SAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 187 251 293
Rank change year-on-year +64 +42 -79
Contract jobs citing SAN 225 213 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 0.91% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.76% 6.03% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 143 159
10th Percentile £288 £124 £218
25th Percentile £388 £303 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +20.24% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £518
90th Percentile £638 £731 £678
UK median daily rate £506 £490 £450
% change year-on-year +3.27% +8.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 14
10th Percentile £12.63 £50.00 £20.01
25th Percentile £15.56 £57.33 £30.91
Median hourly rate £29.98 £69.53 £46.83
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% +48.48% +4.06%
75th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £47.40
90th Percentile - - £60.93
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £53.75 £23.91
% change year-on-year -55.72% +124.80% -52.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,326 3,532 4,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.24% 15.03% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,900 2,223 2,634
10th Percentile £202 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 320 237
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.47 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.85% -14.12% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% -

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK excluding London 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
South East +66 101 £475 +31.03% 27
Midlands +31 35 £550 +5.77% 26
South West +21 31 £500 +2.56% 11
North of England +25 28 £400 +8.11% 18
Scotland +12 24 £575 +24.32% 5
East Midlands +35 18 £550 +55.20% 12
West Midlands +4 16 £300 -47.37% 14
Yorkshire +29 14 £450 +41.18% 5
North West +19 13 £413 -2.94% 10
East of England -4 4 £425 -35.24% 9
Wales +20 3 £365 +246.79% 3
North East +11 1 £180 +5.88% 3
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.11%) IIS
3 5 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.78%) SAS
5 3 (1.33%) nginx
6 2 (0.89%) WordPress
7 1 (0.44%) Apache
7 1 (0.44%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.44%) Site Server
7 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.89%) Azure
2 23 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.11%) AWS
4 15 (6.67%) OpenShift
5 14 (6.22%) OCI
6 7 (3.11%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.78%) GCP
8 3 (1.33%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.33%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.89%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.89%) GitHub
9 2 (0.89%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.44%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (23.11%) Firewall
2 51 (22.67%) DNS
3 49 (21.78%) NAS
4 45 (20.00%) DHCP
5 32 (14.22%) LAN
6 30 (13.33%) WAN
7 27 (12.00%) Fibre Channel
8 25 (11.11%) TCP/IP
9 17 (7.56%) iSCSI
10 15 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (5.78%) VLAN
12 10 (4.44%) MPLS
12 10 (4.44%) VPN
13 8 (3.56%) Wireless
14 7 (3.11%) Network Security
15 6 (2.67%) FTP
15 6 (2.67%) Internet
16 5 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (2.22%) SSL
17 4 (1.78%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.56%) MySQL
3 5 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.78%) Big Data
4 4 (1.78%) DB2
4 4 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.22%) Git
1 5 (2.22%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.89%) GitLab
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 74 (32.89%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.56%) Public Sector
3 21 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.44%) Banking
4 10 (4.44%) Finance
5 8 (3.56%) Aerospace
5 8 (3.56%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.11%) Legal
7 5 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.33%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.89%) Back Office
10 2 (0.89%) Electronics
10 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.89%) Marketing
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Local Government
11 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (31.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 47 (20.89%) Storage Engineer
3 23 (10.22%) Senior
4 18 (8.00%) Developer
4 18 (8.00%) Python Developer
4 18 (8.00%) VMware Engineer
5 17 (7.56%) Data Centre Engineer
6 16 (7.11%) Architect
7 15 (6.67%) Backup Engineer
8 14 (6.22%) IT Engineer
9 13 (5.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (5.78%) Analyst
9 13 (5.78%) Network Engineer
9 13 (5.78%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.33%) Linux Engineer
