Storage Management Contracts

Storage Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Storage Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Storage Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 527 627
Rank change year-on-year +99 +100 -92
Contract jobs citing Storage Management 155 191 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.32% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.36% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 125 167
10th Percentile £350 £418 £360
25th Percentile £403 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £576
90th Percentile £688 £750 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £530 £427
% change year-on-year +1.89% +24.12% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +225.00% -28.52%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +225.00% -28.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Storage Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,597 53,655 80,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,227 37,238 56,437
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,746 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.98 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.34 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +80.00% -8.00%

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 2024.

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 2024. 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 +114 127 £450 -21.74% 64
UK excluding London +65 94 £540 +1.89% 44
Work from Home +96 53 £445 -20.20% 14
London +82 41 £385 -33.04% 19
North of England +64 32 £415 +25.28% 9
Yorkshire +57 32 £415 +7.10% 5
South East +26 27 £605 -3.20% 18
Scotland +8 15 £675 +26.23% 1
Midlands +31 13 £750 +11.11% 8
West Midlands +25 10 £750 +10.09% 1
East of England +11 4 £450 -43.75% 7
East Midlands +19 3 £350 -22.22% 7
South West +3 3 £323 -38.57% 5

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 8 (5.16%) Confluence
2 5 (3.23%) IIS
2 5 (3.23%) SAS
3 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.29%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
5 1 (0.65%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.65%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.52%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.94%) Endur
3 2 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (35.48%) Azure
2 37 (23.87%) AWS
3 31 (20.00%) GitHub
4 17 (10.97%) IaaS
5 15 (9.68%) SaaS
6 13 (8.39%) GCP
6 13 (8.39%) OCI
7 11 (7.10%) Entra ID
8 10 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (6.45%) PaaS
8 10 (6.45%) Rubrik
9 9 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (5.81%) Nutanix
10 6 (3.87%) AWS CodeBuild
10 6 (3.87%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 6 (3.87%) AWS CodePipeline
10 6 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (3.23%) Power Platform
12 4 (2.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 42 (27.10%) Firewall
2 35 (22.58%) SAN
3 34 (21.94%) DNS
4 28 (18.06%) DHCP
5 14 (9.03%) VPN
6 13 (8.39%) LAN
6 13 (8.39%) WAN
7 12 (7.74%) TCP/IP
7 12 (7.74%) WLAN
8 11 (7.10%) VoIP
9 10 (6.45%) Fibre Channel
9 10 (6.45%) MPLS
9 10 (6.45%) NAS
9 10 (6.45%) VLAN
10 9 (5.81%) PBX
11 8 (5.16%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (5.16%) iSCSI
11 8 (5.16%) Kerberos
11 8 (5.16%) SSL
12 7 (4.52%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.52%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.23%) DB2
7 4 (2.58%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.58%) MySQL
8 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 3 (1.94%) Power BI
8 3 (1.94%) QlikView
8 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.29%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.29%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (1.29%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (1.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (17.42%) Jenkins
2 10 (6.45%) GitLab
3 9 (5.81%) Git
4 8 (5.16%) JIRA
4 8 (5.16%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (41.29%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.61%) Finance
3 16 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.10%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.16%) Back Office
5 8 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.58%) Banking
7 4 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.58%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.94%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.29%) Electronics
9 2 (1.29%) Law
9 2 (1.29%) Legal
9 2 (1.29%) Marketing
9 2 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (18.06%) Storage Manager
2 24 (15.48%) Architect
2 24 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (10.32%) Storage Engineer
4 11 (7.10%) DBA
5 8 (5.16%) Administrator
6 7 (4.52%) AWS Architect
6 7 (4.52%) SQL DBA
7 6 (3.87%) Database Specialist
7 6 (3.87%) Platform Specialist
7 6 (3.87%) Senior
8 5 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (3.23%) Developer
8 5 (3.23%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (3.23%) Lead
