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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 650 844
Rank change year-on-year +52 +194 +36
Permanent jobs citing NAS 183 114 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 1.27% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 110 105 277
10th Percentile £36,175 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £63,000 £58,044
90th Percentile £96,000 £77,500 £69,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +35.00% +6.67% -6.25%

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 10,167 8,963 17,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 15.08% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,750 10,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,768 £28,528
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,800 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 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 +40 182 £54,000 +10.57% 38
UK excluding London +28 141 £54,000 +35.00% 23
Work from Home +45 62 £54,000 +20.00% 68
South East +10 49 £47,500 +18.75% 8
East of England -2 44 £54,000 +54.29% 3
London +5 40 £95,000 +52.00% 13
North of England -12 28 £60,000 +71.43% 6
Yorkshire - 23 £61,875 - 3
Midlands -23 13 £45,000 +5.88% 7
West Midlands -32 7 £47,500 -13.64% 5
South West -13 6 £52,500 -2.78% 1
East Midlands -21 6 £42,500 +30.77% 2
North West -24 4 £36,000 +10.77% 3
Wales +34 1 £45,000 +4.19%
North East -32 1 £37,500 -9.28%

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 45 (24.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (14.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.09%) nginx
4 1 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 72 (39.34%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (36.07%) Azure
3 31 (16.94%) Entra ID
4 23 (12.57%) AWS
5 15 (8.20%) OneDrive
6 11 (6.01%) GCP
7 8 (4.37%) Nutanix
7 8 (4.37%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.37%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.83%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.83%) SaaS
9 4 (2.19%) Dropbox
10 3 (1.64%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.64%) Rubrik
11 2 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.09%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.09%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 134 (73.22%) SAN
2 56 (30.60%) Firewall
3 44 (24.04%) LAN
4 42 (22.95%) WAN
5 36 (19.67%) Fibre Channel
6 34 (18.58%) DNS
7 21 (11.48%) DHCP
8 19 (10.38%) TCP/IP
8 19 (10.38%) VLAN
8 19 (10.38%) VPN
9 17 (9.29%) iSCSI
10 16 (8.74%) SNMP
11 14 (7.65%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (6.56%) Wireless
13 8 (4.37%) SSL
14 7 (3.83%) VoIP
15 5 (2.73%) BGP
15 5 (2.73%) Skype
16 4 (2.19%) MPLS
16 4 (2.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.56%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (20.22%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.01%) Finance
3 11 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (5.46%) Law
5 7 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.73%) Military
7 4 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.19%) Local Government
8 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.55%) Banking
9 1 (0.55%) Games
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Publishing
9 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (25.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (22.95%) Lead
3 34 (18.58%) IT Engineer
4 26 (14.21%) Team Leader
5 25 (13.66%) Support Team Leader
6 22 (12.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (10.93%) Administrator
8 19 (10.38%) Linux Engineer
9 15 (8.20%) IT Support
9 15 (8.20%) Storage Engineer
9 15 (8.20%) Support Engineer
10 14 (7.65%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 14 (7.65%) Senior
11 11 (6.01%) Storage Administrator
12 10 (5.46%) Analyst
12 10 (5.46%) Principal Engineer
13 9 (4.92%) Systems Administrator
14 8 (4.37%) Infrastructure Support
14 8 (4.37%) IT Analyst
14 8 (4.37%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.19%) Web Services
2 3 (1.64%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.64%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.85%) Clustering
2 16 (8.74%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.74%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (7.10%) Replication
4 10 (5.46%) Blackberry
5 9 (4.92%) Public Cloud
6 8 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.73%) Fat Client
7 5 (2.73%) PKI
7 5 (2.73%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.73%) Thin Client
8 4 (2.19%) FPGA
8 4 (2.19%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.64%) CCTV
9 3 (1.64%) CMDB
9 3 (1.64%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.64%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 108 (59.02%) Windows
2 79 (43.17%) Windows Server
3 76 (41.53%) Linux
4 14 (7.65%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.01%) Mac OS
6 8 (4.37%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (4.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.73%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.19%) Android
8 4 (2.19%) CentOS
8 4 (2.19%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.19%) Unix
9 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.55%) VMS
10 1 (0.55%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (22.40%) Disaster Recovery
2 41 (22.40%) Mentoring
3 33 (18.03%) Storage Management
4 32 (17.49%) Infrastructure Management
5 31 (16.94%) Capacity Planning
6 28 (15.30%) Asset Management
7 25 (13.66%) Migration
8 24 (13.11%) Kalman Filter
9 23 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (10.38%) High Availability
12 18 (9.84%) Computer Science
12 18 (9.84%) ITIL
12 18 (9.84%) Mobile Device Management
12 18 (9.84%) Virtual Environments
13 17 (9.29%) Presales
14 16 (8.74%) Server Building
14 16 (8.74%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.51%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.93%) Bash
3 14 (7.65%) SQL
4 12 (6.56%) Python
5 4 (2.19%) Java
6 3 (1.64%) Perl
7 1 (0.55%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (13.11%) Degree
2 16 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (6.01%) Azure Certification
4 10 (5.46%) HND
5 8 (4.37%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.28%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.28%) MCSA
6 6 (3.28%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.19%) CISSP
8 3 (1.64%) CCNA
8 3 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.64%) CISM
8 3 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.09%) MCP
10 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.55%) PMP
10 1 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (7.10%) PCI DSS
2 13 (7.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (4.92%) SLA
4 6 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (2.73%) NIST
5 5 (2.73%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (44.26%) Active Directory
2 73 (39.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (29.51%) Hyper-V
4 23 (12.57%) vSphere
5 17 (9.29%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (6.01%) NFS
7 8 (4.37%) Terminal Server
8 6 (3.28%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.64%) Docker
9 3 (1.64%) pfSense
9 3 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.09%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (11.48%) vCenter Server
2 18 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (7.10%) EMC VPLEX
4 12 (6.56%) SCCM
5 8 (4.37%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (3.83%) Ansible
7 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 4 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (2.19%) Kubernetes
8 4 (2.19%) NetBackup
8 4 (2.19%) Terraform
9 3 (1.64%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.09%) Avamar
10 2 (1.09%) Grafana
10 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.09%) Puppet
10 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 1 (0.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 99 (54.10%) Microsoft
2 98 (53.55%) VMware
3 37 (20.22%) Veeam
4 21 (11.48%) Cisco
5 17 (9.29%) HP
6 15 (8.20%) EMC
7 12 (6.56%) Dell
8 11 (6.01%) Citrix
8 11 (6.01%) Extreme Networks
9 10 (5.46%) Juniper
9 10 (5.46%) McAfee
10 9 (4.92%) Synology
11 8 (4.37%) Google
11 8 (4.37%) WatchGuard
12 7 (3.83%) Apple
13 6 (3.28%) Aruba
13 6 (3.28%) Commvault
13 6 (3.28%) Oracle
13 6 (3.28%) Red Hat
13 6 (3.28%) Sophos