Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 288 549
Rank change year-on-year -88 +261 -183
Permanent jobs citing SAN 719 1,230 947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 1.24% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.33% 7.84% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 637 653 753
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £32,900
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +2.06% +3.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +3.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,491 15,689 21,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.50% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,399 7,941 11,766
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,540 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

SAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 -61 638 £50,000 +4.88% 123
UK excluding London -73 554 £44,000 +3.53% 99
Work from Home +11 277 £50,000 -4.76% 53
North of England -46 154 £42,500 +6.25% 21
Midlands -14 130 £40,000 -23.81% 21
London -45 130 £65,000 - 42
South East -32 101 £50,000 +25.00% 26
Yorkshire +36 67 £44,000 +35.38% 9
South West -10 67 £50,000 +21.21% 12
East Midlands -5 65 £42,000 -22.94% 13
West Midlands -10 64 £38,000 -20.00% 8
East of England +8 52 £43,500 -13.00% 8
North West -81 50 £51,364 +14.14% 8
North East +8 37 £32,500 -13.33% 4
Wales -21 30 £41,067 -6.13% 6
Scotland -135 18 £47,500 -13.64% 5
Northern Ireland -4 2 £65,000 +85.71% 2

SAN
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
1 163 (22.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 48 (6.68%) IIS
4 10 (1.39%) SAS
5 9 (1.25%) WordPress
6 6 (0.83%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) nginx
6 6 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.70%) CMS
7 5 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.56%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 58 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) SPSS
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.14%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.14%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 400 (55.63%) Azure
2 315 (43.81%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (14.88%) AWS
4 76 (10.57%) Entra ID
5 61 (8.48%) OneDrive
6 37 (5.15%) IaaS
7 31 (4.31%) SaaS
8 30 (4.17%) GCP
8 30 (4.17%) PaaS
9 28 (3.89%) Nutanix
10 17 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (1.81%) OCI
12 9 (1.25%) Rubrik
13 7 (0.97%) Slack
14 6 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.83%) Power Automate
14 6 (0.83%) Power Platform
15 5 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.70%) Azure Storage
15 5 (0.70%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 255 (35.47%) Firewall
2 190 (26.43%) DNS
3 175 (24.34%) NAS
4 157 (21.84%) DHCP
5 140 (19.47%) WAN
6 121 (16.83%) LAN
7 116 (16.13%) VPN
8 89 (12.38%) VLAN
9 60 (8.34%) TCP/IP
10 50 (6.95%) iSCSI
11 48 (6.68%) Wireless
12 41 (5.70%) SD-WAN
13 39 (5.42%) VoIP
14 37 (5.15%) Network Security
14 37 (5.15%) Wi-Fi
15 28 (3.89%) WLAN
16 27 (3.76%) Fibre Channel
17 22 (3.06%) Unified Communications
18 19 (2.64%) Internet
18 19 (2.64%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (16.41%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.81%) MySQL
4 7 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.83%) Power BI
6 3 (0.42%) Big Data
6 3 (0.42%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.42%) Redis
7 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.56%) JIRA
2 3 (0.42%) GitLab
2 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 254 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 93 (12.93%) Finance
3 82 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.51%) Law
5 38 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (4.87%) Legal
7 26 (3.62%) Public Sector
8 20 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.81%) Advertising
12 11 (1.53%) Billing
13 10 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.97%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.97%) Banking
15 6 (0.83%) Local Government
15 6 (0.83%) Police
15 6 (0.83%) Retail
16 5 (0.70%) Automotive
17 4 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 223 (31.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 121 (16.83%) Support Engineer
3 115 (15.99%) IT Engineer
4 107 (14.88%) Senior
5 71 (9.87%) IT Support
6 64 (8.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 62 (8.62%) 3rd Line Support
8 61 (8.48%) IT Support Engineer
9 50 (6.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 48 (6.68%) Storage Specialist
11 47 (6.54%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 47 (6.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (6.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 43 (5.98%) Administrator
14 34 (4.73%) Analyst
15 32 (4.45%) Lead
16 31 (4.31%) IBM Storage Specialist
16 31 (4.31%) IT Manager
16 31 (4.31%) SAN Specialist
16 31 (4.31%) SAN Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.36%) ARM Templates
2 15 (2.09%) LAMP
3 8 (1.11%) .NET
4 6 (0.83%) LDAP
5 4 (0.56%) EJB
6 3 (0.42%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.42%) CSS
6 3 (0.42%) HTML
6 3 (0.42%) jQuery
7 2 (0.28%) EDI
7 2 (0.28%) SAML
7 2 (0.28%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.28%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.14%) Flash
