Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VSAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VSAN over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 716 961 1006
Rank change year-on-year +245 +45 -337
Permanent jobs citing VSAN 28 124 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.099% 0.070%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% 0.79% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15 79 70
10th Percentile £36,175 £42,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £49,375 £47,500 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.98%
75th Percentile £71,875 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £81,250 £79,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VSAN 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 8,107 15,627 16,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.10% 12.47% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,375 10,479 11,518
10th Percentile £26,750 £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 £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,126 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.51% +4.72% -

VSAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VSAN over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSAN within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +217 26 £52,500 - 15
UK excluding London +182 20 £53,750 +2.38% 16
Work from Home +212 9 £70,000 +30.23% 5
South East +144 9 £72,500 +31.82% 1
London +255 5 £50,000 -20.41% 2
South West +81 5 - - 8
North of England +119 4 £49,875 -9.32% 1
Midlands +90 3 £52,500 +5.00% 1
Yorkshire +88 3 £29,750 -45.91%
North West +93 2 £72,500 +34.88%
East Midlands +38 2 £52,500 +10.53%
West Midlands +106 1 - - 1

VSAN
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 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (42.86%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (46.43%) DNS
2 11 (39.29%) SAN
3 7 (25.00%) DHCP
3 7 (25.00%) LAN
3 7 (25.00%) WAN
4 5 (17.86%) NetScaler
4 5 (17.86%) Network Security
4 5 (17.86%) TCP/IP
5 3 (10.71%) NAS
6 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (7.14%) iSCSI
6 2 (7.14%) ISDN
6 2 (7.14%) PBX
6 2 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (7.14%) VLAN
6 2 (7.14%) VPN
6 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.57%) Firewall
7 1 (3.57%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.86%) Power BI
3 2 (7.14%) MariaDB
3 2 (7.14%) MySQL
General
1 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Banking
2 5 (17.86%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Law
3 2 (7.14%) Legal
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) French Language
4 1 (3.57%) Italian Language
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
3 6 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (21.43%) Administrator
4 5 (17.86%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 5 (17.86%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (17.86%) Virtualisation Administrator
5 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Applications Support
6 3 (10.71%) Applications Support Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
1 1 (3.57%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) CCTV
1 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (71.43%) Windows
2 17 (60.71%) Windows Server
3 12 (42.86%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (32.14%) Linux
5 8 (28.57%) Windows 10
6 7 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (14.29%) CentOS
7 4 (14.29%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (32.14%) Mentoring
3 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 6 (21.43%) Time Management
4 5 (17.86%) Application Packaging
4 5 (17.86%) Dashboard Development
4 5 (17.86%) ITIL
4 5 (17.86%) Problem Management
4 5 (17.86%) RBAC
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (7.14%) Security Management
6 1 (3.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.57%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.57%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.57%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.57%) Prototyping
6 1 (3.57%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 19 (67.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (60.71%) Active Directory
3 16 (57.14%) VMware ESXi
3 16 (57.14%) vSphere
4 8 (28.57%) VMware NSX
5 6 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (7.14%) pfSense
8 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (3.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) SCCM
1 6 (21.43%) vCenter Server
2 4 (14.29%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (14.29%) vRealize
3 2 (7.14%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (7.14%) Proxmox
4 1 (3.57%) SCOM
4 1 (3.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (3.57%) VxRail
4 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
3 6 (21.43%) Citrix
4 5 (17.86%) Centrify
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco
4 5 (17.86%) Dell
4 5 (17.86%) NetApp
4 5 (17.86%) SolarWinds
5 4 (14.29%) McAfee
5 4 (14.29%) Red Hat
5 4 (14.29%) Veeam
6 2 (7.14%) CheckPoint
6 2 (7.14%) EMC
6 2 (7.14%) HP
6 2 (7.14%) MikroTik
6 2 (7.14%) Mitel
6 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
6 2 (7.14%) QNAP
6 2 (7.14%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (3.57%) Broadcom