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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 730 586 651
Rank change year-on-year -144 +65 +20
Permanent jobs citing NAS 48 85 181
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 1.17% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 34 68 164
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68,438 £58,750 £64,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% -11.11% +22.45%

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 7,341 7,263 10,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.22% 14.73% 12.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,730 4,166 7,117
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £48,839
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.98% -5.30%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -

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 28 July 2026.

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 28 July 2026. 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 -96 48 £53,750 +16.85% 23
UK excluding London -110 39 £52,500 +31.25% 17
South East -30 21 £50,000 +11.11% 7
London -43 9 £58,750 -20.34% 6
North of England -42 7 £57,500 +64.29% 6
Yorkshire -40 6 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Work from Home -41 5 £66,750 +66.88% 4
East of England - 5 £32,500 - 2
South West -60 4 £62,500 +101.61%
West Midlands -18 2 £60,750 +21.50% 1
Midlands -38 2 £60,750 +21.50% 1
North West +1 1 - - 4

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 7 (14.58%) IIS
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (8.33%) SAS
4 2 (4.17%) Site Server
5 1 (2.08%) Confluence
5 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (47.92%) Azure
2 15 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (25.00%) AWS
4 6 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.25%) Mimecast
5 3 (6.25%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.17%) GCP
6 2 (4.17%) IaaS
6 2 (4.17%) PaaS
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (70.83%) SAN
2 24 (50.00%) DNS
3 18 (37.50%) Firewall
4 16 (33.33%) DHCP
5 10 (20.83%) WAN
6 9 (18.75%) LAN
7 8 (16.67%) NetScaler
7 8 (16.67%) TCP/IP
7 8 (16.67%) Wireshark
8 7 (14.58%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (8.33%) Kerberos
9 4 (8.33%) VLAN
9 4 (8.33%) VoIP
9 4 (8.33%) VPN
10 3 (6.25%) Wireless
11 2 (4.17%) iSCSI
12 1 (2.08%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (2.08%) IP Telephony
12 1 (2.08%) Network Security
12 1 (2.08%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.58%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.25%) Power BI
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) Git
General
1 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.08%) Banking
5 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.08%) Retail
5 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (20.83%) IT Support
3 7 (14.58%) Architect
3 7 (14.58%) IT Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Senior
3 7 (14.58%) Support Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) Applications Architect
4 6 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Lead
6 4 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) Administrator
7 3 (6.25%) Applications Support
7 3 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.17%) Design Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Storage Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) Regular Expression
1 4 (8.33%) XMPP
2 1 (2.08%) HTML
2 1 (2.08%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) PKI
2 7 (14.58%) Data Centre
2 7 (14.58%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (14.58%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (10.42%) Enterprise Storage
3 5 (10.42%) Replication
4 4 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (8.33%) Cloud Native
5 3 (6.25%) Clustering
5 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.08%) CCTV
6 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (81.25%) Windows
2 36 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 20 (41.67%) Linux
4 9 (18.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (10.42%) Ubuntu
6 4 (8.33%) Windows 10
6 4 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (6.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.08%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (35.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.83%) Service Delivery
5 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 9 (18.75%) Validation
6 8 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
7 7 (14.58%) Antivirus Management
7 7 (14.58%) High Availability
8 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.50%) DevOps
8 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
8 6 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (12.50%) SIEM
8 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (10.42%) Analytics
9 5 (10.42%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (10.42%) Platform Engineering
9 5 (10.42%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.50%) Bash
3 3 (6.25%) Python
4 2 (4.17%) Bicep
5 1 (2.08%) Perl
5 1 (2.08%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (35.42%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.83%) DV Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.17%) Degree
5 2 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.08%) CCNA
6 1 (2.08%) CCNP
6 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.08%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (2.08%) RHCE
6 1 (2.08%) RHCSA
6 1 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.08%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) SLA
2 3 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (6.25%) GxP
2 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.08%) GDPR
3 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (70.83%) Active Directory
2 19 (39.58%) Hyper-V
2 19 (39.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (22.92%) vSphere
4 5 (10.42%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (6.25%) BitLocker
5 3 (6.25%) Terminal Services
6 2 (4.17%) KVM
7 1 (2.08%) Docker
7 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (2.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (16.67%) Ansible
2 5 (10.42%) VxRail
2 5 (10.42%) WSUS
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.17%) Terraform
4 2 (4.17%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.08%) Avamar
5 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.08%) Nagios
5 1 (2.08%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.08%) Proxmox
5 1 (2.08%) Puppet
5 1 (2.08%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (68.75%) VMware
2 32 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (31.25%) Veeam
4 12 (25.00%) Citrix
5 11 (22.92%) Cisco
5 11 (22.92%) Commvault
5 11 (22.92%) Meraki
6 10 (20.83%) NetApp
7 9 (18.75%) Zerto
8 7 (14.58%) Dell
9 6 (12.50%) Sophos
9 6 (12.50%) Synology
10 5 (10.42%) HP
10 5 (10.42%) Tenable
11 4 (8.33%) Facebook
11 4 (8.33%) Instagram
11 4 (8.33%) Red Hat
12 3 (6.25%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (6.25%) QNAP
12 3 (6.25%) Ubiquiti