Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NAS 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 661 743 977
Rank change year-on-year +82 +234 -302
Permanent jobs citing NAS 236 229 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.74% 1.43% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 225 194 197
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,325 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -17.50% +5.82%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,625 £70,000 £68,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £38,279 £43,000
% change year-on-year +14.95% -10.98% -2.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NAS 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% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 16 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 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 +107 221 £48,750 +17.47% 35
UK excluding London +30 175 £44,000 +14.95% 28
Work from Home +73 77 £45,000 +14.83% 12
North of England +73 61 £44,000 +10.00% 10
London +130 53 £51,250 -18.00% 10
South East +26 47 £47,500 +23.38% 9
Yorkshire +107 34 £55,000 +41.94% 4
South West +5 25 £50,000 +33.72% 4
North West +22 19 £32,500 -38.10% 6
East of England +22 16 £42,500 - 1
Midlands -17 15 £45,000 +38.46% 2
East Midlands -5 13 £45,000 -36.62% 1
North East -4 8 £35,000 +1.45%
Scotland - 8 £42,500 -
Wales +15 3 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands -8 2 £42,500 +30.77% 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 51 (21.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (14.83%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.08%) IIS
4 10 (4.24%) WordPress
5 5 (2.12%) CMS
5 5 (2.12%) Site Server
6 4 (1.69%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) JOnAS
7 1 (0.42%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 123 (52.12%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (48.73%) Azure
3 44 (18.64%) Entra ID
4 40 (16.95%) AWS
5 38 (16.10%) OneDrive
6 18 (7.63%) SaaS
7 15 (6.36%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.81%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.97%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.54%) PaaS
11 5 (2.12%) GCP
11 5 (2.12%) IaaS
11 5 (2.12%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.69%) WhatsApp
13 3 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.85%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.42%) Dropbox
15 1 (0.42%) Google Drive
15 1 (0.42%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 180 (76.27%) SAN
2 112 (47.46%) Firewall
3 57 (24.15%) DNS
4 48 (20.34%) WAN
5 46 (19.49%) LAN
6 45 (19.07%) VPN
7 31 (13.14%) VLAN
7 31 (13.14%) VoIP
8 30 (12.71%) DHCP
8 30 (12.71%) TCP/IP
9 27 (11.44%) iSCSI
10 22 (9.32%) Wireless
11 21 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (6.78%) SSL
13 14 (5.93%) Network Security
14 12 (5.08%) Broadband
14 12 (5.08%) Fibre Channel
15 10 (4.24%) Unified Communications
16 8 (3.39%) Internet
16 8 (3.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.41%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.97%) MySQL
2 7 (2.97%) Power BI
3 3 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) GitLab
1 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 83 (35.17%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.75%) Finance
4 14 (5.93%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.66%) Law
6 10 (4.24%) Games
7 4 (1.69%) Aviation
7 4 (1.69%) Avionics
7 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.69%) Military
7 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) Legal
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (27.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (13.14%) IT Engineer
3 25 (10.59%) Administrator
3 25 (10.59%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.17%) Senior
5 20 (8.47%) IT Support
5 20 (8.47%) Systems Administrator
6 18 (7.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (7.20%) IT Manager
7 17 (7.20%) Network Engineer
8 16 (6.78%) Lead
9 15 (6.36%) IT Administrator
10 14 (5.93%) Consultant
10 14 (5.93%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 13 (5.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.08%) IT Technician
13 10 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (4.24%) IT Consultant
13 10 (4.24%) IT Systems Administrator
14 9 (3.81%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) LAMP
2 8 (3.39%) HTML
3 5 (2.12%) .NET
3 5 (2.12%) LDAP
4 4 (1.69%) EJB
5 3 (1.27%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.27%) CSS
5 3 (1.27%) jQuery
6 2 (0.85%) SAML
6 2 (0.85%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.68%) Replication
2 35 (14.83%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.63%) Management Information System
4 15 (6.36%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.24%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.24%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.39%) PKI
7 7 (2.97%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.97%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.54%) Clustering
8 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (2.12%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.12%) PMI
10 4 (1.69%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.69%) Thin Client
11 3 (1.27%) CCTV
11 3 (1.27%) Life Science
11 3 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.27%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 186 (78.81%) Windows
2 134 (56.78%) Windows Server
3 90 (38.14%) Linux
4 30 (12.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 23 (9.75%) Windows 10
6 19 (8.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (7.63%) VMS
8 17 (7.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (6.78%) Mac OS
10 11 (4.66%) Ubuntu
11 5 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (2.12%) Unix
12 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.85%) Android
13 2 (0.85%) CentOS
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (30.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (29.24%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (17.37%) Migration
4 29 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
4 29 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 28 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (10.59%) ITIL
7 22 (9.32%) Preventative Maintenance
7 22 (9.32%) Storage Management
8 21 (8.90%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.05%) Business Continuity
9 19 (8.05%) Infrastructure Management
9 19 (8.05%) Mentoring
10 18 (7.63%) Asset Management
10 18 (7.63%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.63%) Service Delivery
11 17 (7.20%) Customer Service
11 17 (7.20%) Project Management
12 16 (6.78%) Data Protection
13 15 (6.36%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.95%) PowerShell
2 20 (8.47%) SQL
3 19 (8.05%) Bash
4 12 (5.08%) Python
5 3 (1.27%) C#
5 3 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.27%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.85%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (16.53%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (14.41%) MCSE
4 30 (12.71%) CCNA
5 29 (12.29%) Degree
6 19 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (8.05%) Security Cleared
7 13 (5.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (4.66%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.97%) MCSA
10 6 (2.54%) Citrix Certification
10 6 (2.54%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.12%) CCNP
11 5 (2.12%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.12%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.12%) VCAP
12 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.69%) MCP
13 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (7.20%) SLA
3 14 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.24%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.69%) GDPR
6 2 (0.85%) NCSC
6 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 149 (63.14%) Active Directory
2 118 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (34.32%) Hyper-V
4 38 (16.10%) VMware ESXi
4 38 (16.10%) vSphere
5 11 (4.66%) Docker
6 10 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (3.39%) Firmware
7 8 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (2.12%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.27%) pfSense
10 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.85%) NFS
10 2 (0.85%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (18.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (12.29%) SCCM
3 24 (10.17%) vCenter Server
4 19 (8.05%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (4.24%) WSUS
6 9 (3.81%) ZABBIX
7 8 (3.39%) FortiGate
8 6 (2.54%) Nagios
9 4 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.69%) Backup Exec
9 4 (1.69%) cPanel
9 4 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 4 (1.69%) Plesk
10 3 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.85%) Ansible
12 1 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.42%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 177 (75.00%) VMware
2 128 (54.24%) Microsoft
3 54 (22.88%) Veeam
4 34 (14.41%) Cisco
5 21 (8.90%) HP
6 18 (7.63%) NetApp
7 17 (7.20%) Aruba
7 17 (7.20%) Dell
8 15 (6.36%) Google
9 14 (5.93%) Apple
9 14 (5.93%) Meraki
9 14 (5.93%) Synology
10 13 (5.51%) Mitel
11 11 (4.66%) Palo Alto
12 10 (4.24%) ProCurve
12 10 (4.24%) Zerto
13 8 (3.39%) ESET
13 8 (3.39%) Sophos
14 7 (2.97%) Fortinet
15 6 (2.54%) Commvault