) Server Building
12 14 (8.54%) Agile
12 14 (8.54%) IT Strategy
12 14 (8.54%) Patch Management
13 13 (7.93%) Antivirus Management
14 12 (7.32%) Mentoring
14 12 (7.32%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.10%) PowerShell
2 39 (23.78%) SQL
3 7 (4.27%) Python
4 5 (3.05%) Java
5 3 (1.83%) C#
6 2 (1.22%) Bash
6 2 (1.22%) Korn
7 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (26.83%) Degree
2 43 (26.22%) Security Cleared
3 23 (14.02%) DV Cleared
4 21 (12.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (10.98%) SC Cleared
6 16 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (8.54%) Azure Certification
7 14 (8.54%) CCNA
7 14 (8.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (8.54%) HND
8 7 (4.27%) CCNP
9 3 (1.83%) MCSE
10 2 (1.22%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.22%) CISSP
10 2 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.22%) HNC
10 2 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.71%) SLA
2 10 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (6.10%) GDPR
3 7 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 103 (62.80%) Active Directory
2 93 (56.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (37.20%) Hyper-V
4 27 (16.46%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (10.98%) vSphere
6 16 (9.76%) Docker
7 7 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (3.66%) Terminal Services
8 6 (3.66%) VMware NSX
9 4 (2.44%) KVM
10 2 (1.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (1.22%) Firmware
10 2 (1.22%) NFS
10 2 (1.22%) PowerHA
10 2 (1.22%) SRDF
10 2 (1.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.22%) Xen
10 2 (1.22%) XenApp
11 1 (0.61%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (10.37%) Kubernetes
3 16 (9.76%) Ansible
4 13 (7.93%) SCCM
5 11 (6.71%) Terraform
6 10 (6.10%) Puppet
7 7 (4.27%) vCenter Server
7 7 (4.27%) vRealize
8 6 (3.66%) PowerCLI
8 6 (3.66%) Progress Chef
8 6 (3.66%) vMotion
9 5 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.83%) Autotask
10 3 (1.83%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (1.83%) Grafana
10 3 (1.83%) Nessus
11 2 (1.22%) Control-M
11 2 (1.22%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.22%) SCOM
11 2 (1.22%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 132 (80.49%) Microsoft
2 122 (74.39%) VMware
3 41 (25.00%) Veeam
4 30 (18.29%) Cisco
5 21 (12.80%) HP
6 17 (10.37%) Dell
7 15 (9.15%) NetApp
8 11 (6.71%) Google
9 10 (6.10%) Oracle
10 9 (5.49%) Citrix
11 8 (4.88%) EMC
11 8 (4.88%) IBM
11 8 (4.88%) Sophos
12 7 (4.27%) Nimble Storage
13 5 (3.05%) arcserve
13 5 (3.05%) McAfee
13 5 (3.05%) Red Hat
14 4 (2.44%) Aruba
14 4 (2.44%) Meraki
15 3 (1.83%) Splunk