High Availability Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

High Availability
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 21 30
Rank change year-on-year -13 +9 -
Contract jobs citing High Availability 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.14% 2.41% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.67% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £445 £180 £228
25th Percentile £456 £199 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £330 £525
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% -37.14% -
75th Percentile £538 £475 £569
90th Percentile £545 £520 £588
South Wales median daily rate £500 £290 £525
% change year-on-year +72.41% -44.76% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

High Availability falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 206 150 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 78.03% 90.36% 77.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 123 153
10th Percentile £250 £197 £144
25th Percentile £304 £261 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £509 £550 £563
90th Percentile £650 £625 £644
South Wales median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £21.25 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £24.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.65% +34.72% +38.46%
75th Percentile £20.81 £34.06 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £45.88 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.25 £22.68
% change year-on-year -4.49% -1.90% +20.54%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing High Availability relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

High Availability job vacancy trend in Cardiff

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing High Availability.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing High Availability

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing High Availability.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing High Availability

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft