Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 304 427 480
Rank change year-on-year +123 +53 -178
Permanent jobs citing SAN 549 906 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 0.74% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.86% 5.94% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 409 724 702
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £64,500 £57,318 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £74,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.71% -5.56% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,005 15,255 16,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.11% 12.42% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,279 10,353 11,511
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAN.

Salary trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 +104 486 £50,000 +11.11% 191
UK excluding London +74 377 £44,500 +4.71% 143
Work from Home +88 207 £54,000 +20.00% 79
London +222 141 £65,000 +18.18% 64
South East +79 99 £42,500 -3.41% 41
Midlands +51 92 £46,000 +8.24% 24
North of England +73 81 £37,500 -7.41% 39
West Midlands +51 67 £45,000 +5.88% 17
South West +49 55 £54,000 +27.06% 14
Yorkshire +61 42 £38,000 -5.00% 14
North West +73 29 £35,000 -22.22% 19
East Midlands +43 25 £55,000 +20.22% 7
Scotland +38 16 £52,000 +4.00% 8
Wales +16 16 £43,190 -4.02% 9
East of England +79 13 £47,250 +5.00% 12
Northern Ireland +44 11 £34,500 -13.75% 2
North East +46 10 £35,000 -6.67% 6

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 37 (6.74%) MS Exchange
2 28 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.82%) IIS
4 4 (0.73%) Apache
4 4 (0.73%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Cognos Controller
1 2 (0.36%) Cognos Planning
1 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 344 (62.66%) Azure
2 210 (38.25%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (18.58%) PaaS
4 90 (16.39%) AWS
5 87 (15.85%) SaaS
6 85 (15.48%) IaaS
7 63 (11.48%) Entra ID
8 28 (5.10%) Datadog
9 19 (3.46%) GCP
10 16 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.82%) Nutanix
11 10 (1.82%) Rubrik
12 8 (1.46%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.46%) WhatsApp
13 6 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.09%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.55%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.36%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 210 (38.25%) Firewall
2 143 (26.05%) DNS
3 139 (25.32%) VPN
4 121 (22.04%) DHCP
5 117 (21.31%) LAN
6 116 (21.13%) WAN
7 97 (17.67%) NAS
8 81 (14.75%) VLAN
9 62 (11.29%) Wireless
10 52 (9.47%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (7.10%) Network Security
12 35 (6.38%) Internet
13 28 (5.10%) iSCSI
14 26 (4.74%) VoIP
15 25 (4.55%) TCP/IP
16 24 (4.37%) Structured Cabling
17 20 (3.64%) WLAN
18 18 (3.28%) Fibre Channel
19 16 (2.91%) Skype
20 13 (2.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (19.49%) SQL Server
2 39 (7.10%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (2.73%) MySQL
4 6 (1.09%) Power BI
5 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.18%) Big Data
6 1 (0.18%) DB2
6 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL Workbench
6 1 (0.18%) OLAP
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.18%) Redis
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Git
1 4 (0.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) DBeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.18%) MSI
General
1 218 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 80 (14.57%) Presentation Skills
3 70 (12.75%) Organisational Skills
4 68 (12.39%) Finance
5 53 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (6.56%) Telecoms
7 25 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.83%) Manufacturing
9 18 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.10%) Law
11 16 (2.91%) Military
12 15 (2.73%) Legal
13 14 (2.55%) Billing
13 14 (2.55%) Retail
14 13 (2.37%) Banking
15 11 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.64%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.28%) Investment Banking
18 6 (1.09%) Games
19 5 (0.91%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 144 (26.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 101 (18.40%) Architect
3 93 (16.94%) Infrastructure Architect
4 73 (13.30%) Senior
5 68 (12.39%) IT Engineer
6 64 (11.66%) Support Engineer
7 33 (6.01%) 3rd Line Support
8 32 (5.83%) Analyst
9 30 (5.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 29 (5.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 29 (5.28%) IT Support
11 26 (4.74%) Infrastructure Support
12 24 (4.37%) Network Engineer
13 23 (4.19%) Storage Engineer
14 22 (4.01%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (3.83%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 20 (3.64%) Support Technician
17 19 (3.46%) Administrator
17 19 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
18 18 (3.28%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.37%) JSON
2 9 (1.64%) Web Services
3 5 (0.91%) OAuth
3 5 (0.91%) XML
4 4 (0.73%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.55%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.55%) EDI
5 3 (0.55%) FHIR
5 3 (0.55%) LAMP
5 3 (0.55%) LDAP
6 2 (0.36%) Middleware
