Hybrid/Remote NetBackup Contract Job Trends

Veritas NetBackup
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NetBackup skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 306 364
Rank change year-on-year -3 +58 +172
Contract jobs citing NetBackup 16 11 17
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.095% 0.10%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.96% 0.67% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 12
10th Percentile £384 £398 £314
25th Percentile £500 £427 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% +15.63% -
75th Percentile £523 £493 £450
90th Percentile £537 £545 £473
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -6.98% +19.44% -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

NetBackup falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,674 1,645 2,311
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.42% 14.21% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,077 1,707
10th Percentile £358 £363 £357
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £640
90th Percentile £675 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.05% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 48
10th Percentile £29.60 £12.18 £20.65
25th Percentile £34.50 £25.75 £37.74
Median hourly rate £54.50 £27.25 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -56.57% +9.13%
75th Percentile £68.50 £61.25 £77.67
90th Percentile £95.60 £65.00 £83.25
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £24.84 £46.18
% change year-on-year +71.84% -46.21% +31.94%

NetBackup
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NetBackup and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

NetBackup job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NetBackup.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NetBackup

NetBackup
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NetBackup over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

NetBackup daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NetBackup
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NetBackup.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NetBackup

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) Confluence
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) CloudBees
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Cohesity
2 2 (12.50%) GCP
2 2 (12.50%) GitHub
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) JIRA
2 5 (31.25%) GitLab
2 5 (31.25%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Data Protection Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Data Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps Automation Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) NetBackup Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Backup Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Backup Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) JIRA Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Linux/Unix DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SCM Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Storage Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Storage and Backup Administrator
5 1 (6.25%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Data Protection
2 7 (43.75%) Backlog Refinement
2 7 (43.75%) Configuration Management
2 7 (43.75%) DevOps
2 7 (43.75%) Scrum
2 7 (43.75%) Sprint Retrospective
2 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 7 (43.75%) User Stories
3 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
7 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (12.50%) E-Discovery
7 2 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Python
2 8 (50.00%) Bash
3 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Ansible
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (12.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Commvault
2 10 (62.50%) Veritas
3 8 (50.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (12.50%) CyberArk
4 2 (12.50%) Google
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 1 (6.25%) 3PAR
5 1 (6.25%) HP
5 1 (6.25%) NetApp
5 1 (6.25%) Nimble Storage