NFS Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NFS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NFS over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Network File System (NFS) UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	735	713	745
Rank change year-on-year	-22	+32
Permanent jobs citing NFS	139	225	218
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.16%	0.23%	0.20%
As % of the System Software category	1.21%	1.80%	1.70%
Number of salaries quoted	116	207	184
Median salary	£57,500	£57,500	£65,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	-11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£31,700	£37,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£92,500	£91,000	£102,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£31,500	£46,500
% change year-on-year	+42.85%	-32.25%

NFS is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

System Software Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	11500	12483	12809
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	12.93%	12.69%	11.70%
Number of salaries quoted	16113	18682	19844
Median salary	£44,000	£42,500	£41,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.52%	+3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£24,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£73,750	£65,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£38,500	£38,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.66%

NFS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NFS as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

NFS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing NFS.

NFS
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing NFS over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

NFS
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NFS within the UK over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-42	132	£57,500	-	18
London	-67	92	£57,500	-	8
UK excluding London	+44	41	£45,000	+42.85%	12
South East	+56	18	£60,000	+26.31%	6
Midlands	+18	8	£47,500	+15.85%
South West	0	8	£45,000	-21.73%	1
North of England	-11	5	£37,500	-16.66%	1
Scotland	+19	1	£23,000	-58.18%
East of England	-16	1	-	-	2

NFS
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing NFS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for NFS.

1	231 (81.05%)	Linux
2	152 (53.33%)	VMware
3	113 (39.65%)	DNS
4	111 (38.95%)	SAN
5	110 (38.60%)	Windows
6	107 (37.54%)	iSCSI
7	101 (35.44%)	Python
8	100 (35.09%)	VMware Infrastructure
9	96 (33.68%)	Puppet
10	94 (32.98%)	Perl
10	94 (32.98%)	DevOps
11	92 (32.28%)	Ansible
12	87 (30.53%)	NetApp
13	85 (29.82%)	Bash Shell
14	79 (27.72%)	Firewall

15	78 (27.37%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16	72 (25.26%)	HP
16	72 (25.26%)	Apache
17	71 (24.91%)	LDAP
17	71 (24.91%)	Fibre Channel
18	70 (24.56%)	Red Hat
19	67 (23.51%)	Active Directory
20	64 (22.46%)	Solaris
20	64 (22.46%)	Unix
21	63 (22.11%)	MySQL
22	62 (21.75%)	Cisco
22	62 (21.75%)	Ubuntu
23	61 (21.40%)	Finance
24	60 (21.05%)	CentOS
25	58 (20.35%)	Disaster Recovery

NFS
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	72 (25.26%)	Apache
2	48 (16.84%)	Tomcat
3	22 (7.72%)	MS Exchange
4	17 (5.96%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	17 (5.96%)	IIS
5	15 (5.26%)	nginx
6	12 (4.21%)	Oracle Coherence
6	12 (4.21%)	WebSphere
7	7 (2.46%)	OpenStack
7	7 (2.46%)	SAS
8	6 (2.11%)	DataSynapse
8	6 (2.11%)	Elasticsearch
8	6 (2.11%)	Exchange Server 2013
8	6 (2.11%)	Oracle HTTP Server
9	5 (1.75%)	Confluence
9	5 (1.75%)	SharePoint
10	4 (1.40%)	Exchange Server 2007
11	3 (1.05%)	CMS
11	3 (1.05%)	ColdFusion
11	3 (1.05%)	Drupal

Business Applications
1	8 (2.81%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	6 (2.11%)	Oracle EBS
2	6 (2.11%)	RMDS

