Storage Management Contracts

Storage Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Storage Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Storage Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 445 522
Rank change year-on-year +72 +77 +103
Contract jobs citing Storage Management 148 156 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.41% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 96 125
10th Percentile £318 £350 £418
25th Percentile £403 £403 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £460 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% -16.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £570 £608 £650
90th Percentile £624 £688 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £540 £530
% change year-on-year -12.04% +1.89% +24.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +225.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Storage Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Storage Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Storage Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Storage Management.

Daily rate trend for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Storage Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Storage Management.

Hourly rate trend for Storage Management in the UK

Storage Management
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 Storage Management within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +44 109 £475 +5.56% 59
Work from Home +66 70 £469 +5.46% 35
UK excluding London +27 68 £475 -12.04% 31
London +59 64 £473 +22.73% 35
Scotland +17 23 £452 -33.11% 4
Midlands +27 16 £500 -33.33% 5
West Midlands +22 16 £500 -33.33% 4
North of England +11 15 £405 -2.41% 5
South East +27 12 £413 -31.82% 6
North West - 10 £488 - 2
Yorkshire -14 3 £405 -2.41% 2
East of England +31 2 £500 +11.11% 5
North East - 2 £188 - 1

Storage Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.05%) Apache
2 6 (4.05%) Confluence
3 5 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.03%) OpenStack
6 2 (1.35%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.68%) Documentum
7 1 (0.68%) FileNet
7 1 (0.68%) JBoss
7 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.68%) SAS
7 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 52 (35.14%) Azure
2 28 (18.92%) AWS
2 28 (18.92%) Power Platform
3 21 (14.19%) Azure Data Factory
4 19 (12.84%) Azure Machine Learning
5 14 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.76%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.73%) GitHub
8 6 (4.05%) Nutanix
9 5 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.38%) GCP
9 5 (3.38%) IaaS
9 5 (3.38%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.38%) PaaS
9 5 (3.38%) SaaS
9 5 (3.38%) Serverless
10 4 (2.70%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.70%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 27 (18.24%) SAN
2 13 (8.78%) NAS
3 10 (6.76%) Internet
4 7 (4.73%) DNS
4 7 (4.73%) LAN
4 7 (4.73%) Network Security
5 6 (4.05%) Firewall
5 6 (4.05%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.38%) iSCSI
6 5 (3.38%) OpenLDAP
6 5 (3.38%) VPN
7 3 (2.03%) DHCP
7 3 (2.03%) WLAN
8 2 (1.35%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.68%) SSL
9 1 (0.68%) VLAN
9 1 (0.68%) WAN
9 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (18.92%) Power BI
2 21 (14.19%) Data Lake
3 19 (12.84%) Neo4j
4 10 (6.76%) MongoDB
5 7 (4.73%) Metadata
6 6 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (3.38%) FileMaker
7 5 (3.38%) Oracle Database
8 4 (2.70%) SQL Server
9 3 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.03%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.35%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.35%) Big Data
10 2 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.35%) Flink
10 2 (1.35%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.35%) MySQL
10 2 (1.35%) Redis
10 2 (1.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (6.08%) Git
2 8 (5.41%) JIRA
3 6 (4.05%) TeamCity
4 5 (3.38%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.38%) Subversion
5 1 (0.68%) Ant
5 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) Maven
5 1 (0.68%) MLflow
5 1 (0.68%) Serena SBM
5 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (19.59%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.86%) Public Sector
3 18 (12.16%) Finance
4 11 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.73%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.05%) Banking
7 6 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.70%) Electronics
9 4 (2.70%) Legal
9 4 (2.70%) Marketing
10 2 (1.35%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (10.14%) Administrator
2 15 (10.14%) Analyst
2 15 (10.14%) Data Engineer
3 14 (9.46%) Storage Engineer
4 13 (8.78%) Architect
4 13 (8.78%) Linux Engineer
5 12 (8.11%) Lead
6 10 (6.76%) Programmer
6 10 (6.76%) Python Programmer
6 10 (6.76%) Senior
6 10 (6.76%) Technical Analyst
7 9 (6.08%) Windows Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Data Architect
