SAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAN over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 348 570
Rank change year-on-year -8 +222 -162
Permanent jobs citing SAN 187 252 370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.67% 0.77% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.46% 6.49% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 165 215 282
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,101 £39,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £49,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.04% +1.54% +1.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SAN 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

SAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SAN.

SAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SAN over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

SAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 49 (26.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (17.65%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.88%) IIS
4 2 (1.07%) Apache
4 2 (1.07%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.07%) Confluence
4 2 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.07%) nginx
4 2 (1.07%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 104 (55.61%) Azure
2 89 (47.59%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (19.25%) AWS
4 26 (13.90%) Entra ID
5 17 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 16 (8.56%) IaaS
7 14 (7.49%) GCP
8 13 (6.95%) SaaS
9 11 (5.88%) PaaS
10 10 (5.35%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (3.74%) Slack
12 2 (1.07%) Cohesity
12 2 (1.07%) Google Workspace
12 2 (1.07%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.53%) Azure Storage
13 1 (0.53%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.53%) OCI
13 1 (0.53%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 57 (30.48%) Firewall
2 49 (26.20%) DNS
3 43 (22.99%) WAN
4 36 (19.25%) LAN
5 35 (18.72%) DHCP
6 31 (16.58%) NAS
7 29 (15.51%) TCP/IP
8 21 (11.23%) iSCSI
9 19 (10.16%) Wireless
10 17 (9.09%) SD-WAN
10 17 (9.09%) VPN
11 16 (8.56%) Remote Desktop
12 15 (8.02%) Network Security
13 14 (7.49%) VLAN
14 12 (6.42%) Fibre Channel
14 12 (6.42%) Skype
15 9 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (4.28%) WLAN
17 5 (2.67%) Broadband
17 5 (2.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (17.11%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.63%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.60%) DB2
3 3 (1.60%) MySQL
4 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Appium
2 1 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 65 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.30%) Finance
3 18 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.95%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.42%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.74%) Advertising
8 6 (3.21%) Military
9 4 (2.14%) Banking
9 4 (2.14%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.07%) Law
10 2 (1.07%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) Games
11 1 (0.53%) iGaming
11 1 (0.53%) Legal
11 1 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 62 (33.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (22.46%) Senior
3 36 (19.25%) 3rd Line Support
4 32 (17.11%) IT Engineer
5 31 (16.58%) Support Engineer
6 29 (15.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (14.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 23 (12.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 21 (11.23%) IT Support
10 20 (10.70%) IT Support Engineer
11 17 (9.09%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 17 (9.09%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
12 15 (8.02%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 14 (7.49%) IBM Storage Specialist
13 14 (7.49%) Storage Specialist
14 13 (6.95%) Linux Engineer
14 13 (6.95%) SAN Specialist
14 13 (6.95%) SAN Storage Specialist
15 12 (6.42%) Infrastructure Manager
16 9 (4.81%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.14%) LDAP
2 3 (1.60%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) .NET
3 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.53%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.53%) CSS
3 1 (0.53%) HTML
3 1 (0.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.99%) Driving Licence
2 29 (15.51%) Replication
3 18 (9.63%) Enterprise Storage
4 14 (7.49%) Clustering
4 14 (7.49%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.81%) PKI
6 7 (3.74%) CMDB
7 6 (3.21%) FPGA
7 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.21%) PMI
7 6 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.67%) Fat Client
8 5 (2.67%) NHS
8 5 (2.67%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.60%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.60%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.60%) VAX
10 2 (1.07%) Blackberry
10 2 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 102 (54.55%) Windows
2 71 (37.97%) Windows Server
3 42 (22.46%) Linux
4 17 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (6.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (6.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (5.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (4.28%) Android
8 8 (4.28%) Apple iOS
9 6 (3.21%) CentOS
9 6 (3.21%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (3.21%) Unix
10 5 (2.67%) Windows 7
11 4 (2.14%) AIX
12 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (1.07%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (1.07%) Debian
13 2 (1.07%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (42.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (25.67%) ITIL
3 35 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (16.58%) Customer Service
5 25 (13.37%) Project Management
6 23 (12.30%) Incident Management
7 21 (11.23%) Change Management
8 19 (10.16%) Mentoring
9 18 (9.63%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (9.09%) Migration
10 17 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (8.56%) Line Management
12 15 (8.02%) Problem Management
12 15 (8.02%) Project Delivery
13 14 (7.49%) Storage Management
14 13 (6.95%) Agile
15 12 (6.42%) Proactive Monitoring
15 12 (6.42%) Server Management
16 10 (5.35%) Capacity Planning
17 9 (4.81%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 45 (24.06%) PowerShell
2 24 (12.83%) SQL
3 10 (5.35%) Python
4 6 (3.21%) Java
5 4 (2.14%) Bash
6 3 (1.60%) Perl
7 1 (0.53%) Bicep
7 1 (0.53%) C#
7 1 (0.53%) C++
7 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (16.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (11.76%) Degree
3 16 (8.56%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.42%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.35%) MCSE
6 9 (4.81%) Azure Certification
6 9 (4.81%) CCA
6 9 (4.81%) Citrix Certification
6 9 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.81%) MCP
7 8 (4.28%) PMI Certification
8 7 (3.74%) DBS Check
9 6 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.67%) MCITP
10 5 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (2.14%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.60%) CISSP
12 3 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.60%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.74%) SLA
2 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.53%) COBIT
2 1 (0.53%) GDPR
2 1 (0.53%) GRC
2 1 (0.53%) ISO 31000
2 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (0.53%) NIST
2 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
2 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.53%) PMO
2 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (56.15%) Active Directory
2 87 (46.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (35.29%) Hyper-V
4 25 (13.37%) vSphere
5 11 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (5.88%) XenApp
6 10 (5.35%) XenDesktop
7 7 (3.74%) Terminal Services
8 6 (3.21%) NFS
8 6 (3.21%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (2.67%) VMware NSX
10 4 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.60%) Ceph
11 3 (1.60%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.53%) Docker
12 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.53%) pfSense
12 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.53%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 29 (15.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 22 (11.76%) SCCM
3 16 (8.56%) Ansible
4 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (4.28%) Backup Exec
5 8 (4.28%) SCOM
5 8 (4.28%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 8 (4.28%) Terraform
5 8 (4.28%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.74%) ZABBIX
7 6 (3.21%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (3.21%) Nagios
7 6 (3.21%) Opsgenie
7 6 (3.21%) VxRail
8 3 (1.60%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (1.60%) N-central
8 3 (1.60%) Puppet
8 3 (1.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (72.19%) Microsoft
2 109 (58.29%) VMware
3 39 (20.86%) Cisco
4 31 (16.58%) Veeam
5 30 (16.04%) Citrix
6 26 (13.90%) Dell
6 26 (13.90%) IBM
7 20 (10.70%) HP
8 19 (10.16%) Fortinet
9 16 (8.56%) Sophos
10 15 (8.02%) NetApp
11 13 (6.95%) EMC
12 10 (5.35%) Oracle
12 10 (5.35%) Red Hat
13 9 (4.81%) Commvault
14 8 (4.28%) F5
14 8 (4.28%) Juniper
14 8 (4.28%) Palo Alto
14 8 (4.28%) Symantec
14 8 (4.28%) Veritas