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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 325 246
Rank change year-on-year -86 -79 +144
Permanent jobs citing SAN 159 558 834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.76% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.32% 5.71% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 129 492 426
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 £53,188
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,400
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.86% -1.22%

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 6,855 9,775 10,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.67% 13.32% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,175 7,096 4,679
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,742 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% -2.80% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

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 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 27 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 +42 57 £41,500 -17.00% 28
North of England -54 45 £50,000 +17.65% 30
South West +62 23 £36,500 -27.00% 13
Yorkshire +22 23 £35,000 -21.35% 12
Midlands -48 16 £50,000 +25.00% 18
East of England -3 13 £52,500 +20.69% 13
North West -41 13 £62,205 +21.11% 15
North East +21 9 £60,000 +84.62% 3
East Midlands -16 9 £50,000 +12.36% 8
West Midlands +11 7 £39,000 +2.63% 10
Scotland +97 2 £31,500 -33.68% 9
Wales +17 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 (38.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.81%) Exchange Server 2013
3 12 (7.55%) SharePoint
4 11 (6.92%) Skype for Business
5 8 (5.03%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (3.77%) IIS
7 4 (2.52%) Confluence
8 2 (1.26%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.26%) WebSphere
8 2 (1.26%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.63%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.63%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.63%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (9.43%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 79 (49.69%) Azure
2 43 (27.04%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (18.24%) AWS
4 12 (7.55%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.29%) GCP
6 8 (5.03%) Cohesity
7 7 (4.40%) IaaS
8 5 (3.14%) Nutanix
9 4 (2.52%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.26%) GitHub
10 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.26%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.26%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.26%) SaaS
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (39.62%) NAS
2 60 (37.74%) Firewall
3 38 (23.90%) DNS
4 33 (20.75%) DHCP
5 22 (13.84%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (12.58%) VLAN
7 17 (10.69%) WAN
8 16 (10.06%) LAN
9 15 (9.43%) VPN
9 15 (9.43%) VSAN
10 12 (7.55%) iSCSI
10 12 (7.55%) VoIP
11 11 (6.92%) TCP/IP
12 10 (6.29%) MPLS
12 10 (6.29%) Remote Desktop
12 10 (6.29%) Skype
13 8 (5.03%) IMAP
13 8 (5.03%) SMTP
14 7 (4.40%) IP Telephony
14 7 (4.40%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.14%) DB2
3 5 (3.14%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.52%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.89%) Power BI
6 2 (1.26%) Big Data
6 2 (1.26%) MySQL
6 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.14%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.52%) JIRA
3 3 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.26%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.26%) Git
4 2 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.26%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.26%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.63%) Maven
5 1 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 53 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.58%) Finance
3 19 (11.95%) Manufacturing
4 15 (9.43%) Legal
5 11 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.66%) Advertising
6 9 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Games
7 7 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.14%) Banking
8 5 (3.14%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.52%) Law
10 2 (1.26%) Billing
10 2 (1.26%) Local Government
10 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Aviation
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (32.70%) Support Engineer
2 43 (27.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (19.50%) IT Engineer
4 27 (16.98%) Infrastructure Support
5 25 (15.72%) IT Support
6 22 (13.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 21 (13.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (13.21%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (11.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 17 (10.69%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (9.43%) Coordinator
10 15 (9.43%) Help Desk Coordinator
11 13 (8.18%) Administrator
12 12 (7.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (6.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 10 (6.29%) Senior
15 9 (5.66%) Analyst
16 8 (5.03%) Messaging Engineer
16 8 (5.03%) Virtualisation Engineer
17 7 (4.40%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.03%) Middleware
2 5 (3.14%) SAML
3 3 (1.89%) LDAP
4 2 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.63%) REST
5 1 (0.63%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.63%) SAP XI
5 1 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.72%) Clustering
2 23 (14.47%) Replication
3 15 (9.43%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (7.55%) Blackberry
5 11 (6.92%) CCTV
6 10 (6.29%) Data Centre
6 10 (6.29%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.77%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.77%) PKI
8 4 (2.52%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.52%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.26%) HP Storage
10 2 (1.26%) LPAR
10 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (74.21%) Windows
2 68 (42.77%) Windows Server
3 32 (20.13%) Linux
4 21 (13.21%) Windows 10
5 14 (8.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (8.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (4.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.26%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.26%) CentOS
9 2 (1.26%) Solaris
9 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.63%) AIX
10 1 (0.63%) Android
10 1 (0.63%) Debian
10 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.63%) Unix
10 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (30.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (24.53%) High Availability
3 39 (24.53%) Virtual Environments
4 30 (18.87%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (13.84%) Computer Science
5 22 (13.84%) ITIL
6 21 (13.21%) Time Management
7 18 (11.32%) ERP
7 18 (11.32%) Kalman Filter
8 16 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (9.43%) Customer Service
9 15 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (9.43%) Server Building
10 13 (8.18%) IT Strategy
10 13 (8.18%) Patch Management
11 12 (7.55%) Agile
11 12 (7.55%) Antivirus Management
12 11 (6.92%) Business Continuity
12 11 (6.92%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.93%) PowerShell
2 37 (23.27%) SQL
3 6 (3.77%) Python
4 4 (2.52%) Java
5 2 (1.26%) C#
6 1 (0.63%) Bash
6 1 (0.63%) Korn
6 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.79%) Degree
3 22 (13.84%) DV Cleared
4 21 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 21 (13.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (8.81%) Azure Certification
6 14 (8.81%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (8.18%) HND
8 12 (7.55%) CCNA
8 12 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.40%) CCNP
10 3 (1.89%) MCSE
11 2 (1.26%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.26%) CISSP
11 2 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.26%) HNC
11 2 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.92%) SLA
2 9 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.66%) GDPR
3 6 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.26%) QA
System Software
1 100 (62.89%) Active Directory
2 89 (55.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (35.22%) Hyper-V
4 27 (16.98%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (9.43%) vSphere
6 14 (8.81%) Docker
7 11 (6.92%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (3.77%) Terminal Services
8 6 (3.77%) VMware NSX
9 4 (2.52%) KVM
10 2 (1.26%) Firmware
10 2 (1.26%) NFS
10 2 (1.26%) PowerHA
10 2 (1.26%) SRDF
10 2 (1.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.26%) Xen
11 1 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.63%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (13.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.81%) Ansible
4 10 (6.29%) Puppet
4 10 (6.29%) SCCM
4 10 (6.29%) Terraform
5 7 (4.40%) vCenter Server
5 7 (4.40%) vRealize
6 6 (3.77%) PowerCLI
6 6 (3.77%) Progress Chef
6 6 (3.77%) vMotion
7 5 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.26%) Autotask
8 2 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.26%) Grafana
8 2 (1.26%) Nessus
8 2 (1.26%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.26%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.26%) SCSM
Vendors
1 129 (81.13%) Microsoft
2 121 (76.10%) VMware
3 39 (24.53%) Veeam
4 27 (16.98%) Cisco
5 19 (11.95%) HP
5 19 (11.95%) NetApp
6 14 (8.81%) Dell
7 10 (6.29%) Oracle
8 9 (5.66%) Google
9 8 (5.03%) Citrix
9 8 (5.03%) IBM
10 7 (4.40%) EMC
10 7 (4.40%) Nimble Storage
10 7 (4.40%) Sophos
11 5 (3.14%) arcserve
12 4 (2.52%) McAfee
12 4 (2.52%) Meraki
12 4 (2.52%) Red Hat
13 3 (1.89%) Aruba
14 2 (1.26%) F5