Storage Management Job Trends

Storage Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Storage Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 545 656
Rank change year-on-year -3 +111 +118
Permanent jobs citing Storage Management 142 106 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.26% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 64 51 137
10th Percentile £46,187 £50,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,813 £53,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,625 £67,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% +23.85% -16.15%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £112,250 £77,500 £76,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% +7.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Storage Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58,145 40,321 73,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.92% 93.51% 87.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35,200 22,427 56,120
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £44,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Storage Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Storage Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Storage Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Storage Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Storage Management

Storage Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Storage Management over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 March 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 +20 124 £65,625 -2.78% 41
UK excluding London -1 80 £55,000 -8.33% 34
London +17 45 £87,625 +20.86% 11
South East +8 36 £56,750 +3.18% 11
Work from Home +1 14 £55,000 -20.29% 17
North of England -37 13 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Northern Ireland - 12 - -
East of England 0 7 £59,450 - 3
Midlands -19 7 £52,500 -12.50% 6
North East -21 6 - - 1
West Midlands -3 5 £52,500 -19.23% 4
North West -14 4 £55,000 -26.67% 7
South West -33 4 £42,750 -31.60%
Yorkshire -43 3 £40,000 -42.86% 5
East Midlands -39 2 £41,250 -31.25% 2
Scotland -15 1 - - 3

