SAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 245 381
Rank change year-on-year -79 +136 -98
Permanent jobs citing SAN 569 824 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.46% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.75% 7.66% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 495 420 484
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +4.05%
75th Percentile £56,125 £53,063 £52,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,672 £49,000
% change year-on-year -0.36% -2.71% +3.70%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,894 10,757 11,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.02% 19.03% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,118 4,590 6,556
10th Percentile £25,756 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the UK excluding London

SAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -49 155 £43,121 +7.80% 14
Midlands -5 137 £40,000 -15.79% 17
South East -35 100 £48,875 +22.19% 13
South West -21 72 £50,000 +17.65% 13
East Midlands -11 68 £44,500 -18.35% 7
West Midlands -18 68 £38,000 -15.56% 10
Yorkshire +17 66 £45,000 +38.46% 6
East of England +10 52 £43,500 -13.00% 14
North West -78 52 £51,364 +14.14% 7
North East 0 37 £32,500 -27.78% 1
Wales -19 32 £41,067 -8.74% 6
Scotland -127 19 £47,500 -5.00% 2
Northern Ireland -8 2 £65,000 +85.71%
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
1 138 (24.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (12.13%) SharePoint
3 42 (7.38%) IIS
4 6 (1.05%) SAS
4 6 (1.05%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.88%) CMS
5 5 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.70%) CloudStack
6 4 (0.70%) WordPress
7 3 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 61 (10.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 304 (53.43%) Azure
2 269 (47.28%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (14.59%) AWS
4 57 (10.02%) OneDrive
5 49 (8.61%) Entra ID
6 31 (5.45%) IaaS
7 25 (4.39%) GCP
8 20 (3.51%) PaaS
8 20 (3.51%) SaaS
9 13 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.28%) OCI
10 7 (1.23%) Slack
11 6 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.05%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (0.88%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.70%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.53%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.53%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 197 (34.62%) Firewall
2 141 (24.78%) NAS
3 139 (24.43%) DNS
4 118 (20.74%) DHCP
5 100 (17.57%) WAN
6 85 (14.94%) VPN
7 84 (14.76%) LAN
8 69 (12.13%) VLAN
9 50 (8.79%) TCP/IP
10 41 (7.21%) Wireless
11 37 (6.50%) iSCSI
12 36 (6.33%) VoIP
13 24 (4.22%) Wi-Fi
14 23 (4.04%) Network Security
14 23 (4.04%) SD-WAN
15 21 (3.69%) Remote Desktop
15 21 (3.69%) WLAN
16 16 (2.81%) Fibre Channel
16 16 (2.81%) SSL
17 15 (2.64%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (17.93%) SQL Server
2 27 (4.75%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (2.28%) MySQL
4 6 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.05%) Power BI
5 4 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.70%) Redis
6 2 (0.35%) DB2
7 1 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.53%) GitLab
1 3 (0.53%) JIRA
1 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
1 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 219 (38.49%) Social Skills
2 72 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.13%) Finance
4 43 (7.56%) Law
5 37 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (3.69%) Legal
7 17 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 11 (1.93%) Advertising
9 10 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.05%) Local Government
12 6 (1.05%) Police
13 5 (0.88%) Automotive
13 5 (0.88%) Retail
14 4 (0.70%) Aviation
14 4 (0.70%) Avionics
15 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 182 (31.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 118 (20.74%) Support Engineer
3 105 (18.45%) IT Engineer
4 78 (13.71%) Senior
5 66 (11.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 64 (11.25%) IT Support
7 63 (11.07%) 3rd Line Support
8 59 (10.37%) IT Support Engineer
9 50 (8.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 43 (7.56%) Administrator
11 38 (6.68%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 37 (6.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (6.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (5.10%) IT Administrator
15 27 (4.75%) Lead
16 26 (4.57%) Infrastructure Support
17 25 (4.39%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 25 (4.39%) Server Administrator
18 24 (4.22%) IT Manager
19 23 (4.04%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.76%) LAMP
2 9 (1.58%) .NET
3 4 (0.70%) .NET Core
3 4 (0.70%) EJB
4 3 (0.53%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.53%) CSS
4 3 (0.53%) HTML
4 3 (0.53%) jQuery
4 3 (0.53%) LDAP
5 2 (0.35%) SAML
5 2 (0.35%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.35%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.18%) Flash
6 1 (0.18%) Middleware
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.53%) Data Centre
2 63 (11.07%) Driving Licence
3 41 (7.21%) Clustering