Cloud Services
1	51 (17.89%)	Amazon AWS
2	36 (12.63%)	Microsoft Azure
3	8 (2.81%)	SaaS
4	7 (2.46%)	Amazon EC2
4	7 (2.46%)	Office 365
5	6 (2.11%)	Cloud Computing
6	5 (1.75%)	IaaS
7	4 (1.40%)	Google Cloud Platform
8	3 (1.05%)	PaaS
9	2 (0.70%)	Joyent
10	1 (0.35%)	Amazon ELB
10	1 (0.35%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	113 (39.65%)	DNS
2	111 (38.95%)	SAN
3	107 (37.54%)	iSCSI
4	79 (27.72%)	Firewall
5	71 (24.91%)	Fibre Channel
5	71 (24.91%)	LDAP
6	57 (20.00%)	TCP/IP
7	52 (18.25%)	NAS
8	47 (16.49%)	VPN
9	37 (12.98%)	DHCP
10	35 (12.28%)	FCoE
11	25 (8.77%)	HTTP
11	25 (8.77%)	VLAN
12	22 (7.72%)	BGP
12	22 (7.72%)	Junos
12	22 (7.72%)	OSPF
12	22 (7.72%)	RIP
13	20 (7.02%)	FTP
13	20 (7.02%)	IGMP
13	20 (7.02%)	LAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	63 (22.11%)	MySQL
2	20 (7.02%)	MongoDB
2	20 (7.02%)	SQL Server
3	16 (5.61%)	PostgreSQL
4	12 (4.21%)	Hadoop
4	12 (4.21%)	HBase
5	8 (2.81%)	MariaDB
6	5 (1.75%)	Oracle Database
7	4 (1.40%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	4 (1.40%)	Redis
8	2 (0.70%)	Amazon RDS
8	2 (0.70%)	Couchbase
8	2 (0.70%)	NoSQL
8	2 (0.70%)	SQLite
9	1 (0.35%)	Data Warehouse
9	1 (0.35%)	Informix
9	1 (0.35%)	Oracle Database 12c
9	1 (0.35%)	Oracle ODI
9	1 (0.35%)	RDBMS
9	1 (0.35%)	Relational Database

Development Applications
1	25 (8.77%)	Jenkins
2	21 (7.37%)	Git (software)
3	13 (4.56%)	Subversion
4	12 (4.21%)	JIRA
5	4 (1.40%)	Redmine
5	4 (1.40%)	Vagrant
6	3 (1.05%)	Oracle APEX
6	3 (1.05%)	TeamCity
7	1 (0.35%)	Atlassian Bamboo
7	1 (0.35%)	Bitbucket
7	1 (0.35%)	Bugzilla
7	1 (0.35%)	GCC
7	1 (0.35%)	Gerrit
7	1 (0.35%)	Maven
7	1 (0.35%)	MSBuild
7	1 (0.35%)	Octopus Deploy
7	1 (0.35%)	Oracle Forms

General
1	61 (21.40%)	Finance
2	21 (7.37%)	Telecoms
3	16 (5.61%)	Banking
4	12 (4.21%)	Marketing
5	8 (2.81%)	Electronics
5	8 (2.81%)	Manufacturing
6	7 (2.46%)	Investment Banking
7	3 (1.05%)	Back Office
8	2 (0.70%)	Games
8	2 (0.70%)	Publishing
9	1 (0.35%)	Law
9	1 (0.35%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	66 (23.16%)	Administrator
2	56 (19.65%)	Linux Engineer
3	54 (18.95%)	DevOps Engineer
4	53 (18.60%)	Systems Administrator
5	46 (16.14%)	Linux Administrator
6	37 (12.98%)	Linux Systems Administrator
7	34 (11.93%)	Analyst
8	29 (10.18%)	Infrastructure Analyst
9	26 (9.12%)	Linux/Unix DevOps
10	24 (8.42%)	Senior DevOps
11	23 (8.07%)	Infrastructure Engineer
12	22 (7.72%)	Senior DevOps Engineer
13	21 (7.37%)	Systems Engineer
13	21 (7.37%)	Unix Engineer
14	20 (7.02%)	Linux DevOps Engineer
15	18 (6.32%)	Architect
15	18 (6.32%)	Senior Systems Administrator
16	17 (5.96%)	Storage Engineer
16	17 (5.96%)	Technical Architect
17	16 (5.61%)	Unix Linux Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	30 (10.53%)	LAMP
2	14 (4.91%)	YAML
3	12 (4.21%)	Middleware
4	9 (3.16%)	XML
5	7 (2.46%)	Flash
5	7 (2.46%)	HTML
5	7 (2.46%)	LEMP Stack
5	7 (2.46%)	Web Services
6	6 (2.11%)	Rendezvous
6	6 (2.11%)	Ultra Messaging
6	6 (2.11%)	XSLT
7	5 (1.75%)	Elastic Stack
7	5 (1.75%)	LAPP Stack
8	3 (1.05%)	POSIX
8	3 (1.05%)	RabbitMQ
8	3 (1.05%)	Sass
9	2 (0.70%)	802.1X
9	2 (0.70%)	CGI
9	2 (0.70%)	J2EE
10	1 (0.35%)	Swagger

