Backup Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Backup Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

As of 20 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Backup Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Backup Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 734 785 1,355
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.33% 92.35% 97.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 495 895
10th Percentile £283 £344 £315
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £619
90th Percentile £650 £649 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 19
10th Percentile - £17.18 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% +27.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £21.78
90th Percentile - £48.75 £24.36
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £22.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +0.64% +7.32% +7.89%

Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Backup Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Backup Engineer in West Yorkshire

Backup Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backup Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backup Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Backup Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Leeds - 1 - -
Backup Engineer
Yorkshire

Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Backup Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Backup Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) VMware