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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 294 550
Rank change year-on-year -77 +256 -181
Permanent jobs citing SAN 720 1,217 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 1.20% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.33% 7.71% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 637 682 747
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +2.15%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% +3.45%

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 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -33 638 £50,000 +5.26% 108
UK excluding London -69 550 £44,000 +3.53% 92
Work from Home +16 281 £50,000 -4.76% 76
North of England -33 152 £42,500 +6.25% 18
London -37 134 £65,000 - 24
Midlands -27 130 £40,000 -23.81% 23
South East -27 100 £50,000 +20.48% 23
Yorkshire +44 65 £44,000 +35.38% 7
West Midlands -19 65 £38,000 -24.00% 13
South West -23 65 £50,000 +19.05% 11
East Midlands -7 64 £40,000 -26.61% 10
East of England +22 53 £43,500 -13.00% 8
North West -70 50 £51,364 +14.14% 8
North East +6 37 £32,500 -13.33% 3
Wales -19 30 £41,067 -8.74% 3
Scotland -126 18 £47,500 -9.52% 6
Northern Ireland +3 2 £65,000 +85.71% 2

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
1 167 (23.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (10.97%) SharePoint
3 46 (6.39%) IIS
4 10 (1.39%) SAS
5 9 (1.25%) WordPress
6 6 (0.83%) nginx
6 6 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.69%) Apache
7 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.56%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 56 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) 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%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 405 (56.25%) Azure
2 320 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 109 (15.14%) AWS
4 79 (10.97%) Entra ID
5 60 (8.33%) OneDrive
6 38 (5.28%) IaaS
7 33 (4.58%) SaaS
8 31 (4.31%) PaaS
9 30 (4.17%) GCP
10 28 (3.89%) Nutanix
11 17 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (1.81%) OCI
13 11 (1.53%) Rubrik
14 7 (0.97%) Slack
15 6 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.83%) Datadog
15 6 (0.83%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.83%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (0.69%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 261 (36.25%) Firewall
2 188 (26.11%) DNS
3 173 (24.03%) NAS
4 158 (21.94%) DHCP
5 144 (20.00%) WAN
6 124 (17.22%) LAN
7 118 (16.39%) VPN
8 92 (12.78%) VLAN
9 58 (8.06%) TCP/IP
10 50 (6.94%) Wireless
11 49 (6.81%) iSCSI
12 41 (5.69%) SD-WAN
12 41 (5.69%) VoIP
13 38 (5.28%) Wi-Fi
14 37 (5.14%) Network Security
15 29 (4.03%) WLAN
16 27 (3.75%) Fibre Channel
17 22 (3.06%) Unified Communications
18 20 (2.78%) Internet
19 18 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.22%) MySQL
4 7 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.83%) Power BI
6 3 (0.42%) Big Data
6 3 (0.42%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.42%) Redis
7 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.56%) JIRA
2 3 (0.42%) GitLab
2 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 259 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 92 (12.78%) Finance
3 83 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (7.22%) Law
5 38 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (5.00%) Legal
7 26 (3.61%) Public Sector
8 20 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.81%) Advertising
11 12 (1.67%) Billing
12 10 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.97%) Aerospace
13 7 (0.97%) Retail
14 6 (0.83%) Banking
14 6 (0.83%) Local Government
14 6 (0.83%) Police
15 5 (0.69%) Automotive
16 4 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 225 (31.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 119 (16.53%) Support Engineer
3 115 (15.97%) IT Engineer
4 107 (14.86%) Senior
5 70 (9.72%) IT Support
6 61 (8.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 60 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
8 59 (8.19%) 3rd Line Support
9 49 (6.81%) Storage Specialist
10 47 (6.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 47 (6.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 46 (6.39%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 44 (6.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 43 (5.97%) Administrator
14 38 (5.28%) Analyst
15 33 (4.58%) Lead
16 31 (4.31%) IBM Storage Specialist
16 31 (4.31%) SAN Specialist
16 31 (4.31%) SAN Storage Specialist
17 30 (4.17%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.36%) ARM Templates
2 15 (2.08%) LAMP
3 8 (1.11%) .NET
4 6 (0.83%) LDAP
5 4 (0.56%) EDI
5 4 (0.56%) EJB
6 3 (0.42%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.42%) CSS
6 3 (0.42%) HTML
6 3 (0.42%) jQuery
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%) Web Services
8 1 (0.14%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 125 (17.36%) Data Centre
