High Availability Contracts in England

High Availability
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for High Availability skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited High Availability over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 235 283
Rank change year-on-year -5 +48 -21
Contract jobs citing High Availability 366 548 668
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 1.13% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.26% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 354 405
10th Percentile £300 £388 £404
25th Percentile £400 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £800
UK median daily rate £543 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -1.27% -3.55% +11.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 19
10th Percentile £23.80 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £26.95 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +192.76% +59.40%
75th Percentile - £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - £52.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.00% +192.76% +8.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

High Availability 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,440 43,538 63,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.17% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,583 30,556 45,375
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,239 1,538 1,750
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +6.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in England

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High Availability in England.

Daily rate trend for High Availability in England

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in England

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing High Availability in England.

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in England

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in England

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London -9 161 £550 -8.33% 73
South East +61 81 £495 -10.00% 26
North of England +24 47 £480 -12.73% 36
South West +1 32 £650 +18.18% 11
Midlands 0 20 £400 -19.60% 25
Yorkshire +20 19 £507 -7.82% 11
North West +13 18 £478 -9.05% 23
West Midlands -5 12 £400 -18.37% 11
East of England -17 11 £602 +9.45% 10
North East +21 10 £388 - 2
East Midlands +15 8 £400 -11.11% 13
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (9.02%) Confluence
2 11 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.91%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.64%) IIS
5 5 (1.37%) Apache
6 4 (1.09%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.09%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.82%) SAS
8 2 (0.55%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.55%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.55%) JBoss
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.55%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.55%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.27%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.27%) MetaMask
9 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.64%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.55%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.55%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.55%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.14%) AWS
2 87 (23.77%) Azure
3 47 (12.84%) GCP
4 22 (6.01%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (5.74%) GitHub
5 21 (5.74%) Serverless
6 20 (5.46%) PaaS
7 19 (5.19%) SaaS
8 16 (4.37%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.83%) IaaS
10 13 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (3.55%) Nutanix
11 11 (3.01%) Azure API Management
11 11 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.73%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.19%) Rubrik
14 8 (2.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (17.76%) Firewall
2 37 (10.11%) VPN
3 28 (7.65%) Cisco Nexus
4 24 (6.56%) DNS
5 22 (6.01%) Wireless
6 19 (5.19%) SAN
6 19 (5.19%) WAN
7 18 (4.92%) DHCP
8 17 (4.64%) Network Security
9 16 (4.37%) LAN
10 15 (4.10%) Wireshark
11 14 (3.83%) BGP
11 14 (3.83%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (3.83%) HTTP
12 13 (3.55%) OSPF
12 13 (3.55%) TCP/IP
13 12 (3.28%) 3GPP
13 12 (3.28%) 4G
13 12 (3.28%) DMZ
13 12 (3.28%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.48%) SQL Server
2 44 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (9.56%) Relational Database
4 27 (7.38%) Oracle Database
5 20 (5.46%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (5.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 16 (4.37%) NoSQL
7 15 (4.10%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (3.55%) Hadoop
9 12 (3.28%) Data Lake
9 12 (3.28%) MongoDB
10 11 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.73%) Big Data
11 10 (2.73%) MySQL
11 10 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (2.46%) SAP HANA
12 9 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (2.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (19.40%) Git
2 35 (9.56%) Jenkins
3 33 (9.02%) JIRA
4 25 (6.83%) JUnit
5 15 (4.10%) GitLab
6 8 (2.19%) Subversion
7 7 (1.91%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.91%) Gatling
8 6 (1.64%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.09%) Mockito
9 4 (1.09%) ScalaTest
9 4 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (1.09%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.27%) Maven
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 75 (20.49%) Social Skills
2 42 (11.48%) Finance
2 42 (11.48%) Public Sector
3 36 (9.84%) Banking
4 26 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 20 (5.46%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.46%) Marketing
8 7 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.64%) Electronics
9 6 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.64%) Military
10 5 (1.37%) Front Office
11 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.82%) Retail
12 2 (0.55%) Advertising
12 2 (0.55%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.55%) Back Office
