SAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 357 554
Rank change year-on-year +26 +197 -199
Permanent jobs citing SAN 289 365 302
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.85% 0.85% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.46% 7.64% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 251 302 250
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £49,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% +4.21% +2.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,296 4,779 7,355
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.65% 11.19% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,434 3,543 4,894
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% +7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,500 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.48% -4.29% +5.00%

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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 1 May 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 59 (20.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (11.07%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.54%) IIS
4 4 (1.38%) SAS
5 3 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.04%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 166 (57.44%) Azure
2 115 (39.79%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (20.42%) AWS
4 27 (9.34%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.27%) OneDrive
6 20 (6.92%) GCP
7 18 (6.23%) IaaS
8 14 (4.84%) PaaS
9 13 (4.50%) SaaS
10 10 (3.46%) Rubrik
11 8 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.42%) Slack
13 4 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.38%) Nutanix
14 3 (1.04%) Dropbox
15 2 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.69%) Azure Storage
15 2 (0.69%) Power Automate
16 1 (0.35%) OCI
16 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 93 (32.18%) Firewall
2 77 (26.64%) WAN
3 66 (22.84%) DNS
4 64 (22.15%) LAN
5 61 (21.11%) NAS
6 58 (20.07%) DHCP
7 37 (12.80%) TCP/IP
8 33 (11.42%) VLAN
9 29 (10.03%) SD-WAN
10 24 (8.30%) Wireless
11 23 (7.96%) iSCSI
11 23 (7.96%) Network Security
12 22 (7.61%) VPN
13 17 (5.88%) WLAN
14 11 (3.81%) Fibre Channel
14 11 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (2.77%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (2.77%) Unified Communications
16 6 (2.08%) Internet
17 4 (1.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.30%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.54%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.04%) Big Data
3 3 (1.04%) EDRMS
3 3 (1.04%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
General
1 118 (40.83%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.49%) Finance
3 26 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.65%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.81%) Advertising
6 11 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.46%) Law
8 6 (2.08%) Legal
9 5 (1.73%) Military
9 5 (1.73%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.38%) Japanese Language
11 3 (1.04%) Banking
11 3 (1.04%) Retail
12 2 (0.69%) Marketing
13 1 (0.35%) Electronics
13 1 (0.35%) French Language
13 1 (0.35%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.35%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 83 (28.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (21.80%) IT Engineer
3 57 (19.72%) Support Engineer
4 46 (15.92%) 3rd Line Support
4 46 (15.92%) Senior
5 41 (14.19%) IT Support
6 39 (13.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 39 (13.49%) IT Support Engineer
7 36 (12.46%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 35 (12.11%) Storage Specialist
9 32 (11.07%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 31 (10.73%) IBM Storage Specialist
10 31 (10.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (10.38%) SAN Specialist
11 30 (10.38%) SAN Storage Specialist
12 25 (8.65%) Administrator
13 24 (8.30%) IT Administrator
14 21 (7.27%) Server Administrator
15 19 (6.57%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
15 19 (6.57%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.04%) LDAP
2 2 (0.69%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.69%) OAuth
3 1 (0.35%) JSON
3 1 (0.35%) Middleware
3 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 58 (20.07%) Data Centre
2 42 (14.53%) Driving Licence
3 35 (12.11%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (8.65%) Replication
5 24 (8.30%) Enterprise Storage
6 14 (4.84%) Clustering
7 12 (4.15%) PMI
8 9 (3.11%) PKI
9 7 (2.42%) CMDB
10 5 (1.73%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.38%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.38%) iPad
11 4 (1.38%) Thin Client
12 3 (1.04%) Client/Server
12 3 (1.04%) Cybercrime
12 3 (1.04%) FPGA
12 3 (1.04%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.04%) VAX
12 3 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 155 (53.63%) Windows
2 121 (41.87%) Windows Server
3 83 (28.72%) Linux
4 20 (6.92%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (6.57%) Unix
6 18 (6.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.11%) CentOS
9 8 (2.77%) Windows 7
10 6 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.04%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.35%) AIX
14 1 (0.35%) Android
14 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (35.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (21.11%) ITIL
3 52 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (16.26%) Server Management
5 33 (11.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 31 (10.73%) Migration
7 29 (10.03%) Incident Management
7 29 (10.03%) Storage Management
8 27 (9.34%) Line Management
8 27 (9.34%) Root Cause Analysis
9 26 (9.00%) Customer Service
10 25 (8.65%) Agile
11 24 (8.30%) Project Management
12 21 (7.27%) Benchmarking
12 21 (7.27%) Data Centre Operations
12 21 (7.27%) Desktop Virtualisation
12 21 (7.27%) Infrastructure Maintenance
12 21 (7.27%) Performance Monitoring
12 21 (7.27%) Vulnerability Management
13 20 (6.92%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (21.45%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.57%) SQL
3 10 (3.46%) Python
4 7 (2.42%) Bash
5 3 (1.04%) Java
6 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 51 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (13.15%) Security Cleared
3 33 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.34%) Degree
5 25 (8.65%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (7.61%) Azure Certification
6 22 (7.61%) MCSE
7 16 (5.54%) CCNA
8 13 (4.50%) PMI Certification
9 11 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (3.11%) CCNP
10 9 (3.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (2.77%) DV Cleared
12 6 (2.08%) MCSA
13 5 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.38%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.38%) MCP
15 3 (1.04%) A+ Certification
15 3 (1.04%) Citrix Certification
15 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.19%) SLA
2 4 (1.38%) GDPR
3 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.69%) PMO
4 1 (0.35%) COBIT
4 1 (0.35%) GRC
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 150 (51.90%) Active Directory
2 122 (42.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (25.61%) Hyper-V
4 31 (10.73%) vSphere
5 12 (4.15%) NFS
6 10 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (2.08%) DFS Replication
8 6 (2.08%) Terminal Services
8 6 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.73%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.38%) XenApp
11 3 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (1.04%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.69%) SRDF
12 2 (0.69%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.35%) Docker
13 1 (0.35%) Lustre
13 1 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.35%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 36 (12.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (9.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 21 (7.27%) Ansible
3 21 (7.27%) SCCM
4 13 (4.50%) Terraform
4 13 (4.50%) ZABBIX
5 12 (4.15%) Opsgenie
5 12 (4.15%) VxRail
6 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Clustering
7 10 (3.46%) Nagios
8 9 (3.11%) vCenter Server
9 8 (2.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 7 (2.42%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (2.42%) SCOM
11 6 (2.08%) FortiGate
11 6 (2.08%) NetBackup
11 6 (2.08%) Puppet
12 4 (1.38%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 3 (1.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 184 (63.67%) Microsoft
2 171 (59.17%) VMware
3 55 (19.03%) Cisco
4 54 (18.69%) Citrix
5 45 (15.57%) NetApp
6 42 (14.53%) Veeam
7 41 (14.19%) IBM
8 26 (9.00%) HP
9 24 (8.30%) Dell
10 18 (6.23%) Sophos
11 14 (4.84%) EMC
11 14 (4.84%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.50%) Fortinet
13 11 (3.81%) Red Hat
14 10 (3.46%) 3PAR
15 9 (3.11%) CheckPoint
15 9 (3.11%) Meraki
15 9 (3.11%) Nimble Storage
16 7 (2.42%) Zerto
17 6 (2.08%) Aruba