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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 233 403
Rank change year-on-year -98 +170 -117
Permanent jobs citing SAN 573 811 600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 1.46% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.70% 7.61% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 494 412 475
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -6.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £56,000 £53,000 £53,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -2.06% -2.51% +4.74%

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 10,052 10,657 11,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.72% 19.15% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,121 4,564 6,554
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -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 9 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 9 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 -60 157 £43,742 +9.36% 9
Midlands -25 139 £40,000 -14.44% 19
South East -40 97 £50,000 +25.00% 12
South West -18 74 £50,000 +14.29% 13
West Midlands -14 70 £37,500 -16.67% 8
East Midlands -24 68 £45,000 -17.43% 11
Yorkshire +12 65 £45,000 +38.46% 4
North West -76 53 £51,364 +14.14% 3
East of England +7 52 £43,500 -13.00% 11
North East -2 39 £32,500 -27.78% 2
Wales -15 32 £41,067 -6.13% 5
Scotland -129 20 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Northern Ireland -11 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
1 137 (23.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (12.22%) SharePoint
3 42 (7.33%) IIS
4 6 (1.05%) CMS
4 6 (1.05%) SAS
4 6 (1.05%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.70%) CloudStack
6 4 (0.70%) WordPress
7 3 (0.52%) 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 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 60 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 302 (52.71%) Azure
2 270 (47.12%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (14.49%) AWS
4 56 (9.77%) OneDrive
5 48 (8.38%) Entra ID
6 32 (5.58%) IaaS
7 25 (4.36%) GCP
8 21 (3.66%) SaaS
9 20 (3.49%) PaaS
10 14 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (2.27%) OCI
12 9 (1.57%) Power Platform
13 7 (1.22%) Slack
14 6 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.87%) Power Automate
16 4 (0.70%) Google Workspace
17 3 (0.52%) Amazon S3
17 3 (0.52%) Nutanix
17 3 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 196 (34.21%) Firewall
2 142 (24.78%) DNS
2 142 (24.78%) NAS
3 121 (21.12%) DHCP
4 101 (17.63%) WAN
5 86 (15.01%) LAN
6 85 (14.83%) VPN
7 68 (11.87%) VLAN
8 51 (8.90%) TCP/IP
9 43 (7.50%) Wireless
10 37 (6.46%) iSCSI
11 36 (6.28%) VoIP
12 23 (4.01%) Network Security
12 23 (4.01%) SD-WAN
12 23 (4.01%) Wi-Fi
13 21 (3.66%) Remote Desktop
13 21 (3.66%) WLAN
14 17 (2.97%) Fibre Channel
15 16 (2.79%) SSL
16 15 (2.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (17.98%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.54%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (2.27%) MySQL
4 9 (1.57%) Power BI
5 6 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.70%) Redis
6 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.35%) DB2
8 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.52%) GitLab
1 3 (0.52%) JIRA
1 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
1 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.17%) Appium
2 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 217 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (12.39%) Finance
4 43 (7.50%) Law
5 36 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (3.49%) Legal
7 18 (3.14%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 11 (1.92%) Advertising
10 10 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.40%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.05%) Local Government
12 6 (1.05%) Police
13 5 (0.87%) Automotive
13 5 (0.87%) Games
14 4 (0.70%) Aviation
14 4 (0.70%) Avionics
14 4 (0.70%) Retail
15 3 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 187 (32.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 113 (19.72%) Support Engineer
3 103 (17.98%) IT Engineer
4 78 (13.61%) Senior
5 64 (11.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 63 (10.99%) 3rd Line Support
7 62 (10.82%) IT Support
8 56 (9.77%) IT Support Engineer
9 49 (8.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 42 (7.33%) Administrator
11 38 (6.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 37 (6.46%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (6.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 27 (4.71%) Lead
15 25 (4.36%) Infrastructure Support
15 25 (4.36%) IT Administrator
16 24 (4.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 23 (4.01%) IT Manager
18 22 (3.84%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
18 22 (3.84%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.75%) .NET
1 10 (1.75%) LAMP
2 4 (0.70%) .NET Core
2 4 (0.70%) CSS
2 4 (0.70%) EJB
2 4 (0.70%) HTML
2 4 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.52%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.52%) jQuery
3 3 (0.52%) LDAP
4 2 (0.35%) SAML
4 2 (0.35%) ServiceStack
4 2 (0.35%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.17%) Flash
