Storage Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Storage Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Storage Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 629 728 902
Rank change year-on-year +99 +174 -210
Permanent jobs citing Storage Management 267 269 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.28% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 149 173 230
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,391
25th Percentile £37,763 £43,750 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.96% +17.39% +26.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £97,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £49,865 £53,750
% change year-on-year -4.74% -7.23% +27.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Storage Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Storage Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Storage Management.

Salary trend for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Storage Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Management within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +84 231 £50,500 -30.34% 61
UK excluding London +55 214 £47,500 -4.74% 45
Work from Home +122 126 £54,500 -27.33% 16
South East +40 54 £59,000 +38.82% 16
North of England +54 49 £40,000 -27.27% 9
South West +12 42 £37,500 - 4
London +64 40 £58,500 -22.00% 15
Midlands +14 34 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North West +23 30 £35,000 -53.33% 4
East Midlands +3 23 £50,000 +8.42% 5
Yorkshire +77 14 £42,500 -7.61% 4
West Midlands +6 11 £105,000 +50.00% 4
East of England +1 11 £47,500 +2.15% 6
Scotland -67 11 - - 2
Wales +12 8 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +27 5 - - 1
North East -3 5 £42,500 -30.61% 1

Storage Management
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 55 (20.60%) Apache
2 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.62%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.50%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
5 2 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.75%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.75%) WordPress
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.37%) Confluence
6 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.75%) InDesign
3 2 (0.75%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.75%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 77 (28.84%) Azure
2 62 (23.22%) Amazon S3
3 33 (12.36%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (8.99%) IaaS
5 23 (8.61%) AWS
6 15 (5.62%) GCP
6 15 (5.62%) OCI
7 13 (4.87%) Nutanix
7 13 (4.87%) PaaS
7 13 (4.87%) SaaS
8 12 (4.49%) Entra ID
9 11 (4.12%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.12%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.12%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.75%) Azure Storage
12 2 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 109 (40.82%) Firewall
2 69 (25.84%) SAN
3 67 (25.09%) VPN
4 57 (21.35%) Internet
5 56 (20.97%) IPsec
6 54 (20.22%) SNMP
7 34 (12.73%) DNS
8 22 (8.24%) DHCP
9 21 (7.87%) NAS
10 19 (7.12%) LAN
11 16 (5.99%) WAN
12 11 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.62%) MPLS
13 7 (2.62%) VLAN
13 7 (2.62%) WLAN
14 6 (2.25%) TCP/IP
15 4 (1.50%) VoIP
16 3 (1.12%) HTTP
16 3 (1.12%) Network Security
16 3 (1.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (32.58%) MongoDB
2 55 (20.60%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (7.49%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.49%) Big Data
5 9 (3.37%) Power BI
6 5 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.87%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.50%) Metadata
8 3 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.37%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.37%) OrientDB
10 1 (0.37%) Power Query
10 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.25%) Git
2 2 (0.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.75%) WiX
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 117 (43.82%) Finance
2 64 (23.97%) Social Skills
3 23 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.00%) Advertising
4 8 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (3.00%) Law
4 8 (3.00%) Marketing
5 7 (2.62%) Banking
6 6 (2.25%) Legal
6 6 (2.25%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.75%) Automotive
8 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.75%) Games
8 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.75%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.75%) Publishing
8 2 (0.75%) Retail Banking
8 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (25.47%) Consultant
2 61 (22.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 54 (20.22%) NetApp Consultant
4 38 (14.23%) DBA
5 37 (13.86%) Administrator
6 29 (10.86%) DV Cleared DBA
7 25 (9.36%) IT Engineer
8 20 (7.49%) Senior
9 18 (6.74%) IT Manager
10 17 (6.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (5.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (5.24%) Storage Engineer
13 13 (4.87%) IT Support
13 13 (4.87%) Support Engineer
14 12 (4.49%) Architect
15 11 (4.12%) Storage Specialist