6 2 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.36%) YAML
7 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.18%) Node.js
7 1 (0.18%) SAML
7 1 (0.18%) web3js
7 1 (0.18%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 86 (15.66%) Public Cloud
2 76 (13.84%) Data Centre
3 74 (13.48%) Private Cloud
4 51 (9.29%) Virtual Team
5 34 (6.19%) Clustering
5 34 (6.19%) Replication
6 32 (5.83%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.46%) PKI
8 16 (2.91%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.91%) Fat Client
8 16 (2.91%) Life Science
8 16 (2.91%) Thin Client
9 13 (2.37%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Storage
11 8 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.46%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.91%) CMDB
12 5 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.73%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 386 (70.31%) Windows
2 224 (40.80%) Windows Server
3 193 (35.15%) Linux
4 80 (14.57%) Windows Server 2012
5 62 (11.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 49 (8.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 36 (6.56%) Windows 10
8 28 (5.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (4.55%) Ubuntu
10 21 (3.83%) Unix
11 17 (3.10%) Data ONTAP
12 15 (2.73%) SUSE
13 13 (2.37%) CentOS
14 10 (1.82%) Mac OS
15 8 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.91%) Windows XP
17 4 (0.73%) Android
17 4 (0.73%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.36%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (32.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 129 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (23.13%) ITIL
4 105 (19.13%) Project Management
5 96 (17.49%) Mentoring
6 79 (14.39%) Actionable Insight
7 75 (13.66%) Technology Transformation
8 74 (13.48%) Infrastructure as Code
9 67 (12.20%) Agile
10 65 (11.84%) Disaster Recovery
11 62 (11.29%) TOGAF
12 57 (10.38%) Customer Service
12 57 (10.38%) High Availability
13 51 (9.29%) Security Architecture
14 50 (9.11%) Risk Register
15 48 (8.74%) Requirements Analysis
16 42 (7.65%) Project Delivery
17 41 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
18 40 (7.29%) Containerisation
18 40 (7.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 137 (24.95%) PowerShell
2 80 (14.57%) SQL
3 21 (3.83%) Python
4 18 (3.28%) Bash
5 7 (1.28%) C
6 4 (0.73%) Java
7 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.55%) VBScript
8 1 (0.18%) AWK
8 1 (0.18%) Clojure
8 1 (0.18%) Korn
8 1 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 70 (12.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 67 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 64 (11.66%) Degree
4 54 (9.84%) MCSE
5 49 (8.93%) SC Cleared
6 40 (7.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 33 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (5.28%) DV Cleared
9 27 (4.92%) CCNA
10 25 (4.55%) MCSA
11 23 (4.19%) Azure Certification
12 19 (3.46%) CCNP
13 18 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.91%) A+ Certification
16 5 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
17 4 (0.73%) CISSP
18 3 (0.55%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.56%) SLA
2 17 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.09%) QA
6 3 (0.55%) DICOM
6 3 (0.55%) HL7
6 3 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.55%) PMO
7 2 (0.36%) NCSC
7 2 (0.36%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) GDPR
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 292 (53.19%) Active Directory
2 214 (38.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (21.68%) Hyper-V
4 69 (12.57%) vSphere
5 31 (5.65%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (3.64%) Virtual Servers
7 18 (3.28%) VMware NSX
8 16 (2.91%) vCloud
9 13 (2.37%) NFS
10 10 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
11 9 (1.64%) Terminal Server
11 9 (1.64%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (1.28%) DFS Replication
12 7 (1.28%) Firmware
12 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (1.09%) XenApp
14 4 (0.73%) Docker
14 4 (0.73%) KVM
15 3 (0.55%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 78 (14.21%) Ansible
2 73 (13.30%) Terraform
3 64 (11.66%) SCCM
4 37 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (4.92%) NetBackup
6 26 (4.74%) Failover Clustering
7 25 (4.55%) SCOM
8 23 (4.19%) Microsoft Clustering
9 22 (4.01%) vCenter Server
10 18 (3.28%) WSUS
11 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 16 (2.91%) FortiGate
13 12 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 12 (2.19%) SCVMM
14 10 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
15 7 (1.28%) vRealize
16 6 (1.09%) Kubernetes
16 6 (1.09%) Puppet
17 5 (0.91%) EMC NetWorker
17 5 (0.91%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 334 (60.84%) VMware
2 315 (57.38%) Microsoft
3 107 (19.49%) Cisco
4 106 (19.31%) Veeam
5 79 (14.39%) HP
6 70 (12.75%) Oracle
7 67 (12.20%) Citrix
8 45 (8.20%) NetApp
9 43 (7.83%) Nimble Storage
10 33 (6.01%) Dell
10 33 (6.01%) Red Hat
11 32 (5.83%) Zerto
12 29 (5.28%) Dynatrace
13 28 (5.10%) AppDynamics
14 23 (4.19%) Commvault
14 23 (4.19%) Mitel
15 21 (3.83%) SolarWinds
16 19 (3.46%) EMC
17 16 (2.91%) 3PAR
18 14 (2.55%) Fujitsu