Storage and Backup Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Storage and Backup Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Storage and Backup Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage and Backup Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.22% - 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £550
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £480 - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 434 209 460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 95.87% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 157 349
10th Percentile £304 £250 £273
25th Percentile £400 £372 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% - -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £598
90th Percentile £639 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 4 32
10th Percentile £15.36 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +18.47%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.21 £35.75 £22.52
% change year-on-year -37.88% +58.75% +32.47%

Storage and Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Storage and Backup Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Storage and Backup Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Storage and Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Storage and Backup 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Storage and Backup Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) NCDA
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam

Storage and Backup Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) NCDA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam