SAN Jobs in England

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 303 528
Rank change year-on-year -50 +225 -168
Permanent jobs citing SAN 635 1,004 827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 1.12% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.27% 7.15% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 554 624 678
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,500 £33,275
25th Percentile £36,900 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,672 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +0.36% +0.53%
75th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £47,750 £49,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.54% +4.21% +0.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,060 14,047 18,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.07% 15.73% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,521 7,229 10,417
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in England

SAN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAN in England.

Salary trend for SAN in England

SAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -49 152 £42,500 +6.25% 18
London -22 133 £65,000 - 34
Midlands -11 129 £40,000 -23.81% 25
South East -22 100 £50,000 +22.70% 27
Yorkshire +38 66 £44,000 +35.38% 5
South West -27 65 £50,000 +18.34% 13
East Midlands -11 64 £40,000 -29.20% 12
West Midlands -21 64 £38,000 -24.00% 13
East of England +8 52 £43,500 -13.00% 8
North West -80 50 £51,364 +14.14% 10
North East +3 36 £32,500 -13.33% 3
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 152 (23.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (11.97%) SharePoint
3 47 (7.40%) IIS
4 10 (1.57%) SAS
5 9 (1.42%) WordPress
6 6 (0.94%) Apache
6 6 (0.94%) nginx
6 6 (0.94%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.79%) CMS
7 5 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.63%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 56 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.47%) SPSS
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.16%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 379 (59.69%) Azure
2 295 (46.46%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (15.12%) AWS
4 75 (11.81%) Entra ID
5 60 (9.45%) OneDrive
6 37 (5.83%) IaaS
7 30 (4.72%) PaaS
7 30 (4.72%) SaaS
8 29 (4.57%) GCP
9 28 (4.41%) Nutanix
10 13 (2.05%) OCI
11 10 (1.57%) Rubrik
12 6 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.94%) Datadog
12 6 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.94%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.79%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.79%) Azure Storage
14 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 243 (38.27%) Firewall
2 185 (29.13%) DNS
3 161 (25.35%) NAS
4 159 (25.04%) DHCP
5 129 (20.31%) WAN
6 112 (17.64%) VPN
7 110 (17.32%) LAN
8 91 (14.33%) VLAN
9 59 (9.29%) TCP/IP
10 49 (7.72%) iSCSI
11 47 (7.40%) Wireless
12 38 (5.98%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (5.20%) SD-WAN
14 29 (4.57%) Network Security
15 28 (4.41%) WLAN
16 27 (4.25%) Fibre Channel
17 21 (3.31%) VoIP
18 18 (2.83%) Remote Desktop
19 16 (2.52%) SSL
20 14 (2.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (18.43%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (2.05%) MySQL
4 7 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.94%) Power BI
6 3 (0.47%) Big Data
6 3 (0.47%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.47%) Redis
7 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.63%) JIRA
2 3 (0.47%) GitLab
2 3 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 226 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 90 (14.17%) Finance
3 81 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.61%) Law
5 38 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (4.41%) Legal
7 18 (2.83%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.05%) Advertising
10 12 (1.89%) Billing
11 10 (1.57%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.10%) Banking
14 6 (0.94%) Retail
15 5 (0.79%) Automotive
16 4 (0.63%) Aviation
16 4 (0.63%) Avionics
16 4 (0.63%) Japanese Language
16 4 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 185 (29.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 119 (18.74%) Support Engineer
3 102 (16.06%) IT Engineer
4 85 (13.39%) Senior
5 70 (11.02%) IT Support
6 60 (9.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 60 (9.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 58 (9.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 48 (7.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 43 (6.77%) Administrator
10 32 (5.04%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 32 (5.04%) Lead
11 31 (4.88%) Analyst
11 31 (4.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 30 (4.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (4.72%) Storage Specialist
13 29 (4.57%) Infrastructure Support
13 29 (4.57%) IT Administrator
14 28 (4.41%) Network Engineer
15 26 (4.09%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.68%) ARM Templates
2 15 (2.36%) LAMP
3 8 (1.26%) .NET
4 6 (0.94%) LDAP
5 4 (0.63%) EJB
6 3 (0.47%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.47%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.47%) CSS
6 3 (0.47%) HTML
6 3 (0.47%) jQuery
7 2 (0.31%) EDI
7 2 (0.31%) SAML
7 2 (0.31%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.31%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.16%) Flash
