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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 753 592 599
Rank change year-on-year -161 +7 +36
Permanent jobs citing NAS 57 62 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% 0.87% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 32 43 120
10th Percentile £35,575 £30,000 £36,175
25th Percentile £42,500 £34,750 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,550 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.10% -7.41% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £66,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £139,250 £101,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +14.13% -14.81% +35.00%

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 7,875 7,147 8,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.69% 14.39% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,852 3,943 4,398
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £28,742 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +1.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +32.35% -29.90% +7.78%

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 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 14 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 8 October 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 -133 49 £53,600 +7.20% 73
UK excluding London -114 42 £52,500 +14.13% 41
South East -61 13 £48,750 -9.30% 12
London -65 13 £135,000 +52.11% 29
South West -67 10 £53,050 +71.13% 3
Work from Home -39 9 £90,000 +80.00% 24
East of England - 6 £42,250 - 5
North of England -64 5 £52,500 +59.09% 13
Wales -72 4 £50,871 +19.70%
Yorkshire - 4 £55,000 - 4
Scotland -1 2 - - 6
West Midlands -42 2 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Midlands -44 2 £65,000 +30.00% 2
North East - 1 £35,000 - 3

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 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.77%) IIS
3 4 (7.02%) SAS
3 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.02%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.75%) Confluence
4 1 (1.75%) Site Server
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (49.12%) Azure
2 16 (28.07%) AWS
3 15 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (15.79%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.77%) Nutanix
6 3 (5.26%) Cohesity
6 3 (5.26%) GCP
6 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.51%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.51%) SaaS
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (78.95%) SAN
2 22 (38.60%) DNS
2 22 (38.60%) Firewall
3 18 (31.58%) DHCP
4 10 (17.54%) WAN
5 9 (15.79%) VLAN
6 8 (14.04%) LAN
6 8 (14.04%) VPN
7 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
8 5 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (8.77%) Wireless
9 4 (7.02%) CHAP
9 4 (7.02%) Kerberos
9 4 (7.02%) NetScaler
9 4 (7.02%) Wireshark
10 3 (5.26%) Network Security
10 3 (5.26%) VoIP
11 2 (3.51%) HTTPS
11 2 (3.51%) IP Telephony
11 2 (3.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 5 (8.77%) Aviation
5 4 (7.02%) Aeronautics
5 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.02%) Military
6 3 (5.26%) Finance
6 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Marketing
8 1 (1.75%) Police
8 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
8 1 (1.75%) Swedish Language
8 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Architect
3 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure Architect
3 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (8.77%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (8.77%) Storage Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (7.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Applications Architect
7 3 (5.26%) IT Support
7 3 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Platform Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Head of IT
8 2 (3.51%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) ModSecurity
1 3 (5.26%) Regular Expression
1 3 (5.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Data Centre
2 11 (19.30%) Enterprise Storage
2 11 (19.30%) Replication
3 5 (8.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (7.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
4 4 (7.02%) PKI
5 3 (5.26%) Clustering
5 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (5.26%) Private Cloud
5 3 (5.26%) Social Media
6 2 (3.51%) CCTV
7 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.75%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 33 (57.89%) Windows
2 32 (56.14%) Windows Server
3 18 (31.58%) Linux
4 5 (8.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (7.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (5.26%) Windows 10
7 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (40.35%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (24.56%) Roadmaps
4 13 (22.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (19.30%) Business Continuity
6 10 (17.54%) Technology Roadmap
7 9 (15.79%) ITIL
7 9 (15.79%) Migration
7 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (14.04%) High Availability
8 8 (14.04%) Storage Management
9 7 (12.28%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (12.28%) DevOps
9 7 (12.28%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (10.53%) Service Management
10 6 (10.53%) Validation
11 5 (8.77%) Agile
11 5 (8.77%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (40.35%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.53%) Bash
3 3 (5.26%) Python
4 1 (1.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (8.77%) Degree
5 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (3.51%) CCNA
7 2 (3.51%) CCNP
7 2 (3.51%) MCSA
7 2 (3.51%) VCAP
7 2 (3.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.75%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.02%) JSP 440
2 4 (7.02%) SLA
3 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.51%) GDPR
3 2 (3.51%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.75%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (50.88%) Active Directory
2 23 (40.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 10 (17.54%) vSphere
5 5 (8.77%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (8.77%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (7.02%) Firmware
6 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (7.02%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (5.26%) KVM
7 3 (5.26%) NFS
8 2 (3.51%) VMware NSX
9 1 (1.75%) BitLocker
9 1 (1.75%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Ansible
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.26%) SCCM
3 3 (5.26%) VxRail
3 3 (5.26%) WSUS
4 2 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.75%) Avamar
5 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.75%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.75%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.75%) SCOM
5 1 (1.75%) SCVMM
5 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (59.65%) VMware
2 26 (45.61%) Microsoft
3 17 (29.82%) Cisco
4 13 (22.81%) NetApp
4 13 (22.81%) Veeam
5 9 (15.79%) Meraki
6 6 (10.53%) Commvault
6 6 (10.53%) Dell
6 6 (10.53%) Zerto
7 5 (8.77%) Citrix
8 4 (7.02%) HP
9 3 (5.26%) Apple
9 3 (5.26%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.26%) Tenable
10 2 (3.51%) Facebook
10 2 (3.51%) Instagram
10 2 (3.51%) QNAP
10 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
10 2 (3.51%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.51%) Splunk