Fibre Channel (FC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Fibre Channel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fibre Channel 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 850 886 1115
Rank change year-on-year +36 +229 -284
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Channel 46 84 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.080% 0.076%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.34% 0.52% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 30 65 99
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -13.27% +22.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £62,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +21.76% - +11.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Fibre Channel 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

Fibre Channel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fibre Channel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Channel in the UK

Fibre Channel
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fibre Channel.

Salary trend for Fibre Channel in the UK

Fibre Channel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fibre Channel over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Fibre Channel in the UK

Fibre Channel
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Channel within the UK 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
England +83 46 £52,500 +23.53% 14
UK excluding London -20 33 £51,750 +21.76% 14
Work from Home +56 15 £58,000 +16.00% 5
London +132 13 £55,001 -4.35% 2
West Midlands +27 12 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Midlands +4 12 £57,500 - 7
South West - 12 £51,000 - 1
South East +16 9 £52,500 +26.51% 4

Fibre Channel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (41.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (34.78%) SharePoint
3 14 (30.43%) IIS
4 10 (21.74%) WordPress
5 3 (6.52%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (6.52%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 27 (58.70%) Azure
2 23 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (34.78%) OneDrive
4 8 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 8 (17.39%) IaaS
5 4 (8.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (8.70%) Azure Storage
5 4 (8.70%) Nutanix
6 3 (6.52%) Dropbox
6 3 (6.52%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 31 (67.39%) DNS
2 29 (63.04%) iSCSI
3 28 (60.87%) SAN
4 21 (45.65%) Firewall
5 18 (39.13%) DHCP
6 16 (34.78%) Wireless
7 15 (32.61%) WAN
8 12 (26.09%) NAS
8 12 (26.09%) VPN
9 11 (23.91%) LAN
10 8 (17.39%) TCP/IP
11 6 (13.04%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (13.04%) SD-WAN
12 4 (8.70%) NetScaler
12 4 (8.70%) SNMP
13 3 (6.52%) Internet
13 3 (6.52%) VoIP
13 3 (6.52%) WebEx
14 2 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (4.35%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.04%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (6.52%) Big Data
3 3 (6.52%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.87%) Finance
4 3 (6.52%) Legal
5 2 (4.35%) Law
5 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (23.91%) Network Engineer
3 10 (21.74%) Storage Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Backup Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Storage and Backup Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Administrator
5 7 (15.22%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Senior
7 4 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (8.70%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (8.70%) IT Manager
7 4 (8.70%) Server Administrator
7 4 (8.70%) Support Technician
7 4 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.74%) LAMP
2 4 (8.70%) ARM Templates
3 2 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (52.17%) Replication
2 11 (23.91%) Data Centre
3 10 (21.74%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (17.39%) EMC VNX
4 8 (17.39%) PKI
5 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
5 5 (10.87%) Onboarding
6 4 (8.70%) Clustering
7 3 (6.52%) Cybercrime
7 3 (6.52%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (4.35%) Driving Licence
8 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (84.78%) Windows
2 25 (54.35%) Windows Server
3 24 (52.17%) Linux
4 14 (30.43%) Ubuntu
4 14 (30.43%) VMS
4 14 (30.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (30.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (8.70%) CentOS
5 4 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (8.70%) Windows 10
6 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.17%) Solaris
7 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (30.43%) ITIL
4 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (21.74%) Mentoring
4 10 (21.74%) Project Delivery
5 8 (17.39%) Information Security
5 8 (17.39%) Project Management
6 6 (13.04%) Load Balancing
6 6 (13.04%) Logistics
6 6 (13.04%) Network Design
7 5 (10.87%) Computer Science
8 4 (8.70%) Change Control
8 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.70%) Data Centre Operations
8 4 (8.70%) Line Management
8 4 (8.70%) Patch Management
8 4 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (8.70%) Problem Management
8 4 (8.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (43.48%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.04%) Bash
3 4 (8.70%) SQL
4 2 (4.35%) Python
5 1 (2.17%) AWK
5 1 (2.17%) Bourne shell
5 1 (2.17%) Korn
5 1 (2.17%) Perl
5 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (26.09%) Degree
2 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
2 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.70%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.70%) DBS Check
3 4 (8.70%) MCSE
3 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.35%) CCNA
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.17%) RHCE
5 1 (2.17%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 31 (67.39%) Active Directory
2 23 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (36.96%) vSphere
4 16 (34.78%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 4 (8.70%) pfSense
5 4 (8.70%) Terminal Services
5 4 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (8.70%) VMware NSX
5 4 (8.70%) VMware Server
6 2 (4.35%) Firmware
6 2 (4.35%) NFS
6 2 (4.35%) Terminal Server
6 2 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (34.78%) SCCM
1 16 (34.78%) vCenter Server
2 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (21.74%) Nagios
4 8 (17.39%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (17.39%) ZABBIX
5 6 (13.04%) SCOM
6 4 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (8.70%) PowerCLI
6 4 (8.70%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (8.70%) vRealize
6 4 (8.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (6.52%) Ansible
8 2 (4.35%) HP SIM
8 2 (4.35%) SCOrch
8 2 (4.35%) WSUS
9 1 (2.17%) NetBackup
9 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (2.17%) yum
Vendors
1 33 (71.74%) Microsoft
1 33 (71.74%) VMware
2 24 (52.17%) Veeam
3 18 (39.13%) Brocade
4 14 (30.43%) Zerto
5 10 (21.74%) Aruba
5 10 (21.74%) Palo Alto
5 10 (21.74%) ProCurve
5 10 (21.74%) SolarWinds
5 10 (21.74%) Synology
6 9 (19.57%) EMC
7 8 (17.39%) Cisco
7 8 (17.39%) NetApp
8 7 (15.22%) 3PAR
9 4 (8.70%) BroadSoft
9 4 (8.70%) Citrix
9 4 (8.70%) Dell Compellent
9 4 (8.70%) Nimble Storage
9 4 (8.70%) QNAP
9 4 (8.70%) Ubiquiti