VSAN Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VSAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VSAN over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 378 494
Rank change year-on-year +72 +116 +47
Contract jobs citing VSAN 25 28 90
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.93% 1.15% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 52
10th Percentile £320 £266 £401
25th Percentile £491 £300 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £456 £540
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% -15.63% +20.00%
75th Percentile £621 £588 £578
90th Percentile £652 £610 £623
UK median daily rate £538 £520 £540
% change year-on-year +3.37% -3.70% +20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

VSAN 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,298 2,438 4,187
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.66% 13.10% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 1,594 2,850
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £612 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 86 156
10th Percentile £34.63 £19.24 £19.09
25th Percentile £37.50 £21.11 £42.00
Median hourly rate £46.78 £50.00 £56.55
Median % change year-on-year -6.44% -11.58% +19.05%
75th Percentile £66.52 £69.38 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £55.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -18.18% +30.95% +90.91%

VSAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VSAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VSAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

VSAN
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VSAN.

VSAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VSAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VSAN over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

VSAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VSAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VSAN.

VSAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VSAN
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 2 (8.00%) Confluence
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (20.00%) IaaS
4 5 (20.00%) PaaS
4 5 (20.00%) SaaS
5 2 (8.00%) GCP
6 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) SAN
2 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) Firewall
3 1 (4.00%) iSCSI
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Local Government
4 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Architect
2 10 (40.00%) Senior
3 9 (36.00%) Technical Architect
4 8 (32.00%) Senior Architect
5 7 (28.00%) Senior Technical Architect
6 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 4 (16.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (12.00%) SAN Specialist
7 3 (12.00%) SAN Storage Specialist
7 3 (12.00%) Storage Specialist
7 3 (12.00%) VMware Specialist
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Architect
8 2 (8.00%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
8 2 (8.00%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 2 (8.00%) Senior VMware Architect
8 2 (8.00%) VMware Architect
9 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) PKI
2 9 (36.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (20.00%) Public Cloud
4 3 (12.00%) EMC VMAX
4 3 (12.00%) Replication
4 3 (12.00%) Symmetrix
5 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.00%) Clustering
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
6 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) CI/CD
2 10 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 10 (40.00%) ITIL
2 10 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 9 (36.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 9 (36.00%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (36.00%) IT Strategy
3 9 (36.00%) Technology Strategy
4 8 (32.00%) Containerisation
4 8 (32.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (32.00%) Microservices
4 8 (32.00%) Virtual Environments
4 8 (32.00%) Zachman Framework
5 7 (28.00%) Migration
5 7 (28.00%) Requirements Management
6 6 (24.00%) Matrix Organization
7 5 (20.00%) Use Case
8 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
8 3 (12.00%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (12.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) Python
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (36.00%) MCSE
5 6 (24.00%) DV Cleared
6 4 (16.00%) Degree
7 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
8 1 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.00%) CCNA
8 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
8 1 (4.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (36.00%) NCSC
1 9 (36.00%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (60.00%) VMware NSX
3 7 (28.00%) vSphere
4 4 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (12.00%) SRDF
5 3 (12.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
7 1 (4.00%) vCloud
7 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Ansible
1 5 (20.00%) vCenter Server
2 4 (16.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 3 (12.00%) EMC TimeFinder
3 3 (12.00%) PowerCLI
4 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
5 1 (4.00%) Avamar
5 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) VMware
2 14 (56.00%) Cisco
3 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (40.00%) Palo Alto
5 6 (24.00%) Dell
6 3 (12.00%) Broadcom
6 3 (12.00%) Brocade
6 3 (12.00%) Centreon
6 3 (12.00%) HP
7 2 (8.00%) Atlassian
8 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
8 1 (4.00%) Ericsson
8 1 (4.00%) ExaGrid
8 1 (4.00%) F5
8 1 (4.00%) Okta
8 1 (4.00%) Proofpoint
8 1 (4.00%) Veeam