2 64 (8.89%) Driving Licence
2 64 (8.89%) Replication
3 44 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (5.28%) Clustering
5 31 (4.31%) Enterprise Storage
6 30 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 24 (3.33%) Public Cloud
8 22 (3.06%) PKI
9 17 (2.36%) PMI
10 13 (1.81%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.53%) CCTV
11 11 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.11%) VAX
14 7 (0.97%) CMDB
15 6 (0.83%) Cyberattack
16 5 (0.69%) Operational Technology
16 5 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 467 (64.86%) Windows
2 341 (47.36%) Windows Server
3 216 (30.00%) Linux
4 67 (9.31%) Windows Server 2012
5 66 (9.17%) Windows 10
6 64 (8.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 60 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (4.31%) Ubuntu
9 25 (3.47%) Unix
10 23 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
12 20 (2.78%) SUSE
13 18 (2.50%) Windows 7
14 15 (2.08%) AIX
15 13 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
16 12 (1.67%) CentOS
16 12 (1.67%) VMS
16 12 (1.67%) Windows XP
17 7 (0.97%) Mac OS
18 6 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (39.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 171 (23.75%) ITIL
3 135 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (14.17%) Disaster Recovery
5 83 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (10.42%) Server Management
8 69 (9.58%) Storage Management
9 68 (9.44%) Migration
10 67 (9.31%) Project Management
11 64 (8.89%) Mentoring
12 61 (8.47%) Project Delivery
13 50 (6.94%) Customer Service
14 45 (6.25%) Agile
15 43 (5.97%) Incident Management
15 43 (5.97%) Proactive Monitoring
16 38 (5.28%) Performance Monitoring
17 37 (5.14%) Business Continuity
17 37 (5.14%) High Availability
18 34 (4.72%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 185 (25.69%) PowerShell
2 94 (13.06%) SQL
3 22 (3.06%) Bash
3 22 (3.06%) Python
4 6 (0.83%) C#
5 3 (0.42%) Java
5 3 (0.42%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.28%) Perl
6 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.14%) AWK
7 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.14%) Korn
7 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (16.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 100 (13.89%) Degree
3 92 (12.78%) Security Cleared
4 91 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
5 80 (11.11%) MCSE
6 73 (10.14%) CCNA
7 70 (9.72%) SC Cleared
8 59 (8.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 33 (4.58%) Azure Certification
10 31 (4.31%) DV Cleared
11 29 (4.03%) CCNP
11 29 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (3.75%) ITIL Certification
13 26 (3.61%) MCSA
14 18 (2.50%) MCP
14 18 (2.50%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.94%) Citrix Certification
16 12 (1.67%) A+ Certification
17 10 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (1.25%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.47%) SLA
2 16 (2.22%) GDPR
3 8 (1.11%) PMO
4 7 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
6 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (0.28%) NIST
6 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.14%) COBIT
7 1 (0.14%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.14%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 430 (59.72%) Active Directory
2 338 (46.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 204 (28.33%) Hyper-V
4 94 (13.06%) vSphere
5 71 (9.86%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
7 21 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (2.08%) XenApp
10 13 (1.81%) Terminal Services
10 13 (1.81%) vCloud
11 12 (1.67%) NFS
12 10 (1.39%) Firmware
13 8 (1.11%) VMware Server
14 7 (0.97%) SRDF
14 7 (0.97%) XenDesktop
15 6 (0.83%) DFS Replication
15 6 (0.83%) Docker
15 6 (0.83%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.28%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 90 (12.50%) SCCM
2 74 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 60 (8.33%) vCenter Server
4 33 (4.58%) SCOM
5 32 (4.44%) NetBackup
6 31 (4.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 28 (3.89%) Ansible
8 22 (3.06%) ZABBIX
9 21 (2.92%) Backup Exec
9 21 (2.92%) WSUS
10 17 (2.36%) Terraform
11 16 (2.22%) EMC NetWorker
12 15 (2.08%) Nagios
12 15 (2.08%) VxRail
13 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
14 12 (1.67%) Opsgenie
14 12 (1.67%) SmoothWall
15 11 (1.53%) vRealize
16 10 (1.39%) vRealize Orchestrator
17 8 (1.11%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 496 (68.89%) VMware
2 473 (65.69%) Microsoft
3 182 (25.28%) Veeam
4 132 (18.33%) Cisco
5 117 (16.25%) Citrix
6 116 (16.11%) HP
7 81 (11.25%) NetApp
8 80 (11.11%) Dell
9 59 (8.19%) IBM
10 48 (6.67%) EMC
11 41 (5.69%) Nimble Storage
12 36 (5.00%) Palo Alto
13 33 (4.58%) 3PAR
13 33 (4.58%) Aruba
14 30 (4.17%) Oracle
15 29 (4.03%) Commvault
16 28 (3.89%) SolarWinds
17 26 (3.61%) Fortinet
17 26 (3.61%) Mitel
17 26 (3.61%) Sophos