Storage Management Contracts

Storage Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Storage Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Storage Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 440 531 643
Rank change year-on-year +91 +112 -100
Contract jobs citing Storage Management 145 167 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.34% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 107 155
10th Percentile £358 £400 £385
25th Percentile £407 £466 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £625
90th Percentile £693 £720 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +225.00% +17.65%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +225.00% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Storage Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 14 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 12 June 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 +103 126 £525 - 70
UK excluding London +30 87 £563 +7.14% 43
London +72 41 £400 -25.93% 24
Work from Home +76 40 £460 -12.48% 24
South East +32 31 £605 +15.24% 10
North of England +34 22 £407 +3.37% 8
Yorkshire +33 21 £407 +5.03% 3
Midlands +20 20 £738 +24.47% 13
West Midlands +19 13 £750 +9.09% 7
Scotland +19 8 £675 +23.40% 1
East Midlands +9 7 £520 +4.00% 6
East of England +6 4 £450 -43.75% 9
South West -5 2 £460 -12.80% 5
North East +8 1 £195 -51.25%

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 5 (3.45%) Confluence
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.07%) Apache
3 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.38%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.38%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.69%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.69%) JBoss
5 1 (0.69%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.76%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 52 (35.86%) Azure
2 28 (19.31%) AWS
3 23 (15.86%) GitHub
4 14 (9.66%) IaaS
4 14 (9.66%) OCI
5 12 (8.28%) SaaS
6 11 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (6.90%) GCP
8 9 (6.21%) Power Platform
9 7 (4.83%) PaaS
10 6 (4.14%) AWS CodeBuild
10 6 (4.14%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 6 (4.14%) AWS CodePipeline
10 6 (4.14%) Nutanix
11 5 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.45%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.45%) Rubrik
12 4 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 36 (24.83%) Firewall
2 30 (20.69%) SAN
3 26 (17.93%) DNS
4 25 (17.24%) DHCP
5 14 (9.66%) LAN
5 14 (9.66%) WAN
6 13 (8.97%) VPN
7 11 (7.59%) MPLS
7 11 (7.59%) VoIP
8 10 (6.90%) WLAN
9 9 (6.21%) PBX
10 8 (5.52%) TCP/IP
11 7 (4.83%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (4.83%) NAS
11 7 (4.83%) VLAN
12 5 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (3.45%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (3.45%) Internet
12 5 (3.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (5.52%) Oracle Database
3 7 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.76%) MySQL
5 4 (2.76%) Power BI
5 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.07%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (2.07%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.07%) Parquet
6 3 (2.07%) QlikView
6 3 (2.07%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.38%) HDInsight
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 17 (11.72%) GitLab
1 17 (11.72%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.52%) Git
3 6 (4.14%) JIRA
4 5 (3.45%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.69%) Ant
5 1 (0.69%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.69%) Maven
5 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.41%) Finance
3 15 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.59%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.52%) Back Office
5 8 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Law
7 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.07%) Banking
8 3 (2.07%) Marketing
9 2 (1.38%) Electronics
9 2 (1.38%) Legal
10 1 (0.69%) Advertising
10 1 (0.69%) Automotive
10 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (17.24%) Architect
2 22 (15.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (13.10%) Storage Manager
4 13 (8.97%) Storage Engineer
5 10 (6.90%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 10 (6.90%) Systems Administrator
6 8 (5.52%) Administrator
6 8 (5.52%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (5.52%) DBA
7 7 (4.83%) AWS Architect
7 7 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.14%) Database Specialist
8 6 (4.14%) Developer
8 6 (4.14%) Platform Specialist
8 6 (4.14%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.14%) Senior
9 5 (3.45%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (3.45%) IBM Storage Specialist
9 5 (3.45%) Support Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.59%) YAML
