Availability Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Availability Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Availability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Availability Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 404 486
Rank change year-on-year +56 +82 -59
Contract jobs citing Availability Management 48 43 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.18% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.20% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 15 16
10th Percentile £425 £142 £400
25th Percentile £481 £369 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £538
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.58% +10.82%
75th Percentile £538 £425 £643
90th Percentile £595 £538 £650
UK median daily rate £505 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.92% -1.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.75 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £73.50 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.07% +62.50% -15.68%
75th Percentile £76.12 - -
90th Percentile £76.64 £65.75 -
UK median hourly rate £73.50 £65.00 £35.07
% change year-on-year +13.07% +85.37% -26.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Availability Management 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Availability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Availability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Availability Management in the UK excluding London

Availability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Availability Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Availability Management in the UK excluding London

Availability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Availability Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Availability Management in the UK excluding London

Availability Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Availability Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Availability Management in the UK excluding London

Availability Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Availability Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +41 22 £493 +23.25% 5
North West +25 20 £493 +23.25% 5
South West +23 15 £525 - 1
South East +28 8 - - 2
Midlands +22 3 £513 +224.37% 2
West Midlands +22 3 £513 +28.13%
Yorkshire +18 2 - -
Availability Management
UK

Availability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
1 8 (16.67%) LAN
1 8 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Power BI
General
1 26 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (52.08%) Social Skills
3 15 (31.25%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (4.17%) Electronics
5 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.17%) Marketing
5 2 (4.17%) Military
5 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.08%) Automotive
6 1 (2.08%) Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (56.25%) Availability Manager
2 23 (47.92%) Capacity Manager
3 21 (43.75%) Capacity and Availability Manager
4 10 (20.83%) Senior
5 8 (16.67%) Network Engineer
6 7 (14.58%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (12.50%) Service Manager
8 4 (8.33%) Analyst
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (4.17%) Incident Manager
10 2 (4.17%) ITIL Availability Manager
10 2 (4.17%) ITIL Manager
10 2 (4.17%) ITIL Service Manager
10 2 (4.17%) Service Continuity Manager
11 1 (2.08%) Azure Specialist
11 1 (2.08%) Capability Manager
11 1 (2.08%) Capacity Management Consultant
11 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Specialist
11 1 (2.08%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) React Native
1 1 (2.08%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.58%) CMDB
3 6 (12.50%) Driving Licence
4 4 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
1 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (58.33%) Capacity Management
3 23 (47.92%) Service Management
4 20 (41.67%) ITIL
4 20 (41.67%) Problem Management
5 16 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 16 (33.33%) Quality Management
5 16 (33.33%) Statistics
6 15 (31.25%) Time Management
7 10 (20.83%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 8 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
9 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (12.50%) ITSM
10 6 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
11 5 (10.42%) Line Management
12 4 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 39 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 31 (64.58%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) Degree
4 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.08%) SCCM
1 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Cisco
1 8 (16.67%) Juniper
2 4 (8.33%) Remedy
3 3 (6.25%) SAP
3 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft