Storage Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Storage Manager
England > North of England

The median Storage Manager daily rate in the North of England is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 - 161
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Manager 5 0 23
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.085% - 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 16
10th Percentile £415 - £403
25th Percentile £418 - £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - £409
75th Percentile £437 - £422
90th Percentile £437 - £439
England median daily rate £675 £493 £407
% change year-on-year +36.92% +21.13% -54.78%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 5,482 2,995 4,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 93.62% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,425 2,008 2,844
10th Percentile £263 £242 £253
25th Percentile £381 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £558 £563 £575
90th Percentile £650 £645 £672
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 158 392
10th Percentile £17.95 £12.68 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £16.64 £12.60
Median hourly rate £45.46 £24.54 £20.23
Median % change year-on-year +85.23% +21.32% -33.39%
75th Percentile £69.72 £45.79 £45.88
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.30 £57.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%

Storage Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Storage Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Storage Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Storage Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Storage Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Storage Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 April 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
Yorkshire - 5 £430 -
Storage Manager
England

Storage Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, Storage Manager 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 North of England region featuring Storage Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (60.00%) zOS
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Broadcom
3 2 (40.00%) Brocade
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Dell
3 2 (40.00%) JCL
3 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) NAS
3 2 (40.00%) NFS
3 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Time Sharing Option
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Storage Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) NAS
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) zOS
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JCL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) NFS
1 2 (40.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) Broadcom
2 2 (40.00%) Brocade
2 2 (40.00%) Dell