4 37 (6.50%) Replication
4 37 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (5.45%) Enterprise Storage
6 25 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 20 (3.51%) PKI
8 17 (2.99%) PMI
9 13 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.76%) CCTV
11 8 (1.41%) NHS
11 8 (1.41%) VAX
12 7 (1.23%) CMDB
13 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.05%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.88%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.88%) Wiki
15 4 (0.70%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 370 (65.03%) Windows
2 264 (46.40%) Windows Server
3 171 (30.05%) Linux
4 61 (10.72%) Windows 10
5 53 (9.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 43 (7.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 36 (6.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (3.34%) Windows 7
8 19 (3.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 16 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (2.64%) AIX
11 13 (2.28%) Ubuntu
11 13 (2.28%) Windows Server 2003
12 12 (2.11%) Windows XP
13 9 (1.58%) Unix
14 8 (1.41%) SUSE
15 7 (1.23%) VMS
16 6 (1.05%) CentOS
16 6 (1.05%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (37.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 158 (27.77%) ITIL
3 122 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (13.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 71 (12.48%) Server Management
6 59 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
7 56 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 53 (9.31%) Project Management
9 52 (9.14%) Mentoring
10 50 (8.79%) Customer Service
10 50 (8.79%) Migration
11 48 (8.44%) Storage Management
12 43 (7.56%) Incident Management
13 38 (6.68%) Performance Monitoring
14 34 (5.98%) Proactive Monitoring
15 33 (5.80%) Agile
16 31 (5.45%) Infrastructure Maintenance
16 31 (5.45%) Patch Management
17 30 (5.27%) Root Cause Analysis
17 30 (5.27%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 151 (26.54%) PowerShell
2 73 (12.83%) SQL
3 14 (2.46%) Bash
4 11 (1.93%) Python
5 3 (0.53%) C#
5 3 (0.53%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.53%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.35%) Perl
6 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.18%) ABAP
7 1 (0.18%) AWK
7 1 (0.18%) Bicep
7 1 (0.18%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.18%) Korn
Qualifications
1 83 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 80 (14.06%) Degree
2 80 (14.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 79 (13.88%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (12.13%) CCNA
5 65 (11.42%) SC Cleared
6 42 (7.38%) MCSE
7 29 (5.10%) DV Cleared
8 28 (4.92%) Azure Certification
9 27 (4.75%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (3.69%) CCNP
11 17 (2.99%) MCP
11 17 (2.99%) PMI Certification
11 17 (2.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 16 (2.81%) Citrix Certification
12 16 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (1.93%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.76%) CCA
14 10 (1.76%) MCSA
15 9 (1.58%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.96%) SLA
2 10 (1.76%) GDPR
3 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.35%) ISO 31000
5 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (0.35%) NIST
5 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) COBIT
6 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.18%) GRC
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.18%) NCSC
6 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 343 (60.28%) Active Directory
2 261 (45.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 182 (31.99%) Hyper-V
4 59 (10.37%) VMware ESXi
4 59 (10.37%) vSphere
5 17 (2.99%) XenApp
6 15 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (2.11%) Terminal Services
8 11 (1.93%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.58%) VMware Server
11 8 (1.41%) XenDesktop
12 7 (1.23%) Firmware
13 6 (1.05%) Docker
13 6 (1.05%) NFS
13 6 (1.05%) SRDF
14 5 (0.88%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.35%) pfSense
15 2 (0.35%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 67 (11.78%) SCCM
2 61 (10.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (8.61%) vCenter Server
4 32 (5.62%) SCOM
5 28 (4.92%) NetBackup
6 24 (4.22%) Backup Exec
7 22 (3.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (3.69%) ZABBIX
9 19 (3.34%) WSUS
10 17 (2.99%) Microsoft Clustering
10 17 (2.99%) VxRail
11 16 (2.81%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (2.28%) Nagios
13 12 (2.11%) Ansible
13 12 (2.11%) Opsgenie
13 12 (2.11%) SmoothWall
14 11 (1.93%) Terraform
15 9 (1.58%) FortiGate
16 8 (1.41%) EMC VPLEX
16 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 395 (69.42%) Microsoft
2 385 (67.66%) VMware
3 141 (24.78%) Veeam
4 95 (16.70%) Cisco
5 83 (14.59%) Citrix
6 75 (13.18%) Dell
6 75 (13.18%) HP
7 69 (12.13%) NetApp
8 48 (8.44%) IBM
9 39 (6.85%) EMC
10 29 (5.10%) Fortinet
10 29 (5.10%) Sophos
11 28 (4.92%) Palo Alto
12 26 (4.57%) Aruba
12 26 (4.57%) Veritas
13 25 (4.39%) Oracle
14 24 (4.22%) Mitel
15 23 (4.04%) SolarWinds
16 22 (3.87%) Nimble Storage
17 20 (3.51%) Symantec