Backup Consultant Contracts in Belfast

Backup Consultant
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Backup Consultant daily rate in Belfast is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Backup Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 0.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £350 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 182 114 132
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.78% 89.76% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 66 67
10th Percentile £261 £155 £166
25th Percentile £325 £200 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £441 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -17.10%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £529
90th Percentile £625 £626 £609
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £441 £400
% change year-on-year +7.65% +10.31% -17.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £14.48 £12.69
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% +64.85% +30.33%
75th Percentile £19.88 £24.18 £14.86
90th Percentile £25.11 - £17.80
County Antrim median hourly rate £15.42 £24.18 £13.69
% change year-on-year -36.25% +76.69% +24.58%

Backup Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Backup Consultant in Belfast

Backup Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, 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 across the Belfast region featuring Backup Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Brocade
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Isilon
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) EMC VPLEX
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance

Backup Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (100.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Brocade
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Isilon
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware