Storage Consultant Contract Job Trends

Storage Consultant
UK

The median Storage Consultant daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 512 603
Rank change year-on-year -74 +91 +140
Contract jobs requiring a Storage Consultant 4 20 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.064% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.069% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 2
10th Percentile - £408 -
25th Percentile £325 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £390
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +34.62% -25.71%
75th Percentile £388 £538 -
90th Percentile £395 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £525 £390
% change year-on-year -28.57% +34.62% -25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 35,158 28,873 41,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 92.93% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,167 17,619 27,765
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £405 £408 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £495
% change year-on-year -0.84% -3.23% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,109 850 2,268
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.92 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.86
Median hourly rate £29.61 £33.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year -10.27% -8.21% +2.71%
75th Percentile £61.25 £62.50 £61.75
90th Percentile £70.77 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £36.50
% change year-on-year -13.41% -12.99% +15.54%

Storage Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Storage Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Storage Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Storage Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Storage Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Storage Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Storage Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Storage Consultant
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Storage Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Work from Home -29 3 £350 -33.33%
UK excluding London -74 3 £375 -28.57% 2
Northern Ireland 0 2 £375 -28.57%
England -81 2 £350 -33.33% 3
South West -19 1 - -
London -28 1 £350 -17.65% 3

Storage Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Storage Consultant 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 featuring Storage Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) Isilon
2 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (75.00%) Brocade
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 3 (75.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (75.00%) EMC VPLEX
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Firmware
4 1 (25.00%) Resilience Testing

Storage Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (75.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (75.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) Isilon
2 3 (75.00%) Brocade
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) VMware