12 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 58 (15.85%) Developer
2 45 (12.30%) Architect
3 41 (11.20%) Senior
4 40 (10.93%) Network Engineer
5 36 (9.84%) Java Developer
6 31 (8.47%) DBA
7 27 (7.38%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (6.28%) Administrator
9 22 (6.01%) SQL DBA
10 18 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.64%) Analyst
11 17 (4.64%) Lead
12 16 (4.37%) Consultant
13 13 (3.55%) Cisco Engineer
13 13 (3.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 13 (3.55%) Juniper Engineer
13 13 (3.55%) Support Engineer
14 12 (3.28%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 12 (3.28%) Technical Consultant
15 11 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.38%) REST
1 38 (10.38%) Spring
2 31 (8.47%) Hibernate
2 31 (8.47%) JPA
3 30 (8.20%) Kafka
3 30 (8.20%) Spring Boot
4 27 (7.38%) .NET
5 26 (7.10%) React
6 17 (4.64%) RESTful
7 16 (4.37%) Middleware
8 13 (3.55%) LDAP
9 12 (3.28%) YAML
10 11 (3.01%) Akka
11 9 (2.46%) FIX Protocol
11 9 (2.46%) Node.js
11 9 (2.46%) Spring Security
11 9 (2.46%) Web Services
12 8 (2.19%) SailPoint
12 8 (2.19%) SAP Basis
12 8 (2.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.66%) Clustering
2 30 (8.20%) Replication
3 25 (6.83%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.01%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.73%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (2.46%) Derivative
7 9 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.46%) PKI
8 8 (2.19%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.91%) Blog
9 7 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.64%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.64%) NHS
11 4 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.09%) Market Risk
11 4 (1.09%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 80 (21.86%) Linux
2 68 (18.58%) Windows
3 44 (12.02%) Windows Server
4 25 (6.83%) Unix
5 18 (4.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (3.01%) Solaris
7 7 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.64%) Oracle Linux
8 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.37%) Android
10 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.55%) AIX
11 2 (0.55%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.27%) VMS
12 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (30.87%) DevOps
2 107 (29.23%) Disaster Recovery
3 93 (25.41%) Agile
4 62 (16.94%) Microservices
5 50 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (12.30%) Scrum
7 43 (11.75%) CI/CD
7 43 (11.75%) Performance Tuning
8 42 (11.48%) Migration
8 42 (11.48%) Unit Testing
9 39 (10.66%) Mentoring
10 36 (9.84%) ITIL
11 35 (9.56%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (9.29%) Containerisation
13 32 (8.74%) Analytics
14 30 (8.20%) Capacity Management
14 30 (8.20%) TDD
15 25 (6.83%) Change Management
15 25 (6.83%) Computer Science
16 24 (6.56%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 78 (21.31%) Java
1 78 (21.31%) SQL
2 72 (19.67%) Python
3 45 (12.30%) PowerShell
4 35 (9.56%) Bash
5 29 (7.92%) C#
6 25 (6.83%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.28%) C++
7 12 (3.28%) Scala
8 10 (2.73%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.73%) Ruby
9 8 (2.19%) Bicep
9 8 (2.19%) Go
9 8 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.91%) Perl
11 6 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.37%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.37%) PHP
13 4 (1.09%) C
14 2 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 100 (27.32%) Security Cleared
2 74 (20.22%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.02%) DV Cleared
4 39 (10.66%) Degree
5 27 (7.38%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (4.37%) CCNA
8 15 (4.10%) CCNP
9 13 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.73%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.19%) MCITP
11 8 (2.19%) MCTS
12 7 (1.91%) MCSE
12 7 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.37%) CCDP
13 5 (1.37%) CCIE
13 5 (1.37%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.37%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.37%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.64%) Data Quality
1 6 (1.64%) GDPR
1 6 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (1.09%) SLA
3 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.82%) QA
4 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.27%) IFRS
5 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 73 (19.95%) Docker
2 57 (15.57%) Active Directory
3 52 (14.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.01%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.10%) vSphere
6 13 (3.55%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.46%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.91%) Firmware
10 5 (1.37%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.82%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.82%) KVM
11 3 (0.82%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.82%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.82%) XenApp
12 2 (0.55%) Ceph
12 2 (0.55%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (22.13%) Kubernetes
2 55 (15.03%) Terraform
3 43 (11.75%) Ansible
4 15 (4.10%) ITRS Geneos
5 14 (3.83%) Grafana
6 8 (2.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 8 (2.19%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.19%) Puppet
6 8 (2.19%) SCCM
6 8 (2.19%) Tivoli
6 8 (2.19%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.91%) BladeLogic
8 6 (1.64%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (1.64%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.64%) Netcool
8 6 (1.64%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (1.37%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.09%) Nagios
Vendors
1 66 (18.03%) VMware
2 65 (17.76%) Microsoft
3 59 (16.12%) Oracle
4 54 (14.75%) Cisco
5 26 (7.10%) Juniper
6 23 (6.28%) Red Hat
6 23 (6.28%) SAP
7 21 (5.74%) Citrix
8 20 (5.46%) ServiceNow
9 19 (5.19%) SolarWinds
10 17 (4.64%) Dell
11 16 (4.37%) Splunk
12 14 (3.83%) CyberArk
12 14 (3.83%) Fortinet
12 14 (3.83%) Google
12 14 (3.83%) Palo Alto
13 13 (3.55%) CheckPoint
13 13 (3.55%) HP
14 12 (3.28%) Ericsson
14 12 (3.28%) Nokia