Storage Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Storage Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Storage Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +3 +21 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.059% 0.095% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £520
25th Percentile £608 £519 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.42% -10.42% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £556 £619
90th Percentile - - £630
Central London median daily rate £615 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +14.42% -2.27% +1.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,581 1,966 2,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 93.26% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,098 1,206 1,837
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 15
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.07 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.75 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.74% +51.32% -6.17%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -7.89% -6.17%

Storage Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 the City of London.

Storage Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Storage Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 November 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 City of London region featuring Storage Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) E-business
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) E-business
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware