High Availability Contracts in the South West

High Availability
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 122 148
Rank change year-on-year +8 +26 -17
Contract jobs citing High Availability 38 45 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.20% 1.24% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.38% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 36 14
10th Percentile £329 £400 £352
25th Percentile £374 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% +26.47%
75th Percentile £706 £575 £575
90th Percentile £744 £750 £657
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £70.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -25.00% +192.76% +59.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,629 3,250 3,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.83% 89.63% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,396 2,332
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 335 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.00 £17.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the South West

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High Availability in the South West.

Daily rate trend for High Availability in the South West

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in the South West

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing High Availability in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in the South West

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +40 25 £650 +62.50% 6
Wiltshire -7 9 £525 -4.55% 3
Gloucestershire -11 2 £500 -9.09%
High Availability
England

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (15.79%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.26%) AWS
1 2 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) Wireless
2 12 (31.58%) 4G
2 12 (31.58%) LTE
2 12 (31.58%) Radio Access Network
2 12 (31.58%) Wireshark
3 10 (26.32%) 3GPP
4 7 (18.42%) VPN
5 6 (15.79%) Firewall
5 6 (15.79%) VSAN
6 4 (10.53%) LAN
6 4 (10.53%) WAN
7 3 (7.89%) SAN
8 2 (5.26%) DMZ
8 2 (5.26%) Network Security
9 1 (2.63%) DHCP
9 1 (2.63%) DNS
9 1 (2.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.68%) Oracle Database
2 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 16 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (13.16%) Finance
6 4 (10.53%) Electronics
6 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 4 (10.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Architect
2 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Network Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Oracle Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Design Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Optimisation Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) RAN Design Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) RAN Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Database Consultant
7 1 (2.63%) DBA
7 1 (2.63%) Network Specialist
7 1 (2.63%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (2.63%) Oracle DBA
7 1 (2.63%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) Flash
2 1 (2.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Clustering
2 7 (18.42%) Blog
2 7 (18.42%) Replication
3 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 4 (10.53%) NHS
4 2 (5.26%) PKI
5 1 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Windows
1 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (31.58%) Project Management
3 10 (26.32%) Network Design
4 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
4 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (18.42%) Security Management
5 6 (15.79%) Agile
5 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.79%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (15.79%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (15.79%) NsoIT
5 6 (15.79%) Power Management
5 6 (15.79%) Service Management
5 6 (15.79%) System Testing
5 6 (15.79%) Validation
5 6 (15.79%) Waterfall
6 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (10.53%) Programme Management
7 2 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) SQL
2 6 (15.79%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 18 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 8 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (15.79%) CCNA
4 6 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (15.79%) Degree
4 6 (15.79%) Master's Degree
5 5 (13.16%) SAP Certification
6 4 (10.53%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.26%) MCSE
7 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.05%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (15.79%) VMware NSX
4 2 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.26%) Ansible
2 2 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Actix
1 12 (31.58%) Nokia
2 10 (26.32%) Ericsson
2 10 (26.32%) Huawei
2 10 (26.32%) SAP
3 9 (23.68%) Oracle
4 8 (21.05%) VMware
5 7 (18.42%) Cisco
6 6 (15.79%) Atlassian
7 4 (10.53%) SolarWinds
8 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
9 2 (5.26%) F5
9 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
9 2 (5.26%) HP
9 2 (5.26%) Palo Alto
10 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
10 1 (2.63%) Veeam