SAN Contracts

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 314 346 446
Rank change year-on-year +32 +100 -72
Contract jobs citing SAN 281 382 473
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.68% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.18% 5.36% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 247 309
10th Percentile £280 £210 £273
25th Percentile £350 £340 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £563
90th Percentile £673 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +17.76% -2.86% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 37
10th Percentile £12.00 £43.75 £22.95
25th Percentile £16.25 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £23.80 £50.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -52.40% +109.12% -52.18%
75th Percentile £40.00 £70.40 £46.88
90th Percentile - £80.25 £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.95 £69.53 £46.25
% change year-on-year -71.31% +50.32% +10.12%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,124 9,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.60% 12.71% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,603 6,376
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 443 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.54 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -1.15%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAN.

Daily rate trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAN.

Hourly rate trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +58 254 £500 - 100
UK excluding London +37 214 £501 +17.76% 79
South East +51 97 £488 +14.71% 13
Work from Home +30 77 £450 -13.46% 56
London +26 59 £450 -19.14% 26
Midlands +23 33 £550 - 17
South West +15 31 £500 +11.11% 15
North of England +20 27 £438 +16.67% 14
Scotland +4 19 £550 +18.92% 2
East Midlands +24 18 £550 - 7
West Midlands +2 15 £300 -45.45% 10
North West +17 14 £425 - 7
Yorkshire +24 12 £594 +163.30% 6
East of England -5 4 £425 -39.29% 14
Wales +16 3 £365 +68.98% 6
North East +7 1 £180 +5.88% 1