16 10 (3.75%) IT Support Engineer
16 10 (3.75%) Network Engineer
17 9 (3.37%) Cloud Architect
18 8 (3.00%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (20.60%) YAML
2 54 (20.22%) RabbitMQ
3 7 (2.62%) Middleware
3 7 (2.62%) REST
3 7 (2.62%) SOAP
4 6 (2.25%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.12%) EDI
6 2 (0.75%) LAMP
6 2 (0.75%) V-Ray
6 2 (0.75%) Web Services
7 1 (0.37%) .NET
7 1 (0.37%) J2EE
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 100 (37.45%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.61%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.49%) IoT
4 11 (4.12%) Replication
4 11 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.37%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.50%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.50%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.12%) Social Media
8 3 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.75%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.75%) Clustering
9 2 (0.75%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.75%) PKI
9 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 160 (59.93%) Windows
2 132 (49.44%) Linux
3 55 (20.60%) Data ONTAP
4 49 (18.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 48 (17.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 44 (16.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 38 (14.23%) Windows Server
8 32 (11.99%) CentOS
9 16 (5.99%) Windows 10
10 14 (5.24%) Ubuntu
11 12 (4.49%) Unix
11 12 (4.49%) Windows XP
12 9 (3.37%) Solaris
13 3 (1.12%) zOS
14 1 (0.37%) AIX
14 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (46.44%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (33.71%) Project Management
3 84 (31.46%) Actionable Insight
4 64 (23.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 59 (22.10%) Infrastructure Management
6 55 (20.60%) Project Planning
7 54 (20.22%) Release Management
8 48 (17.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (17.23%) Performance Monitoring
10 44 (16.48%) Mentoring
11 37 (13.86%) ITIL
11 37 (13.86%) Server Management
12 35 (13.11%) User Experience
13 32 (11.99%) Capacity Management
13 32 (11.99%) Database Tuning
14 28 (10.49%) Agile
14 28 (10.49%) Computer Science
15 23 (8.61%) DevOps
16 22 (8.24%) Data Protection
16 22 (8.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 72 (26.97%) Python
2 56 (20.97%) SQL
3 50 (18.73%) Bash
4 47 (17.60%) PowerShell
5 13 (4.87%) Perl
6 5 (1.87%) Bicep
7 3 (1.12%) JCL
7 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.37%) AWK
8 1 (0.37%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.37%) C#
8 1 (0.37%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) Formula Language
8 1 (0.37%) Korn
8 1 (0.37%) ProC
8 1 (0.37%) REXX
8 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (23.60%) Degree
2 55 (20.60%) Security Cleared
3 41 (15.36%) DV Cleared
4 18 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (6.37%) SC Cleared
6 16 (5.99%) CCNA
7 15 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (5.24%) CCNP
9 13 (4.87%) Azure Certification
10 9 (3.37%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.25%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.50%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.12%) OCP
14 3 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (0.75%) OCA
15 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.12%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.00%) SLA
3 3 (1.12%) GDPR
3 3 (1.12%) QA
4 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.75%) NIST
5 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 107 (40.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 64 (23.97%) Docker
3 55 (20.60%) Active Directory
4 26 (9.74%) Hyper-V
5 19 (7.12%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (7.12%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.62%) NFS
6 7 (2.62%) SRDF
7 5 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.50%) Oracle RAC
8 4 (1.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.75%) pfSense
10 2 (0.75%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (25.47%) vCenter Server
2 63 (23.60%) Ansible
3 59 (22.10%) Kubernetes
4 54 (20.22%) Prometheus
5 22 (8.24%) SCCM
6 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (4.87%) NetBackup
6 13 (4.87%) WSUS
7 12 (4.49%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (4.49%) SCOM
8 8 (3.00%) Terraform
9 4 (1.50%) Grafana
9 4 (1.50%) Nagios
9 4 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.12%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.12%) Oracle Statspack
11 2 (0.75%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.75%) vRealize
Vendors
1 120 (44.94%) VMware
2 110 (41.20%) Microsoft
3 87 (32.58%) Red Hat
4 67 (25.09%) Palo Alto
5 59 (22.10%) NetApp
6 54 (20.22%) SolidFire
7 49 (18.35%) Oracle
8 30 (11.24%) Cisco
9 22 (8.24%) EMC
10 19 (7.12%) Dell
11 18 (6.74%) Veeam
12 17 (6.37%) HP
13 15 (5.62%) IBM
14 12 (4.49%) 3PAR
14 12 (4.49%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (4.49%) Juniper
14 12 (4.49%) Symantec
15 10 (3.75%) Brocade
16 8 (3.00%) Sophos
17 6 (2.25%) ESET