Storage Area Network (SAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAN over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 354 452
Rank change year-on-year +54 +98 -80
Contract jobs citing SAN 286 380 453
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.67% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.30% 5.37% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 249 286
10th Percentile £280 £210 £250
25th Percentile £350 £338 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £604 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +17.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 38
10th Percentile £12.00 £44.13 £23.19
25th Percentile £15.56 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £23.80 £53.75 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -55.72% +124.80% -52.18%
75th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £47.27
90th Percentile - - £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.95 £69.53 £46.83
% change year-on-year -71.31% +48.48% +1.79%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,081 9,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.67% 12.44% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,577 6,274
10th Percentile £205 £235 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 458 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.21 £50.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.65 £65.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAN in the UK

SAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAN over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAN in the UK

SAN
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAN within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +76 254 £500 +5.26% 127
UK excluding London +56 217 £501 +17.76% 100
South East +72 94 £463 +27.59% 25
Work from Home +34 83 £450 -13.46% 59
London +33 58 £450 -19.14% 43
Midlands +25 33 £550 -4.35% 21
South West +15 32 £500 +11.11% 15
North of England +34 28 £400 +6.67% 21
Scotland +9 23 £550 +18.92% 5
East Midlands +27 18 £550 +55.20% 13
West Midlands +12 15 £300 -55.56% 8
Yorkshire +24 14 £450 +33.33% 9
North West +17 13 £413 -2.94% 8
East of England -7 4 £425 -39.29% 8
Wales +16 3 £365 +68.98% 5
North East +9 1 £180 +5.88% 4

