Storage Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Storage Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Storage Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 112 130
Rank change year-on-year -69 +18 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 4 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.093% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.23% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £343 - £537
25th Percentile £388 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.37%
75th Percentile £503 - £588
90th Percentile £554 - £595
England median daily rate £502 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +0.40% -7.41% +2.86%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 3,932 1,732 2,503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 90.26% 91.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,402 1,145 1,688
10th Percentile £300 £200 £213
25th Percentile £400 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% -2.11%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 107 215
10th Percentile £14.13 £12.62 £11.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.00 £14.27
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.77 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +34.03% -4.21% -2.05%
75th Percentile £51.25 £25.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.97 £35.25 £52.56
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.40 £36.58
% change year-on-year +54.61% -16.88% -17.86%

Storage Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 Midlands.

Storage Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Storage Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Storage Engineer in the Midlands

Storage Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Storage Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. 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
West Midlands -58 2 £488 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £325 -
Storage Engineer
England

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, 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 Midlands region featuring Storage Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Flash
2 3 (75.00%) GPFS
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) NFS
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) NetApp
4 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Server Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Replication
2 2 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) GPFS
1 3 (75.00%) NFS
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) NetApp
3 1 (25.00%) VMware