Backup Engineer
UK
The median Backup Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 560 | 698 | 834 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +138 | +136 | -161 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Backup Engineer | 31 | 20 | 20 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.072% | 0.034% | 0.023% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.077% | 0.036% | 0.024% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 14 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | £303 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £444 | £375 | £373 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £410 | £385 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.95% | +6.49% | -14.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £522 | £443 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £500 | £498 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £388 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.03% | +0.65% | -14.44% |
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 | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Backup Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Backup Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backup Engineer.
Backup Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backup Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
Backup Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backup Engineer.
Backup Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +89 | 30 | £500 | +29.03% | 8 |
| England | +126 | 28 | £500 | +27.80% | 9 |
| South West | +34 | 12 | £500 | +81.82% | 5 |
| South East | - | 8 | £438 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 5 | £500 | +19.05% | 5 |
| Midlands | +33 | 5 | £550 | +10.00% | |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £600 | - | |
| North of England | +26 | 3 | £514 | +27.31% | |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 2 | £514 | +27.31% | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £259 | - | |
| West Midlands | +25 | 1 | £400 | -20.00% | |
| East of England | +9 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| North West | - | 1 | £480 | - |
Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Backup Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Backup Engineer 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: