Backup Engineer
UK
The median Backup Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 551 | 681 | 841 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +130 | +160 | -192 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Backup Engineer | 28 | 19 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.064% | 0.032% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.069% | 0.033% | 0.022% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 12 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £284 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £372 | £354 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £398 | £385 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.79% | +3.25% | -14.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £521 | £420 | £435 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | £492 | £484 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £388 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.03% | +0.65% | -12.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 40,413 | 56,730 | 84,732 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,320 | 39,605 | 59,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,653 | 1,602 | 2,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.28 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.09% | +95.65% | +0.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.50 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £42.37 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.30% | +117.26% | +2.47% |
Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Backup Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Backup Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backup Engineer.
Backup Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backup Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Backup Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backup Engineer.
Backup Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backup Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +89 | 27 | £500 | +29.03% | 7 |
| England | +128 | 25 | £500 | +29.03% | 7 |
| South West | +33 | 11 | £500 | +81.82% | 3 |
| South East | - | 6 | £438 | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +114 | 5 | £500 | +19.05% | 1 |
| Midlands | +32 | 5 | £550 | +10.00% | |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £600 | - | |
| North of England | +27 | 3 | £514 | +27.31% | |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 2 | £514 | +27.31% | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £259 | - | |
| West Midlands | +31 | 1 | £400 | -20.00% | |
| East of England | +12 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| North West | - | 1 | £480 | - |
Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Backup Engineer 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 featuring Backup Engineer in the job title.
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Backup Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: