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 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 381 274 573
Rank change year-on-year -107 +299 -199
Permanent jobs citing SAN 724 1,215 939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 1.28% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.32% 7.90% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 636 643 733
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,500 £33,550
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -2.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £64,500 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +4.05%

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 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -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 1 June 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 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
England -71 641 £48,125 +1.32% 97
UK excluding London -79 569 £44,000 +3.53% 77
Work from Home +4 283 £50,000 -4.76% 55
North of England -49 155 £43,121 +7.80% 14
Midlands -5 137 £40,000 -15.79% 17
London -36 122 £65,000 - 26
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
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
1 164 (22.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (10.64%) SharePoint
3 50 (6.91%) IIS
4 10 (1.38%) SAS
5 9 (1.24%) WordPress
6 6 (0.83%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) nginx
6 6 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.55%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 62 (8.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.41%) 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
1 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 392 (54.14%) Azure
2 315 (43.51%) Microsoft 365
3 106 (14.64%) AWS
4 74 (10.22%) Entra ID
5 62 (8.56%) OneDrive
6 36 (4.97%) IaaS
7 30 (4.14%) GCP
8 28 (3.87%) SaaS
9 26 (3.59%) PaaS
10 25 (3.45%) Nutanix
11 17 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (1.80%) OCI
13 9 (1.24%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.97%) Slack
15 6 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.83%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.83%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.69%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
17 4 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 250 (34.53%) Firewall
2 194 (26.80%) DNS
3 177 (24.45%) NAS
4 156 (21.55%) DHCP
5 142 (19.61%) WAN
6 125 (17.27%) LAN
7 114 (15.75%) VPN
8 85 (11.74%) VLAN
9 67 (9.25%) TCP/IP
10 50 (6.91%) iSCSI
10 50 (6.91%) Wireless
11 40 (5.52%) Network Security
12 39 (5.39%) SD-WAN
12 39 (5.39%) VoIP
13 32 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (3.73%) Fibre Channel
14 27 (3.73%) WLAN
15 22 (3.04%) Unified Communications
16 21 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
17 18 (2.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (16.16%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.14%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.80%) MySQL
4 8 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.83%) Power BI
7 4 (0.55%) Redis
8 3 (0.41%) Big Data
8 3 (0.41%) DB2
8 3 (0.41%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.55%) JIRA
2 3 (0.41%) GitLab
2 3 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 255 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 91 (12.57%) Finance
3 80 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.46%) Law
5 37 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (4.42%) Legal
7 24 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 19 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.80%) Advertising
12 9 (1.24%) Billing
13 8 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.97%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.83%) Local Government
15 6 (0.83%) Police
16 5 (0.69%) Automotive
16 5 (0.69%) Banking
16 5 (0.69%) Retail
17 4 (0.55%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 222 (30.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (16.85%) Support Engineer
3 114 (15.75%) IT Engineer
4 106 (14.64%) Senior
5 70 (9.67%) IT Support
6 66 (9.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 63 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support
8 62 (8.56%) IT Support Engineer
9 50 (6.91%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 48 (6.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 46 (6.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (6.08%) Administrator
12 44 (6.08%) Storage Specialist
13 43 (5.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 36 (4.97%) Analyst
15 33 (4.56%) Lead
16 31 (4.28%) IBM Storage Specialist
17 30 (4.14%) IT Manager
17 30 (4.14%) SAN Specialist
17 30 (4.14%) SAN Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.07%) LAMP
2 14 (1.93%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.24%) .NET
4 8 (1.10%) LDAP
5 4 (0.55%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.55%) EJB
6 3 (0.41%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.41%) CSS
6 3 (0.41%) HTML
6 3 (0.41%) 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%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 115 (15.88%) Data Centre