Miscellaneous
1	54 (18.95%)	Replication
2	33 (11.58%)	Analytical Skills
3	32 (11.23%)	Data Centre
4	24 (8.42%)	Clustering
5	16 (5.61%)	Linux Command Line
6	15 (5.26%)	Public Cloud
7	14 (4.91%)	PKI
8	13 (4.56%)	Private Cloud
9	11 (3.86%)	Derivative
9	11 (3.86%)	Hybrid Cloud
10	10 (3.51%)	Enterprise Storage
11	8 (2.81%)	Virtual Team
11	8 (2.81%)	VxBlock/Vblock
12	7 (2.46%)	Computer Science
12	7 (2.46%)	EMC VNX
13	6 (2.11%)	Enterprise Software
13	6 (2.11%)	Management Information System
14	5 (1.75%)	Hedge funds
15	4 (1.40%)	HP Storage
15	4 (1.40%)	LPAR

Operating Systems
1	231 (81.05%)	Linux
2	110 (38.60%)	Windows
3	78 (27.37%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	64 (22.46%)	Solaris
4	64 (22.46%)	Unix
5	62 (21.75%)	Ubuntu
6	60 (21.05%)	CentOS
7	44 (15.44%)	Windows Server 2012
8	38 (13.33%)	Windows Server 2008
9	30 (10.53%)	Windows Server
10	24 (8.42%)	AIX
11	16 (5.61%)	Debian
12	13 (4.56%)	Data ONTAP
13	10 (3.51%)	Windows 7
14	8 (2.81%)	Mac OS X
14	8 (2.81%)	Windows Server 2003
15	6 (2.11%)	FreeBSD
16	5 (1.75%)	VMS
16	5 (1.75%)	Windows 2000
16	5 (1.75%)	Windows NT

Processes & Methodologies
1	94 (32.98%)	DevOps
2	58 (20.35%)	Disaster Recovery
3	55 (19.30%)	ITIL
4	42 (14.74%)	Agile Software Development
5	40 (14.04%)	Open Source
6	35 (12.28%)	Capacity Planning
7	30 (10.53%)	Configuration Management
8	25 (8.77%)	High Availability
9	24 (8.42%)	Business Continuity
10	22 (7.72%)	Continuous Improvement
11	21 (7.37%)	Low Latency
12	20 (7.02%)	Mentoring
13	18 (6.32%)	Security Patching
14	16 (5.61%)	Capacity Management
14	16 (5.61%)	Incident Management
14	16 (5.61%)	Performance Management
14	16 (5.61%)	Performance Tuning
15	15 (5.26%)	Benchmarking
16	14 (4.91%)	Change Management
16	14 (4.91%)	Project Management

