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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 236 279
Rank change year-on-year 0 +43 -14
Contract jobs citing High Availability 379 574 685
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.13% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.25% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 374 418
10th Percentile £300 £400 £404
25th Percentile £400 £461 £463
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 £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 17
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.71 £22.75
25th Percentile £25.90 £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +192.76% +59.40%
75th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - £60.25
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 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 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
London +4 182 £573 -4.58% 80
South East +53 69 £475 -13.64% 23
North of England +19 44 £469 -10.71% 30
South West +16 38 £575 +4.55% 13
North West +9 22 £485 -7.61% 21
Midlands -6 20 £500 +0.50% 19
West Midlands +9 16 £500 +1.01% 7
Yorkshire +14 12 £430 -21.82% 8
East of England -19 12 £602 +9.45% 18
North East +30 10 £388 - 1
East Midlands +18 4 £550 +22.22% 12
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 37 (9.76%) Confluence
2 7 (1.85%) Apache
2 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.85%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.58%) IIS
4 5 (1.32%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.79%) SAS
7 2 (0.53%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.26%) MetaMask
8 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.58%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.53%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.53%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.53%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.26%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.26%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 104 (27.44%) AWS
2 97 (25.59%) Azure
3 45 (11.87%) GCP
4 23 (6.07%) GitHub
5 22 (5.80%) PaaS
6 21 (5.54%) SaaS
7 17 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (3.96%) IaaS
8 15 (3.96%) Nutanix
8 15 (3.96%) Serverless
9 14 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.90%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.64%) Azure API Management
11 10 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.64%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.64%) Rubrik
12 9 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 79 (20.84%) Firewall
2 48 (12.66%) VPN
3 31 (8.18%) DNS
4 26 (6.86%) Cisco Nexus
5 25 (6.60%) WAN
6 24 (6.33%) DHCP
6 24 (6.33%) LAN
7 23 (6.07%) Network Security
7 23 (6.07%) SAN
7 23 (6.07%) Wireless
8 18 (4.75%) DMZ
9 17 (4.49%) BGP
10 16 (4.22%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (4.22%) OSPF
10 16 (4.22%) TCP/IP
10 16 (4.22%) VLAN
11 15 (3.96%) Wireshark
12 14 (3.69%) NAS
13 13 (3.43%) HTTP
14 12 (3.17%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.87%) SQL Server
2 43 (11.35%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (9.50%) Relational Database
4 27 (7.12%) Oracle Database
5 18 (4.75%) Apache Cassandra
6 16 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (3.69%) NoSQL
8 13 (3.43%) MongoDB
8 13 (3.43%) MySQL
9 11 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (2.37%) RDBMS
11 9 (2.37%) Redis
11 9 (2.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 8 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.85%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 65 (17.15%) Git
2 41 (10.82%) JIRA
3 29 (7.65%) Jenkins
4 24 (6.33%) JUnit
5 14 (3.69%) GitLab
6 8 (2.11%) Subversion
6 8 (2.11%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.85%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.85%) Gatling
8 4 (1.06%) Mockito
8 4 (1.06%) ScalaTest
8 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.26%) ERwin
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (19.00%) Social Skills
2 55 (14.51%) Finance
3 48 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.23%) Banking
5 28 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (6.86%) Telecoms
7 21 (5.54%) Investment Banking
8 13 (3.43%) Marketing
9 10 (2.64%) Electronics
9 10 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.32%) Military
12 4 (1.06%) Front Office
13 3 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.79%) Retail
14 2 (0.53%) Arabic Language
14 2 (0.53%) French Language
14 2 (0.53%) German Language
14 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 55 (14.51%) Developer
2 49 (12.93%) Network Engineer
3 43 (11.35%) Senior
4 42 (11.08%) Architect
5 34 (8.97%) Java Developer
6 28 (7.39%) DBA
7 23 (6.07%) Administrator
7 23 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (4.49%) Analyst
8 17 (4.49%) SQL DBA
9 16 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (4.22%) Lead
10 15 (3.96%) Consultant
11 13 (3.43%) Support Engineer
12 12 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (2.90%) Cisco Engineer
