Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VSAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VSAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 820 929
Rank change year-on-year +164 +109 +214
Permanent jobs citing VSAN 61 74 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.075% 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.71% 0.55% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 56 55 44
10th Percentile £51,875 £32,500 £45,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £42,239 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.90% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £56,250 £56,875
90th Percentile - £57,500 £67,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +61.90% - +9.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VSAN 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 8,582 13,531 15,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.57% 13.64% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,313 9,431 7,998
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -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 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -3.23%

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 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Top 11 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 12 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 +138 61 £85,000 +61.90% 92
UK excluding London +150 52 £85,000 +61.90% 89
South East +136 40 £85,000 +161.54% 22
Work from Home +120 12 £71,991 +37.13% 7
North of England +66 10 £71,991 +37.13% 21
London +116 8 £72,500 +30.63% 11
North West +4 8 £71,991 +37.13% 9
Yorkshire - 2 - - 10
Midlands +64 1 - - 18
West Midlands +57 1 - - 9
East of England +39 1 £55,000 +83.33% 15

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 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.28%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 31 (50.82%) IaaS
2 20 (32.79%) Azure
3 10 (16.39%) AWS
4 6 (9.84%) GCP
5 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.92%) SaaS
6 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.28%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.64%) PaaS
7 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (34.43%) DNS
2 17 (27.87%) DHCP
2 17 (27.87%) SAN
3 11 (18.03%) NAS
4 6 (9.84%) Firewall
5 4 (6.56%) WAN
6 3 (4.92%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (4.92%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (4.92%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (4.92%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.28%) LAN
7 2 (3.28%) PuTTY
7 2 (3.28%) SD-WAN
7 2 (3.28%) SNMP
7 2 (3.28%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.64%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.64%) Network Security
8 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.20%) MongoDB
2 5 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.64%) MSI
General
1 11 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Banking
3 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.92%) Retail
5 2 (3.28%) Legal
5 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (55.74%) VMware Specialist
2 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) VMware Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Support Specialist
5 6 (9.84%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 6 (9.84%) VMware Support Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Administrator
8 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Lead
8 3 (4.92%) Network Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (3.28%) Architect
9 2 (3.28%) Hardware Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) Middleware
2 2 (3.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.48%) Clustering
2 7 (11.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.56%) Replication
4 2 (3.28%) LPAR
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.64%) PKI
5 1 (1.64%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (40.98%) Windows
2 15 (24.59%) Linux
3 12 (19.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.28%) CentOS
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (18.03%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (16.39%) Incident Management
3 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (14.75%) High Availability
4 9 (14.75%) ITIL
5 8 (13.11%) Security Hardening
6 7 (11.48%) Agile
6 7 (11.48%) Migration
6 7 (11.48%) Performance Optimisation
7 6 (9.84%) Configuration Management
7 6 (9.84%) Mentoring
7 6 (9.84%) Task Automation
7 6 (9.84%) Virtual Environments
7 6 (9.84%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 5 (8.20%) Architectural Design
8 5 (8.20%) Defect Management
8 5 (8.20%) Fintech
8 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
8 5 (8.20%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 43 (70.49%) PowerShell
2 28 (45.90%) Python
3 9 (14.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (63.93%) Security Cleared
2 35 (57.38%) DV Cleared
3 15 (24.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.20%) Azure Certification
6 4 (6.56%) CCNP
6 4 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (4.92%) CCSE
7 3 (4.92%) CCSM
7 3 (4.92%) CISSP
8 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.28%) Degree
8 2 (3.28%) MCSA
8 2 (3.28%) MCSE
8 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.64%) CCNA
9 1 (1.64%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) PMO
2 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.64%) NCSC
2 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (86.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (67.21%) VMware NSX
2 41 (67.21%) vSphere
3 14 (22.95%) Active Directory
4 13 (21.31%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (11.48%) Hyper-V
6 6 (9.84%) Docker
7 3 (4.92%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (3.28%) DFS Replication
8 2 (3.28%) PowerHA
9 1 (1.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (1.64%) Firmware
9 1 (1.64%) KVM
Systems Management
1 11 (18.03%) vCenter Server
2 8 (13.11%) vRealize
3 7 (11.48%) Kubernetes
3 7 (11.48%) PowerCLI
4 6 (9.84%) Ansible
4 6 (9.84%) Puppet
4 6 (9.84%) vMotion
5 5 (8.20%) Progress Chef
5 5 (8.20%) Terraform
6 4 (6.56%) SCCM
6 4 (6.56%) VxRail
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (3.28%) FortiGate
8 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (1.64%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (1.64%) SCOM
9 1 (1.64%) WMI
9 1 (1.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (96.72%) VMware
2 22 (36.07%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.75%) Veeam
4 7 (11.48%) Cisco
5 6 (9.84%) Citrix
5 6 (9.84%) Dell
5 6 (9.84%) HP
6 5 (8.20%) Google
6 5 (8.20%) Oracle
7 4 (6.56%) Palo Alto
7 4 (6.56%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.92%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.92%) EMC
8 3 (4.92%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.92%) IBM
8 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.28%) Aderant
9 2 (3.28%) Dell Compellent
9 2 (3.28%) ExaGrid
9 2 (3.28%) Okta