Storage Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Storage Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Storage Engineer daily rate in Cumbria 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 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 4 12 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.23% 6.38% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 6.98% -
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 -
North West median daily rate £475 £498 £400
% change year-on-year -4.52% +24.38% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 119 172 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 91.49% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 74 155
10th Percentile £403 £200 £450
25th Percentile £460 £432 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -20.00% +46.37%
75th Percentile £549 £581 £672
90th Percentile £649 £674 £719
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 11
10th Percentile £37.87 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £38.62 £24.76 £21.00
Median hourly rate £55.48 £51.10 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +42.13% -35.63%
75th Percentile £63.86 £62.09 £53.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £77.67 £55.00
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +62.79%

Storage Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Storage Engineer job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria

Storage Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness -3 4 £575 +4.07% 3
Storage Engineer
North West

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

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 Cumbria 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 Cumbria 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