NAS Job Trends

Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring NAS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 570 597
Rank change year-on-year -15 +27 +200
Permanent jobs citing NAS 47 172 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 2.17% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 35 99 110
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,400 £32,375
25th Percentile £31,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £54,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +15.51% +12.65%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £118,000 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +27.06% +13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NAS 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,327 7,930 7,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.54% 12.12% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,091 4,091 6,418
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,050 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.31% +6.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%

NAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NAS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NAS job vacancy trend in the UK

NAS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NAS

NAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NAS over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 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
England -18 46 £48,000 -11.11% 34
UK excluding London -18 27 £46,000 -14.81% 34
London +49 18 £88,750 -11.25% 4
South East +13 10 £47,750 +3.24% 21
Work from Home +46 8 £50,000 -7.41% 15
South West +35 8 £31,000 -41.51% 1
Midlands +44 6 £50,000 +17.65% 3
West Midlands +50 5 £50,000 +17.65% 3
North West +48 2 £36,500 -12.05% 3
North of England +28 2 £36,500 -34.53% 8
East Midlands +20 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - - 1

NAS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.38%) nginx
2 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.26%) Apache
4 1 (2.13%) IIS
4 1 (2.13%) JOnAS
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (61.70%) Azure
2 20 (42.55%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (19.15%) Entra ID
4 8 (17.02%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (12.77%) Rubrik
6 5 (10.64%) AWS
7 4 (8.51%) GCP
8 3 (6.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (6.38%) IaaS
8 3 (6.38%) OpenShift
8 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
9 2 (4.26%) Amazon S3
9 2 (4.26%) PowerApps
10 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (80.85%) SAN
2 21 (44.68%) Firewall
3 19 (40.43%) DNS
3 19 (40.43%) VLAN
4 18 (38.30%) DHCP
5 12 (25.53%) TCP/IP
6 9 (19.15%) VPN
7 7 (14.89%) Wireless
8 5 (10.64%) WAN
9 4 (8.51%) LAN
9 4 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (6.38%) Internet
10 3 (6.38%) iSCSI
10 3 (6.38%) SD-WAN
10 3 (6.38%) SNMP
11 2 (4.26%) Broadband
11 2 (4.26%) VSAN
12 1 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (2.13%) Network Security
12 1 (2.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (6.38%) Power BI
3 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Git
General
1 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Finance
3 6 (12.77%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.64%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Advertising
6 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Retail
7 1 (2.13%) Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.13%) Marketing
7 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) IT Support
2 10 (21.28%) Storage Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (10.64%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (10.64%) Administrator
3 5 (10.64%) IT Administrator
3 5 (10.64%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Backup Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Storage and Backup Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Systems Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (4.26%) IT Technician
6 2 (4.26%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) .NET
1 2 (4.26%) LDAP
2 1 (2.13%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.64%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.38%) CCTV
4 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.38%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.38%) Replication
5 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (4.26%) FPGA
6 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.13%) EMC VNX
6 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.13%) SCADA
6 1 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) Windows
2 14 (29.79%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (12.77%) Linux
5 5 (10.64%) Mac OS
6 3 (6.38%) Android
6 3 (6.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (4.26%) CentOS
7 2 (4.26%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (2.13%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.13%) Unix
8 1 (2.13%) VMS
8 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Disaster Recovery
2 18 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (34.04%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (34.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (19.15%) Agile
4 9 (19.15%) Business Continuity
4 9 (19.15%) Storage Management
5 8 (17.02%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (17.02%) High Availability
5 8 (17.02%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 6 (12.77%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (12.77%) Dashboard Development
6 6 (12.77%) Data Protection
6 6 (12.77%) Incident Management
6 6 (12.77%) Migration
6 6 (12.77%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (12.77%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (12.77%) Sprint Planning
6 6 (12.77%) Sprint Retrospective
7 5 (10.64%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) PowerShell
2 15 (31.91%) Python
3 4 (8.51%) Bash
3 4 (8.51%) SQL
4 2 (4.26%) C#
4 2 (4.26%) Java
4 2 (4.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
2 3 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (4.26%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.26%) CCNP
3 2 (4.26%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.13%) CCNA
4 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.13%) Degree
4 1 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.13%) MCSA
4 1 (2.13%) MCSE
4 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.13%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (51.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (40.43%) Active Directory
3 12 (25.53%) Hyper-V
3 12 (25.53%) vSphere
4 11 (23.40%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (14.89%) Docker
6 5 (10.64%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (4.26%) Firmware
8 1 (2.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 13 (27.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (23.40%) Ansible
3 6 (12.77%) Avamar
3 6 (12.77%) Kubernetes
4 5 (10.64%) PaperCut
5 4 (8.51%) Terraform
6 3 (6.38%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (6.38%) vCenter Server
7 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 2 (4.26%) SCCM
7 2 (4.26%) SCOM
8 1 (2.13%) AirWatch
8 1 (2.13%) FortiGate
8 1 (2.13%) Grafana
8 1 (2.13%) HAProxy
8 1 (2.13%) Istio
8 1 (2.13%) linkerd
8 1 (2.13%) Podman
8 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
8 1 (2.13%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 30 (63.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (53.19%) VMware
3 13 (27.66%) Veeam
4 12 (25.53%) Cisco
5 9 (19.15%) Dell
5 9 (19.15%) NetApp
5 9 (19.15%) Palo Alto
6 7 (14.89%) Datto
6 7 (14.89%) Pure Storage
6 7 (14.89%) Red Hat
7 6 (12.77%) LogicMonitor
8 5 (10.64%) Oracle
9 3 (6.38%) Adobe
9 3 (6.38%) SolarWinds
9 3 (6.38%) Splunk
9 3 (6.38%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (4.26%) HP
10 2 (4.26%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (4.26%) Tenable
10 2 (4.26%) Zscaler