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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 372 300
Rank change year-on-year -119 -72 +244
Permanent jobs citing SAN 218 723 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.73% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.72% 5.35% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 157 640 675
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £48,125 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -0.77% +2.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,886 £75,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% +3.53% -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 8,011 13,516 15,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.64% 13.62% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,348 9,426 8,007
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,074 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% -3.23%

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 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 2025. 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 -125 208 £48,425 -3.15% 157
UK excluding London -81 162 £45,000 +2.27% 126
Work from Home -18 79 £50,000 - 122
London +25 51 £65,000 - 63
South East +50 49 £41,500 -15.09% 44
North of England -40 46 £51,500 +21.18% 23
South West +66 24 £35,500 -29.00% 12
Midlands -41 24 £50,000 +25.00% 17
Yorkshire +25 23 £35,000 -20.45% 5
East of England 0 13 £52,000 +19.54% 15
East Midlands -7 13 £50,000 +20.48% 6
North West -33 13 £62,205 +21.11% 15
West Midlands +6 11 £40,500 +6.58% 11
North East +24 10 £58,250 +79.23% 4
Wales +12 3 £42,500 +3.49% 7
Scotland +106 2 £31,500 -33.68% 8
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

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 68 (31.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.34%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 12 (5.50%) IIS
5 11 (5.05%) Skype for Business
6 8 (3.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (1.83%) Confluence
8 2 (0.92%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.92%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.46%) nginx
9 1 (0.46%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.46%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (10.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (6.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (46.79%) Azure
2 63 (28.90%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (17.43%) AWS
4 26 (11.93%) Entra ID
5 17 (7.80%) IaaS
6 15 (6.88%) PaaS
6 15 (6.88%) SaaS
7 11 (5.05%) GCP
8 9 (4.13%) Cohesity
9 6 (2.75%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.83%) GitHub
11 4 (1.83%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.83%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.38%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.92%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.92%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 84 (38.53%) Firewall
2 77 (35.32%) NAS
3 61 (27.98%) DNS
4 57 (26.15%) DHCP
5 33 (15.14%) VLAN
6 31 (14.22%) VPN
7 23 (10.55%) WAN
8 22 (10.09%) LAN
9 20 (9.17%) SMTP
10 19 (8.72%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (7.80%) VSAN
12 14 (6.42%) Structured Cabling
12 14 (6.42%) VoIP
13 13 (5.96%) PBX
13 13 (5.96%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (5.96%) TCP/IP
14 12 (5.50%) Cisco IOS
14 12 (5.50%) FTP
14 12 (5.50%) IPv4
15 10 (4.59%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (22.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.13%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.29%) DB2
4 5 (2.29%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.29%) Power BI
5 4 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.83%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.92%) Big Data
6 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.46%) MySQL
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.29%) Jenkins
1 5 (2.29%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (1.83%) JIRA
3 3 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.92%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.92%) Git
4 2 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.92%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.46%) Maven
5 1 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 73 (33.49%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.56%) Finance
3 24 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.80%) Legal
4 17 (7.80%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.50%) Law
7 9 (4.13%) Advertising
8 7 (3.21%) Banking
8 7 (3.21%) Games
8 7 (3.21%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.21%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.92%) Local Government
9 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.46%) French Language
10 1 (0.46%) German Language
10 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Marketing
10 1 (0.46%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (24.77%) Support Engineer
2 53 (24.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (15.14%) IT Engineer
4 25 (11.47%) IT Support
4 25 (11.47%) Senior
5 22 (10.09%) Infrastructure Support
6 21 (9.63%) Analyst
