Failover Clustering (High-Availability, HA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Failover Clustering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Failover Clustering over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 898 1131
Rank change year-on-year +56 +233 -312
Permanent jobs citing Failover Clustering 62 95 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.092% 0.063%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.62% 0.62% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 46 57 77
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £29,188 £37,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £54,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £39,641 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.14% -33.93% +26.32%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Failover Clustering is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,987 15,208 28,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.13% 14.65% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,206 9,346 14,192
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

Failover Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Failover Clustering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Failover Clustering in the UK

Failover Clustering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Failover Clustering.

Salary trend for Failover Clustering in the UK

Failover Clustering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Failover Clustering over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Failover Clustering in the UK

Failover Clustering
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Failover Clustering within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +57 60 £42,500 -14.57% 10
UK excluding London -1 53 £38,000 -4.14% 6
North of England +43 20 £32,250 +0.16% 1
West Midlands +14 13 £30,750 -22.42%
Midlands +3 13 £30,750 -32.60% 1
Yorkshire +68 11 £32,250 +0.16%
London +114 9 £65,000 -7.14% 4
Work from Home +71 9 £54,000 -4.00% 4
South West -15 9 £45,000 +15.38% 1
North East - 9 £30,000 - 1
East of England +10 8 £30,000 -33.33% 2
Wales - 2 £42,500 -
South East +8 1 £29,000 -41.71% 1

Failover Clustering
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 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.23%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (69.35%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (56.45%) Azure
3 10 (16.13%) Entra ID
4 9 (14.52%) AWS
5 5 (8.06%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (6.45%) Google Workspace
6 4 (6.45%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.23%) SaaS
8 2 (3.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (37.10%) Firewall
2 17 (27.42%) WAN
3 14 (22.58%) VPN
4 12 (19.35%) DHCP
4 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
5 11 (17.74%) DNS
6 10 (16.13%) LAN
6 10 (16.13%) VLAN
6 10 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (14.52%) SAN
8 8 (12.90%) VSAN
8 8 (12.90%) Wireless
9 7 (11.29%) BGP
9 7 (11.29%) MPLS
9 7 (11.29%) OSPF
9 7 (11.29%) SD-WAN
9 7 (11.29%) VoIP
10 4 (6.45%) NAS
10 4 (6.45%) Skype
11 3 (4.84%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (25.81%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (14.52%) SQL Server
3 5 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 11 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.52%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Games
3 8 (12.90%) Retail
4 5 (8.06%) Finance
5 4 (6.45%) Military
6 3 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (19.35%) Administrator
3 10 (16.13%) Support Engineer
4 9 (14.52%) Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) IT Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (12.90%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) IT Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Architect
7 5 (8.06%) AWS Architect
7 5 (8.06%) Linux Administrator
7 5 (8.06%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.45%) DBA
8 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (6.45%) Senior
8 4 (6.45%) Senior Wintel Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) .NET
1 2 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (88.71%) Clustering
2 9 (14.52%) Driving Licence
3 8 (12.90%) Data Centre
3 8 (12.90%) Operational Technology
4 5 (8.06%) Client/Server
4 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (8.06%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (6.45%) Fat Client
5 4 (6.45%) PKI
5 4 (6.45%) Replication
5 4 (6.45%) Thin Client
6 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (80.65%) Windows
2 40 (64.52%) Windows Server
3 18 (29.03%) Windows 10
3 18 (29.03%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (22.58%) Linux
5 14 (22.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (11.29%) Mac OS
7 5 (8.06%) CentOS
7 5 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (4.84%) Unix
9 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (30.65%) High Availability
3 17 (27.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (14.52%) Decision-Making
5 8 (12.90%) Line Management
5 8 (12.90%) Patch Management
6 7 (11.29%) Customer Service
6 7 (11.29%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (11.29%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 6 (9.68%) Database Mirroring
7 6 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (9.68%) Quality Management
8 5 (8.06%) Business Continuity
8 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Management
8 5 (8.06%) Load Balancing
8 5 (8.06%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (8.06%) Process Improvement
8 5 (8.06%) Service Management
8 5 (8.06%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (35.48%) PowerShell
2 20 (32.26%) SQL
3 2 (3.23%) C#
3 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) Degree
2 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
2 9 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 8 (12.90%) A+ Certification
4 5 (8.06%) RHCE
4 5 (8.06%) RHCSA
5 4 (6.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.84%) HNC
6 3 (4.84%) HND
6 3 (4.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (4.84%) MCSA
6 3 (4.84%) MCSE
6 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.61%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) GDPR
2 4 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (80.65%) Active Directory
2 44 (70.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (64.52%) Hyper-V
4 15 (24.19%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (9.68%) vSphere
6 4 (6.45%) Firmware
6 4 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (6.45%) VMware NSX
7 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (32.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (27.42%) SCCM
3 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Clustering
4 10 (16.13%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (14.52%) Autotask
5 9 (14.52%) SCOM
6 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 7 (11.29%) FortiGate
8 5 (8.06%) Ansible
8 5 (8.06%) Puppet
9 2 (3.23%) Foglight
9 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
9 2 (3.23%) WSUS
10 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (83.87%) VMware
2 51 (82.26%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) Apple
3 9 (14.52%) Datto
4 8 (12.90%) Veeam
5 7 (11.29%) Dell
5 7 (11.29%) NetApp
6 6 (9.68%) Cisco
6 6 (9.68%) Commvault
6 6 (9.68%) Draytek
7 5 (8.06%) Aruba
7 5 (8.06%) EqualLogic
7 5 (8.06%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (8.06%) Red Hat
8 4 (6.45%) Barracuda Networks
8 4 (6.45%) Citrix
8 4 (6.45%) Kaseya
8 4 (6.45%) Sophos
9 3 (4.84%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (4.84%) Webroot