8 1 (0.14%) Middleware
8 1 (0.14%) OAuth
8 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.14%) Web Services
8 1 (0.14%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 121 (16.83%) Data Centre
2 66 (9.18%) Driving Licence
3 64 (8.90%) Replication
4 42 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (5.42%) Clustering
6 33 (4.59%) Enterprise Storage
7 28 (3.89%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.20%) Public Cloud
9 22 (3.06%) PKI
10 17 (2.36%) PMI
11 13 (1.81%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.39%) CCTV
13 9 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.25%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.11%) VAX
15 7 (0.97%) CMDB
16 6 (0.83%) Cyberattack
17 5 (0.70%) Operational Technology
17 5 (0.70%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 463 (64.39%) Windows
2 337 (46.87%) Windows Server
3 220 (30.60%) Linux
4 67 (9.32%) Windows 10
5 63 (8.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (8.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 59 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 29 (4.03%) Ubuntu
9 25 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (3.20%) Unix
11 20 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.64%) SUSE
13 18 (2.50%) Windows 7
14 16 (2.23%) AIX
15 13 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
16 12 (1.67%) CentOS
16 12 (1.67%) VMS
16 12 (1.67%) Windows XP
17 6 (0.83%) Mac OS
17 6 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (38.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 169 (23.50%) ITIL
3 132 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (14.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 80 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
6 74 (10.29%) Server Management
7 72 (10.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (9.46%) Migration
8 68 (9.46%) Storage Management
9 66 (9.18%) Project Management
10 63 (8.76%) Mentoring
11 60 (8.34%) Project Delivery
12 49 (6.82%) Customer Service
13 44 (6.12%) Agile
13 44 (6.12%) Incident Management
14 42 (5.84%) Proactive Monitoring
15 38 (5.29%) High Availability
15 38 (5.29%) Performance Monitoring
16 36 (5.01%) Business Continuity
17 33 (4.59%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 183 (25.45%) PowerShell
2 91 (12.66%) SQL
3 23 (3.20%) Python
4 22 (3.06%) Bash
5 6 (0.83%) C#
6 4 (0.56%) Java
6 4 (0.56%) Perl
7 3 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.14%) AWK
8 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.14%) Korn
8 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 115 (15.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 97 (13.49%) Degree
3 93 (12.93%) Security Cleared
4 90 (12.52%) Cisco Certification
5 78 (10.85%) MCSE
6 72 (10.01%) CCNA
7 71 (9.87%) SC Cleared
8 56 (7.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (4.59%) Azure Certification
10 32 (4.45%) DV Cleared
11 29 (4.03%) CCNP
12 28 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 27 (3.76%) ITIL Certification
14 24 (3.34%) MCSA
15 18 (2.50%) PMI Certification
16 17 (2.36%) MCP
17 14 (1.95%) Citrix Certification
18 11 (1.53%) A+ Certification
19 9 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 9 (1.25%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.07%) SLA
2 16 (2.23%) GDPR
3 8 (1.11%) PMO
4 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
6 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (0.28%) NIST
6 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.14%) COBIT
7 1 (0.14%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 424 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 331 (46.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 205 (28.51%) Hyper-V
4 95 (13.21%) vSphere
5 73 (10.15%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (3.62%) Virtual Servers
7 22 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (2.23%) XenApp
10 13 (1.81%) Terminal Services
11 12 (1.67%) NFS
11 12 (1.67%) vCloud
12 10 (1.39%) Firmware
13 8 (1.11%) VMware Server
13 8 (1.11%) XenDesktop
14 7 (0.97%) SRDF
15 6 (0.83%) Docker
15 6 (0.83%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.70%) DFS Replication
17 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 88 (12.24%) SCCM
2 73 (10.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 62 (8.62%) vCenter Server
4 33 (4.59%) NetBackup
5 32 (4.45%) SCOM
6 30 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 29 (4.03%) Ansible
8 22 (3.06%) Backup Exec
8 22 (3.06%) ZABBIX
9 21 (2.92%) WSUS
10 16 (2.23%) EMC NetWorker
10 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Clustering
10 16 (2.23%) Nagios
10 16 (2.23%) Terraform
10 16 (2.23%) VxRail
11 12 (1.67%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.67%) SmoothWall
12 11 (1.53%) vRealize
13 9 (1.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 8 (1.11%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 492 (68.43%) VMware
2 472 (65.65%) Microsoft
3 180 (25.03%) Veeam
4 129 (17.94%) Cisco
5 115 (15.99%) Citrix
6 113 (15.72%) HP
7 81 (11.27%) NetApp
8 80 (11.13%) Dell
9 60 (8.34%) IBM
10 48 (6.68%) EMC
11 40 (5.56%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (5.01%) Palo Alto
13 33 (4.59%) 3PAR
14 32 (4.45%) Aruba
14 32 (4.45%) Oracle
15 29 (4.03%) Commvault
16 28 (3.89%) SolarWinds
17 27 (3.76%) Fortinet
18 26 (3.62%) Mitel
18 26 (3.62%) Sophos