Storage Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Storage Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Storage Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 4 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 3.96% 8.20% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 8.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £465 -
25th Percentile £563 £507 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £553 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% - -
75th Percentile £588 £585 -
90th Percentile - £586 -
Cumbria median daily rate £575 £553 -
% change year-on-year +4.07% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 97 118 125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.04% 96.72% 99.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 50 116
10th Percentile £405 £424 £490
25th Percentile £458 £453 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £627
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -20.26% +46.84%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £672
90th Percentile £663 £672 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £515 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +3.00% -20.00% +46.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 2
10th Percentile £38.59 £45.22 £33.97
25th Percentile £38.63 £46.93 £34.70
Median hourly rate £56.44 £53.35 £38.59
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% +38.25% -31.23%
75th Percentile £63.86 £73.86 £42.66
90th Percentile £67.58 £80.00 £43.51
Cumbria median hourly rate £55.48 £51.10 £35.95
% change year-on-year +8.57% +42.13% -35.63%

Storage Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Storage Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Storage Engineer job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Storage Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Storage Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) NetApp
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) NetApp
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas