Backup Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Backup Consultant
England > London

The median Backup Consultant daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 368 404
Rank change year-on-year -19 +36 -
Contract jobs requiring a Backup Consultant 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.007% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £335 - -
25th Percentile £350 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% - -
75th Percentile £450 £613 -
90th Percentile £465 - -
England median daily rate £400 £575 -
% change year-on-year -30.43% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 13,145 14,173 17,825
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.50% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 9,174 12,891
10th Percentile £340 £338 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £683
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 152 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.19 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.49% +2.14% -
75th Percentile £56.63 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%

Backup Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Backup Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Backup Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Backup Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backup Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backup Consultant job vacancies in London

Backup Consultant
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Central London - 1 £450 -
Backup Consultant
England

Backup Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Backup Consultant 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 London region featuring Backup Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Brocade
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Cohesity
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (50.00%) EMC VPLEX
1 1 (50.00%) Isilon
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) VMware

Backup Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (50.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Brocade
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) Isilon
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (50.00%) VMware