2 68 (9.39%) Driving Licence
3 63 (8.70%) Replication
4 43 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (5.80%) Clustering
6 33 (4.56%) Enterprise Storage
7 28 (3.87%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.18%) PKI
8 23 (3.18%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.35%) PMI
10 11 (1.52%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.38%) CCTV
12 9 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.24%) Onboarding
13 8 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.10%) NHS
13 8 (1.10%) VAX
14 7 (0.97%) CMDB
15 6 (0.83%) FPGA
15 6 (0.83%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 465 (64.23%) Windows
2 335 (46.27%) Windows Server
3 222 (30.66%) Linux
4 66 (9.12%) Windows 10
5 63 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (8.01%) Windows Server 2012
7 57 (7.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 29 (4.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 27 (3.73%) Ubuntu
10 23 (3.18%) Unix
11 21 (2.90%) AIX
12 20 (2.76%) Windows Server 2008
13 19 (2.62%) Windows 7
14 17 (2.35%) SUSE
15 14 (1.93%) CentOS
16 13 (1.80%) VMS
16 13 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
17 12 (1.66%) Windows XP
18 6 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
18 6 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (38.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 168 (23.20%) ITIL
3 132 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (13.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 77 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
6 73 (10.08%) Server Management
7 71 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (9.39%) Storage Management
9 65 (8.98%) Migration
10 64 (8.84%) Project Management
11 62 (8.56%) Mentoring
12 56 (7.73%) Project Delivery
13 54 (7.46%) Customer Service
14 44 (6.08%) Incident Management
15 43 (5.94%) Agile
15 43 (5.94%) Proactive Monitoring
16 39 (5.39%) High Availability
17 38 (5.25%) Performance Monitoring
18 36 (4.97%) Business Continuity
19 33 (4.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 187 (25.83%) PowerShell
2 93 (12.85%) SQL
3 25 (3.45%) Python
4 22 (3.04%) Bash
5 6 (0.83%) C#
5 6 (0.83%) Java
6 5 (0.69%) Perl
6 5 (0.69%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.14%) ABAP
8 1 (0.14%) AWK
8 1 (0.14%) Bicep
8 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.14%) Korn
8 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (15.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 100 (13.81%) Degree
3 94 (12.98%) Security Cleared
4 91 (12.57%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (10.08%) CCNA
5 73 (10.08%) MCSE
6 72 (9.94%) SC Cleared
7 49 (6.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 33 (4.56%) DV Cleared
9 30 (4.14%) Azure Certification
9 30 (4.14%) CCNP
10 28 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (3.73%) ITIL Certification
12 23 (3.18%) MCSA
13 19 (2.62%) MCP
14 18 (2.49%) PMI Certification
15 17 (2.35%) Citrix Certification
16 12 (1.66%) A+ Certification
17 11 (1.52%) CCA
18 9 (1.24%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (8.29%) SLA
2 16 (2.21%) GDPR
3 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.97%) PMO
4 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
4 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (0.28%) NIST
4 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.14%) COBIT
5 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.14%) GRC
5 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.14%) NCSC
5 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 419 (57.87%) Active Directory
2 332 (45.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 208 (28.73%) Hyper-V
4 90 (12.43%) vSphere
5 72 (9.94%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
7 22 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (2.49%) XenApp
9 15 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.93%) Terminal Services
11 12 (1.66%) NFS
12 10 (1.38%) vCloud
12 10 (1.38%) XenDesktop
13 9 (1.24%) Firmware
13 9 (1.24%) VMware Server
14 6 (0.83%) Docker
14 6 (0.83%) SRDF
15 5 (0.69%) DFS Replication
15 5 (0.69%) VMware NSX
16 3 (0.41%) Squid
Systems Management
1 84 (11.60%) SCCM
2 73 (10.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (8.43%) vCenter Server
4 33 (4.56%) Ansible
4 33 (4.56%) NetBackup
4 33 (4.56%) SCOM
5 32 (4.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (3.31%) Backup Exec
7 22 (3.04%) ZABBIX
8 20 (2.76%) WSUS
9 18 (2.49%) Microsoft Clustering
9 18 (2.49%) VxRail
10 17 (2.35%) Terraform
11 16 (2.21%) EMC NetWorker
11 16 (2.21%) Nagios
12 12 (1.66%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.66%) SmoothWall
13 9 (1.24%) FortiGate
13 9 (1.24%) Prometheus
13 9 (1.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 489 (67.54%) VMware
2 474 (65.47%) Microsoft
3 179 (24.72%) Veeam
4 127 (17.54%) Cisco
5 114 (15.75%) Citrix
6 110 (15.19%) HP
7 84 (11.60%) Dell
8 78 (10.77%) NetApp
9 66 (9.12%) IBM
10 47 (6.49%) EMC
11 37 (5.11%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (4.97%) Oracle
12 36 (4.97%) Palo Alto
13 33 (4.56%) Aruba
14 31 (4.28%) 3PAR
15 29 (4.01%) Fortinet
15 29 (4.01%) Red Hat
15 29 (4.01%) Sophos
16 27 (3.73%) Mitel
17 26 (3.59%) Veritas