Network Attached Storage (NAS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NAS over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 671 764 963
Rank change year-on-year +93 +199 -244
Permanent jobs citing NAS 234 192 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.71% 1.25% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 218 160 228
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,325 £34,700
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,389 £40,000
% change year-on-year +17.22% -4.03% -10.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NAS 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 13,702 15,312 22,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.81% 16.31% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,415 7,633 11,891
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,345 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.46% -5.26% +5.56%

NAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NAS in the UK

NAS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NAS.

Salary trend for NAS in the UK

NAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NAS over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NAS in the UK

NAS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NAS within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +65 221 £50,000 +25.00% 31
UK excluding London +7 177 £45,000 +17.22% 25
Work from Home +28 73 £44,000 +10.00% 9
North of England +42 60 £50,000 +25.00% 6
London +95 53 £52,250 -18.04% 9
South East +7 51 £50,000 +29.87% 7
Yorkshire +92 37 £60,000 +54.84% 3
South West -20 23 £42,500 +6.25% 2
East of England -3 18 £42,500 - 4
North West -5 16 £32,500 -38.10% 2
East Midlands -12 13 £45,000 -36.62% 1
Midlands -28 13 £45,000 +38.46% 2
Scotland - 8 £42,500 -
North East -22 7 £35,000 -16.34% 1
Wales - 4 £40,000 - 5

NAS
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 48 (20.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (12.39%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.70%) IIS
4 9 (3.85%) WordPress
5 5 (2.14%) CMS
6 4 (1.71%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.85%) Apache
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
8 1 (0.43%) JOnAS
8 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Shopify
2 1 (0.43%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 124 (52.99%) Microsoft 365
2 111 (47.44%) Azure
3 46 (19.66%) Entra ID
4 40 (17.09%) OneDrive
5 39 (16.67%) AWS
6 16 (6.84%) Google Workspace
7 15 (6.41%) SaaS
8 10 (4.27%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.99%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.56%) PaaS
11 5 (2.14%) GCP
11 5 (2.14%) IaaS
11 5 (2.14%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.28%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.28%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.85%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.43%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.43%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 178 (76.07%) SAN
2 110 (47.01%) Firewall
3 61 (26.07%) DNS
4 50 (21.37%) WAN
5 49 (20.94%) LAN
6 45 (19.23%) VPN
7 37 (15.81%) TCP/IP
8 32 (13.68%) VLAN
9 30 (12.82%) DHCP
10 26 (11.11%) VoIP
11 23 (9.83%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (9.83%) Wireless
12 21 (8.97%) iSCSI
13 16 (6.84%) SSL
14 14 (5.98%) Network Security
15 13 (5.56%) Broadband
16 11 (4.70%) Fibre Channel
17 10 (4.27%) Unified Communications
18 8 (3.42%) Internet
19 7 (2.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.99%) Power BI
3 4 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.28%) MySQL
5 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.28%) GitLab
1 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.69%) Finance
4 14 (5.98%) Law
5 12 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.70%) Games
7 5 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.71%) Aviation
8 4 (1.71%) Avionics
8 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.85%) Banking
10 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.85%) Retail
10 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.43%) Marketing
11 1 (0.43%) Military
11 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (27.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (12.39%) IT Engineer
3 26 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 21 (8.97%) Administrator
4 21 (8.97%) IT Support
5 19 (8.12%) Senior
6 18 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (7.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 17 (7.26%) IT Manager
8 16 (6.84%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (6.41%) Consultant
9 15 (6.41%) Lead
9 15 (6.41%) Network Engineer
10 12 (5.13%) IT Technician
11 11 (4.70%) IT Administrator
11 11 (4.70%) IT Consultant
12 9 (3.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.85%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.56%) LAMP
2 8 (3.42%) LDAP
3 5 (2.14%) .NET
4 4 (1.71%) EJB
4 4 (1.71%) HTML
5 3 (1.28%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.28%) CSS
5 3 (1.28%) jQuery
6 2 (0.85%) SAML
6 2 (0.85%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.96%) Replication
2 32 (13.68%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.98%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.70%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.99%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (2.99%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.56%) FPGA
9 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.14%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.14%) PKI
9 5 (2.14%) PMI
10 3 (1.28%) CCTV
10 3 (1.28%) Clustering
10 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.28%) Wiki
11 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 174 (74.36%) Windows
2 130 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 93 (39.74%) Linux
4 21 (8.97%) Windows 10
5 20 (8.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (7.69%) VMS
7 15 (6.41%) Mac OS
7 15 (6.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (5.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (4.27%) Ubuntu
10 9 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.56%) CentOS
11 6 (2.56%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (1.28%) Android
13 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.85%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (31.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (17.09%) Migration
4 31 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (10.68%) Preventative Maintenance
8 24 (10.26%) ITIL
9 22 (9.40%) Mentoring
9 22 (9.40%) Storage Management
10 21 (8.97%) Business Continuity
11 20 (8.55%) Infrastructure Management
12 19 (8.12%) Asset Management
12 19 (8.12%) Computer Science
13 18 (7.69%) Project Delivery
13 18 (7.69%) Service Delivery
14 17 (7.26%) Project Management
15 16 (6.84%) Server Management
16 14 (5.98%) Customer Service
16 14 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.81%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.40%) Bash
3 16 (6.84%) Python
4 9 (3.85%) SQL
5 6 (2.56%) Java
6 4 (1.71%) Perl
7 3 (1.28%) C#
7 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (17.09%) Cisco Certification
1 40 (17.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (14.10%) MCSE
3 31 (13.25%) CCNA
4 27 (11.54%) Degree
5 17 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.84%) Security Cleared
7 11 (4.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.42%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.42%) MCSA
9 6 (2.56%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (2.14%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.14%) CCNP
10 5 (2.14%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.14%) MCP
10 5 (2.14%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.14%) VCAP
11 4 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.71%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.70%) SLA
3 11 (4.70%) SOC 2
4 4 (1.71%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.85%) NCSC
5 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 138 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 107 (45.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (30.77%) Hyper-V
4 42 (17.95%) VMware ESXi
5 33 (14.10%) vSphere
6 11 (4.70%) Docker
7 9 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (3.42%) Firmware
9 6 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.71%) NFS
11 3 (1.28%) pfSense
12 2 (0.85%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 41 (17.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (11.11%) vCenter Server
3 25 (10.68%) SCCM
4 20 (8.55%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.85%) WSUS
5 9 (3.85%) ZABBIX
6 8 (3.42%) FortiGate
7 7 (2.99%) Ansible
7 7 (2.99%) Nagios
8 4 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.71%) Backup Exec
8 4 (1.71%) cPanel
8 4 (1.71%) Plesk
9 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.43%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 168 (71.79%) VMware
2 124 (52.99%) Microsoft
3 53 (22.65%) Veeam
4 35 (14.96%) Cisco
5 21 (8.97%) HP
6 16 (6.84%) Aruba
6 16 (6.84%) Google
7 14 (5.98%) Dell
7 14 (5.98%) NetApp
8 13 (5.56%) Apple
8 13 (5.56%) Mitel
8 13 (5.56%) Synology
9 12 (5.13%) Meraki
10 10 (4.27%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.85%) ESET
11 9 (3.85%) ProCurve
11 9 (3.85%) Sophos
11 9 (3.85%) Zerto
12 7 (2.99%) Citrix
12 7 (2.99%) Fortinet