Backup Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Backup Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

As of 20 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Backup Engineer daily rate in Leeds.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Backup Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 590 661 1,079
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.52% 91.81% 97.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 426 745
10th Percentile £305 £350 £344
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 31 13
10th Percentile £25.05 £18.13 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.13 £19.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.46% +27.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £26.13 £43.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £26.35 £48.75 £23.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year +106.78% +27.26% -9.52%

Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Backup Engineer in Leeds

Backup Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backup Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backup Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Backup Engineer 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 Leeds region featuring Backup Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Backup Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) VMware