SAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 348 346 575
Rank change year-on-year -2 +229 -185
Permanent jobs citing SAN 273 319 339
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 0.85% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.18% 7.38% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 236 265 264
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,325
25th Percentile £37,101 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,775
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £70,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -2.06% -2.51% +4.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,272 4,323 8,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.83% 11.53% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,327 3,265 5,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SAN.

SAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SAN over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

SAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 54 (19.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 17 (6.23%) IIS
4 3 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.10%) SAS
5 2 (0.73%) Apache
5 2 (0.73%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) Confluence
6 1 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.10%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 157 (57.51%) Azure
2 113 (41.39%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (20.88%) AWS
4 23 (8.42%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.69%) IaaS
5 21 (7.69%) OneDrive
6 20 (7.33%) GCP
7 14 (5.13%) PaaS
7 14 (5.13%) SaaS
8 9 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.93%) Rubrik
10 7 (2.56%) Slack
11 4 (1.47%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.10%) Dropbox
13 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.73%) Azure Storage
14 1 (0.37%) Cloudflare
14 1 (0.37%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 89 (32.60%) Firewall
2 74 (27.11%) DNS
3 70 (25.64%) WAN
4 61 (22.34%) DHCP
5 57 (20.88%) LAN
6 55 (20.15%) NAS
7 45 (16.48%) TCP/IP
8 31 (11.36%) VLAN
9 27 (9.89%) SD-WAN
10 24 (8.79%) iSCSI
11 23 (8.42%) Wireless
12 20 (7.33%) Network Security
12 20 (7.33%) VPN
13 16 (5.86%) WLAN
14 14 (5.13%) Fibre Channel
15 11 (4.03%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (2.56%) Unified Communications
17 4 (1.47%) Internet
17 4 (1.47%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (16.48%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.10%) Big Data
3 3 (1.10%) DB2
3 3 (1.10%) EDRMS
3 3 (1.10%) MySQL
4 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Appium
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 105 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.19%) Finance
3 30 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (6.23%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.03%) Advertising
8 9 (3.30%) Law
9 6 (2.20%) Legal
10 4 (1.47%) Banking
10 4 (1.47%) Japanese Language
11 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.73%) Military
12 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.37%) Games
13 1 (0.37%) iGaming
13 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (28.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 59 (21.61%) IT Engineer
3 55 (20.15%) Support Engineer
4 49 (17.95%) 3rd Line Support
5 43 (15.75%) Senior
6 40 (14.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 38 (13.92%) IT Support
7 38 (13.92%) IT Support Engineer
8 36 (13.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 31 (11.36%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 31 (11.36%) Storage Specialist
10 30 (10.99%) IBM Storage Specialist
11 29 (10.62%) SAN Specialist
11 29 (10.62%) SAN Storage Specialist
11 29 (10.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (7.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 20 (7.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 19 (6.96%) Administrator
14 18 (6.59%) IT Administrator
15 17 (6.23%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.83%) LDAP
2 2 (0.73%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.37%) .NET
3 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.37%) CSS
3 1 (0.37%) HTML
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.85%) Driving Licence
2 42 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 27 (9.89%) Replication
3 27 (9.89%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (8.79%) Enterprise Storage
5 12 (4.40%) PMI
6 11 (4.03%) Clustering
7 7 (2.56%) CMDB
8 6 (2.20%) FPGA
8 6 (2.20%) PKI
9 5 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.47%) iPad
10 4 (1.47%) NHS
11 3 (1.10%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.10%) Cybercrime
11 3 (1.10%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.10%) VAX
11 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 145 (53.11%) Windows
2 105 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 76 (27.84%) Linux
4 21 (7.69%) Windows 10
5 17 (6.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (5.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (4.40%) Unix
9 10 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (2.93%) CentOS
10 8 (2.93%) Windows 7
11 6 (2.20%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (1.83%) Android
12 5 (1.83%) Apple iOS
13 4 (1.47%) AIX
13 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.37%) Debian
14 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (37.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (20.88%) ITIL
3 51 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (13.19%) Server Management
5 30 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
6 28 (10.26%) Project Management
7 27 (9.89%) Customer Service
7 27 (9.89%) Line Management
8 26 (9.52%) Incident Management
8 26 (9.52%) Migration
8 26 (9.52%) Storage Management
9 24 (8.79%) Agile
10 23 (8.42%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (7.69%) Change Management
12 19 (6.96%) Mentoring
13 17 (6.23%) Capacity Planning
13 17 (6.23%) Desktop Virtualisation
14 14 (5.13%) Data Centre Operations
14 14 (5.13%) Infrastructure Maintenance
14 14 (5.13%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (20.15%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.23%) SQL
3 8 (2.93%) Python
4 6 (2.20%) Java
5 3 (1.10%) Perl
6 2 (0.73%) Bash
7 1 (0.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) C++
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 46 (16.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (10.62%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.89%) Degree
4 25 (9.16%) SC Cleared
5 21 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (7.69%) MCSE
6 18 (6.59%) Azure Certification
7 14 (5.13%) CCNA
8 13 (4.76%) PMI Certification
9 11 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.56%) CCNP
10 7 (2.56%) DBS Check
11 6 (2.20%) CCA
11 6 (2.20%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (2.20%) MCP
12 5 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.83%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.47%) MCITP
13 4 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.03%) SLA
2 3 (1.10%) GDPR
3 2 (0.73%) PMO
4 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) COBIT
4 1 (0.37%) GRC
4 1 (0.37%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.37%) NIST
4 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 138 (50.55%) Active Directory
2 119 (43.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (26.74%) Hyper-V
4 28 (10.26%) vSphere
5 12 (4.40%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (3.30%) NFS
6 9 (3.30%) Terminal Services
7 8 (2.93%) XenApp
8 7 (2.56%) XenDesktop
9 6 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.83%) DFS Replication
10 5 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.73%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.37%) Docker
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.37%) SRDF
12 1 (0.37%) vCloud
12 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (12.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (10.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (6.96%) Ansible
3 19 (6.96%) SCCM
4 13 (4.76%) Terraform
4 13 (4.76%) ZABBIX
5 12 (4.40%) Opsgenie
5 12 (4.40%) VxRail
6 11 (4.03%) Nagios
7 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (3.30%) vCenter Server
9 8 (2.93%) SCOM
10 7 (2.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 6 (2.20%) FortiGate
12 5 (1.83%) Backup Exec
12 5 (1.83%) NetBackup
12 5 (1.83%) Puppet
12 5 (1.83%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 4 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (1.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 171 (62.64%) Microsoft
2 159 (58.24%) VMware
3 49 (17.95%) Cisco
4 46 (16.85%) Citrix
5 45 (16.48%) IBM
6 44 (16.12%) Veeam
7 35 (12.82%) NetApp
8 27 (9.89%) Dell
9 25 (9.16%) HP
10 18 (6.59%) Sophos
11 17 (6.23%) Fortinet
12 13 (4.76%) EMC
12 13 (4.76%) SolarWinds
13 11 (4.03%) Red Hat
14 9 (3.30%) 3PAR
14 9 (3.30%) Commvault
15 8 (2.93%) F5
15 8 (2.93%) Meraki
15 8 (2.93%) Oracle
16 7 (2.56%) CheckPoint