Programming Languages
1	101 (35.44%)	Python
2	94 (32.98%)	Perl
3	85 (29.82%)	Bash Shell
4	54 (18.95%)	Ruby
5	38 (13.33%)	Shell Script
6	36 (12.63%)	PHP
7	35 (12.28%)	SQL
8	26 (9.12%)	PowerShell
9	24 (8.42%)	Java
10	19 (6.67%)	C
11	8 (2.81%)	JavaScript
12	7 (2.46%)	Korn
13	6 (2.11%)	AWK
13	6 (2.11%)	sed
14	4 (1.40%)	C++
14	4 (1.40%)	Groovy
14	4 (1.40%)	T-SQL
14	4 (1.40%)	VB
15	3 (1.05%)	C#
16	2 (0.70%)	C-shell

Qualifications
1	24 (8.42%)	Microsoft Certification
2	13 (4.56%)	Cisco Certification
3	12 (4.21%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4	10 (3.51%)	MCSE
5	9 (3.16%)	Security Cleared
6	8 (2.81%)	CCNA
6	8 (2.81%)	Degree
7	7 (2.46%)	Computer Science Degree
8	6 (2.11%)	CCNP
8	6 (2.11%)	DV Cleared
9	4 (1.40%)	CISSP
9	4 (1.40%)	CompTIA Security+
9	4 (1.40%)	GIAC
9	4 (1.40%)	Linux+ Certification
9	4 (1.40%)	Network+ Certification
9	4 (1.40%)	RHCE
9	4 (1.40%)	SANS
9	4 (1.40%)	Security+ Certification
9	4 (1.40%)	SSCP
9	4 (1.40%)	VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	16 (5.61%)	SLA
2	3 (1.05%)	QA
3	1 (0.35%)	Cyber Essentials
3	1 (0.35%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	1 (0.35%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	100 (35.09%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	67 (23.51%)	Active Directory
3	55 (19.30%)	Hyper-V
4	52 (18.25%)	VMware ESXi
5	45 (15.79%)	KVM
6	40 (14.04%)	Samba
7	35 (12.28%)	Virtual Machines
8	30 (10.53%)	vSphere
9	29 (10.18%)	Docker
10	26 (9.12%)	iptables
11	22 (7.72%)	Xen
12	13 (4.56%)	XenApp
13	12 (4.21%)	Oracle RAC
13	12 (4.21%)	SRDF
13	12 (4.21%)	XenServer
14	11 (3.86%)	Squid
15	9 (3.16%)	Sendmail
15	9 (3.16%)	vCloud
16	7 (2.46%)	Veritas Cluster Server
17	5 (1.75%)	BIND 9

Systems Management
1	96 (33.68%)	Puppet
2	92 (32.28%)	Ansible
3	50 (17.54%)	Nagios
4	41 (14.39%)	Opscode Chef
5	23 (8.07%)	NetBackup
6	20 (7.02%)	vMotion
7	17 (5.96%)	vCenter Server
8	14 (4.91%)	Microsoft Clustering
8	14 (4.91%)	Oracle ZFS
9	13 (4.56%)	HAProxy
10	11 (3.86%)	Salt
11	8 (2.81%)	Red Hat Satellite
11	8 (2.81%)	WMI
12	6 (2.11%)	Backup Exec
12	6 (2.11%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
13	5 (1.75%)	CFEngine
13	5 (1.75%)	Grafana
13	5 (1.75%)	Simpana
14	4 (1.40%)	EMC VPLEX
14	4 (1.40%)	Red Hat Spacewalk

Vendors
1	152 (53.33%)	VMware
2	87 (30.53%)	NetApp
3	72 (25.26%)	HP
4	70 (24.56%)	Red Hat
5	62 (21.75%)	Cisco
6	56 (19.65%)	Microsoft
7	54 (18.95%)	Oracle
8	44 (15.44%)	EMC
9	36 (12.63%)	Citrix
10	20 (7.02%)	Brocade
10	20 (7.02%)	Dell
11	18 (6.32%)	Veritas
12	17 (5.96%)	SolarWinds
13	16 (5.61%)	IBM
13	16 (5.61%)	Sybase
14	15 (5.26%)	Intel
15	11 (3.86%)	3PAR
16	10 (3.51%)	Veeam
17	9 (3.16%)	CommVault
17	9 (3.16%)	Vyatta