Senior Backup Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wales

Senior Backup Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Backup Engineer daily rate in Wales is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Backup Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Wales with a recognized job title 538 276 386
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.31% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 192 251
10th Percentile £259 £182 £143
25th Percentile £370 £268 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £540
90th Percentile £675 £611 £625
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 20 48
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.99 £11.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £16.00 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.25 £20.76 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +1.98% +12.20%
75th Percentile £35.78 £32.25 £48.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £77.13
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £27.13 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -27.67% -12.79%

Senior Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Backup Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Senior Backup Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Senior Backup Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Backup Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
South Wales - 1 £550 - 4
Senior Backup Engineer
UK

Senior Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 25 June 2026, Senior Backup 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 Wales region featuring Senior Backup Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Senior Backup Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp