SAN Jobs in the North West

Storage Area Network (SAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 166 231
Rank change year-on-year -74 +65 -48
Permanent jobs citing SAN 53 140 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.52% 1.85% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.52% 8.83% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 50 68 78
10th Percentile £28,325 £31,425 £33,175
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,364 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.14% - -
75th Percentile £70,625 £48,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £52,875 £57,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% +3.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,172 1,585 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.41% 20.91% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 895 653 729
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,441 £71,050
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the North West

SAN
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAN in the North West.

Salary trend for SAN in the North West

SAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the North West

SAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester -17 35 £51,364 +11.66% 5
Cumbria -20 6 £35,000 -22.22%
Merseyside -25 5 £52,500 +16.67% 1
Cheshire -27 2 £51,504 +9.58%
Lancashire -19 1 £41,234 +68.30%
SAN
England

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (22.64%) IIS
2 4 (7.55%) CloudStack
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (50.94%) Azure
2 26 (49.06%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (22.64%) AWS
3 12 (22.64%) GCP
4 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (39.62%) Firewall
2 19 (35.85%) DHCP
2 19 (35.85%) DNS
2 19 (35.85%) WAN
3 16 (30.19%) NAS
4 12 (22.64%) iSCSI
4 12 (22.64%) SD-WAN
5 9 (16.98%) LAN
5 9 (16.98%) Network Security
6 5 (9.43%) SSL
6 5 (9.43%) VPN
7 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.77%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.89%) InfiniBand
9 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.89%) DB2
General
1 22 (41.51%) Finance
2 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Legal
4 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (22.64%) Infrastructure Manager
2 9 (16.98%) IT Engineer
3 7 (13.21%) Support Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) IT Support
4 6 (11.32%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Senior
4 6 (11.32%) Storage Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Lead
5 5 (9.43%) Network Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Architect
6 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) IT Architect
6 4 (7.55%) SAN Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Storage Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) PMI
2 7 (13.21%) Data Centre
3 6 (11.32%) Driving Licence
4 4 (7.55%) NHS
5 3 (5.66%) PKI
6 2 (3.77%) CCTV
6 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.89%) IoT
7 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (49.06%) Linux
2 12 (22.64%) Windows
3 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.77%) Unix
5 1 (1.89%) AIX
5 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Agile
2 20 (37.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (35.85%) Server Management
4 17 (32.08%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (26.42%) Project Management
6 13 (24.53%) Capacity Planning
6 13 (24.53%) Line Management
6 13 (24.53%) Storage Management
7 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (20.75%) Mentoring
9 7 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (11.32%) Antivirus Management
10 6 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (11.32%) Data Protection
11 5 (9.43%) Application Virtualisation
11 5 (9.43%) Change Management
11 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Maintenance
11 5 (9.43%) Migration
11 5 (9.43%) Proactive Monitoring
12 4 (7.55%) Informatics
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) PMI Certification
2 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) CCNP
3 5 (9.43%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (9.43%) Citrix Certification
3 5 (9.43%) JNCIA
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) VCAP
3 5 (9.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (50.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (49.06%) Active Directory
3 7 (13.21%) Hyper-V
4 6 (11.32%) SRDF
5 3 (5.66%) vSphere
6 2 (3.77%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.89%) Docker
7 1 (1.89%) Lustre
7 1 (1.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (22.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 12 (22.64%) Opsgenie
1 12 (22.64%) VxRail
1 12 (22.64%) ZABBIX
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (7.55%) cPanel
3 4 (7.55%) Plesk
4 1 (1.89%) Icinga
4 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.89%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 35 (66.04%) Microsoft
2 30 (56.60%) VMware
3 21 (39.62%) Cisco
4 15 (28.30%) NetApp
5 12 (22.64%) Dell
5 12 (22.64%) Fortinet
5 12 (22.64%) SolarWinds
6 8 (15.09%) Citrix
6 8 (15.09%) Veeam
7 7 (13.21%) Sophos
8 6 (11.32%) Brocade
8 6 (11.32%) EMC
8 6 (11.32%) ESET
8 6 (11.32%) IBM
9 3 (5.66%) HP
9 3 (5.66%) Juniper
10 2 (3.77%) Aruba
10 2 (3.77%) Meraki
10 2 (3.77%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (3.77%) WatchGuard