SAN Contracts in the South East

Storage Area Network (SAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 166 182
Rank change year-on-year +66 +16 -48
Contract jobs citing SAN 101 52 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.83% 0.91% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.32% 5.56% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 40 50
10th Percentile £280 £286 £210
25th Percentile £391 £304 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -27.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £694
90th Percentile £608 £749 £739
England median daily rate £500 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +6.38% +4.44% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £53.65 -
25th Percentile - £68.50 £77.50
Median hourly rate - £78.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -1.88% -
75th Percentile - £80.25 £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £76.75 £23.91
% change year-on-year -47.88% +221.00% -52.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

SAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,214 936 1,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.00% 16.45% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 560 759
10th Percentile £205 £241 £190
25th Percentile £363 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 73 73
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.05
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -37.68%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £47.25
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £59.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the South East

SAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SAN in the South East

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the South East

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SAN in the South East

SAN
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +33 48 £550 +2.85% 9
Berkshire +7 31 £598 +64.83% 3
Hampshire +19 26 £501 +57.18% 7
West Sussex +21 17 £450 +20.00% 7
Buckinghamshire +35 15 £550 - 1
Surrey +7 10 £413 +33.06% 2
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 5
SAN
England

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.98%) nginx
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 26 (25.74%) Azure
2 14 (13.86%) OCI
3 7 (6.93%) AWS
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.97%) GCP
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.98%) GitHub
6 2 (1.98%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.99%) IaaS
7 1 (0.99%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 28 (27.72%) DNS
2 25 (24.75%) DHCP
3 24 (23.76%) NAS
4 22 (21.78%) Firewall
5 18 (17.82%) TCP/IP
6 10 (9.90%) iSCSI
7 9 (8.91%) VLAN
8 8 (7.92%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (5.94%) WAN
10 5 (4.95%) SSL
10 5 (4.95%) VPN
11 4 (3.96%) LAN
11 4 (3.96%) VoIP
11 4 (3.96%) Wireless
12 2 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (1.98%) MPLS
13 1 (0.99%) FCoE
13 1 (0.99%) Junos
13 1 (0.99%) Network Security
13 1 (0.99%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.93%) MySQL
3 5 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.99%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) GitLab
2 1 (0.99%) Git
General
1 42 (41.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
3 3 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.97%) Legal
4 2 (1.98%) Back Office
4 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (43.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (21.78%) Storage Engineer
3 15 (14.85%) Senior
4 13 (12.87%) Developer
4 13 (12.87%) Python Developer
5 11 (10.89%) Data Centre Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Architect
7 9 (8.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Backup Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.95%) Break Fix Engineer
11 5 (4.95%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
11 5 (4.95%) Storage and Backup Engineer
11 5 (4.95%) Virtualisation Architect
12 4 (3.96%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Architect
12 4 (3.96%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.86%) Flash
2 2 (1.98%) EDI
2 2 (1.98%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 34 (33.66%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.90%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.95%) PKI
5 4 (3.96%) Fat Client
5 4 (3.96%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.98%) CCTV
7 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.98%) Replication
7 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.98%) Tandem
8 1 (0.99%) Clustering
8 1 (0.99%) CMDB
8 1 (0.99%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.99%) IBM XIV
8 1 (0.99%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 67 (66.34%) Linux
2 38 (37.62%) Windows
3 26 (25.74%) Windows Server 2019
4 24 (23.76%) Windows Server
5 20 (19.80%) Unix
5 20 (19.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (18.81%) Ubuntu
7 18 (17.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (15.84%) Windows 10
9 14 (13.86%) Windows XP
10 13 (12.87%) AIX
10 13 (12.87%) Debian
11 6 (5.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (1.98%) Android
13 2 (1.98%) Mac OS
13 2 (1.98%) Solaris
14 1 (0.99%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (49.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (39.60%) ITIL
3 25 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (22.77%) Disaster Recovery
5 20 (19.80%) Break/Fix
5 20 (19.80%) Storage Management
6 17 (16.83%) Project Management
7 16 (15.84%) Performance Tuning
7 16 (15.84%) Server Management
8 15 (14.85%) Proactive Monitoring
9 14 (13.86%) Agile
9 14 (13.86%) Converged Infrastructure
9 14 (13.86%) Performance Monitoring
10 13 (12.87%) Configuration Management
10 13 (12.87%) Data Modelling
10 13 (12.87%) Prototyping
11 12 (11.88%) Migration
12 11 (10.89%) Data Engineering
12 11 (10.89%) Incident Management
12 11 (10.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 23 (22.77%) PowerShell
2 16 (15.84%) Python
3 6 (5.94%) Shell Script
4 4 (3.96%) SQL
5 2 (1.98%) AWK
5 2 (1.98%) Bourne shell
5 2 (1.98%) Korn
5 2 (1.98%) Perl
6 1 (0.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 55 (54.46%) Security Cleared
2 46 (45.54%) SC Cleared
3 30 (29.70%) Degree
4 25 (24.75%) DV Cleared
5 19 (18.81%) CCNA
5 19 (18.81%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (13.86%) CCNP
7 5 (4.95%) MCSE
7 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.98%) PhD
9 2 (1.98%) RHCE
9 2 (1.98%) RHCSA
9 2 (1.98%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.99%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.99%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.98%) GDPR
2 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (32.67%) Active Directory
2 32 (31.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (19.80%) vSphere
4 19 (18.81%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (14.85%) Hyper-V
6 5 (4.95%) Firmware
7 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.98%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.99%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (20.79%) SCCM
2 20 (19.80%) NetBackup
2 20 (19.80%) WSUS
3 18 (17.82%) vCenter Server
4 14 (13.86%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (13.86%) SCOM
5 8 (7.92%) Ansible
6 6 (5.94%) Red Hat Satellite
7 5 (4.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (4.95%) Avamar
8 4 (3.96%) Nessus
8 4 (3.96%) ZABBIX
9 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.98%) Oracle ZFS
10 2 (1.98%) PaperCut
10 2 (1.98%) Terraform
10 2 (1.98%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (1.98%) VxRail
10 2 (1.98%) yum
11 1 (0.99%) Packer
Vendors
1 63 (62.38%) VMware
2 42 (41.58%) Microsoft
3 30 (29.70%) Dell
4 27 (26.73%) Red Hat
5 26 (25.74%) HP
6 25 (24.75%) EMC
7 21 (20.79%) Veeam
8 19 (18.81%) Oracle
9 18 (17.82%) Cisco
10 17 (16.83%) 3PAR
11 16 (15.84%) IBM
12 15 (14.85%) Brocade
12 15 (14.85%) Juniper
12 15 (14.85%) Palo Alto
13 14 (13.86%) Extreme Networks
13 14 (13.86%) Symantec
14 7 (6.93%) Veritas
15 5 (4.95%) NetApp
15 5 (4.95%) Nimble Storage
16 3 (2.97%) SolarWinds