Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring NAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NAS over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 649 663 717
Rank change year-on-year +14 +54 +269
Permanent jobs citing NAS 86 229 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.71% 1.76% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 69 210 161
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,900 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £48,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +21.88% -20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year -5.56% +22.45% -8.13%

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 12,109 12,990 13,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.16% 12.59% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 5,767 8,732 7,625
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year -30.53% -7.50% -2.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £44,132 £45,000
% change year-on-year -33.15% -1.93% -5.26%

NAS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NAS in the UK

NAS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NAS.

Salary trend for NAS in the UK

NAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NAS over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 15 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 16 July 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 +15 79 £46,500 -7.00% 51
UK excluding London +54 72 £42,500 -5.56% 40
South East +61 39 £45,000 -5.26% 18
Work from Home +57 23 £40,000 -20.00% 23
North of England +20 19 £49,853 -2.94% 5
London +71 10 £73,750 +34.09% 15
Yorkshire +19 9 £52,500 -16.00% 2
North West +6 8 £67,098 +106.46% 2
Scotland +85 4 £37,500 -11.76% 1
South West +74 4 £31,000 -38.00% 5
Midlands +65 3 £50,000 +11.11% 7
West Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 6
North East +41 2 £37,500 -14.77% 1
Wales +28 2 £42,500 +6.25%
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 - 1

NAS
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 28 (32.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.49%) JOnAS
3 3 (3.49%) nginx
4 2 (2.33%) Confluence
4 2 (2.33%) IIS
5 1 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.16%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.16%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (50.00%) Azure
2 21 (24.42%) AWS
3 19 (22.09%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (10.47%) GCP
5 8 (9.30%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.98%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (5.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (5.81%) OpenShift
8 4 (4.65%) Power Platform
9 3 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.33%) IaaS
10 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.33%) Nutanix
10 2 (2.33%) PaaS
10 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 77 (89.53%) SAN
2 30 (34.88%) Firewall
3 24 (27.91%) DNS
4 20 (23.26%) DHCP
5 10 (11.63%) VLAN
5 10 (11.63%) VPN
5 10 (11.63%) VSAN
6 9 (10.47%) iSCSI
7 8 (9.30%) SNMP
8 6 (6.98%) TCP/IP
9 5 (5.81%) IP Telephony
9 5 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (4.65%) WAN
11 3 (3.49%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (3.49%) Internet
11 3 (3.49%) Network Security
11 3 (3.49%) Wireshark
12 2 (2.33%) LAN
12 2 (2.33%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.65%) MongoDB
2 4 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.49%) Power BI
4 2 (2.33%) Big Data
5 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.16%) MySQL
5 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.16%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.16%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.95%) Finance
3 9 (10.47%) Telecoms
4 8 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.98%) Banking
5 6 (6.98%) Games
6 4 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.16%) Military
9 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (43.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (41.86%) Support Engineer
3 24 (27.91%) IT Engineer
4 22 (25.58%) Infrastructure Support
4 22 (25.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 21 (24.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 21 (24.42%) IT Support
6 17 (19.77%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Senior
8 7 (8.14%) Support Specialist
9 6 (6.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 6 (6.98%) VMware Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) VMware Specialist
9 6 (6.98%) VMware Support Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Administrator
10 5 (5.81%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.98%) Middleware
2 1 (1.16%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.16%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.16%) LAMP
2 1 (1.16%) LDAP
2 1 (1.16%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.16%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.42%) Clustering
2 13 (15.12%) Replication
3 9 (10.47%) Data Centre
3 9 (10.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (5.81%) Blackberry
4 5 (5.81%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.33%) PKI
7 1 (1.16%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.16%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (72.09%) Windows
2 29 (33.72%) Windows Server
3 24 (27.91%) Linux
4 8 (9.30%) Windows 10
5 7 (8.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.65%) Windows 7
6 4 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.49%) VMS
8 1 (1.16%) Solaris
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (46.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (39.53%) Disaster Recovery
3 32 (37.21%) High Availability
4 31 (36.05%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (29.07%) Virtual Environments
6 18 (20.93%) Computer Science
6 18 (20.93%) Kalman Filter
7 16 (18.60%) IT Strategy
8 14 (16.28%) Antivirus Management
8 14 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (15.12%) Server Building
10 12 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (13.95%) Patch Management
10 12 (13.95%) Web Filtering
11 11 (12.79%) Agile
11 11 (12.79%) Incident Management
11 11 (12.79%) Storage Management
12 9 (10.47%) Mentoring
12 9 (10.47%) Mobile Device Management
12 9 (10.47%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (46.51%) PowerShell
2 12 (13.95%) SQL
3 7 (8.14%) Python
4 5 (5.81%) Bash
5 1 (1.16%) Java
5 1 (1.16%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (36.05%) Degree
2 28 (32.56%) Security Cleared
3 18 (20.93%) DV Cleared
4 16 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (16.28%) HND
6 13 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (10.47%) SC Cleared
9 8 (9.30%) Azure Certification
10 5 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (4.65%) CCNA
12 2 (2.33%) CCNP
12 2 (2.33%) HNC
12 2 (2.33%) MCSA
12 2 (2.33%) MCSE
12 2 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (1.16%) A+ Certification
13 1 (1.16%) HP ASE
13 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (1.16%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.47%) GDPR
2 6 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.33%) NIST
4 1 (1.16%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (63.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 54 (62.79%) Active Directory
3 30 (34.88%) Hyper-V
4 19 (22.09%) Docker
5 15 (17.44%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (12.79%) vSphere
7 7 (8.14%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (4.65%) VMware NSX
9 2 (2.33%) Firmware
10 1 (1.16%) KVM
10 1 (1.16%) NFS
10 1 (1.16%) SRDF
10 1 (1.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (1.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (22.09%) Kubernetes
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (13.95%) Ansible
4 11 (12.79%) Terraform
5 10 (11.63%) vCenter Server
6 7 (8.14%) Puppet
7 6 (6.98%) PowerCLI
7 6 (6.98%) vMotion
7 6 (6.98%) vRealize
8 4 (4.65%) Progress Chef
9 3 (3.49%) Grafana
9 3 (3.49%) HAProxy
9 3 (3.49%) Istio
9 3 (3.49%) linkerd
9 3 (3.49%) PaperCut
9 3 (3.49%) Prometheus
10 1 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (1.16%) Podman
10 1 (1.16%) QRadar
10 1 (1.16%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (76.74%) VMware
2 63 (73.26%) Microsoft
3 22 (25.58%) Veeam
4 19 (22.09%) Cisco
5 10 (11.63%) Google
5 10 (11.63%) Oracle
5 10 (11.63%) Red Hat
6 8 (9.30%) HP
7 7 (8.14%) NetApp
8 6 (6.98%) Citrix
8 6 (6.98%) Splunk
9 5 (5.81%) EMC
9 5 (5.81%) McAfee
9 5 (5.81%) SAP
10 4 (4.65%) F5
10 4 (4.65%) Sophos
11 3 (3.49%) arcserve
11 3 (3.49%) Dell
11 3 (3.49%) Sage
11 3 (3.49%) ServiceNow