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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 169 216
Rank change year-on-year -1 +47 -57
Permanent jobs citing SAN 72 108 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.00% 1.60% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.20% 9.35% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 57 68 57
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,425 £33,350
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 £45,100 £68,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £51,000 £71,160 £63,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +2.15%

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 1,000 1,155 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.91% 17.11% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 831 525 723
10th Percentile £25,950 £25,875 £26,750
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 £57,500
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 24 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 24 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 -20 24 £41,500 +22.06% 3
Shropshire +12 14 £35,000 - 5
Staffordshire -5 10 £39,000 -52.73% 1
Wednesbury - 9 £30,000 -
Worcestershire - 4 £42,500 - 3
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Warwickshire +39 1 - -
Coventry +31 1 £41,500 +0.61%
Wolverhampton +16 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 29 (40.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (16.67%) 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 57 (79.17%) Azure
2 37 (51.39%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 15 (20.83%) AWS
5 5 (6.94%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.17%) Azure Stack
7 2 (2.78%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.78%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.78%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (43.06%) Firewall
2 28 (38.89%) DHCP
2 28 (38.89%) DNS
3 23 (31.94%) WAN
4 18 (25.00%) LAN
5 12 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 11 (15.28%) iSCSI
6 11 (15.28%) VLAN
7 6 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (8.33%) Wireless
8 5 (6.94%) Network Security
8 5 (6.94%) VPN
8 5 (6.94%) WLAN
9 4 (5.56%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
10 3 (4.17%) NAS
10 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
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 30 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (33.33%) 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 50 (69.44%) Windows
2 44 (61.11%) Windows Server
3 16 (22.22%) Linux
4 10 (13.89%) 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 10
8 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (4.17%) Apple iOS
9 3 (4.17%) Mac OS
9 3 (4.17%) Unix
9 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (31.94%) ITIL
3 16 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (15.28%) High Availability
4 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (11.11%) ERP
6 8 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 7 (9.72%) Load Balancing
7 7 (9.72%) Time Management
8 6 (8.33%) Decision-Making
8 6 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
8 6 (8.33%) Task Automation
8 6 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (6.94%) Customer Service
9 5 (6.94%) Innovative Thinking
9 5 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (6.94%) Server Management
9 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) 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 39 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 35 (48.61%) Hyper-V
2 35 (48.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.33%) NFS
3 6 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (6.94%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (5.56%) VMware NSX
5 4 (5.56%) VMware Server
5 4 (5.56%) vSphere
6 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (4.17%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (2.78%) Docker
7 2 (2.78%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) 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%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (4.17%) SCOM
4 3 (4.17%) Terraform
4 3 (4.17%) Trend Micro Deep Security
4 3 (4.17%) WSUS
5 2 (2.78%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 56 (77.78%) 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 10 (13.89%) 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%) Meraki
13 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow