Storage Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Storage Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Storage Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.24% - 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £490 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 382 224 296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 93.72% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 162 215
10th Percentile £275 £161 £168
25th Percentile £370 £257 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £395 £470
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -15.96% -1.05%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £563
90th Percentile £675 £613 £642
Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £470
% change year-on-year +6.25% -14.89% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 21 21
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.88 £18.51 £15.20
Median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £22.68
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -0.79% +25.03%
75th Percentile £35.25 £41.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £53.88 £45.00 £87.80
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £21.01 £19.09
% change year-on-year +1.14% +10.09% +5.21%

Storage Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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 South Wales.

Storage Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Storage Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Storage Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Storage Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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
Newport - 1 £490 - 2
Storage Engineer
Wales

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 6 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 South Wales region featuring Storage Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data ONTAP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) NFS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SnapMirror
1 1 (100.00%) SnapVault
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMFS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Storage Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Data ONTAP
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) NFS
1 1 (100.00%) VMFS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SnapMirror
1 1 (100.00%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware