High Availability
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for High Availability skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited High Availability over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 289 292
Rank change year-on-year -73 +3 +15
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 743 1,286 2,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.23% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.28% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 617 802 1,056
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,138 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,256 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +15.88% -2.92%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,250 £102,418 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -59 642 £57,500 -11.54% 186
UK excluding London -44 522 £55,000 -4.35% 119
Work from Home -28 341 £57,500 -14.98% 98
London -59 185 £77,500 +3.33% 81
North of England -22 147 £57,500 +9.52% 31
South East +56 116 £57,500 +6.98% 25
Midlands +3 110 £42,500 -29.17% 22
West Midlands +32 86 £42,500 -29.17% 8
North West -45 68 £55,000 - 22
Yorkshire +54 66 £56,000 +40.00% 8
Scotland -99 60 £52,500 -24.40% 10
South West -46 49 £57,500 +27.78% 14
East of England +2 32 £57,500 -30.30% 17
East Midlands -27 24 £47,500 -17.39% 14
North East +1 13 £57,500 +20.62% 1
Wales +16 10 £51,193 -23.48% 1

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 77 (10.36%) IIS
2 34 (4.58%) Apache Spark
3 32 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (3.77%) SharePoint
5 15 (2.02%) Apache
6 8 (1.08%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.94%) CMS
7 7 (0.94%) JBoss
8 6 (0.81%) Drupal
8 6 (0.81%) nginx
9 4 (0.54%) MQSeries
9 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.40%) GlassFish
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.27%) Confluence
11 2 (0.27%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.27%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.94%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.81%) SAP PLM
3 5 (0.67%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.40%) Maximo
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.40%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 401 (53.97%) Azure
2 212 (28.53%) AWS
3 104 (14.00%) GCP
4 99 (13.32%) Power Platform
5 62 (8.34%) SaaS
6 57 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (6.59%) Amazon S3
8 40 (5.38%) GitHub
9 32 (4.31%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (3.36%) Google Docs
11 24 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
12 23 (3.10%) Lucidchart
12 23 (3.10%) Miro
12 23 (3.10%) Slack
13 21 (2.83%) Serverless
14 20 (2.69%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
17 16 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
18 14 (1.88%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (15.34%) Firewall
2 91 (12.25%) WAN
3 78 (10.50%) Broadband
4 62 (8.34%) DNS
5 52 (7.00%) VPN
6 39 (5.25%) SAN
7 33 (4.44%) LAN
8 29 (3.90%) DHCP
9 28 (3.77%) MPLS
10 27 (3.63%) BGP
11 23 (3.10%) OSPF
11 23 (3.10%) SD-WAN
11 23 (3.10%) Wireless
12 21 (2.83%) TCP/IP
13 19 (2.56%) Network Security
14 18 (2.42%) Internet
15 17 (2.29%) SNMP
15 17 (2.29%) WLAN
16 15 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
17 12 (1.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (32.30%) SQL Server
2 93 (12.52%) Power BI
3 86 (11.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 55 (7.40%) NoSQL
5 43 (5.79%) MySQL
6 41 (5.52%) Big Data
7 39 (5.25%) Relational Database
8 37 (4.98%) Elasticsearch
9 35 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
10 32 (4.31%) Hadoop
11 28 (3.77%) MongoDB
12 26 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
13 23 (3.10%) Redis
13 23 (3.10%) Scylla
14 21 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 20 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
16 12 (1.62%) BigQuery
16 12 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (1.48%) Oracle Database
18 10 (1.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 66 (8.88%) Git
2 51 (6.86%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.69%) GitLab
4 19 (2.56%) TeamCity
5 14 (1.88%) JIRA
6 13 (1.75%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.81%) Subversion
9 5 (0.67%) Selenium
10 4 (0.54%) Maven
10 4 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.40%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.27%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.13%) git-flow
13 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
13 1 (0.13%) JUnit
13 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 323 (43.47%) Social Skills
2 145 (19.52%) Finance
3 76 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (3.90%) Banking
6 25 (3.36%) Telecoms
7 24 (3.23%) Music Industry
8 23 (3.10%) Legal
9 21 (2.83%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.02%) Retail
11 13 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (1.75%) Law
12 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.48%) Police
13 10 (1.35%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.35%) Games
14 9 (1.21%) Front Office
15 5 (0.67%) Local Government
15 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (15.34%) DBA
2 105 (14.13%) Senior
3 91 (12.25%) SQL DBA
4 71 (9.56%) Systems Engineer
5 69 (9.29%) Developer
6 67 (9.02%) Architect
7 59 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (6.59%) Lead
9 47 (6.33%) DevOps Engineer
10 41 (5.52%) Administrator
11 39 (5.25%) Software Engineer
12 32 (4.31%) Support Engineer
13 30 (4.04%) .NET Developer
13 30 (4.04%) Analyst
14 28 (3.77%) C# .NET Developer
14 28 (3.77%) C# Developer
15 26 (3.50%) Principal Engineer
16 25 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
17 24 (3.23%) Principal Software Engineer
18 23 (3.10%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (9.29%) HTML
2 60 (8.08%) .NET
3 49 (6.59%) HTML5
4 47 (6.33%) Kafka
5 45 (6.06%) RESTful
6 41 (5.52%) CSS
7 40 (5.38%) .NET Core
8 36 (4.85%) ASP.NET
8 36 (4.85%) REST
9 32 (4.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 27 (3.63%) GraphQL
10 27 (3.63%) WebRTC
11 26 (3.50%) AngularJS
12 24 (3.23%) ASP.NET MVC
12 24 (3.23%) LINQ
13 20 (2.69%) YAML
14 17 (2.29%) Web Services
15 15 (2.02%) .NET Framework
15 15 (2.02%) CSS3
15 15 (2.02%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 131 (17.63%) Clustering
2 81 (10.90%) Data Centre
3 65 (8.75%) Replication
4 48 (6.46%) Public Cloud
5 44 (5.92%) Algorithms
6 43 (5.79%) Data Structures
7 40 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (5.11%) Cloud Native
9 32 (4.31%) Management Information System
10 23 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.42%) AS400
11 18 (2.42%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.88%) Driving Licence
14 13 (1.75%) Product Ownership
14 13 (1.75%) Virtual Team
15 12 (1.62%) PKI
16 10 (1.35%) iSeries
17 9 (1.21%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 158 (21.27%) Windows
2 114 (15.34%) Linux
3 86 (11.57%) VMS
4 85 (11.44%) Windows Server
5 29 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (2.56%) Unix
7 15 (2.02%) Oracle Linux
8 13 (1.75%) Solaris
9 12 (1.62%) CentOS
10 10 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.21%) Android
11 9 (1.21%) Windows 10
11 9 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.81%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.67%) AIX
14 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.67%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.40%) Debian
15 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (36.20%) Problem-Solving
2 235 (31.63%) Disaster Recovery
3 162 (21.80%) Performance Tuning
4 152 (20.46%) DevOps
5 139 (18.71%) CI/CD
6 126 (16.96%) Agile
7 101 (13.59%) Collaborative Working
8 98 (13.19%) Migration
9 94 (12.65%) Business Intelligence
9 94 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 92 (12.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 88 (11.84%) Containerisation
12 84 (11.31%) Computer Science
13 82 (11.04%) Cybersecurity
14 74 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 66 (8.88%) ITIL
16 65 (8.75%) Software Engineering
17 64 (8.61%) Business Continuity
18 63 (8.48%) Capacity Planning
19 59 (7.94%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 245 (32.97%) SQL
2 119 (16.02%) Python
3 109 (14.67%) T-SQL
4 99 (13.32%) Java
5 88 (11.84%) PowerShell
6 87 (11.71%) C#
7 69 (9.29%) Bash
7 69 (9.29%) JavaScript
8 47 (6.33%) Go
9 31 (4.17%) Scala
10 30 (4.04%) PHP
11 17 (2.29%) Perl
12 13 (1.75%) C++
13 10 (1.35%) RPG
14 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.94%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.81%) C
16 6 (0.81%) Rust
16 6 (0.81%) VBA
17 5 (0.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 118 (15.88%) Degree
2 99 (13.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 87 (11.71%) Security Cleared
4 47 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 47 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 29 (3.90%) Azure Certification
6 27 (3.63%) Master's Degree
7 26 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.75%) CCNA
9 12 (1.62%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.94%) CCDP
12 7 (0.94%) CCIE
12 7 (0.94%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 7 (0.94%) CCNP
13 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.81%) MCSE
13 6 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.11%) QA
2 32 (4.31%) SLA
3 16 (2.15%) GDPR
4 8 (1.08%) HIPAA
5 7 (0.94%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.27%) NCSC
7 2 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 113 (15.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 106 (14.27%) Virtual Machines
3 103 (13.86%) Active Directory
4 96 (12.92%) Docker
5 44 (5.92%) VMware ESXi
6 39 (5.25%) VMware NSX
7 35 (4.71%) Hyper-V
8 28 (3.77%) Firmware
9 15 (2.02%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.94%) vSphere
12 6 (0.81%) XenApp
12 6 (0.81%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.27%) Ceph
14 2 (0.27%) KVM
14 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.13%) etcd
15 1 (0.13%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 135 (18.17%) Kubernetes
2 95 (12.79%) Terraform
3 78 (10.50%) Ansible
4 28 (3.77%) Grafana
5 24 (3.23%) Nagios
6 23 (3.10%) Puppet
6 23 (3.10%) SCOM
7 20 (2.69%) Failover Clustering
8 19 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
9 16 (2.15%) vCenter Server
10 15 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
11 14 (1.88%) HAProxy
12 13 (1.75%) SCCM
13 12 (1.62%) FortiGate
13 12 (1.62%) Graphite
13 12 (1.62%) Prometheus
14 10 (1.35%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.35%) WSUS
15 9 (1.21%) Data Guard
16 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 303 (40.78%) Microsoft
2 149 (20.05%) VMware
3 61 (8.21%) Oracle
4 52 (7.00%) Cisco
5 46 (6.19%) Google
6 44 (5.92%) Dell
7 41 (5.52%) IBM
8 34 (4.58%) Veeam
9 28 (3.77%) Red Hat
10 19 (2.56%) SAP
11 18 (2.42%) HP
11 18 (2.42%) SolarWinds
12 17 (2.29%) Citrix
12 17 (2.29%) NetApp
13 16 (2.15%) ServiceNow
14 15 (2.02%) Commvault
15 14 (1.88%) CheckPoint
16 12 (1.62%) CyberArk
16 12 (1.62%) Nimble Storage
17 11 (1.48%) BeyondTrust