High Availability Contracts

High Availability
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 205 219 297
Rank change year-on-year +14 +78 -29
Contract jobs citing High Availability 498 711 804
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.23% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.36% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 472 484
10th Percentile £313 £400 £404
25th Percentile £411 £461 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year - -3.17% +10.83%
75th Percentile £650 £641 £657
90th Percentile £700 £700 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £497 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -5.33% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 18
10th Percentile £23.80 £58.88 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £62.25 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +192.76% +8.29%
75th Percentile - £75.00 -
90th Percentile £63.00 - £56.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year -2.22% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +1 366 £550 - 199
UK excluding London +1 236 £497 -5.33% 129
Work from Home +43 183 £519 -1.19% 110
London -20 168 £568 -5.42% 78
South East +62 78 £490 -10.91% 29
Scotland +33 48 £513 +1.08% 7
North of England +26 41 £475 -11.63% 39
South West +1 33 £650 +18.18% 14
Midlands +4 21 £400 -19.60% 27
North West +10 19 £480 -8.57% 24
West Midlands -2 13 £400 -18.37% 13
Yorkshire +12 12 £430 -21.82% 13
East of England -24 11 £602 +9.45% 14
North East +22 10 £388 - 2
East Midlands +25 8 £400 -11.11% 14
Wales +4 5 £525 -
Northern Ireland +7 3 - - 3

High Availability
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 45 (9.04%) Confluence
2 18 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.81%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.61%) SAS
5 7 (1.41%) IIS
6 5 (1.00%) Apache
7 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.80%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.80%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.60%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.40%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.40%) JBoss
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.20%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.41%) Elite 3E
2 10 (2.01%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.40%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.40%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.20%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 146 (29.32%) Azure
2 122 (24.50%) AWS
3 60 (12.05%) GCP
4 28 (5.62%) GitHub
5 27 (5.42%) PaaS
5 27 (5.42%) SaaS
6 25 (5.02%) Serverless
7 24 (4.82%) IaaS
8 23 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (3.61%) Amazon S3
11 17 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (3.21%) OpenShift
13 15 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (3.01%) Entra ID
13 15 (3.01%) Nutanix
14 14 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (2.41%) Azure API Management
15 12 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (14.66%) Firewall
2 44 (8.84%) VPN
3 36 (7.23%) DNS
4 30 (6.02%) DHCP
5 27 (5.42%) Cisco Nexus
6 25 (5.02%) SAN
6 25 (5.02%) WAN
7 24 (4.82%) LAN
7 24 (4.82%) Wireless
8 17 (3.41%) Network Security
8 17 (3.41%) TCP/IP
9 15 (3.01%) HTTP
9 15 (3.01%) Wireshark
10 14 (2.81%) BGP
10 14 (2.81%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (2.61%) NAS
11 13 (2.61%) OSPF
11 13 (2.61%) VLAN
12 12 (2.41%) 3GPP
12 12 (2.41%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.86%) SQL Server
2 59 (11.85%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (10.04%) Oracle Database
4 35 (7.03%) Relational Database
5 28 (5.62%) Amazon RDS
6 27 (5.42%) MongoDB
7 21 (4.22%) Apache Cassandra
8 19 (3.82%) NoSQL
9 17 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (2.41%) MySQL
12 11 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (2.01%) Couchbase
13 10 (2.01%) DB2
13 10 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (1.81%) Data Lake
15 8 (1.61%) Power BI
15 8 (1.61%) Redis
15 8 (1.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 72 (14.46%) Git
2 51 (10.24%) JIRA
3 30 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 25 (5.02%) JUnit
5 15 (3.01%) GitLab
6 8 (1.61%) Subversion
6 8 (1.61%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.41%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.41%) Gatling
8 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.80%) Mockito
9 4 (0.80%) ScalaTest
9 4 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.20%) tSQLt
General
1 138 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 70 (14.06%) Finance
3 64 (12.85%) Public Sector
4 47 (9.44%) Banking
5 36 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.42%) Investment Banking
7 23 (4.62%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.01%) Marketing
10 8 (1.61%) Retail
11 7 (1.41%) Electronics
11 7 (1.41%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.00%) Military
13 5 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.80%) Front Office
14 4 (0.80%) Law
15 3 (0.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 75 (15.06%) Senior
2 71 (14.26%) Architect
3 70 (14.06%) Developer
4 62 (12.45%) DBA
5 44 (8.84%) Network Engineer
6 39 (7.83%) SQL DBA
7 38 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (7.23%) Java Developer
9 28 (5.62%) Administrator
9 28 (5.62%) Support Engineer
10 22 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (4.22%) Consultant
