SAN Contracts in England

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 359 425
Rank change year-on-year +49 +66 -44
Contract jobs citing SAN 248 301 409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.14% 5.08% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 208 266
10th Percentile £280 £256 £263
25th Percentile £350 £339 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +7.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £584
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £475
% change year-on-year -1.57% +6.95% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 31
10th Percentile £20.72 £31.15 £21.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £78.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -49.04% +228.31% -52.18%
75th Percentile - £80.25 £24.96
90th Percentile - - £60.92
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £50.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -52.40% +109.12% -52.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,823 5,925 8,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 12.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 3,842 5,326
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £645 £619
90th Percentile £690 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 408 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.28 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £72.66 £75.00 £63.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SAN in England

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SAN in England

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAN in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in England

SAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +54 97 £488 +14.71% 14
London +6 55 £450 -19.14% 26
Midlands +14 32 £550 -2.22% 17
South West +11 31 £500 +11.11% 12
North of England +17 26 £450 +23.29% 8
East Midlands +18 17 £563 +2.27% 10
West Midlands +4 15 £300 -55.56% 7
North West +14 14 £425 +6.25% 2
Yorkshire +19 11 £613 +171.62% 5
East of England -7 4 £425 -39.29% 14
North East +5 1 £180 -21.74% 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 47 (18.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (7.26%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.23%) IIS
4 5 (2.02%) Confluence
5 2 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.81%) WordPress
6 1 (0.40%) Site Server
6 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 69 (27.82%) Azure
2 27 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (10.48%) AWS
4 15 (6.05%) OCI
5 12 (4.84%) Nutanix
6 11 (4.44%) GCP
7 10 (4.03%) Rubrik
8 9 (3.63%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.82%) IaaS
11 6 (2.42%) PaaS
11 6 (2.42%) SaaS
12 5 (2.02%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (1.21%) GitHub
13 3 (1.21%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.21%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.81%) Azure Stack
15 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 67 (27.02%) Firewall
2 63 (25.40%) NAS
3 61 (24.60%) DNS
4 53 (21.37%) DHCP
5 37 (14.92%) LAN
6 31 (12.50%) WAN
7 27 (10.89%) TCP/IP
8 25 (10.08%) Fibre Channel
9 19 (7.66%) VLAN
10 18 (7.26%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (5.65%) VPN
12 13 (5.24%) iSCSI
13 11 (4.44%) MPLS
14 8 (3.23%) Wireless
15 7 (2.82%) Internet
16 6 (2.42%) FTP
16 6 (2.42%) Network Security
16 6 (2.42%) SSL
16 6 (2.42%) VoIP
17 5 (2.02%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.82%) MySQL
2 7 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.61%) Big Data
3 4 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.23%) Git
2 7 (2.82%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.82%) JIRA
3 5 (2.02%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 62 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.69%) Finance
3 20 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.85%) Banking
5 12 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.23%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.82%) Legal
8 5 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.81%) Advertising
10 2 (0.81%) Back Office
10 2 (0.81%) Electronics
10 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.81%) Marketing
10 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Front Office
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 69 (27.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 47 (18.95%) Storage Engineer
3 24 (9.68%) Support Engineer
4 21 (8.47%) Senior
4 21 (8.47%) VMware Engineer
5 20 (8.06%) Architect
6 17 (6.85%) Data Centre Engineer
7 15 (6.05%) Backup Engineer
8 13 (5.24%) Developer
8 13 (5.24%) Network Engineer
8 13 (5.24%) Python Developer
8 13 (5.24%) Storage and Backup Engineer
9 12 (4.84%) Analyst
10 11 (4.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.03%) Server Engineer
11 10 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 8 (3.23%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.23%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.05%) Flash