8 8 (5.41%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Python Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Developer
10 6 (4.05%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.19%) React
2 20 (13.51%) Plotly
3 10 (6.76%) LDAP
4 7 (4.73%) Keycloak
5 6 (4.05%) OAuth
5 6 (4.05%) OpenID
5 6 (4.05%) PySpark
5 6 (4.05%) REST
5 6 (4.05%) SAML
6 5 (3.38%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (3.38%) Kafka
6 5 (3.38%) OAuth2
7 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (2.70%) YAML
8 3 (2.03%) X-Windows
9 2 (1.35%) ADO
9 2 (1.35%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.35%) RESTful
10 1 (0.68%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.49%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (4.73%) Clustering
3 7 (4.73%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.73%) Enterprise Storage
3 7 (4.73%) Replication
4 6 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.05%) Private Cloud
5 5 (3.38%) EMC VMAX
5 5 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.35%) CMDB
6 2 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.35%) SCADA
6 2 (1.35%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.68%) FMCG
7 1 (0.68%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 56 (37.84%) Linux
2 37 (25.00%) Windows
3 29 (19.59%) Unix
4 24 (16.22%) Windows Server
5 14 (9.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (4.05%) Solaris
7 5 (3.38%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.38%) Mac OS X
8 4 (2.70%) AIX
8 4 (2.70%) VMS
9 3 (2.03%) Mac OS
9 3 (2.03%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (1.35%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (1.35%) zOS
11 1 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (18.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 25 (16.89%) Visualisation
4 24 (16.22%) Data Integration
5 23 (15.54%) DevOps
6 21 (14.19%) Agile
7 20 (13.51%) Data Visualisation
7 20 (13.51%) Machine Learning
8 19 (12.84%) Analytics
9 18 (12.16%) Capacity Management
10 17 (11.49%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (10.14%) High Availability
11 15 (10.14%) Technical Analysis
12 14 (9.46%) Data Pipeline
12 14 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (9.46%) Roadmaps
13 13 (8.78%) ITIL
14 12 (8.11%) Task Automation
15 11 (7.43%) Identity Access Management
15 11 (7.43%) OO
Programming Languages
1 43 (29.05%) Python
2 20 (13.51%) JavaScript
3 17 (11.49%) Perl
3 17 (11.49%) PowerShell
4 15 (10.14%) SQL
5 11 (7.43%) Bash
6 7 (4.73%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.03%) C#
7 3 (2.03%) Java
8 2 (1.35%) Bicep
8 2 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.35%) JCL
8 2 (1.35%) REXX
9 1 (0.68%) Groovy
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.68%) R
9 1 (0.68%) Ruby
9 1 (0.68%) Rust
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 38 (25.68%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.03%) RHCSA
6 2 (1.35%) Degree
6 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.35%) EMC Certification
7 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.68%) CISM
7 1 (0.68%) CISSP
7 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.68%) GIAC
7 1 (0.68%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.46%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.73%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.73%) GDPR
3 6 (4.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (3.38%) SLA
5 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.03%) NIST
7 2 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 21 (14.19%) Active Directory
1 21 (14.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (10.14%) Docker
3 9 (6.08%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (4.05%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.70%) Firmware
6 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.03%) NFS
6 3 (2.03%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (1.35%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.68%) GPFS
8 1 (0.68%) KVM
8 1 (0.68%) Microcode
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (14.19%) Ansible
2 18 (12.16%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.46%) Terraform
3 14 (9.46%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 10 (6.76%) EMC NetWorker
4 10 (6.76%) Tivoli
5 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.05%) NetBackup
6 5 (3.38%) QRadar
6 5 (3.38%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.70%) Puppet
8 3 (2.03%) Backup Exec
8 3 (2.03%) HP Data Protector
8 3 (2.03%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.35%) Avamar
10 1 (0.68%) Nessus
10 1 (0.68%) Netcool
10 1 (0.68%) Podman
10 1 (0.68%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 36 (24.32%) VMware
2 24 (16.22%) Databricks
3 23 (15.54%) Microsoft
4 18 (12.16%) EMC
5 14 (9.46%) IBM
6 13 (8.78%) Red Hat
7 12 (8.11%) Oracle
8 11 (7.43%) Cisco
9 10 (6.76%) Splunk
10 9 (6.08%) ServiceNow
11 8 (5.41%) Brocade
12 7 (4.73%) Dell
12 7 (4.73%) Qualys
12 7 (4.73%) SAP
12 7 (4.73%) Veritas
13 6 (4.05%) CyberArk
13 6 (4.05%) HP
13 6 (4.05%) NetApp
14 4 (2.70%) SaltStack
15 3 (2.03%) Veeam