Storage and Backup Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Storage and Backup Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Storage and Backup Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage and Backup Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 - £588

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 297 169 226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.67% 97.13% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 105 91
10th Percentile £313 - £400
25th Percentile £459 £200 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £620 £556 £658
90th Percentile £683 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 33 87
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.76 £51.06
25th Percentile £30.40 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% -3.54%
75th Percentile £64.33 £57.50 £70.21
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.50 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.82% +9.24%

Storage and Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Storage and Backup Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 Portsmouth region featuring Storage and Backup Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Storage and Backup Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
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