Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAN over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 281 509
Rank change year-on-year -144 +228 -34
Permanent jobs citing SAN 402 718 888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 1.21% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.95% 8.01% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 269 435 695
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,320 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,385
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £44,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.34% +4.12% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SAN 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 10,167 8,963 17,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 15.08% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,750 10,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,768 £28,528
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,800 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

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 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 16 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 23 October 2024. 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 -126 380 £52,500 +9.38% 123
UK excluding London -146 291 £47,500 +7.34% 94
Work from Home -5 166 £51,500 -1.90% 265
London -36 94 £65,000 - 28
South East -70 65 £45,000 +8.43% 31
North of England -89 63 £46,500 +22.37% 10
East of England +7 59 £54,000 +21.35% 14
Midlands -73 58 £45,000 -3.23% 25
South West -31 38 £30,000 -45.03% 18
West Midlands -59 38 £45,000 - 15
Yorkshire -14 32 £58,750 +65.49% 4
North East -17 20 £35,750 -22.85% 2
East Midlands -44 20 £45,000 -18.18% 10
North West -64 11 £43,742 -1.70% 4
Scotland -49 6 £51,250 +2.50% 1
Wales +3 2 £45,000 +4.19% 2

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
1 109 (27.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (11.94%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.23%) IIS
4 10 (2.49%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.24%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.75%) Confluence
7 2 (0.50%) Apache
7 2 (0.50%) nginx
7 2 (0.50%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) WildFly
Applications
1 47 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 173 (43.03%) Microsoft 365
2 165 (41.04%) Azure
3 51 (12.69%) AWS
4 44 (10.95%) Entra ID
5 19 (4.73%) OneDrive
6 18 (4.48%) IaaS
7 16 (3.98%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (3.48%) SaaS
9 13 (3.23%) Cohesity
10 12 (2.99%) PowerApps
11 11 (2.74%) GCP
12 9 (2.24%) PaaS
13 8 (1.99%) Datadog
13 8 (1.99%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.75%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.75%) Rubrik
15 2 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
15 2 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 134 (33.33%) NAS
2 133 (33.08%) Firewall
3 91 (22.64%) DNS
4 83 (20.65%) LAN
5 81 (20.15%) WAN
6 61 (15.17%) DHCP
7 47 (11.69%) VPN
8 43 (10.70%) VLAN
9 39 (9.70%) Fibre Channel
9 39 (9.70%) TCP/IP
10 33 (8.21%) Remote Desktop
11 30 (7.46%) iSCSI
12 24 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (4.48%) Network Security
13 18 (4.48%) Skype
13 18 (4.48%) Wireless
14 16 (3.98%) SNMP
15 15 (3.73%) VoIP
16 10 (2.49%) SMTP
17 9 (2.24%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (20.65%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.23%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.49%) Power BI
4 8 (1.99%) DB2
5 7 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.00%) MySQL
8 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.50%) GIS
8 2 (0.50%) Redis
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) Git
2 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.25%) Appium
3 1 (0.25%) Maven
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
3 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 90 (22.39%) Social Skills
2 48 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (8.46%) Finance
4 26 (6.47%) Law
5 11 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (2.74%) Telecoms
6 10 (2.49%) Banking
7 7 (1.74%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.49%) Back Office
8 6 (1.49%) Retail
9 5 (1.24%) Games
9 5 (1.24%) Military
10 4 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.00%) Local Government
10 4 (1.00%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.75%) Legal
12 1 (0.25%) iGaming
12 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 109 (27.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 64 (15.92%) IT Engineer
3 53 (13.18%) Senior
4 45 (11.19%) Analyst
5 34 (8.46%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (8.21%) Support Engineer
7 32 (7.96%) Lead
8 30 (7.46%) IT Support
9 28 (6.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 28 (6.97%) Technical Analyst
10 26 (6.47%) Service Analyst
10 26 (6.47%) Team Leader
11 25 (6.22%) Support Team Leader
12 24 (5.97%) 3rd Line Support
12 24 (5.97%) Service Desk Analyst
13 23 (5.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (5.47%) Administrator
14 22 (5.47%) IT Support Engineer