2 7 (2.82%) LDAP
3 5 (2.02%) REST
4 3 (1.21%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.81%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.81%) ADSI
5 2 (0.81%) LAMP
5 2 (0.81%) Middleware
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) EDI
6 1 (0.40%) OAuth
6 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.40%) OpenID
6 1 (0.40%) SAML
6 1 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (29.03%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.87%) Clustering
3 19 (7.66%) Replication
4 17 (6.85%) PKI
5 15 (6.05%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (5.65%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (3.63%) Client/Server
8 9 (3.63%) Fat Client
8 9 (3.63%) Thin Client
9 7 (2.82%) HP Storage
10 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.02%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.61%) NHS
11 4 (1.61%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.21%) IBM XIV
12 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (54.03%) Windows
2 112 (45.16%) Linux
3 75 (30.24%) Windows Server
4 37 (14.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (13.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 31 (12.50%) Unix
7 25 (10.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (9.27%) Ubuntu
9 22 (8.87%) AIX
10 21 (8.47%) Windows 10
11 17 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (6.05%) Solaris
13 14 (5.65%) Windows XP
14 13 (5.24%) Debian
15 9 (3.63%) VMS
16 5 (2.02%) Oracle Linux
17 4 (1.61%) CentOS
18 2 (0.81%) Android
18 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
18 2 (0.81%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 66 (26.61%) ITIL
3 57 (22.98%) Disaster Recovery
4 37 (14.92%) Migration
4 37 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (12.50%) Server Management
6 30 (12.10%) Storage Management
7 28 (11.29%) Performance Tuning
8 27 (10.89%) Agile
9 22 (8.87%) Project Management
10 21 (8.47%) Break/Fix
11 20 (8.06%) Data Protection
12 19 (7.66%) Business Continuity
13 17 (6.85%) Converged Infrastructure
13 17 (6.85%) Proactive Monitoring
14 16 (6.45%) High Availability
14 16 (6.45%) Performance Monitoring
15 15 (6.05%) Change Management
15 15 (6.05%) Customer Service
16 14 (5.65%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.60%) PowerShell
2 24 (9.68%) Python
3 15 (6.05%) Bash
3 15 (6.05%) SQL
4 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.21%) Perl
6 2 (0.81%) AWK
6 2 (0.81%) Bourne shell
6 2 (0.81%) C#
6 2 (0.81%) Korn
7 1 (0.40%) Java
7 1 (0.40%) Ruby
7 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 87 (35.08%) Security Cleared
2 58 (23.39%) SC Cleared
3 47 (18.95%) Degree
4 42 (16.94%) DV Cleared
5 24 (9.68%) CCNA
5 24 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (6.05%) CCNP
6 15 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (5.65%) MCSE
8 7 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.21%) CISA
10 3 (1.21%) CISM
10 3 (1.21%) CISSP
10 3 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.21%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.21%) PMP
10 3 (1.21%) RHCE
10 3 (1.21%) SANS
11 2 (0.81%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.05%) SLA
2 8 (3.23%) GDPR
3 5 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.21%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.81%) PMO
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 102 (41.13%) Active Directory
1 102 (41.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (17.34%) VMware ESXi
3 39 (15.73%) Hyper-V
4 35 (14.11%) vSphere
5 20 (8.06%) VMware NSX
6 12 (4.84%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (4.44%) Firmware
8 8 (3.23%) VMware Workstation
9 7 (2.82%) KVM
10 5 (2.02%) Docker
10 5 (2.02%) VMware Server
11 4 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (1.21%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.40%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (20.16%) SCCM
2 38 (15.32%) vCenter Server
3 36 (14.52%) NetBackup
4 27 (10.89%) EMC NetWorker
5 23 (9.27%) Ansible
6 22 (8.87%) WSUS
7 18 (7.26%) SCOM
8 14 (5.65%) Kubernetes
8 14 (5.65%) Terraform
9 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (3.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 8 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (3.23%) Nagios
12 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (2.82%) VxRail
13 6 (2.42%) Avamar
13 6 (2.42%) HP Data Protector
13 6 (2.42%) Red Hat Satellite
14 5 (2.02%) Netcool
14 5 (2.02%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 157 (63.31%) VMware
2 108 (43.55%) Microsoft
3 67 (27.02%) Cisco
4 57 (22.98%) Dell
4 57 (22.98%) HP
5 56 (22.58%) EMC
6 31 (12.50%) Brocade
6 31 (12.50%) Red Hat
7 30 (12.10%) Oracle
7 30 (12.10%) Veeam
8 25 (10.08%) Citrix
9 24 (9.68%) IBM
10 23 (9.27%) Palo Alto
11 21 (8.47%) CheckPoint
12 20 (8.06%) Symantec
13 18 (7.26%) Juniper
14 17 (6.85%) NetApp
15 16 (6.45%) Avaya
16 15 (6.05%) 3PAR
17 14 (5.65%) Extreme Networks