Backup Consultant Contracts

Backup Consultant
UK

The median Backup Consultant daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 683 846
Rank change year-on-year +101 +163 -152
Contract jobs requiring a Backup Consultant 4 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.017% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.018% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £481 £465 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £300
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% +56.50% -42.86%
75th Percentile £519 £474 £369
90th Percentile £523 - £410
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - -11.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £63.00 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Backup Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Backup Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Backup Consultant in the UK

Backup Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Backup Consultant in the UK

Backup Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Backup Consultant in the UK

Backup Consultant
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Work from Home +114 3 £500 -
England +85 1 £500 +6.50%
London - 1 £500 -

Backup Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Backup Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Backup Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Commvault
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Cohesity
3 1 (25.00%) Rubrik

Backup Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Cohesity
1 1 (25.00%) Rubrik
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Commvault
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas