Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VSAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VSAN over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 589 742
Rank change year-on-year +72 +153 -146
Contract jobs citing VSAN 74 130 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.34% 1.77% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 90 68
10th Percentile - £410 £381
25th Percentile £463 £455 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £478
Median % change year-on-year - +9.89% +6.17%
75th Percentile £648 £575 £546
90th Percentile £710 £638 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £455
% change year-on-year - +15.51% +10.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £48.40 £41.92
25th Percentile - - £42.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.13 £46.32
Median % change year-on-year +15.10% +12.54% -
75th Percentile - £66.00 £48.75
90th Percentile - £67.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £52.13 £46.32
% change year-on-year +15.10% +12.54% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VSAN 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,522 7,324 9,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,303 4,766 6,317
10th Percentile £205 £242 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 475 360
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

VSAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VSAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VSAN.

Daily rate trend for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VSAN over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VSAN.

Hourly rate trend for VSAN in the UK

VSAN
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VSAN within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +76 63 £525 +9.09% 10
UK excluding London +51 58 £525 - 7
South East +27 24 £500 +9.89% 1
South West +23 20 £500 -9.09%
London +85 14 £625 +14.16% 3
Work from Home +90 10 £590 +12.38% 2
Scotland +44 10 £646 +14.84%
North of England +20 4 £523 +16.11% 2
North West +13 2 £438 -1.41% 2
North East - 2 £523 -

VSAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (9.46%) Confluence
2 4 (5.41%) IBM Domino
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.70%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.35%) nginx
4 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.76%) Nutanix
2 4 (5.41%) Azure
3 3 (4.05%) AWS
4 2 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.70%) GitHub
4 2 (2.70%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) DNS
1 8 (10.81%) SNA
2 5 (6.76%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (5.41%) Firewall
4 3 (4.05%) SAN
5 2 (2.70%) DHCP
5 2 (2.70%) Skype
5 2 (2.70%) VPN
6 1 (1.35%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.35%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.35%) NAS
6 1 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.35%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (17.57%) JIRA
2 9 (12.16%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) GitLab
3 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.70%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.35%) Legal
5 1 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (25.68%) VMware Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (12.16%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) Lead
5 7 (9.46%) VMware Expert
6 6 (8.11%) Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Cloud Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Senior
8 3 (4.05%) VMware Architect
9 2 (2.70%) Automation Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Cloud Consultant
9 2 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
9 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Migration Architect
9 2 (2.70%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.81%) YAML
2 5 (6.76%) Flash
3 1 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 26 (35.14%) Data Centre
2 16 (21.62%) PKI
3 6 (8.11%) Clustering
3 6 (8.11%) VxBlock/Vblock
4 3 (4.05%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (31.08%) Linux
2 12 (16.22%) Windows
3 9 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (24.32%) Agile
3 16 (21.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (20.27%) CI/CD
5 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.86%) Converged Infrastructure
7 10 (13.51%) DevOps
8 9 (12.16%) Migration
8 9 (12.16%) Time Management
9 8 (10.81%) Network Architecture
9 8 (10.81%) SDLC
10 7 (9.46%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (9.46%) Critical Thinking
10 7 (9.46%) Data Protection
10 7 (9.46%) ITIL
10 7 (9.46%) Kanban
10 7 (9.46%) Performance Optimisation
10 7 (9.46%) Service Management
10 7 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (9.46%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.27%) Python
2 13 (17.57%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.41%) Bash
4 3 (4.05%) SQL
5 1 (1.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 47 (63.51%) Security Cleared
2 29 (39.19%) DV Cleared
3 28 (37.84%) SC Cleared
4 14 (18.92%) Degree
5 11 (14.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (8.11%) Master's Degree
8 5 (6.76%) CCNA
9 4 (5.41%) CCNP
9 4 (5.41%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) VCAP
10 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (82.43%) VMware NSX
2 42 (56.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (47.30%) vSphere
4 34 (45.95%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (16.22%) Hyper-V
6 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
7 9 (12.16%) vCloud
8 4 (5.41%) KVM
9 2 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (64.86%) vCenter Server
2 19 (25.68%) vRealize
3 9 (12.16%) Ansible
3 9 (12.16%) Kubernetes
3 9 (12.16%) Terraform
3 9 (12.16%) VxRail
4 7 (9.46%) vMotion
5 6 (8.11%) WSUS
6 3 (4.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.70%) Rancher
8 1 (1.35%) Avamar
8 1 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.35%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.35%) PowerCLI
8 1 (1.35%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.35%) Puppet
8 1 (1.35%) SCCM
8 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 74 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (20.27%) Cisco
3 10 (13.51%) Dell
4 6 (8.11%) Atlassian
4 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
5 5 (6.76%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.70%) Splunk
6 2 (2.70%) Symantec
6 2 (2.70%) Veeam
7 1 (1.35%) EMC
7 1 (1.35%) HP
7 1 (1.35%) Juniper
7 1 (1.35%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.35%) NETGEAR
7 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.35%) Wyse