NAS Job Trends

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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 560 608
Rank change year-on-year -46 +48 +127
Permanent jobs citing NAS 39 154 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.065% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.41% 2.16% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 29 84 107
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,475 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £54,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +13.68% +14.46%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £69,250 £68,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +27.06% +13.33%

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 9,576 7,127 7,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.03% 13.27% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,904 3,688 6,257
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -

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 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 11 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 9 January 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 -49 39 £48,000 -11.11% 17
UK excluding London -34 23 £46,750 -13.43% 12
London +34 16 £105,000 +5.00% 8
South East -3 9 £47,500 -13.64% 5
Work from Home +33 8 £50,000 -7.41% 7
Midlands +19 6 £50,000 +17.65% 2
South West +10 6 £31,000 -
West Midlands +22 5 £50,000 +17.65% 2
North West +20 2 £40,000 -22.86%
North of England -7 2 £40,000 -24.88% 3
East Midlands -10 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 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.13%) Apache
2 2 (5.13%) nginx
2 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (2.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (61.54%) Azure
2 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (15.38%) Rubrik
5 4 (10.26%) AWS
6 3 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (7.69%) GCP
6 3 (7.69%) IaaS
6 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.13%) Amazon S3
7 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.56%) PaaS
8 1 (2.56%) SaaS
8 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (82.05%) SAN
2 18 (46.15%) DHCP
2 18 (46.15%) DNS
3 16 (41.03%) Firewall
3 16 (41.03%) VLAN
4 11 (28.21%) TCP/IP
5 7 (17.95%) VPN
5 7 (17.95%) Wireless
6 5 (12.82%) WAN
7 4 (10.26%) LAN
8 3 (7.69%) SD-WAN
8 3 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (5.13%) Broadband
9 2 (5.13%) Internet
9 2 (5.13%) iSCSI
9 2 (5.13%) SNMP
9 2 (5.13%) VSAN
10 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (2.56%) PBX
10 1 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Advertising
6 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) IT Support
3 7 (17.95%) Storage Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Backup Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) IT Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Storage and Backup Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.69%) Administrator
5 3 (7.69%) IT Administrator
5 3 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Senior
5 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Systems Manager
6 2 (5.13%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (5.13%) IT Technician
6 2 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Support Technician
6 2 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
1 2 (5.13%) LDAP
2 1 (2.56%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.69%) CCTV
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (5.13%) FPGA
3 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.13%) Replication
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.56%) EMC VNX
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) SCADA
4 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (46.15%) Windows
2 13 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.38%) Linux
4 5 (12.82%) Mac OS
4 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (7.69%) Android
5 3 (7.69%) Apple iOS
5 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (5.13%) CentOS
6 2 (5.13%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.56%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.56%) Unix
7 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) Disaster Recovery
2 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (35.90%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (35.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (23.08%) Business Continuity
5 8 (20.51%) High Availability
5 8 (20.51%) Storage Management
6 7 (17.95%) Capacity Planning
6 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 6 (15.38%) Agile
7 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
7 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
7 6 (15.38%) Migration
7 6 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
7 6 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
7 6 (15.38%) Sprint Retrospective
8 5 (12.82%) ITIL
9 4 (10.26%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) PowerShell
2 13 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (10.26%) SQL
4 2 (5.13%) Bash
4 2 (5.13%) C#
4 2 (5.13%) Java
4 2 (5.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
2 2 (5.13%) CCNP
2 2 (5.13%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.56%) CCNA
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.56%) MCSA
3 1 (2.56%) MCSE
3 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.56%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) SLA
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (38.46%) Active Directory
3 12 (30.77%) vSphere
4 10 (25.64%) Hyper-V
5 9 (23.08%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (12.82%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (7.69%) Docker
8 2 (5.13%) Firmware
9 1 (2.56%) NFS
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) Ansible
2 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (15.38%) Avamar
4 3 (7.69%) PaperCut
4 3 (7.69%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (7.69%) Terraform
5 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (5.13%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 2 (5.13%) SCCM
5 2 (5.13%) SCOM
5 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.56%) AirWatch
6 1 (2.56%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.56%) Podman
6 1 (2.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 25 (64.10%) Microsoft
2 21 (53.85%) VMware
3 13 (33.33%) Veeam
4 9 (23.08%) Cisco
4 9 (23.08%) Dell
4 9 (23.08%) Palo Alto
5 8 (20.51%) NetApp
6 7 (17.95%) Pure Storage
7 6 (15.38%) LogicMonitor
8 5 (12.82%) Datto
9 4 (10.26%) Red Hat
10 3 (7.69%) Adobe
10 3 (7.69%) Oracle
10 3 (7.69%) SolarWinds
10 3 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (5.13%) Citrix
11 2 (5.13%) Commvault
11 2 (5.13%) HP
11 2 (5.13%) Tanium
11 2 (5.13%) Zscaler