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 47 (16.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.24%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.15%) IIS
4 6 (2.10%) Confluence
5 4 (1.40%) SAS
6 3 (1.05%) WordPress
7 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.35%) Apache
8 1 (0.35%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 78 (27.27%) Azure
2 30 (10.49%) AWS
3 29 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.59%) Nutanix
4 16 (5.59%) OpenShift
5 15 (5.24%) OCI
6 12 (4.20%) GCP
7 11 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (3.50%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.50%) Rubrik
9 8 (2.80%) IaaS
9 8 (2.80%) PaaS
9 8 (2.80%) SaaS
10 4 (1.40%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.05%) GitHub
12 2 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.70%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.35%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 76 (26.57%) NAS
2 72 (25.17%) Firewall
3 65 (22.73%) DNS
4 56 (19.58%) DHCP
5 38 (13.29%) LAN
6 32 (11.19%) TCP/IP
7 31 (10.84%) Fibre Channel
7 31 (10.84%) WAN
8 22 (7.69%) VLAN
9 18 (6.29%) iSCSI
9 18 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (4.90%) VPN
11 11 (3.85%) MPLS
12 8 (2.80%) Internet
12 8 (2.80%) Wireless
13 7 (2.45%) Network Security
14 6 (2.10%) FTP
14 6 (2.10%) Kerberos
14 6 (2.10%) SSL
14 6 (2.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.45%) MySQL
2 7 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.10%) DB2
4 4 (1.40%) Big Data
4 4 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (4.55%) Git
2 12 (4.20%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.80%) JIRA
4 6 (2.10%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.70%) GitLab
General
1 73 (25.52%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.89%) Finance
3 27 (9.44%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.74%) Banking
5 22 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.80%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.45%) Legal
7 7 (2.45%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.70%) Advertising
12 2 (0.70%) Back Office
12 2 (0.70%) Electronics
12 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Marketing
12 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Front Office
13 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (28.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (17.83%) Storage Engineer
3 26 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 25 (8.74%) Senior
5 24 (8.39%) Architect
6 21 (7.34%) VMware Engineer
7 19 (6.64%) Data Centre Engineer
8 16 (5.59%) IT Engineer
9 15 (5.24%) Developer
9 15 (5.24%) Python Developer
10 14 (4.90%) Network Engineer
11 13 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (4.55%) Analyst
11 13 (4.55%) Backup Engineer
12 12 (4.20%) Linux Engineer
12 12 (4.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.85%) Server Engineer
13 11 (3.85%) Storage and Backup Engineer
14 10 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (3.15%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.64%) Flash
2 9 (3.15%) REST
3 8 (2.80%) LDAP
4 4 (1.40%) POSIX
5 3 (1.05%) LAMP
6 2 (0.70%) .NET
6 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.70%) ADSI
6 2 (0.70%) Middleware
6 2 (0.70%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.70%) Web Services
7 1 (0.35%) EDI
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.35%) OpenID
7 1 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (29.02%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.39%) Clustering
3 20 (6.99%) Replication
4 17 (5.94%) PKI
5 16 (5.59%) Video Conferencing
6 15 (5.24%) Management Information System
7 13 (4.55%) Client/Server
8 10 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.80%) Fat Client
10 8 (2.80%) Thin Client
11 7 (2.45%) HP Storage
12 6 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 4 (1.40%) NHS
14 4 (1.40%) NVMe
14 4 (1.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 156 (54.55%) Windows
2 125 (43.71%) Linux
3 91 (31.82%) Windows Server
4 41 (14.34%) Unix
5 40 (13.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 34 (11.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 27 (9.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (9.09%) Ubuntu
9 21 (7.34%) AIX
9 21 (7.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (7.34%) Windows 10
10 16 (5.59%) Solaris
11 15 (5.24%) Debian
12 14 (4.90%) Windows XP
13 10 (3.50%) VMS
14 6 (2.10%) Data ONTAP
14 6 (2.10%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (1.40%) CentOS
16 2 (0.70%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (23.43%) ITIL
3 53 (18.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 45 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (15.03%) Migration
6 35 (12.24%) Storage Management
7 32 (11.19%) Agile
8 31 (10.84%) Performance Tuning
9 30 (10.49%) Server Management
10 29 (10.14%) Customer Service
10 29 (10.14%) Data Protection
11 28 (9.79%) Break/Fix
12 23 (8.04%) High Availability
13 21 (7.34%) Project Management
14 18 (6.29%) Business Continuity
15 17 (5.94%) Proactive Monitoring
16 16 (5.59%) Converged Infrastructure
16 16 (5.59%) DevOps
16 16 (5.59%) Performance Monitoring
16 16 (5.59%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.78%) PowerShell
2 38 (13.29%) Python
3 20 (6.99%) SQL
4 16 (5.59%) Bash
5 11 (3.85%) Perl
6 6 (2.10%) Java
7 4 (1.40%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.70%) AWK
8 2 (0.70%) Bourne shell
8 2 (0.70%) C#
8 2 (0.70%) Korn
9 1 (0.35%) Ruby
9 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (31.12%) Security Cleared
2 59 (20.63%) SC Cleared
3 47 (16.43%) Degree
4 45 (15.73%) DV Cleared
5 34 (11.89%) CCNA
5 34 (11.89%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (8.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (7.69%) MCSE
8 15 (5.24%) CCNP
9 11 (3.85%) A+ Certification
10 9 (3.15%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.75%) MCSA
12 5 (1.75%) PMP
13 4 (1.40%) CISA
13 4 (1.40%) CISM
13 4 (1.40%) CISSP
13 4 (1.40%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.40%) SANS
14 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.90%) SLA
2 8 (2.80%) GDPR
3 6 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 107 (37.41%) Active Directory
2 105 (36.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (15.73%) VMware ESXi
4 38 (13.29%) vSphere
5 35 (12.24%) Hyper-V
6 21 (7.34%) VMware NSX
7 12 (4.20%) Docker
8 11 (3.85%) Firmware
9 9 (3.15%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (2.80%) VMware Workstation
11 7 (2.45%) KVM
12 5 (1.75%) VMware Server
13 4 (1.40%) GPFS
13 4 (1.40%) NFS
13 4 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.70%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.35%) Terminal Server
15 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 50 (17.48%) SCCM
2 41 (14.34%) NetBackup
3 39 (13.64%) vCenter Server
4 32 (11.19%) Ansible
5 28 (9.79%) EMC NetWorker
5 28 (9.79%) Kubernetes
6 24 (8.39%) Terraform
7 22 (7.69%) WSUS
8 16 (5.59%) SCOM
9 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (2.80%) Nagios
10 8 (2.80%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 7 (2.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (2.10%) Avamar
12 6 (2.10%) Grafana
12 6 (2.10%) Netcool
12 6 (2.10%) Prometheus
12 6 (2.10%) Tivoli
12 6 (2.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 164 (57.34%) VMware
2 110 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 75 (26.22%) Cisco
4 72 (25.17%) Dell
5 63 (22.03%) HP
6 59 (20.63%) EMC
7 36 (12.59%) Brocade
8 33 (11.54%) Veeam
9 32 (11.19%) Red Hat
10 31 (10.84%) IBM
10 31 (10.84%) Oracle
11 26 (9.09%) Citrix
12 24 (8.39%) Palo Alto
13 23 (8.04%) NetApp
14 21 (7.34%) CheckPoint
15 20 (6.99%) Symantec
16 17 (5.94%) Juniper
17 16 (5.59%) Veritas
18 15 (5.24%) 3PAR
18 15 (5.24%) Avaya