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 47 (16.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.85%) IIS
4 5 (1.78%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.71%) SAS
5 2 (0.71%) WordPress
6 1 (0.36%) Site Server
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 78 (27.76%) Azure
2 30 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.96%) AWS
4 15 (5.34%) OCI
5 14 (4.98%) Nutanix
6 13 (4.63%) OpenShift
7 12 (4.27%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.91%) GCP
9 10 (3.56%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (3.56%) Rubrik
10 7 (2.49%) IaaS
11 6 (2.14%) PaaS
11 6 (2.14%) SaaS
12 3 (1.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.07%) GitHub
12 3 (1.07%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.07%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.71%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 73 (25.98%) NAS
2 71 (25.27%) Firewall
3 63 (22.42%) DNS
4 55 (19.57%) DHCP
5 38 (13.52%) LAN
6 32 (11.39%) WAN
7 29 (10.32%) Fibre Channel
7 29 (10.32%) TCP/IP
8 20 (7.12%) VLAN
9 18 (6.41%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (5.34%) iSCSI
11 14 (4.98%) VPN
12 11 (3.91%) MPLS
13 8 (2.85%) Wireless
14 7 (2.49%) Internet
15 6 (2.14%) FTP
15 6 (2.14%) Network Security
15 6 (2.14%) SSL
15 6 (2.14%) VoIP
16 5 (1.78%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.49%) MySQL
2 7 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.42%) Big Data
3 4 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.07%) DB2
5 2 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.91%) Git
2 10 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.49%) JIRA
4 5 (1.78%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.71%) GitLab
General
1 70 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.68%) Finance
3 29 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.19%) Banking
5 21 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.85%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.49%) Legal
7 7 (2.49%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.07%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.07%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.71%) Advertising
11 2 (0.71%) Back Office
11 2 (0.71%) Electronics
11 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Marketing
11 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (27.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (18.15%) Storage Engineer
3 26 (9.25%) Senior
4 25 (8.90%) Support Engineer
5 23 (8.19%) Architect
6 21 (7.47%) VMware Engineer
7 19 (6.76%) Data Centre Engineer
8 16 (5.69%) IT Engineer
9 15 (5.34%) Backup Engineer
10 14 (4.98%) Developer
10 14 (4.98%) Python Developer
11 13 (4.63%) Network Engineer
11 13 (4.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.63%) Storage and Backup Engineer
12 12 (4.27%) Analyst
13 11 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 11 (3.91%) Server Engineer
14 10 (3.56%) Linux Engineer
14 10 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (3.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.05%) Flash
2 8 (2.85%) REST
3 7 (2.49%) LDAP
4 3 (1.07%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.71%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.71%) ADSI
5 2 (0.71%) LAMP
5 2 (0.71%) Middleware
5 2 (0.71%) POSIX
6 1 (0.36%) .NET
6 1 (0.36%) EDI
6 1 (0.36%) OAuth
6 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.36%) OpenID
6 1 (0.36%) SAML
6 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 87 (30.96%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.83%) Clustering
3 19 (6.76%) Replication
4 17 (6.05%) PKI
5 16 (5.69%) Video Conferencing
6 15 (5.34%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.91%) Client/Server
8 10 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (3.20%) Fat Client
9 9 (3.20%) Thin Client
10 7 (2.49%) HP Storage
11 6 (2.14%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (1.42%) NHS
13 4 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 3 (1.07%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 150 (53.38%) Windows
2 120 (42.70%) Linux
3 84 (29.89%) Windows Server
4 41 (14.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 38 (13.52%) Unix
6 34 (12.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 26 (9.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (8.54%) Ubuntu
9 22 (7.83%) AIX
10 21 (7.47%) Windows 10
11 19 (6.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (5.34%) Solaris
13 14 (4.98%) Debian
13 14 (4.98%) Windows XP
14 9 (3.20%) VMS
15 5 (1.78%) Oracle Linux
16 4 (1.42%) CentOS
16 4 (1.42%) Data ONTAP
17 2 (0.71%) Android
17 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (33.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 70 (24.91%) ITIL
3 56 (19.93%) Disaster Recovery
4 45 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (15.30%) Migration
6 32 (11.39%) Storage Management
7 31 (11.03%) Server Management
8 30 (10.68%) Agile
8 30 (10.68%) Performance Tuning
9 28 (9.96%) Break/Fix
9 28 (9.96%) Data Protection
10 27 (9.61%) Customer Service
11 22 (7.83%) Project Management
12 19 (6.76%) Business Continuity
12 19 (6.76%) High Availability
13 17 (6.05%) Converged Infrastructure
13 17 (6.05%) Proactive Monitoring
14 16 (5.69%) Performance Monitoring
15 15 (5.34%) Change Management
15 15 (5.34%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 64 (22.78%) PowerShell
2 33 (11.74%) Python
3 18 (6.41%) SQL
4 15 (5.34%) Bash
5 8 (2.85%) Perl
6 4 (1.42%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.07%) Java
8 2 (0.71%) AWK
8 2 (0.71%) Bourne shell
8 2 (0.71%) C#
8 2 (0.71%) Korn
9 1 (0.36%) Ruby
9 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (32.03%) Security Cleared
2 61 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 48 (17.08%) Degree
4 43 (15.30%) DV Cleared
5 33 (11.74%) CCNA
5 33 (11.74%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (8.19%) MCSE
8 15 (5.34%) CCNP
9 10 (3.56%) A+ Certification
10 9 (3.20%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (2.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.42%) MCSA
12 4 (1.42%) PMP
13 3 (1.07%) CISSP
13 3 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.07%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.07%) RHCE
13 3 (1.07%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.34%) SLA
2 8 (2.85%) GDPR
3 5 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.07%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.71%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 108 (38.43%) Active Directory
2 107 (38.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (16.01%) VMware ESXi
4 38 (13.52%) Hyper-V
5 37 (13.17%) vSphere
6 21 (7.47%) VMware NSX
7 11 (3.91%) Firmware
7 11 (3.91%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (3.20%) Docker
9 8 (2.85%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (2.49%) KVM
11 5 (1.78%) VMware Server
12 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
13 3 (1.07%) BitLocker
13 3 (1.07%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.71%) GPFS
14 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.71%) NFS
15 1 (0.36%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 50 (17.79%) SCCM
2 41 (14.59%) NetBackup
3 40 (14.23%) vCenter Server
4 29 (10.32%) Ansible
5 27 (9.61%) EMC NetWorker
6 24 (8.54%) Kubernetes
7 22 (7.83%) Terraform
7 22 (7.83%) WSUS
8 18 (6.41%) SCOM
9 10 (3.56%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (3.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 8 (2.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (2.85%) Nagios
12 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (2.49%) VxRail
13 6 (2.14%) Avamar
13 6 (2.14%) HP Data Protector
13 6 (2.14%) Red Hat Satellite
14 5 (1.78%) Grafana
14 5 (1.78%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 164 (58.36%) VMware
2 111 (39.50%) Microsoft
3 75 (26.69%) Cisco
4 72 (25.62%) Dell
5 63 (22.42%) HP
6 58 (20.64%) EMC
7 37 (13.17%) Brocade
8 32 (11.39%) Red Hat
9 30 (10.68%) Oracle
9 30 (10.68%) Veeam
10 29 (10.32%) IBM
11 28 (9.96%) Citrix
12 23 (8.19%) Palo Alto
13 21 (7.47%) CheckPoint
13 21 (7.47%) NetApp
14 20 (7.12%) Symantec
15 18 (6.41%) Juniper
16 16 (5.69%) Avaya
17 15 (5.34%) 3PAR
18 14 (4.98%) Veritas