Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 458 401
Rank change year-on-year -164 -57 -72
Permanent jobs citing SAN 189 218 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.44% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.37% 3.12% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 122 161 287
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,750 £37,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +10.13%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,875 £71,250 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,255 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.19% -15.00% +15.77%

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 7,979 6,979 8,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.74% 14.22% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,863 3,946 4,200
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,375 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,469 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAN job vacancy trend in the UK

SAN
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAN

SAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

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 13 October 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 -166 176 £50,000 +11.11% 99
UK excluding London -201 121 £47,255 +11.19% 72
London -21 65 £65,000 -7.14% 39
North of England -72 32 £50,000 +38.89% 15
Work from Home -64 30 £52,500 +10.53% 59
South East -86 24 £52,500 +26.51% 15
North West -19 23 £50,000 +38.89% 9
Midlands -57 22 £42,566 -5.41% 8
South West -74 19 £49,500 +10.00% 7
West Midlands -38 14 £42,566 -14.87% 3
East of England -45 14 £42,000 -13.62% 9
East Midlands -39 8 £43,750 -2.78% 5
Wales -67 6 £48,940 +15.15%
Yorkshire -52 5 £52,500 +43.84% 2
Scotland +5 4 £26,150 - 18
North East -73 4 £35,000 - 4

SAN
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 41 (21.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (8.47%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.23%) IIS
4 2 (1.06%) Confluence
5 1 (0.53%) Moodle
5 1 (0.53%) Site Server
Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 111 (58.73%) Azure
2 88 (46.56%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (20.11%) AWS
4 35 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.94%) IaaS
5 15 (7.94%) PaaS
6 13 (6.88%) Datadog
6 13 (6.88%) SaaS
7 10 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.76%) GitHub
8 9 (4.76%) Mimecast
9 8 (4.23%) Cohesity
10 7 (3.70%) GCP
11 6 (3.17%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.65%) Azure Functions
12 5 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.65%) Nutanix
12 5 (2.65%) Serverless
13 4 (2.12%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 86 (45.50%) Firewall
2 78 (41.27%) DNS
3 67 (35.45%) DHCP
4 52 (27.51%) VPN
5 51 (26.98%) VLAN
6 48 (25.40%) NAS
7 47 (24.87%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (12.70%) WAN
9 21 (11.11%) LAN
10 16 (8.47%) Network Security
11 10 (5.29%) iSCSI
11 10 (5.29%) TCP/IP
11 10 (5.29%) Wireless
12 7 (3.70%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (3.17%) Internet
14 5 (2.65%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (2.65%) VoIP
15 4 (2.12%) NetScaler
15 4 (2.12%) Wireshark
16 3 (1.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (26.98%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.06%) MySQL
3 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.53%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.82%) Chocolatey
2 4 (2.12%) Claude Code
3 2 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 48 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.22%) Finance
3 36 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.88%) Legal
6 12 (6.35%) Banking
6 12 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.17%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.12%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.53%) Advertising
9 1 (0.53%) Aviation
9 1 (0.53%) Law
9 1 (0.53%) Local Government
9 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.53%) Police
9 1 (0.53%) Retail
9 1 (0.53%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 79 (41.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 50 (26.46%) IT Engineer
3 30 (15.87%) Senior
4 29 (15.34%) Azure Engineer
5 27 (14.29%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (7.41%) Field Engineer
6 14 (7.41%) Field Service Engineer
7 12 (6.35%) Administrator
7 12 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (6.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) Architect
8 11 (5.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) Senior IT Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (4.23%) IT Support
10 8 (4.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.70%) Terraform
2 3 (1.59%) ModSecurity
2 3 (1.59%) Regular Expression
2 3 (1.59%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 52 (27.51%) Data Centre
2 28 (14.81%) Enterprise Storage
2 28 (14.81%) Replication
3 19 (10.05%) Driving Licence
4 15 (7.94%) Clustering
5 14 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (5.82%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (5.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (5.82%) Smartphone
7 9 (4.76%) PKI
8 6 (3.17%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.65%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.12%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.12%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.12%) Social Media
11 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (1.06%) CCTV
12 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 107 (56.61%) Windows
2 68 (35.98%) Windows Server
3 35 (18.52%) Linux
4 17 (8.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (8.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.12%) CentOS
6 4 (2.12%) Rocky
7 3 (1.59%) Unix
7 3 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.06%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.06%) VMS
8 2 (1.06%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.53%) AIX
9 1 (0.53%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.53%) macOS
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.53%) Solaris
9 1 (0.53%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (51.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (31.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 54 (28.57%) Migration
4 47 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (24.34%) ITSM
6 40 (21.16%) ITIL
7 28 (14.81%) Storage Management
8 27 (14.29%) Change Management
9 24 (12.70%) Business Continuity
10 19 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.05%) High Availability
11 17 (8.99%) Customer Service
11 17 (8.99%) Service Delivery
12 16 (8.47%) Capacity Planning
12 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (7.94%) Roadmaps
14 14 (7.41%) Coaching
14 14 (7.41%) Patch Management
15 13 (6.88%) DevOps
15 13 (6.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.16%) PowerShell
2 17 (8.99%) SQL
3 14 (7.41%) Python
4 6 (3.17%) Bicep
5 5 (2.65%) Bash
6 3 (1.59%) Java
7 2 (1.06%) Korn
8 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (23.28%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (15.34%) SC Cleared
4 28 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (13.76%) Degree
6 23 (12.17%) Azure Certification
7 21 (11.11%) CCNA
8 20 (10.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (9.52%) A+ Certification
9 18 (9.52%) MCSE
9 18 (9.52%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (5.82%) MCSA
11 9 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (4.23%) CCNP
12 8 (4.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (3.70%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.59%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.59%) Dell Certification
14 3 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.59%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.81%) SLA
2 15 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.17%) GDPR
5 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.12%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.06%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 117 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 76 (40.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (23.81%) Hyper-V
4 22 (11.64%) vSphere
5 17 (8.99%) Firmware
6 16 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (5.29%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (2.65%) NFS
10 5 (2.65%) VMware NSX
11 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (1.59%) KVM
13 2 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (1.06%) Docker
13 2 (1.06%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 23 (12.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (8.99%) SCCM
3 13 (6.88%) Ansible
4 11 (5.82%) WSUS
5 6 (3.17%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (3.17%) NetBackup
6 4 (2.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.12%) Progress Chef
6 4 (2.12%) Puppet
6 4 (2.12%) VxRail
7 3 (1.59%) SCVMM
7 3 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.06%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.06%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.06%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.06%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.53%) SCOM
9 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 121 (64.02%) Microsoft
2 118 (62.43%) VMware
3 38 (20.11%) Veeam
4 36 (19.05%) Dell
5 30 (15.87%) Cisco
5 30 (15.87%) NetApp
6 14 (7.41%) Tenable
7 11 (5.82%) AppDynamics
7 11 (5.82%) Citrix
7 11 (5.82%) Dynatrace
7 11 (5.82%) Red Hat
7 11 (5.82%) Zerto
8 10 (5.29%) HP
9 9 (4.76%) Meraki
9 9 (4.76%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.70%) SonicWALL
11 6 (3.17%) Commvault
11 6 (3.17%) Fortinet
12 5 (2.65%) EMC
13 4 (2.12%) Juniper