Storage and Backup Consultant Contracts in Northern Ireland

Storage and Backup Consultant
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Storage and Backup Consultant daily rate in Northern Ireland is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Storage and Backup Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £500 £390
% change year-on-year -30.00% +28.21% -17.89%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 205 143 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.71% 91.67% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 73 73
10th Percentile £232 £155 £172
25th Percentile £325 £201 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% +4.71% -11.92%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £525
90th Percentile £624 £646 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £13.63 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.48 £11.10
Median hourly rate £15.50 £19.02 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% +41.31% +22.53%
75th Percentile £17.10 £24.18 £13.91
90th Percentile £25.15 £36.06 £17.78
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.38% +63.55%

Storage and Backup Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured Storage and Backup Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Storage and Backup Consultant in Northern Ireland

Storage and Backup Consultant
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage and Backup Consultant within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 1 £350 -
Storage and Backup Consultant
UK

Storage and Backup Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Storage and Backup Consultant 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Storage and Backup Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Brocade
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Isilon
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) EMC VPLEX
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance

Storage and Backup Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (100.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Brocade
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Isilon
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware