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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 756 616 581
Rank change year-on-year -140 -35 +63
Permanent jobs citing NAS 57 65 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.13% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.73% 0.90% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35 45 130
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -7.41% +22.73%
75th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £129,500 £86,750 £70,000
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 7,850 7,185 9,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.70% 14.54% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 3,978 4,712
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,615
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -139 52 £57,500 +15.00% 71
UK excluding London -137 42 £52,500 +14.13% 52
South East -64 16 £45,000 -7.69% 18
London -51 13 £135,000 +66.15% 32
Work from Home -41 9 £100,000 +100.00% 27
South West -74 8 £62,500 +101.61% 3
East of England - 8 £42,250 - 4
Yorkshire -31 5 £57,500 +64.29% 4
North of England -66 5 £57,500 +74.24% 14
Midlands -46 2 £65,000 +30.00%
West Midlands -47 2 £65,000 +30.00%
Wales -68 2 £50,871 +19.70% 2
Scotland +7 1 - - 10

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 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (10.53%) IIS
3 4 (7.02%) SAS
3 4 (7.02%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.75%) Confluence
5 1 (1.75%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (52.63%) Azure
2 19 (33.33%) AWS
3 16 (28.07%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (10.53%) 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%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.75%) IaaS
8 1 (1.75%) PaaS
8 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (77.19%) SAN
2 20 (35.09%) DNS
3 19 (33.33%) Firewall
4 16 (28.07%) DHCP
5 10 (17.54%) WAN
6 8 (14.04%) LAN
7 7 (12.28%) TCP/IP
7 7 (12.28%) VLAN
8 6 (10.53%) VPN
8 6 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (8.77%) Wireless
10 4 (7.02%) CHAP
10 4 (7.02%) Kerberos
10 4 (7.02%) NetScaler
10 4 (7.02%) VoIP
10 4 (7.02%) Wireshark
11 3 (5.26%) Network Security
12 2 (3.51%) HTTPS
12 2 (3.51%) IP Telephony
12 2 (3.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.51%) Power BI
3 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
General
1 12 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Aviation
4 4 (7.02%) Aeronautics
4 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.02%) Military
5 3 (5.26%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.75%) Banking
7 1 (1.75%) Law
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Local Government
7 1 (1.75%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Police
7 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
7 1 (1.75%) Swedish Language
7 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Architect
3 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure Architect
3 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) IT Support
4 6 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Support 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
7 3 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Applications Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Platform Architect
8 2 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Head of IT
8 2 (3.51%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) ModSecurity
1 3 (5.26%) Regular Expression
1 3 (5.26%) XMPP
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Data Centre
2 11 (19.30%) Enterprise Storage
3 7 (12.28%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (12.28%) Replication
4 5 (8.77%) PKI
4 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (7.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.26%) Clustering
6 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (5.26%) Private Cloud
6 3 (5.26%) Social Media
7 2 (3.51%) CCTV
8 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.75%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 35 (61.40%) Windows
2 33 (57.89%) Windows Server
3 20 (35.09%) Linux
4 4 (7.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (7.02%) Ubuntu
4 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
4 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.26%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) Disaster Recovery
1 23 (40.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (26.32%) Roadmaps
4 12 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (19.30%) Technology Roadmap
6 10 (17.54%) Business Continuity
7 9 (15.79%) High Availability
7 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (14.04%) ITIL
8 8 (14.04%) Storage Management
9 7 (12.28%) DevOps
9 7 (12.28%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (10.53%) Migration
10 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
10 6 (10.53%) Validation
11 5 (8.77%) Agile
11 5 (8.77%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.53%) Bash
3 3 (5.26%) Python
4 1 (1.75%) Bicep
4 1 (1.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.02%) Degree
5 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (3.51%) CCNA
6 2 (3.51%) CCNP
6 2 (3.51%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.51%) VCAP
6 2 (3.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.02%) JSP 440
2 4 (7.02%) SLA
3 2 (3.51%) GDPR
3 2 (3.51%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 27 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 24 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (31.58%) Hyper-V
4 9 (15.79%) vSphere
5 6 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (8.77%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (7.02%) Firmware
7 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (5.26%) KVM
9 2 (3.51%) BitLocker
9 2 (3.51%) Terminal Services
9 2 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (3.51%) VMware NSX
10 1 (1.75%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (10.53%) Ansible
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.02%) VxRail
2 4 (7.02%) WSUS
3 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.75%) Avamar
4 1 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.75%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.75%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.75%) SCCM
4 1 (1.75%) SCOM
4 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (64.91%) VMware
2 28 (49.12%) Microsoft
3 14 (24.56%) Cisco
4 12 (21.05%) Veeam
5 10 (17.54%) NetApp
6 9 (15.79%) Meraki
7 8 (14.04%) Commvault
8 7 (12.28%) Zerto
9 6 (10.53%) Dell
10 5 (8.77%) Citrix
10 5 (8.77%) HP
11 4 (7.02%) Facebook
11 4 (7.02%) Instagram
11 4 (7.02%) Sophos
11 4 (7.02%) Tenable
12 3 (5.26%) Apple
12 3 (5.26%) Red Hat
13 2 (3.51%) Barracuda Networks
13 2 (3.51%) Fortinet
13 2 (3.51%) Splunk