SAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Storage Area Network (SAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 170 219
Rank change year-on-year -6 +49 -50
Permanent jobs citing SAN 72 107 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.00% 1.59% 0.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.23% 9.28% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 57 68 55
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £32,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.05% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £47,500 £68,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £53,500 £71,160 £63,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +2.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

SAN 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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the West Midlands

SAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAN in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SAN in the West Midlands

SAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the West Midlands

SAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Birmingham -27 24 £41,500 +24.81% 3
Shropshire +16 14 £35,000 - 9
Staffordshire -6 11 £44,500 -46.06% 3
Wednesbury - 9 £30,000 -
Worcestershire - 3 £42,500 - 2
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Warwickshire +42 1 - -
Coventry +33 1 £41,500 +0.61% 1
Wolverhampton +13 1 £32,500 -39.81%
SAN
England

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 28 (38.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (15.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.94%) WebSphere
4 4 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.78%) IIS
6 1 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (77.78%) Azure
2 36 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (20.83%) AWS
3 15 (20.83%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.94%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.17%) Azure Stack
6 2 (2.78%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.78%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.78%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (41.67%) Firewall
2 27 (37.50%) DHCP
2 27 (37.50%) DNS
3 23 (31.94%) WAN
4 18 (25.00%) LAN
5 12 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 11 (15.28%) VLAN
7 10 (13.89%) iSCSI
8 6 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (8.33%) Wireless
9 5 (6.94%) Network Security
9 5 (6.94%) VPN
9 5 (6.94%) WLAN
10 4 (5.56%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (4.17%) BIG-IP
11 3 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
11 3 (4.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.06%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.78%) MySQL
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
1 3 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.72%) Finance
4 6 (8.33%) Law
4 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Retail
5 4 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.17%) Legal
7 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.39%) Back Office
8 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.39%) Marketing
8 1 (1.39%) Police
8 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (43.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (31.94%) IT Engineer
3 20 (27.78%) Support Engineer
4 15 (20.83%) Senior
5 11 (15.28%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (15.28%) IT Support
6 10 (13.89%) 3rd Line Support
7 9 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 9 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 9 (12.50%) Analyst
7 9 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 7 (9.72%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (6.94%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (6.94%) Senior Support Engineer
10 5 (6.94%) Senior Technical Analyst
10 5 (6.94%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) LAMP
1 2 (2.78%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 6 (8.33%) PKI
2 5 (6.94%) Clustering
2 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.56%) Replication
4 2 (2.78%) Housing Association
4 2 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) NHS
5 1 (1.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 49 (68.06%) Windows
2 43 (59.72%) Windows Server
3 16 (22.22%) Linux
4 9 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (11.11%) SUSE
6 7 (9.72%) Ubuntu
6 7 (9.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (9.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (6.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 4 (5.56%) CentOS
8 4 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (4.17%) Unix
9 3 (4.17%) Windows 10
9 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (2.78%) Apple iOS
10 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (31.94%) ITIL
3 16 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (15.28%) High Availability
5 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (11.11%) ERP
7 8 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 7 (9.72%) Load Balancing
8 7 (9.72%) Time Management
9 6 (8.33%) Decision-Making
9 6 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
9 6 (8.33%) Task Automation
9 6 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (6.94%) Agile
10 5 (6.94%) Innovative Thinking
10 5 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (6.94%) Server Management
10 5 (6.94%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.61%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.33%) SQL
3 4 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (13.89%) Degree
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.94%) CCNA
3 5 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.94%) MCSA
3 5 (6.94%) MCSE
4 3 (4.17%) CCNP
4 3 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.78%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.39%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.89%) SLA
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.39%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.39%) ISO 31000
3 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (1.39%) NCSC
3 1 (1.39%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (52.78%) Active Directory
2 34 (47.22%) Hyper-V
2 34 (47.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.33%) NFS
3 6 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (6.94%) vSphere
5 4 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (5.56%) VMware NSX
5 4 (5.56%) VMware Server
6 3 (4.17%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (2.78%) Docker
7 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.78%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.94%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 4 (5.56%) SCCM
3 4 (5.56%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.17%) Ansible
4 3 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (4.17%) SCOM
4 3 (4.17%) Terraform
4 3 (4.17%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 2 (2.78%) Backup Exec
5 2 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.78%) WSUS
6 1 (1.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (76.39%) Microsoft
2 42 (58.33%) VMware
3 21 (29.17%) HP
4 20 (27.78%) Cisco
5 19 (26.39%) Veeam
6 12 (16.67%) Citrix
7 11 (15.28%) Dell
8 9 (12.50%) Nimble Storage
9 8 (11.11%) Sophos
10 7 (9.72%) IBM
10 7 (9.72%) Mitel
10 7 (9.72%) Zerto
11 6 (8.33%) SolarWinds
12 4 (5.56%) Aruba
12 4 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (5.56%) EqualLogic
12 4 (5.56%) SonicWALL
13 3 (4.17%) F5
13 3 (4.17%) Palo Alto
13 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow