Storage and Backup Administrator Contracts

Storage and Backup Administrator
UK

The median Storage and Backup Administrator daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 579 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Storage and Backup Administrator 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.003% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £358 - -
25th Percentile £359 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
75th Percentile £395 £538 -
90th Percentile £398 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 29,869 39,249 52,928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 93.01% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,996 25,329 36,728
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,413 2,586 1,568
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £38.35
% change year-on-year -37.63% +5.15% +82.62%

Storage and Backup Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Storage and Backup Administrator in the UK

Storage and Backup Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Storage and Backup Administrator.

Daily rate trend for Storage and Backup Administrator in the UK

Storage and Backup Administrator
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage and Backup Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +65 9 £375 -28.57% 2
South East - 9 £375 - 2
UK excluding London - 9 £375 - 2
Work from Home - 1 - -

Storage and Backup Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Storage and Backup Administrator 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 Storage and Backup Administrator in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) HP
2 8 (88.89%) 3PAR
2 8 (88.89%) Enterprise Storage
2 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 8 (88.89%) Veritas
3 7 (77.78%) Red Hat
3 7 (77.78%) Shell Script
3 7 (77.78%) NetApp
3 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) Linux
3 7 (77.78%) NetBackup
3 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (77.78%) Nimble Storage
4 6 (66.67%) ITIL
4 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
5 5 (55.56%) Dell
5 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
6 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (44.44%) HP Storage
6 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
7 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
8 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
8 2 (22.22%) Management Information System

Storage and Backup Administrator 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) SAN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (44.44%) HP Storage
3 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
1 7 (77.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) High Availability
6 1 (11.11%) Storage Management
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Shell Script
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) HP
2 8 (88.89%) 3PAR
2 8 (88.89%) Veritas
3 7 (77.78%) NetApp
3 7 (77.78%) Nimble Storage
3 7 (77.78%) Red Hat
4 5 (55.56%) Dell