10 12 (5.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.89%) Storage and Backup Engineer
12 9 (4.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 9 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (3.56%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.00%) Flash
2 8 (3.56%) REST
3 4 (1.78%) POSIX
4 3 (1.33%) EDI
5 2 (0.89%) .NET
5 2 (0.89%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.89%) ADSI
5 2 (0.89%) LAMP
5 2 (0.89%) Middleware
6 1 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (28.89%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.78%) Client/Server
3 12 (5.33%) Clustering
4 11 (4.89%) PKI
5 10 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.44%) Replication
6 8 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.67%) HP Storage
7 6 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.78%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.78%) NVMe
9 4 (1.78%) Thin Client
10 3 (1.33%) CCTV
10 3 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (50.22%) Linux
2 111 (49.33%) Windows
3 72 (32.00%) Windows Server
4 38 (16.89%) Unix
5 31 (13.78%) Ubuntu
5 31 (13.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (12.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (9.33%) AIX
9 18 (8.00%) Debian
9 18 (8.00%) Windows 10
10 16 (7.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (6.22%) Windows XP
12 10 (4.44%) Solaris
13 9 (4.00%) VMS
14 6 (2.67%) Data ONTAP
15 4 (1.78%) CentOS
15 4 (1.78%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (1.33%) Android
16 3 (1.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (35.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (29.78%) ITIL
3 44 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.22%) Migration
5 31 (13.78%) Customer Service
6 29 (12.89%) Disaster Recovery
7 28 (12.44%) Server Management
7 28 (12.44%) Storage Management
8 27 (12.00%) Break/Fix
9 25 (11.11%) Agile
10 24 (10.67%) Data Protection
11 22 (9.78%) Performance Tuning
12 20 (8.89%) Project Management
13 18 (8.00%) Configuration Management
13 18 (8.00%) Data Modelling
13 18 (8.00%) Prototyping
14 16 (7.11%) Data Engineering
14 16 (7.11%) Performance Monitoring
14 16 (7.11%) Proactive Monitoring
14 16 (7.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 50 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 35 (15.56%) Python
3 18 (8.00%) SQL
4 12 (5.33%) Bash
5 10 (4.44%) Perl
6 6 (2.67%) Java
6 6 (2.67%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.89%) AWK
7 2 (0.89%) Bourne shell
7 2 (0.89%) C#
7 2 (0.89%) Korn
8 1 (0.44%) Ruby
8 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 62 (27.56%) SC Cleared
3 46 (20.44%) DV Cleared
4 44 (19.56%) Degree
5 35 (15.56%) CCNA
5 35 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (8.00%) MCSE
8 17 (7.56%) CCNP
9 10 (4.44%) A+ Certification
10 8 (3.56%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.78%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.78%) MCSA
13 3 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.33%) RHCE
14 2 (0.89%) CCENT
14 2 (0.89%) PhD
14 2 (0.89%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.89%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.33%) SLA
2 2 (0.89%) GDPR
2 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (32.89%) Active Directory
1 74 (32.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (19.56%) VMware ESXi
3 33 (14.67%) vSphere
4 22 (9.78%) Hyper-V
5 17 (7.56%) VMware NSX
6 11 (4.89%) Firmware
7 9 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (3.56%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (2.22%) VMware Server
10 4 (1.78%) Docker
10 4 (1.78%) GPFS
10 4 (1.78%) NFS
11 2 (0.89%) KVM
11 2 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 40 (17.78%) NetBackup
2 37 (16.44%) vCenter Server
3 35 (15.56%) SCCM
4 22 (9.78%) EMC NetWorker
4 22 (9.78%) WSUS
5 21 (9.33%) Ansible
6 16 (7.11%) Kubernetes
7 14 (6.22%) SCOM
8 10 (4.44%) Terraform
9 8 (3.56%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (3.56%) Nagios
10 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (2.67%) Avamar
11 6 (2.67%) HP Data Protector
11 6 (2.67%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (2.22%) Grafana
12 5 (2.22%) Prometheus
13 4 (1.78%) VxRail
13 4 (1.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 133 (59.11%) VMware
2 88 (39.11%) Microsoft
3 53 (23.56%) Cisco
4 52 (23.11%) Dell
5 40 (17.78%) HP
6 37 (16.44%) EMC
7 35 (15.56%) Red Hat
8 32 (14.22%) Veeam
9 29 (12.89%) Brocade
10 24 (10.67%) Oracle
11 23 (10.22%) Palo Alto
12 22 (9.78%) NetApp
13 20 (8.89%) IBM
13 20 (8.89%) Symantec
14 17 (7.56%) 3PAR
14 17 (7.56%) Veritas
15 15 (6.67%) Juniper
16 14 (6.22%) Extreme Networks
17 9 (4.00%) CheckPoint
18 8 (3.56%) Hitachi