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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 730 601 671
Rank change year-on-year -129 +70 -9
Permanent jobs citing NAS 51 86 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 1.17% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36 67 146
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +36.25% -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 7,403 7,326 9,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.15% 14.76% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,755 4,206 6,447
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,555 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.67% -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 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 13 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 2 August 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 -107 50 £56,500 +22.83% 32
UK excluding London -103 42 £54,500 +36.25% 21
South East -45 21 £51,250 +13.89% 9
London -39 9 £58,750 -20.34% 12
North of England -44 7 £57,500 +64.29% 6
Yorkshire -36 6 £57,500 +64.29%
East of England - 6 £45,000 - 1
Work from Home -34 5 £66,750 +66.88% 9
South West -67 4 £62,500 +101.61% 3
Midlands -31 3 £65,000 +30.00%
West Midlands -39 3 £65,000 +30.00%
North West -7 1 - - 6
Wales -64 1 £50,871 +19.70% 1

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 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (13.73%) IIS
3 4 (7.84%) SAS
4 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.92%) Site Server
5 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Azure
2 18 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (27.45%) AWS
4 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.88%) GCP
5 3 (5.88%) Mimecast
5 3 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.92%) PaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 38 (74.51%) SAN
2 25 (49.02%) DNS
3 20 (39.22%) Firewall
4 17 (33.33%) DHCP
5 11 (21.57%) WAN
6 9 (17.65%) LAN
7 8 (15.69%) NetScaler
7 8 (15.69%) TCP/IP
7 8 (15.69%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (15.69%) Wireshark
8 6 (11.76%) VLAN
9 5 (9.80%) VoIP
9 5 (9.80%) VPN
9 5 (9.80%) Wireless
10 4 (7.84%) Kerberos
11 2 (3.92%) HTTPS
11 2 (3.92%) IP Telephony
11 2 (3.92%) iSCSI
11 2 (3.92%) Network Security
11 2 (3.92%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.88%) Power BI
4 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Git
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.96%) Local Government
6 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Marketing
6 1 (1.96%) Police
6 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (17.65%) IT Support
3 8 (15.69%) Architect
4 7 (13.73%) IT Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) Senior
4 7 (13.73%) Support Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Applications Architect
5 6 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Lead
7 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Administrator
7 3 (5.88%) Applications Support
7 3 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (3.92%) Design Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Regular Expression
1 4 (7.84%) XMPP
2 2 (3.92%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) PKI
2 8 (15.69%) Data Centre
3 7 (13.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (11.76%) Replication
5 5 (9.80%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
6 4 (7.84%) Clustering
7 2 (3.92%) CCTV
7 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.92%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 40 (78.43%) Windows
2 37 (72.55%) Windows Server
3 21 (41.18%) Linux
4 9 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (9.80%) Ubuntu
5 5 (9.80%) Windows 10
6 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.96%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Disaster Recovery
2 18 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (21.57%) Roadmaps
5 10 (19.61%) Service Delivery
6 9 (17.65%) High Availability
6 9 (17.65%) Technology Roadmap
6 9 (17.65%) Validation
7 8 (15.69%) SIEM
8 7 (13.73%) Antivirus Management
8 7 (13.73%) Business Continuity
8 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (13.73%) DevOps
8 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (13.73%) Storage Management
9 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
9 6 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (9.80%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (39.22%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.73%) Bash
3 4 (7.84%) Python
4 2 (3.92%) Bicep
5 1 (1.96%) Perl
5 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 11 (21.57%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.88%) Degree
5 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.92%) CCNA
5 2 (3.92%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (3.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.96%) CCNP
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.96%) RHCE
6 1 (1.96%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.96%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (7.84%) SLA
2 2 (3.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (3.92%) GDPR
2 2 (3.92%) GxP
2 2 (3.92%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (68.63%) Active Directory
2 22 (43.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (41.18%) Hyper-V
4 11 (21.57%) vSphere
5 5 (9.80%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (5.88%) BitLocker
6 3 (5.88%) KVM
6 3 (5.88%) Terminal Services
6 3 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.96%) Docker
8 1 (1.96%) Firmware
8 1 (1.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (15.69%) Ansible
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (9.80%) VxRail
2 5 (9.80%) WSUS
3 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.92%) Terraform
4 2 (3.92%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.96%) Avamar
5 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.96%) Nagios
5 1 (1.96%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.96%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.96%) Puppet
5 1 (1.96%) SCCM
5 1 (1.96%) SCOM
5 1 (1.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 36 (70.59%) VMware
2 34 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (29.41%) Veeam
4 13 (25.49%) Cisco
5 12 (23.53%) Citrix
6 11 (21.57%) Commvault
6 11 (21.57%) Meraki
7 10 (19.61%) NetApp
8 9 (17.65%) Zerto
9 7 (13.73%) Dell
10 6 (11.76%) HP
10 6 (11.76%) Sophos
11 5 (9.80%) Synology
11 5 (9.80%) Tenable
12 4 (7.84%) Facebook
12 4 (7.84%) Instagram
12 4 (7.84%) Red Hat
13 3 (5.88%) Adobe
13 3 (5.88%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (5.88%) Ubiquiti