13 11 (2.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 11 (2.90%) Juniper Engineer
13 11 (2.90%) Linux Engineer
13 11 (2.90%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.55%) REST
2 38 (10.03%) Spring
3 32 (8.44%) Hibernate
3 32 (8.44%) JPA
4 30 (7.92%) Spring Boot
5 25 (6.60%) .NET
6 24 (6.33%) React
7 23 (6.07%) Kafka
8 19 (5.01%) LDAP
9 17 (4.49%) Middleware
10 16 (4.22%) RESTful
11 15 (3.96%) FIX Protocol
12 12 (3.17%) YAML
13 11 (2.90%) SailPoint
14 10 (2.64%) Akka
14 10 (2.64%) Spring Security
15 9 (2.37%) Node.js
15 9 (2.37%) SOAP
16 8 (2.11%) .NET Core
16 8 (2.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.98%) Clustering
2 33 (8.71%) Data Centre
2 33 (8.71%) Replication
3 15 (3.96%) Derivative
4 14 (3.69%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.69%) PKI
5 11 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.90%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (2.64%) NHS
7 9 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.37%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.85%) Blog
9 6 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.06%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 88 (23.22%) Linux
2 72 (19.00%) Windows
3 45 (11.87%) Windows Server
4 27 (7.12%) Unix
5 21 (5.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (3.69%) Solaris
7 9 (2.37%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.32%) Android
11 3 (0.79%) AIX
11 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.26%) VMS
13 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (29.82%) Disaster Recovery
2 110 (29.02%) DevOps
3 100 (26.39%) Agile
4 59 (15.57%) Microservices
5 54 (14.25%) Scrum
6 50 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (12.66%) CI/CD
7 48 (12.66%) Migration
8 43 (11.35%) ITIL
9 40 (10.55%) Mentoring
9 40 (10.55%) Unit Testing
10 39 (10.29%) Performance Tuning
11 37 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (9.50%) Capacity Management
13 32 (8.44%) Change Management
14 31 (8.18%) Containerisation
15 30 (7.92%) Cloud Security
16 28 (7.39%) TDD
17 26 (6.86%) Incident Management
18 25 (6.60%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 71 (18.73%) Python
2 70 (18.47%) Java
2 70 (18.47%) SQL
3 50 (13.19%) PowerShell
4 36 (9.50%) Bash
5 28 (7.39%) C#
6 23 (6.07%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.17%) C++
8 11 (2.90%) Scala
9 10 (2.64%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.37%) Ruby
11 8 (2.11%) Bicep
11 8 (2.11%) Go
11 8 (2.11%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.85%) Perl
13 6 (1.58%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.32%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.06%) C
15 4 (1.06%) PHP
16 2 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 104 (27.44%) Security Cleared
2 81 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 39 (10.29%) DV Cleared
4 37 (9.76%) Degree
5 29 (7.65%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (4.49%) CCNA
7 16 (4.22%) CCNP
8 15 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.37%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (1.85%) MCSE
13 6 (1.58%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.32%) CCDP
14 5 (1.32%) CCIE
14 5 (1.32%) JNCIA
14 5 (1.32%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.32%) SAP Certification
15 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.11%) GDPR
1 8 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.06%) SLA
4 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.53%) QA
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 73 (19.26%) Docker
2 55 (14.51%) Active Directory
3 53 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.96%) vSphere
6 11 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.90%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.64%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.85%) Firmware
9 5 (1.32%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (1.06%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.79%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.79%) KVM
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.79%) XenApp
12 2 (0.53%) Ceph
12 2 (0.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (21.37%) Kubernetes
2 56 (14.78%) Terraform
3 53 (13.98%) Ansible
4 19 (5.01%) ITRS Geneos
5 16 (4.22%) Grafana
6 10 (2.64%) Tivoli
7 9 (2.37%) Progress Chef
7 9 (2.37%) Puppet
7 9 (2.37%) SCCM
7 9 (2.37%) vCenter Server
8 8 (2.11%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (2.11%) Netcool
8 8 (2.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 8 (2.11%) Prometheus
8 8 (2.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 7 (1.85%) BladeLogic
10 5 (1.32%) Data Guard
10 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (17.94%) VMware
2 62 (16.36%) Microsoft
3 60 (15.83%) Oracle
4 59 (15.57%) Cisco
5 28 (7.39%) Juniper
5 28 (7.39%) SAP
6 27 (7.12%) ServiceNow
7 23 (6.07%) SolarWinds
8 22 (5.80%) Palo Alto
8 22 (5.80%) Red Hat
9 21 (5.54%) Citrix
10 19 (5.01%) CyberArk
10 19 (5.01%) Dell
11 17 (4.49%) Fortinet
11 17 (4.49%) Splunk
12 15 (3.96%) HP
13 13 (3.43%) CheckPoint
13 13 (3.43%) IBM
14 12 (3.17%) EMC
14 12 (3.17%) Nokia