8 5 (3.23%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (3.23%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.23%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.26%) YAML
2 9 (5.81%) REST
2 9 (5.81%) Web Services
3 8 (5.16%) LDAP
3 8 (5.16%) SOAP
4 5 (3.23%) ARM Templates
4 5 (3.23%) Flash
4 5 (3.23%) POSIX
5 2 (1.29%) .NET
5 2 (1.29%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.29%) Node.js
5 2 (1.29%) OAuth
5 2 (1.29%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.29%) RESTful
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Avro
6 1 (0.65%) ISPF
6 1 (0.65%) JWT
6 1 (0.65%) PySpark
6 1 (0.65%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 43 (27.74%) Data Centre
2 19 (12.26%) Clustering
3 18 (11.61%) Replication
4 17 (10.97%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.23%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.23%) NVMe
6 3 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.29%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.29%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.29%) NHS
7 2 (1.29%) Tandem
8 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.65%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 78 (50.32%) Linux
2 49 (31.61%) Windows
3 37 (23.87%) Windows Server
4 27 (17.42%) zOS
5 18 (11.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (10.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (9.68%) Windows 10
7 15 (9.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (8.39%) Windows XP
9 10 (6.45%) Solaris
9 10 (6.45%) Unix
10 8 (5.16%) Oracle Linux
11 6 (3.87%) VMS
12 4 (2.58%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (1.29%) CentOS
13 2 (1.29%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (29.68%) Project Management
2 43 (27.74%) Agile
3 42 (27.10%) Migration
4 40 (25.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (23.23%) Performance Tuning
6 32 (20.65%) Problem Management
6 32 (20.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (18.71%) High Availability
8 27 (17.42%) ITIL
9 25 (16.13%) DevOps
10 24 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (14.84%) Software Testing
12 22 (14.19%) Server Management
13 21 (13.55%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (12.90%) Cost Management
15 19 (12.26%) Capacity Management
16 17 (10.97%) Proactive Monitoring
17 15 (9.68%) Change Management
17 15 (9.68%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.87%) Python
2 36 (23.23%) PowerShell
3 29 (18.71%) SQL
4 24 (15.48%) JCL
5 20 (12.90%) REXX
6 18 (11.61%) Bash
7 13 (8.39%) Java
8 7 (4.52%) Perl
9 5 (3.23%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.58%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.94%) Bicep
12 2 (1.29%) AWK
12 2 (1.29%) Bourne shell
12 2 (1.29%) Korn
12 2 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.29%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.29%) VBA
13 1 (0.65%) C
13 1 (0.65%) R
13 1 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (21.29%) Security Cleared
2 30 (19.35%) Degree
2 30 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 25 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (11.61%) CCNP
5 16 (10.32%) DV Cleared
6 15 (9.68%) CCNA
7 10 (6.45%) CCIE
8 9 (5.81%) CCIE Data Center
9 8 (5.16%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.58%) PMI Certification
12 4 (2.58%) PMP
13 3 (1.94%) MCITP
13 3 (1.94%) MCSE
13 3 (1.94%) MCTS
14 2 (1.29%) RHCE
14 2 (1.29%) RHCSA
14 2 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.16%) GDPR
1 8 (5.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (2.58%) QA
2 4 (2.58%) SLA
3 2 (1.29%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.65%) NCSC
4 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (25.16%) Active Directory
2 35 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (17.42%) NFS
4 23 (14.84%) Time Sharing Option
5 15 (9.68%) Docker
5 15 (9.68%) Hyper-V
5 15 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (7.74%) vSphere
7 5 (3.23%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.58%) GPFS
9 2 (1.29%) Firmware
10 1 (0.65%) KVM
10 1 (0.65%) RACF
10 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (28.39%) Ansible
2 40 (25.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 28 (18.06%) Terraform
4 21 (13.55%) EMC NetWorker
5 18 (11.61%) SCCM
6 15 (9.68%) NetBackup
6 15 (9.68%) vCenter Server
6 15 (9.68%) WSUS
7 13 (8.39%) Kubernetes
7 13 (8.39%) SCOM
8 8 (5.16%) Netcool
8 8 (5.16%) Tivoli
9 7 (4.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (2.58%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (2.58%) Veritas Storage Foundation
11 3 (1.94%) Puppet
12 2 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (1.29%) FortiGate
12 2 (1.29%) Oracle Flashback
12 2 (1.29%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 52 (33.55%) Dell
2 49 (31.61%) Microsoft
3 48 (30.97%) IBM
4 44 (28.39%) VMware
5 41 (26.45%) Oracle
6 35 (22.58%) Cisco
7 28 (18.06%) Broadcom
8 27 (17.42%) EMC
9 26 (16.77%) Brocade
10 23 (14.84%) HP
10 23 (14.84%) Palo Alto
11 22 (14.19%) CA
12 18 (11.61%) Symantec
13 15 (9.68%) Veeam
14 14 (9.03%) Juniper
15 13 (8.39%) 3PAR
15 13 (8.39%) Extreme Networks
16 12 (7.74%) Red Hat
16 12 (7.74%) ServiceNow
17 8 (5.16%) Serena