The first table below looks at the demand for the Backup Specialist role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Backup Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Backup Specialist
Rank 852 890 867
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Backup Specialist 6 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.005% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 4
Average salary £50,000 £57,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.28% +34.11%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £57,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-12.28% +34.11%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Backup Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Backup Specialist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Backup Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Backup Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Backup Specialist within the UK.

Backup Specialist Salary Trend

Backup Specialist
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +33 6 £50,000 -12.28%
Birmingham - 5 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
South East - 1 £52,500 -
Berkshire - 1 £52,500 -

Backup Specialist
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Backup Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Backup Specialist in their job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Tivoli
1 6 (85.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (71.43%) UNIX
2 5 (71.43%) IBM
2 5 (71.43%) EMC
2 5 (71.43%) NetApp
2 5 (71.43%) Firmware
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) NAS
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) CommVault
3 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
3 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec

Backup Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Backup Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Backup Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) NAS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) UNIX
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Tivoli
1 6 (85.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
2 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) IBM
1 5 (71.43%) EMC
1 5 (71.43%) NetApp
2 1 (14.29%) Veeam
2 1 (14.29%) CommVault