SAN Jobs in England

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 372 301 555
Rank change year-on-year -71 +254 -187
Permanent jobs citing SAN 641 970 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.70% 1.15% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.26% 7.04% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 556 592 654
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £33,575
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,125 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,672 £49,000
% change year-on-year -0.36% -2.71% +3.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for SAN in England

SAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SAN in England

SAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the England region 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
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
SAN
UK

SAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 154 (24.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 50 (7.80%) IIS
4 10 (1.56%) SAS
5 9 (1.40%) WordPress
6 6 (0.94%) Apache
6 6 (0.94%) nginx
6 6 (0.94%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.78%) CMS
7 5 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.62%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 62 (9.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.47%) SPSS
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.16%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 369 (57.57%) Azure
2 293 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (14.66%) AWS
4 73 (11.39%) Entra ID
5 61 (9.52%) OneDrive
6 36 (5.62%) IaaS
7 29 (4.52%) GCP
8 27 (4.21%) SaaS
9 25 (3.90%) Nutanix
9 25 (3.90%) PaaS
10 13 (2.03%) OCI
11 9 (1.40%) Rubrik
12 6 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.94%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.78%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.62%) Azure Storage
14 4 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 238 (37.13%) Firewall
2 188 (29.33%) DNS
3 165 (25.74%) NAS
4 155 (24.18%) DHCP
5 127 (19.81%) WAN
6 110 (17.16%) LAN
7 108 (16.85%) VPN
8 84 (13.10%) VLAN
9 66 (10.30%) TCP/IP
10 50 (7.80%) iSCSI
11 47 (7.33%) Wireless
12 32 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
13 31 (4.84%) SD-WAN
14 29 (4.52%) Network Security
15 27 (4.21%) Fibre Channel
15 27 (4.21%) WLAN
16 21 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
17 19 (2.96%) VoIP
18 16 (2.50%) SSL
19 14 (2.18%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (18.25%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.68%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (2.03%) MySQL
4 8 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.94%) Power BI
7 4 (0.62%) Redis
8 3 (0.47%) Big Data
8 3 (0.47%) DB2
8 3 (0.47%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.62%) JIRA
2 3 (0.47%) GitLab
2 3 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 226 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 89 (13.88%) Finance
3 80 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.71%) Law
5 37 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (3.90%) Legal
7 16 (2.50%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.03%) Advertising
10 9 (1.40%) Billing
11 8 (1.25%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.78%) Automotive
13 5 (0.78%) Banking
13 5 (0.78%) Retail
14 4 (0.62%) Aviation
14 4 (0.62%) Avionics
14 4 (0.62%) Japanese Language
15 3 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 183 (28.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (19.03%) Support Engineer
3 101 (15.76%) IT Engineer
4 84 (13.10%) Senior
5 70 (10.92%) IT Support
6 63 (9.83%) 3rd Line Support
7 62 (9.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 61 (9.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 50 (7.80%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 44 (6.86%) Administrator
11 33 (5.15%) Analyst
11 33 (5.15%) Lead
12 32 (4.99%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 30 (4.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (4.52%) IT Administrator
14 29 (4.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (4.37%) Infrastructure Support
16 27 (4.21%) Network Engineer
16 27 (4.21%) Storage Specialist
17 26 (4.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.34%) LAMP
2 14 (2.18%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.40%) .NET
4 8 (1.25%) LDAP
5 4 (0.62%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.62%) EJB
6 3 (0.47%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.47%) CSS
6 3 (0.47%) HTML
6 3 (0.47%) jQuery
7 2 (0.31%) EDI
7 2 (0.31%) SAML
7 2 (0.31%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.31%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.16%) Flash
8 1 (0.16%) Middleware
8 1 (0.16%) OAuth
8 1 (0.16%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.16%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 95 (14.82%) Data Centre
2 61 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 55 (8.58%) Replication