2 9 (6.21%) REST
2 9 (6.21%) Web Services
3 8 (5.52%) SOAP
4 5 (3.45%) LDAP
5 3 (2.07%) PySpark
6 2 (1.38%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.38%) Apache Avro
6 2 (1.38%) EDI
6 2 (1.38%) Node.js
6 2 (1.38%) OAuth
6 2 (1.38%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.38%) RESTful
7 1 (0.69%) .NET
7 1 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.69%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.69%) ISPF
7 1 (0.69%) JWT
7 1 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (26.90%) Data Centre
2 19 (13.10%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (10.34%) Clustering
4 14 (9.66%) Replication
5 3 (2.07%) Hedge funds
5 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.38%) Tandem
7 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.69%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.69%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.69%) PKI
7 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 64 (44.14%) Linux
2 38 (26.21%) Windows
3 31 (21.38%) Windows Server
4 18 (12.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 18 (12.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (11.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (11.03%) Windows 10
6 16 (11.03%) zOS
7 14 (9.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (9.66%) Windows XP
8 7 (4.83%) Solaris
9 5 (3.45%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (3.45%) Unix
10 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.69%) VMS
10 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.83%) Project Management
2 35 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 32 (22.07%) ITIL
3 32 (22.07%) Migration
4 31 (21.38%) Agile
4 31 (21.38%) Performance Tuning
5 24 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (15.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (15.17%) DevOps
7 22 (15.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (14.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (14.48%) Server Management
9 19 (13.10%) High Availability
10 18 (12.41%) Proactive Monitoring
11 17 (11.72%) Problem Management
12 16 (11.03%) Change Management
13 15 (10.34%) Analytics
13 15 (10.34%) Performance Monitoring
13 15 (10.34%) Project Delivery
14 14 (9.66%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.93%) PowerShell
2 25 (17.24%) Python
3 19 (13.10%) SQL
4 16 (11.03%) Bash
5 15 (10.34%) JCL
6 14 (9.66%) Shell Script
7 12 (8.28%) REXX
8 10 (6.90%) Java
9 3 (2.07%) Bicep
9 3 (2.07%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.38%) AWK
10 2 (1.38%) Bourne shell
10 2 (1.38%) C
10 2 (1.38%) Korn
10 2 (1.38%) Perl
10 2 (1.38%) Scala
10 2 (1.38%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.69%) C++
11 1 (0.69%) Groovy
11 1 (0.69%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 35 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 34 (23.45%) Degree
4 25 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (12.41%) CCNP
6 16 (11.03%) CCNA
6 16 (11.03%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.90%) Azure Certification
8 9 (6.21%) CCIE
8 9 (6.21%) CCIE Data Center
8 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.76%) PMI Certification
10 4 (2.76%) PMP
11 3 (2.07%) MCITP
11 3 (2.07%) MCSE
11 3 (2.07%) MCTS
11 3 (2.07%) RHCE
11 3 (2.07%) RHCSA
12 2 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.45%) GDPR
1 5 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (2.76%) QA
2 4 (2.76%) SLA
3 3 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.38%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 33 (22.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 24 (16.55%) Hyper-V
4 17 (11.72%) Docker
5 16 (11.03%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (9.66%) Time Sharing Option
7 13 (8.97%) NFS
8 9 (6.21%) vSphere
9 3 (2.07%) Firmware
9 3 (2.07%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 39 (26.90%) Ansible
2 26 (17.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 24 (16.55%) Terraform
4 19 (13.10%) EMC NetWorker
5 16 (11.03%) NetBackup
5 16 (11.03%) vCenter Server
6 15 (10.34%) SCCM
7 14 (9.66%) SCOM
7 14 (9.66%) WSUS
8 12 (8.28%) Red Hat Satellite
9 8 (5.52%) Kubernetes
10 6 (4.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 5 (3.45%) Netcool
11 5 (3.45%) Tivoli
12 2 (1.38%) Data Guard
12 2 (1.38%) Oracle Flashback
12 2 (1.38%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (1.38%) Oracle ZFS
12 2 (1.38%) Puppet
12 2 (1.38%) yum
Vendors
1 54 (37.24%) Microsoft
2 40 (27.59%) VMware
3 39 (26.90%) Dell
3 39 (26.90%) Oracle
4 30 (20.69%) Cisco
5 29 (20.00%) IBM
6 21 (14.48%) EMC
6 21 (14.48%) Palo Alto
7 19 (13.10%) HP
7 19 (13.10%) Red Hat
7 19 (13.10%) Symantec
8 17 (11.72%) Broadcom
8 17 (11.72%) Juniper
9 16 (11.03%) Veeam
10 14 (9.66%) 3PAR
10 14 (9.66%) Extreme Networks
11 13 (8.97%) Brocade
11 13 (8.97%) CA
12 9 (6.21%) ServiceNow
13 7 (4.83%) CheckPoint