High Availability Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

High Availability
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 29 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing High Availability 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.23% 2.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 2.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £401 £638 £513
% change year-on-year -37.10% +24.39% +3.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 97 152 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 78.23% 80.85% 84.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 61 138
10th Percentile £412 £394 £363
25th Percentile £463 £430 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -16.67% +40.52%
75th Percentile £557 £575 £650
90th Percentile £638 £650 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 15
10th Percentile £31.36 £18.13 £15.36
25th Percentile £38.59 £22.72 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.71 £50.00 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -16.59% +76.68% -48.94%
75th Percentile £60.83 £58.27 £48.91
90th Percentile £63.40 £77.09 £54.50
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.53% -9.83% +37.54%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in Cumbria

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness +3 4 £575 - 12
High Availability
North West

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) NetApp
1 4 (100.00%) Veritas