6 21 (9.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 19 (8.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 19 (8.72%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 18 (8.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (7.34%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (6.88%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (6.42%) Administrator
12 13 (5.96%) Coordinator
12 13 (5.96%) Help Desk Coordinator
13 11 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (5.05%) Consultant
14 10 (4.59%) Junior
15 9 (4.13%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.67%) Middleware
2 4 (1.83%) LDAP
3 3 (1.38%) SAML
3 3 (1.38%) YAML
4 2 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.46%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.46%) EDI
5 1 (0.46%) REST
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.46%) SAP XI
5 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.51%) Clustering
2 31 (14.22%) Replication
3 19 (8.72%) Data Centre
4 14 (6.42%) CCTV
4 14 (6.42%) Hedge funds
4 14 (6.42%) Public Cloud
5 13 (5.96%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (5.50%) Driving Licence
6 12 (5.50%) Private Cloud
7 10 (4.59%) Blackberry
8 9 (4.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (4.13%) Podcast
9 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (2.75%) PKI
10 4 (1.83%) Smartphone
11 3 (1.38%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.38%) HP Storage
11 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 165 (75.69%) Windows
2 90 (41.28%) Windows Server
3 45 (20.64%) Linux
4 39 (17.89%) Windows 10
5 19 (8.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (8.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (6.88%) Android
8 8 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.83%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.38%) Unix
10 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.92%) CentOS
11 2 (0.92%) Solaris
11 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.46%) AIX
12 1 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.46%) Debian
12 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (33.94%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (28.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (21.10%) Disaster Recovery
4 43 (19.72%) High Availability
5 35 (16.06%) Virtual Environments
6 33 (15.14%) ITIL
7 31 (14.22%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (10.55%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.72%) ERP
9 19 (8.72%) Time Management
10 17 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (7.80%) Customer Service
10 17 (7.80%) DevOps
10 17 (7.80%) IT Strategy
10 17 (7.80%) Patch Management
11 16 (7.34%) Kalman Filter
12 15 (6.88%) Agile
13 14 (6.42%) Business Continuity
13 14 (6.42%) Incident Management
13 14 (6.42%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 69 (31.65%) PowerShell
2 45 (20.64%) SQL
3 24 (11.01%) Python
4 5 (2.29%) Java
5 2 (0.92%) C#
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (28.90%) Degree
2 45 (20.64%) Security Cleared
3 28 (12.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (10.55%) DV Cleared
6 22 (10.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (10.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 20 (9.17%) CCNA
7 20 (9.17%) SC Cleared
8 15 (6.88%) Network+ Certification
9 13 (5.96%) Azure Certification
10 11 (5.05%) CISSP
10 11 (5.05%) HND
11 10 (4.59%) SANS
12 9 (4.13%) CEH
12 9 (4.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (4.13%) GCIA
12 9 (4.13%) GCIH
12 9 (4.13%) OSCP
13 5 (2.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.88%) GDPR
2 14 (6.42%) SLA
3 9 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.83%) NIST
6 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.92%) QA
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 127 (58.26%) Active Directory
2 118 (54.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (35.78%) Hyper-V
4 49 (22.48%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (11.47%) vSphere
6 17 (7.80%) Docker
7 14 (6.42%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (5.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (4.13%) VMware NSX
10 6 (2.75%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.83%) KVM
12 2 (0.92%) Firmware
12 2 (0.92%) NFS
12 2 (0.92%) PowerHA
12 2 (0.92%) SRDF
12 2 (0.92%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.92%) Xen
12 2 (0.92%) XenApp
12 2 (0.92%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (15.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (10.09%) SCCM
3 21 (9.63%) Ansible
4 18 (8.26%) Kubernetes
5 16 (7.34%) Terraform
6 14 (6.42%) WSUS
7 13 (5.96%) Puppet
8 11 (5.05%) vCenter Server
9 9 (4.13%) Progress Chef
10 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (3.21%) PowerCLI
11 7 (3.21%) vRealize
12 6 (2.75%) vMotion
13 5 (2.29%) SCOM
13 5 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (1.38%) Backup Exec
14 3 (1.38%) Grafana
14 3 (1.38%) VxRail
15 2 (0.92%) Nessus
15 2 (0.92%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 158 (72.48%) Microsoft
2 153 (70.18%) VMware
3 61 (27.98%) Veeam
4 55 (25.23%) Cisco
5 25 (11.47%) Citrix
6 22 (10.09%) Dell
6 22 (10.09%) HP
6 22 (10.09%) NetApp
7 15 (6.88%) EMC
8 12 (5.50%) Oracle
9 10 (4.59%) Google
10 9 (4.13%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (4.13%) Red Hat
11 8 (3.67%) IBM
12 7 (3.21%) Meraki
13 6 (2.75%) Nimble Storage
13 6 (2.75%) Sophos
13 6 (2.75%) Veritas
14 5 (2.29%) Fortinet
14 5 (2.29%) Symantec