Storage Management
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 14 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.52%) SAS
3 4 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.70%) CICS
5 1 (0.70%) Confluence
5 1 (0.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 70 (49.30%) Azure
2 54 (38.03%) AWS
3 30 (21.13%) Nutanix
4 21 (14.79%) Serverless
5 17 (11.97%) Entra ID
6 15 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (7.75%) Azure Storage
7 11 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (7.04%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (6.34%) Azure Functions
9 9 (6.34%) GitHub
10 7 (4.93%) Azure Event Grid
11 6 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (4.23%) GCP
11 6 (4.23%) Rubrik
12 5 (3.52%) Mimecast
12 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
13 4 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (2.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (28.87%) DNS
2 40 (28.17%) DHCP
3 25 (17.61%) Remote Desktop
4 19 (13.38%) Firewall
5 17 (11.97%) SAN
6 11 (7.75%) WAN
7 8 (5.63%) LAN
7 8 (5.63%) VSAN
8 7 (4.93%) SD-WAN
8 7 (4.93%) VPN
9 6 (4.23%) NAS
9 6 (4.23%) TCP/IP
10 5 (3.52%) Network Security
11 4 (2.82%) MPLS
12 3 (2.11%) Internet
12 3 (2.11%) MQTT
13 2 (1.41%) NetScaler
13 2 (1.41%) SSL
13 2 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.45%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (8.45%) Relational Database
2 11 (7.75%) RDBMS
3 9 (6.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (4.23%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.23%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.52%) Big Data
5 5 (3.52%) MySQL
5 5 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.82%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (2.82%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.82%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.11%) Power BI
8 2 (1.41%) Metadata
8 2 (1.41%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.70%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 7 (4.93%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.70%) ERwin
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 48 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 40 (28.17%) Finance
3 9 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.23%) Front Office
5 5 (3.52%) Law
5 5 (3.52%) Police
6 4 (2.82%) Banking
7 3 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.41%) Retail
9 1 (0.70%) Advertising
9 1 (0.70%) Back Office
9 1 (0.70%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.70%) French Language
9 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (20.42%) Cloud Engineer
2 22 (15.49%) Senior
3 18 (12.68%) Principal Engineer
3 18 (12.68%) Principal Software Engineer
3 18 (12.68%) Software Engineer
4 17 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (9.15%) Developer
6 12 (8.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 12 (8.45%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 11 (7.75%) Support Engineer
8 10 (7.04%) Lead
8 10 (7.04%) Technical Leader
9 9 (6.34%) Applications Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Applications Support
11 7 (4.93%) Applications Support Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Storage Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Data Warehouse Developer
12 6 (4.23%) Java Developer
12 6 (4.23%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.63%) .NET
2 7 (4.93%) WPF
3 6 (4.23%) AngularJS
3 6 (4.23%) CSS
3 6 (4.23%) Flask
3 6 (4.23%) GraphQL
3 6 (4.23%) HTML
3 6 (4.23%) Kafka
3 6 (4.23%) Spring
4 5 (3.52%) OAuth
4 5 (3.52%) OAuth2
4 5 (3.52%) OpenID
5 4 (2.82%) React
6 3 (2.11%) Middleware
6 3 (2.11%) REST
6 3 (2.11%) SOAP
7 2 (1.41%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.41%) Django
7 2 (1.41%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 25 (17.61%) Public Cloud
3 18 (12.68%) IoT
3 18 (12.68%) Management Information System
3 18 (12.68%) Smart Energy
4 7 (4.93%) Hedge funds
4 7 (4.93%) PKI
4 7 (4.93%) Replication
4 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.23%) Reference Data
6 4 (2.82%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.82%) Clustering
7 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.11%) Life Science
7 3 (2.11%) LIMS
7 3 (2.11%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.41%) CMDB
8 2 (1.41%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 65 (45.77%) Windows
2 50 (35.21%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.63%) Linux
4 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.70%) MVS
7 1 (0.70%) VMS
7 1 (0.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.80%) Disaster Recovery
2 44 (30.99%) Mentoring
3 35 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (23.94%) ITIL
5 33 (23.24%) Server Management
6 31 (21.83%) Business Continuity
6 31 (21.83%) High Availability
7 30 (21.13%) Business Strategy
7 30 (21.13%) ITSM
8 28 (19.72%) Coaching
8 28 (19.72%) DevOps
9 27 (19.01%) Change Management
10 25 (17.61%) Knowledge Transfer
10 25 (17.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 24 (16.90%) Full-Stack Development
12 23 (16.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (14.79%) Agile
14 21 (14.79%) CI/CD
15 19 (13.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.94%) SQL
2 29 (20.42%) PowerShell
3 22 (15.49%) Python
4 8 (5.63%) Bicep
4 8 (5.63%) C#
5 7 (4.93%) Java
6 6 (4.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.41%) Bash
7 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.70%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.70%) REXX
Qualifications
1 23 (16.20%) Degree
2 11 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.34%) Azure Certification
3 9 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (5.63%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.52%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (17.61%) SLA
2 5 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (2.11%) GxP
3 3 (2.11%) QA
4 2 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.41%) GRC
4 2 (1.41%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (40.14%) Active Directory
2 40 (28.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (23.94%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.04%) Docker
4 10 (7.04%) vSphere
5 4 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.82%) XenApp
6 3 (2.11%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.70%) ACF2
8 1 (0.70%) Firmware
8 1 (0.70%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.70%) RACF
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (12.68%) Terraform
2 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (7.04%) Grafana
4 9 (6.34%) Kubernetes
5 7 (4.93%) Ansible
5 7 (4.93%) Kibana
6 5 (3.52%) VxRail
7 4 (2.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.82%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.82%) NetBackup
7 4 (2.82%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.11%) Avamar
8 3 (2.11%) Prometheus
8 3 (2.11%) SCCM
9 2 (1.41%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (34.51%) VMware
2 36 (25.35%) Dell
3 32 (22.54%) Microsoft
4 27 (19.01%) HP
5 25 (17.61%) Dell Compellent
5 25 (17.61%) Nimble Storage
6 14 (9.86%) Cisco
7 11 (7.75%) Veeam
8 8 (5.63%) SonicWALL
9 6 (4.23%) Citrix
10 5 (3.52%) EMC
10 5 (3.52%) Google
10 5 (3.52%) IBM
10 5 (3.52%) NetApp
11 4 (2.82%) Broadcom
11 4 (2.82%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.82%) Meraki
12 3 (2.11%) Agilent
12 3 (2.11%) Pure Storage
12 3 (2.11%) Zscaler