Storage Administrator Contract Job Trends in England

Storage Administrator
UK > England

The median Storage Administrator daily rate in England is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 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
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 512 600
Rank change year-on-year +16 +88 +182
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Administrator 10 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.003% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £358 - £383
25th Percentile £360 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +6.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £393 - £519
90th Percentile £398 - £538
UK median daily rate £375 £480 £300
% change year-on-year -21.88% +60.00% -42.86%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,040 30,495 40,662
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 93.04% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,145 19,513 28,564
10th Percentile £281 £303 £304
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,357 1,612 1,327
10th Percentile £13.67 £14.16 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.33 £20.75 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +66.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Storage Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Storage Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Storage Administrator in England

Storage Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Administrator job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Administrator job vacancies in England

Storage Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Administrator job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Administrator job vacancies in England

Storage Administrator
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
South East - 10 £375 - 1
Storage Administrator
UK

Storage Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 September 2025, Storage Administrator 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 England region featuring Storage Administrator in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) HP
2 9 (90.00%) 3PAR
2 9 (90.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 9 (90.00%) SAN
2 9 (90.00%) Veritas
3 8 (80.00%) NetApp
3 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (80.00%) NetBackup
3 8 (80.00%) Nimble Storage
4 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (70.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (70.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
4 7 (70.00%) Shell Script
4 7 (70.00%) Windows
4 7 (70.00%) Linux
5 6 (60.00%) Dell
5 6 (60.00%) ITIL
6 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
7 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (40.00%) HP Storage
7 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
8 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
9 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 2 (20.00%) High Availability

Storage Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (90.00%) SAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (40.00%) HP Storage
3 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (60.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (20.00%) High Availability
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) HP
2 9 (90.00%) 3PAR
2 9 (90.00%) Veritas
3 8 (80.00%) NetApp
3 8 (80.00%) Nimble Storage
4 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
5 6 (60.00%) Dell