12 20 (4.02%) Lead
13 19 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.82%) Linux Engineer
14 18 (3.61%) Analyst
15 16 (3.21%) Senior DBA
16 13 (2.61%) Cisco Engineer
16 13 (2.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 13 (2.61%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.03%) REST
2 39 (7.83%) Spring
3 34 (6.83%) .NET
4 32 (6.43%) Hibernate
4 32 (6.43%) JPA
5 31 (6.22%) Spring Boot
6 29 (5.82%) React
7 26 (5.22%) Kafka
8 23 (4.62%) Middleware
9 22 (4.42%) LDAP
10 19 (3.82%) SailPoint
11 17 (3.41%) RESTful
11 17 (3.41%) YAML
12 13 (2.61%) Node.js
13 12 (2.41%) Flash
13 12 (2.41%) Web Services
14 11 (2.21%) Akka
14 11 (2.21%) FIX Protocol
15 10 (2.01%) Spring Security
16 9 (1.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (13.25%) Clustering
2 60 (12.05%) Replication
3 42 (8.43%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.41%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.81%) PKI
6 13 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.21%) Blog
7 11 (2.21%) Derivative
7 11 (2.21%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.81%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.61%) NHS
11 7 (1.41%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.41%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.20%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.00%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 110 (22.09%) Linux
2 108 (21.69%) Windows
3 60 (12.05%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.43%) Unix
5 30 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (3.41%) Solaris
7 9 (1.81%) Oracle Linux
7 9 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.61%) AIX
8 8 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.00%) Android
11 4 (0.80%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.20%) VMS
14 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (30.32%) DevOps
2 139 (27.91%) Disaster Recovery
3 122 (24.50%) Agile
4 83 (16.67%) Migration
5 82 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (13.86%) Microservices
7 68 (13.65%) CI/CD
8 59 (11.85%) Performance Tuning
9 56 (11.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 56 (11.24%) Scrum
10 48 (9.64%) Unit Testing
11 45 (9.04%) Capacity Management
12 44 (8.84%) Containerisation
12 44 (8.84%) Mentoring
13 42 (8.43%) Computer Science
14 40 (8.03%) ITIL
15 36 (7.23%) Change Management
16 32 (6.43%) Cloud Security
17 30 (6.02%) Analytics
17 30 (6.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 127 (25.50%) SQL
2 84 (16.87%) Python
3 80 (16.06%) Java
4 72 (14.46%) PowerShell
5 37 (7.43%) Bash
6 36 (7.23%) TypeScript
7 34 (6.83%) C#
8 16 (3.21%) Perl
9 14 (2.81%) Bicep
10 13 (2.61%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.41%) C++
11 12 (2.41%) JavaScript
11 12 (2.41%) Scala
11 12 (2.41%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.01%) Ruby
13 9 (1.81%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.61%) Go
15 6 (1.20%) C
16 5 (1.00%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 130 (26.10%) Security Cleared
2 101 (20.28%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.45%) Degree
4 48 (9.64%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.82%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (3.41%) CCNP
9 16 (3.21%) CCNA
10 15 (3.01%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.21%) MCSE
12 10 (2.01%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.61%) MCITP
13 8 (1.61%) MCTS
13 8 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (1.20%) CCIE
15 5 (1.00%) CCDP
15 5 (1.00%) JNCIA
15 5 (1.00%) RHCE
15 5 (1.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.01%) SLA
2 9 (1.81%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.61%) GDPR
3 8 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.41%) QA
5 4 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 85 (17.07%) Docker
2 76 (15.26%) Active Directory
3 60 (12.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (3.61%) Hyper-V
6 17 (3.41%) vSphere
7 16 (3.21%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (2.61%) VMware NSX
9 10 (2.01%) Firmware
9 10 (2.01%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.61%) BitLocker
10 8 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.41%) KVM
12 6 (1.20%) Terminal Services
13 5 (1.00%) NFS
13 5 (1.00%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.80%) GPFS
15 3 (0.60%) XenApp
16 2 (0.40%) Ceph
16 2 (0.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 95 (19.08%) Kubernetes
2 62 (12.45%) Terraform
3 56 (11.24%) Ansible
4 22 (4.42%) Grafana
5 17 (3.41%) ITRS Geneos
6 15 (3.01%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 15 (3.01%) vCenter Server
7 13 (2.61%) Data Guard
8 11 (2.21%) Puppet
9 10 (2.01%) Tivoli
10 9 (1.81%) Progress Chef
10 9 (1.81%) SCCM
11 8 (1.61%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (1.61%) Netcool
11 8 (1.61%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 7 (1.41%) BladeLogic
12 7 (1.41%) Prometheus
12 7 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (1.20%) vMotion
Vendors
1 91 (18.27%) Oracle
2 83 (16.67%) VMware
3 81 (16.27%) Microsoft
4 59 (11.85%) Cisco
5 35 (7.03%) ServiceNow
6 34 (6.83%) SAP
7 31 (6.22%) Red Hat
8 27 (5.42%) CyberArk
9 26 (5.22%) Citrix
9 26 (5.22%) Juniper
10 20 (4.02%) SolarWinds
11 19 (3.82%) Dell
12 18 (3.61%) BeyondTrust
12 18 (3.61%) Splunk
13 17 (3.41%) Google
13 17 (3.41%) IBM
14 16 (3.21%) EMC
15 15 (3.01%) HP
16 14 (2.81%) Atlassian
16 14 (2.81%) Palo Alto