4 43 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (6.40%) Clustering
6 33 (5.15%) Enterprise Storage
7 25 (3.90%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.59%) Public Cloud
9 21 (3.28%) PKI
10 17 (2.65%) PMI
11 11 (1.72%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.56%) CCTV
13 9 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.40%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.25%) NHS
14 8 (1.25%) VAX
15 6 (0.94%) Cyberattack
15 6 (0.94%) FPGA
15 6 (0.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 422 (65.83%) Windows
2 306 (47.74%) Windows Server
3 209 (32.61%) Linux
4 66 (10.30%) Windows 10
5 62 (9.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 56 (8.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 55 (8.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 29 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 27 (4.21%) Ubuntu
10 21 (3.28%) AIX
11 20 (3.12%) Unix
11 20 (3.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 19 (2.96%) Windows 7
13 17 (2.65%) SUSE
14 14 (2.18%) CentOS
15 13 (2.03%) VMS
15 13 (2.03%) Windows Server 2003
16 12 (1.87%) Windows XP
17 6 (0.94%) Oracle Linux
17 6 (0.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (37.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (25.90%) ITIL
3 115 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (13.10%) Disaster Recovery
5 76 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
6 72 (11.23%) Server Management
7 63 (9.83%) Project Management
8 62 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (9.67%) Mentoring
9 56 (8.74%) Project Delivery
9 56 (8.74%) Storage Management
10 50 (7.80%) Migration
11 44 (6.86%) Incident Management
12 43 (6.71%) Agile
12 43 (6.71%) Customer Service
13 38 (5.93%) Performance Monitoring
14 34 (5.30%) Business Continuity
15 31 (4.84%) Infrastructure Maintenance
15 31 (4.84%) Proactive Monitoring
15 31 (4.84%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (28.55%) PowerShell
2 92 (14.35%) SQL
3 25 (3.90%) Python
4 22 (3.43%) Bash
5 6 (0.94%) C#
5 6 (0.94%) Java
6 5 (0.78%) Perl
6 5 (0.78%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.47%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.16%) ABAP
8 1 (0.16%) AWK
8 1 (0.16%) Bicep
8 1 (0.16%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.16%) Korn
8 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (16.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 86 (13.42%) Degree
3 80 (12.48%) Security Cleared
4 78 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
5 68 (10.61%) MCSE
6 67 (10.45%) CCNA
7 62 (9.67%) SC Cleared
8 49 (7.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 30 (4.68%) Azure Certification
10 29 (4.52%) DV Cleared
11 27 (4.21%) ITIL Certification
12 23 (3.59%) CCNP
12 23 (3.59%) MCSA
13 19 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (2.81%) MCP
14 18 (2.81%) PMI Certification
15 17 (2.65%) Citrix Certification
16 11 (1.72%) CCA
17 9 (1.40%) JNCIA
18 8 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.74%) SLA
2 16 (2.50%) GDPR
3 7 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.09%) PMO
4 2 (0.31%) ISO 31000
4 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (0.31%) NIST
4 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.16%) COBIT
5 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.16%) GRC
5 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.16%) NCSC
5 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 404 (63.03%) Active Directory
2 300 (46.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 184 (28.71%) Hyper-V
4 90 (14.04%) vSphere
5 67 (10.45%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (3.90%) Virtual Servers
7 19 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (2.81%) XenApp
9 15 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (2.18%) Terminal Services
11 12 (1.87%) NFS
12 10 (1.56%) vCloud
12 10 (1.56%) XenDesktop
13 9 (1.40%) Firmware
13 9 (1.40%) VMware Server
14 6 (0.94%) Docker
14 6 (0.94%) SRDF
15 5 (0.78%) DFS Replication
15 5 (0.78%) VMware NSX
16 3 (0.47%) Squid
Systems Management
1 79 (12.32%) SCCM
2 68 (10.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 61 (9.52%) vCenter Server
4 33 (5.15%) NetBackup
5 31 (4.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 28 (4.37%) SCOM
7 26 (4.06%) Ansible
8 24 (3.74%) Backup Exec
9 20 (3.12%) WSUS
10 18 (2.81%) Microsoft Clustering
10 18 (2.81%) VxRail
11 16 (2.50%) EMC NetWorker
11 16 (2.50%) Nagios
12 15 (2.34%) ZABBIX
13 12 (1.87%) Opsgenie
13 12 (1.87%) SmoothWall
14 10 (1.56%) Terraform
15 9 (1.40%) FortiGate
15 9 (1.40%) Prometheus
15 9 (1.40%) vRealize
Vendors
1 447 (69.73%) VMware
2 440 (68.64%) Microsoft
3 168 (26.21%) Veeam
4 113 (17.63%) Cisco
5 105 (16.38%) Citrix
6 104 (16.22%) HP
7 82 (12.79%) Dell
8 72 (11.23%) NetApp
9 48 (7.49%) IBM
10 47 (7.33%) EMC
11 37 (5.77%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (5.62%) Oracle
12 36 (5.62%) Palo Alto
13 31 (4.84%) 3PAR
14 29 (4.52%) Fortinet
14 29 (4.52%) Red Hat
15 28 (4.37%) Aruba
16 26 (4.06%) Commvault
16 26 (4.06%) SolarWinds
16 26 (4.06%) Veritas