14 22 (5.47%) Systems Engineer
15 20 (4.98%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.00%) LDAP
1 4 (1.00%) REST
1 4 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
1 4 (1.00%) Web Services
2 3 (0.75%) .NET
3 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) HTML
4 1 (0.25%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.43%) Replication
2 52 (12.94%) Clustering
3 36 (8.96%) Driving Licence
4 28 (6.97%) Data Centre
5 22 (5.47%) Enterprise Storage
6 15 (3.73%) Blackberry
7 14 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (3.23%) PKI
8 13 (3.23%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (2.74%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.74%) NHS
13 6 (1.49%) Wiki
14 5 (1.24%) BYOD
14 5 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.24%) Fat Client
14 5 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (1.24%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.24%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 272 (67.66%) Windows
2 165 (41.04%) Windows Server
3 113 (28.11%) Linux
4 41 (10.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 37 (9.20%) Windows 10
6 36 (8.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 31 (7.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (6.97%) Android
9 21 (5.22%) Apple iOS
9 21 (5.22%) Unix
10 19 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (2.74%) AIX
12 9 (2.24%) Ubuntu
13 8 (1.99%) Debian
13 8 (1.99%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (1.49%) CentOS
14 6 (1.49%) Solaris
15 4 (1.00%) Oracle Linux
16 3 (0.75%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (29.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 106 (26.37%) ITIL
3 79 (19.65%) Disaster Recovery
4 73 (18.16%) Customer Service
5 67 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (13.18%) Mentoring
7 43 (10.70%) Capacity Planning
8 41 (10.20%) Incident Management
9 35 (8.71%) Computer Science
10 34 (8.46%) High Availability
11 32 (7.96%) Infrastructure Management
12 30 (7.46%) Patch Management
12 30 (7.46%) Storage Management
13 29 (7.21%) Asset Management
13 29 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (6.97%) ITSM
15 26 (6.47%) Service Management
16 25 (6.22%) Kalman Filter
17 24 (5.97%) Migration
18 23 (5.72%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 124 (30.85%) PowerShell
2 79 (19.65%) SQL
3 23 (5.72%) Python
4 19 (4.73%) Bash
5 16 (3.98%) Java
6 5 (1.24%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.00%) ABAP
7 4 (1.00%) C
8 3 (0.75%) Korn
8 3 (0.75%) Perl
9 2 (0.50%) Bicep
10 1 (0.25%) C#
10 1 (0.25%) C++
10 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 78 (19.40%) Degree
2 62 (15.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 30 (7.46%) SC Cleared
5 29 (7.21%) MCSA
6 22 (5.47%) DV Cleared
7 21 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (4.73%) CCNA
9 16 (3.98%) Azure Certification
10 15 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (2.99%) Dell Certification
12 12 (2.99%) MCP
13 11 (2.74%) HND
13 11 (2.74%) Master's Degree
14 10 (2.49%) CCA
14 10 (2.49%) Citrix Certification
15 9 (2.24%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (1.74%) MCSE
17 6 (1.49%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.23%) SLA
3 8 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (1.49%) NIST
5 5 (1.24%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) GDPR
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 223 (55.47%) Active Directory
2 191 (47.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 134 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 56 (13.93%) VMware ESXi
5 49 (12.19%) vSphere
6 14 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.48%) VMware NSX
7 12 (2.99%) XenDesktop
8 11 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (2.49%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (2.49%) XenApp
10 7 (1.74%) Firmware
10 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (1.49%) Docker
12 4 (1.00%) Ceph
12 4 (1.00%) LXC
12 4 (1.00%) Squid
12 4 (1.00%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.75%) pfSense
13 3 (0.75%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 47 (11.69%) SCCM
2 34 (8.46%) vCenter Server
3 33 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (5.47%) WSUS
5 20 (4.98%) Ansible
6 19 (4.73%) SCOM
7 18 (4.48%) Microsoft Clustering
8 13 (3.23%) Backup Exec
8 13 (3.23%) Failover Clustering
9 12 (2.99%) Puppet
10 10 (2.49%) VxRail
11 9 (2.24%) Kubernetes
11 9 (2.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 9 (2.24%) Terraform
12 8 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 7 (1.74%) Prometheus
14 6 (1.49%) NetBackup
14 6 (1.49%) SCOrch
15 4 (1.00%) Opsview
Vendors
1 265 (65.92%) VMware
2 264 (65.67%) Microsoft
3 73 (18.16%) Cisco
3 73 (18.16%) Veeam
4 59 (14.68%) Dell
5 48 (11.94%) Citrix
6 35 (8.71%) HP
7 32 (7.96%) Juniper
8 29 (7.21%) NetApp
9 24 (5.97%) EMC
10 23 (5.72%) IBM
11 21 (5.22%) Red Hat
12 17 (4.23%) Oracle
13 15 (3.73%) Commvault
13 15 (3.73%) Fortinet
13 15 (3.73%) Veritas
14 14 (3.48%) Fujitsu
14 14 (3.48%) Sophos
15 12 (2.99%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (2.99%) Splunk