5 1 (0.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 75 (13.09%) Data Centre
2 62 (10.82%) Driving Licence
3 42 (7.33%) Clustering
4 39 (6.81%) Replication
5 33 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (5.24%) Enterprise Storage
7 25 (4.36%) Management Information System
8 20 (3.49%) PKI
9 17 (2.97%) PMI
10 13 (2.27%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.75%) CCTV
12 9 (1.57%) NHS
13 8 (1.40%) VAX
14 7 (1.22%) CMDB
14 7 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
15 6 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (1.05%) Onboarding
16 5 (0.87%) Operational Technology
16 5 (0.87%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 367 (64.05%) Windows
2 258 (45.03%) Windows Server
3 168 (29.32%) Linux
4 60 (10.47%) Windows 10
5 52 (9.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (7.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (6.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (3.49%) Windows Server 2008
9 19 (3.32%) Windows 7
10 17 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (2.62%) AIX
11 15 (2.62%) Ubuntu
12 13 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
13 12 (2.09%) Windows XP
14 8 (1.40%) SUSE
14 8 (1.40%) Unix
15 7 (1.22%) VMS
16 6 (1.05%) Android
16 6 (1.05%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (38.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 158 (27.57%) ITIL
3 123 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (13.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 68 (11.87%) Server Management
6 58 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
7 56 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 55 (9.60%) Mentoring
8 55 (9.60%) Project Management
9 52 (9.08%) Customer Service
10 51 (8.90%) Migration
11 49 (8.55%) Storage Management
12 42 (7.33%) Incident Management
13 34 (5.93%) Patch Management
13 34 (5.93%) Proactive Monitoring
14 33 (5.76%) Agile
14 33 (5.76%) Performance Monitoring
15 30 (5.24%) Root Cause Analysis
16 29 (5.06%) Line Management
16 29 (5.06%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 152 (26.53%) PowerShell
2 75 (13.09%) SQL
3 15 (2.62%) Bash
4 10 (1.75%) Python
5 4 (0.70%) ABAP
5 4 (0.70%) C#
5 4 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.52%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.35%) Perl
7 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.17%) AWK
8 1 (0.17%) Bicep
8 1 (0.17%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.17%) C++
8 1 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 83 (14.49%) Degree
2 79 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 78 (13.61%) Cisco Certification
3 78 (13.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 68 (11.87%) CCNA
5 62 (10.82%) SC Cleared
6 41 (7.16%) MCSE
7 28 (4.89%) Azure Certification
7 28 (4.89%) DV Cleared
8 27 (4.71%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (3.66%) CCNP
10 17 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (2.97%) MCP
10 17 (2.97%) PMI Certification
11 16 (2.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 15 (2.62%) Citrix Certification
13 11 (1.92%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.75%) CCA
14 10 (1.75%) MCSA
15 9 (1.57%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.73%) SLA
2 9 (1.57%) GDPR
3 7 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.35%) ISO 31000
4 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (0.35%) NIST
4 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.17%) COBIT
5 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.17%) GRC
5 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.17%) NCSC
5 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 336 (58.64%) Active Directory
2 265 (46.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 184 (32.11%) Hyper-V
4 61 (10.65%) VMware ESXi
5 60 (10.47%) vSphere
6 17 (2.97%) XenApp
7 15 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (2.27%) Terminal Services
9 12 (2.09%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (1.57%) VMware Server
12 8 (1.40%) XenDesktop
13 7 (1.22%) Firmware
14 6 (1.05%) Docker
14 6 (1.05%) NFS
14 6 (1.05%) SRDF
14 6 (1.05%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.35%) pfSense
15 2 (0.35%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 68 (11.87%) SCCM
2 61 (10.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (8.90%) vCenter Server
4 32 (5.58%) SCOM
5 28 (4.89%) NetBackup
6 24 (4.19%) Backup Exec
7 23 (4.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (3.66%) ZABBIX
9 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Clustering
9 19 (3.32%) WSUS
10 18 (3.14%) VxRail
11 16 (2.79%) EMC NetWorker
12 14 (2.44%) Ansible
13 13 (2.27%) Nagios
13 13 (2.27%) Terraform
14 12 (2.09%) Opsgenie
14 12 (2.09%) SmoothWall
15 9 (1.57%) FortiGate
16 8 (1.40%) EMC VPLEX
16 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 393 (68.59%) Microsoft
2 382 (66.67%) VMware
3 143 (24.96%) Veeam
4 95 (16.58%) Cisco
5 76 (13.26%) Citrix
5 76 (13.26%) Dell
6 73 (12.74%) HP
7 64 (11.17%) NetApp
8 49 (8.55%) IBM
9 40 (6.98%) EMC
10 29 (5.06%) Fortinet
10 29 (5.06%) Sophos
11 28 (4.89%) Palo Alto
12 26 (4.54%) Aruba
12 26 (4.54%) Veritas
13 25 (4.36%) Oracle
14 24 (4.19%) Mitel
15 23 (4.01%) SolarWinds
16 22 (3.84%) Nimble Storage
17 20 (3.49%) Juniper