8 1 (0.16%) Middleware
8 1 (0.16%) OAuth
8 1 (0.16%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.16%) Web Services
8 1 (0.16%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 101 (15.91%) Data Centre
2 57 (8.98%) Driving Licence
3 55 (8.66%) Replication
4 43 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (5.83%) Clustering
6 32 (5.04%) Enterprise Storage
7 26 (4.09%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.78%) Public Cloud
9 21 (3.31%) PKI
10 17 (2.68%) PMI
11 13 (2.05%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.57%) CCTV
13 9 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.42%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.26%) VAX
15 6 (0.94%) Cyberattack
16 5 (0.79%) Operational Technology
16 5 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
16 5 (0.79%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 418 (65.83%) Windows
2 308 (48.50%) Windows Server
3 204 (32.13%) Linux
4 66 (10.39%) Windows 10
5 60 (9.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 59 (9.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 30 (4.72%) Ubuntu
9 23 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (3.15%) SUSE
10 20 (3.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 19 (2.99%) Unix
12 18 (2.83%) Windows 7
13 15 (2.36%) AIX
14 13 (2.05%) CentOS
14 13 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
15 12 (1.89%) VMS
15 12 (1.89%) Windows XP
16 6 (0.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 4 (0.63%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (37.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 164 (25.83%) ITIL
3 114 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 80 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
6 73 (11.50%) Server Management
7 66 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (10.24%) Project Management
9 64 (10.08%) Mentoring
10 60 (9.45%) Project Delivery
11 54 (8.50%) Storage Management
12 52 (8.19%) Migration
13 45 (7.09%) Agile
14 43 (6.77%) Incident Management
15 38 (5.98%) Performance Monitoring
16 37 (5.83%) Customer Service
17 35 (5.51%) Business Continuity
18 32 (5.04%) Kalman Filter
19 31 (4.88%) Infrastructure Maintenance
20 30 (4.72%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 181 (28.50%) PowerShell
2 89 (14.02%) SQL
3 24 (3.78%) Python
4 22 (3.46%) Bash
5 6 (0.94%) C#
6 4 (0.63%) Java
6 4 (0.63%) Perl
7 3 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.47%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.16%) AWK
9 1 (0.16%) Bourne shell
9 1 (0.16%) Korn
9 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (17.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 83 (13.07%) Degree
3 79 (12.44%) Security Cleared
4 78 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (11.65%) MCSE
6 67 (10.55%) CCNA
7 61 (9.61%) SC Cleared
8 56 (8.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (5.20%) Azure Certification
10 28 (4.41%) DV Cleared
11 27 (4.25%) ITIL Certification
12 25 (3.94%) MCSA
13 22 (3.46%) CCNP
14 19 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (2.83%) PMI Certification
16 16 (2.52%) MCP
17 13 (2.05%) Citrix Certification
18 9 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (1.42%) JNCIA
19 8 (1.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.19%) SLA
2 16 (2.52%) GDPR
3 8 (1.26%) PMO
4 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.31%) ISO 31000
5 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (0.31%) NIST
5 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.16%) COBIT
6 1 (0.16%) GRC
6 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.16%) NCSC
6 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 410 (64.57%) Active Directory
2 301 (47.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 179 (28.19%) Hyper-V
4 95 (14.96%) vSphere
5 68 (10.71%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (4.09%) Virtual Servers
7 18 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (2.36%) XenApp
10 13 (2.05%) Terminal Services
10 13 (2.05%) vCloud
11 12 (1.89%) NFS
12 10 (1.57%) Firmware
13 8 (1.26%) VMware Server
14 7 (1.10%) SRDF
14 7 (1.10%) XenDesktop
15 6 (0.94%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.94%) Docker
15 6 (0.94%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.31%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 83 (13.07%) SCCM
2 68 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (9.61%) vCenter Server
4 34 (5.35%) NetBackup
5 30 (4.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 27 (4.25%) SCOM
7 23 (3.62%) Ansible
8 21 (3.31%) Backup Exec
8 21 (3.31%) WSUS
9 16 (2.52%) EMC NetWorker
9 16 (2.52%) Nagios
9 16 (2.52%) VxRail
10 15 (2.36%) Microsoft Clustering
10 15 (2.36%) ZABBIX
11 12 (1.89%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.89%) SmoothWall
12 11 (1.73%) vRealize
13 10 (1.57%) Terraform
13 10 (1.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 8 (1.26%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 450 (70.87%) VMware
2 439 (69.13%) Microsoft
3 169 (26.61%) Veeam
4 114 (17.95%) Cisco
5 109 (17.17%) HP
6 107 (16.85%) Citrix
7 76 (11.97%) Dell
8 74 (11.65%) NetApp
9 47 (7.40%) EMC
10 41 (6.46%) IBM
11 40 (6.30%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (5.67%) Palo Alto
13 33 (5.20%) 3PAR
14 31 (4.88%) Oracle
15 29 (4.57%) Commvault
16 28 (4.41%) Aruba
16 28 (4.41%) SolarWinds
17 26 (4.09%) Fortinet
18 24 (3.78%) Red Hat
19 23 (3.62%) Veritas