Backup Engineer
UK
The median Backup Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 545 | 664 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +119 | +158 | -126 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Backup Engineer | 26 | 23 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.061% | 0.040% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.066% | 0.043% | 0.026% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 17 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £430 | £331 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | £381 | £374 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £420 | £390 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.05% | +7.69% | -13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £500 | £478 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £530 | £583 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £388 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.03% | -0.64% | -13.33% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 39,507 | 53,867 | 83,506 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.60% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,620 | 58,687 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £544 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | +3.52% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,498 | 2,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.13 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Backup Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Backup Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Backup Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Backup Engineer.
Backup Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Backup Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Backup Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Backup Engineer.
Backup Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 |
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| England | +119 | 25 | £500 | +25.00% | 12 |
| UK excluding London | +77 | 25 | £500 | +29.03% | 11 |
| South West | +18 | 12 | £500 | +81.82% | 4 |
| South East | - | 5 | £450 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +99 | 4 | £475 | +13.10% | 1 |
| Midlands | +26 | 4 | £600 | +20.00% | |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £600 | - | |
| North of England | +33 | 3 | £514 | +27.31% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 2 | £514 | +27.31% | 1 |
| East of England | +3 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 1 | £480 | - | 2 |
Backup Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 featuring Backup Engineer in the job title.
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Backup Engineer Skill Set
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: