Replication Contract Job Trends in England

Replication
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Replication over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 369 372
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +36
Contract jobs citing Replication 234 126 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.51% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 1.45% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 84 107
10th Percentile £392 £404 £300
25th Percentile £424 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £588 £600 £632
90th Percentile £628 £675 £703
UK median daily rate £513 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -1.44% +1.17% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £53.15 £78.83 -
25th Percentile £57.88 £79.03 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £79.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.08% - -
75th Percentile £73.50 £79.68 -
90th Percentile £77.10 £79.87 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £79.35 -
% change year-on-year -18.08% - -

All Generic Skills
England

Replication falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,122 8,661 11,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.66% 34.73% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,811 5,562 7,348
10th Percentile £313 £303 £276
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £801
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 776 391 860
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.23
25th Percentile £21.15 £20.45 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -7.16% +62.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.13 £82.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.60 £32.79 £35.65
% change year-on-year +29.93% -8.02% +58.55%

Replication
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Replication relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Replication job vacancy trend in England

Replication
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Replication.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Replication

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Replication in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Replication in England

Replication
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Replication.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Replication

Replication
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Replication in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Replication in England

Replication
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Replication within the England region over the 6 months to 21 June 2026. 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
London -32 89 £575 - 12
North of England -23 61 £482 +0.31% 12
South East -41 41 £525 -5.62% 10
North West -8 36 £475 +5.44% 9
Midlands -45 27 £425 -10.53% 3
West Midlands -45 25 £413 -13.16% 3
Yorkshire -41 23 £528 +3.53% 2
South West -32 12 £543 -0.46% 2
North East - 3 £425 - 1
East Midlands -17 1 £540 -
Replication
UK

Replication
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.71%) Confluence
3 3 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.47%) Azure
2 61 (26.07%) AWS
3 43 (18.38%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.41%) OpenShift
5 11 (4.70%) GitHub
6 10 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (3.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.99%) Serverless
10 6 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.56%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.14%) Azure Stack
11 5 (2.14%) Cohesity
11 5 (2.14%) GCP
11 5 (2.14%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.71%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.95%) SAN
2 40 (17.09%) NAS
3 39 (16.67%) DNS
4 30 (12.82%) Kerberos
5 29 (12.39%) DHCP
6 16 (6.84%) VSAN
7 14 (5.98%) Fibre Channel
8 12 (5.13%) VLAN
9 11 (4.70%) Firewall
10 9 (3.85%) Network Security
11 7 (2.99%) iSCSI
11 7 (2.99%) VPN
12 4 (1.71%) OpenLDAP
13 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.43%) FCoE
14 1 (0.43%) Multicast
14 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.43%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 23 (9.83%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
5 8 (3.42%) SAP HANA
6 6 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (2.56%) MySQL
6 6 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.14%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.14%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.14%) Redis
7 5 (2.14%) Sybase ASE
8 4 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.71%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.27%) JIRA
3 8 (3.42%) Git
4 5 (2.14%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.28%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.85%) Flyway
6 2 (0.85%) GitLab
6 2 (0.85%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 54 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.82%) Finance
3 17 (7.26%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.41%) Banking
5 13 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.14%) Legal
8 4 (1.71%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.85%) Military
11 1 (0.43%) Advertising
11 1 (0.43%) Front Office
11 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (11.54%) DBA
2 26 (11.11%) Senior
3 22 (9.40%) Architect
4 18 (7.69%) Analyst
5 16 (6.84%) SQL DBA
5 16 (6.84%) Storage Analyst
6 15 (6.41%) Consultant
6 15 (6.41%) Storage Engineer
7 14 (5.98%) Wintel Engineer
8 11 (4.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.70%) SAP Consultant
9 10 (4.27%) Administrator
9 10 (4.27%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 9 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.42%) Active Directory Engineer
11 8 (3.42%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.99%) Lead
13 6 (2.56%) Developer
13 6 (2.56%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.53%) LDAP
2 21 (8.97%) Flash
3 15 (6.41%) OAuth
3 15 (6.41%) SAML
4 5 (2.14%) Kafka
5 4 (1.71%) FHIR
6 3 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.28%) Keycloak
6 3 (1.28%) OpenID
6 3 (1.28%) REST
6 3 (1.28%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.85%) EDIFACT
7 2 (0.85%) JSON
7 2 (0.85%) Middleware
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 2 (0.85%) Snowpark
7 2 (0.85%) Spring
7 2 (0.85%) Web Services
7 2 (0.85%) XML
8 1 (0.43%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.24%) Clustering
2 23 (9.83%) Enterprise Storage
2 23 (9.83%) Linux Command Line
3 18 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.99%) EMC VMAX
6 7 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.56%) CMDB
8 5 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.71%) EMC VNX
9 4 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.71%) NHS
9 4 (1.71%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.28%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (25.21%) Linux
2 50 (21.37%) Windows
3 34 (14.53%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.84%) Unix
5 10 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.56%) VMS
7 5 (2.14%) AIX
7 5 (2.14%) Data ONTAP
8 4 (1.71%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (1.71%) SUSE
9 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (34.62%) Disaster Recovery
2 80 (34.19%) Migration
3 76 (32.48%) High Availability
4 58 (24.79%) Performance Tuning
5 47 (20.09%) Capacity Planning
6 40 (17.09%) DevOps
7 39 (16.67%) RBAC
8 29 (12.39%) Runbook
9 28 (11.97%) Agile
10 26 (11.11%) ITIL
11 25 (10.68%) Validation
12 24 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 24 (10.26%) Project Delivery
13 21 (8.97%) CI/CD
13 21 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (8.55%) Data Protection
14 20 (8.55%) Task Automation
15 19 (8.12%) Technical Leadership
16 18 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 75 (32.05%) PowerShell
2 42 (17.95%) SQL
3 39 (16.67%) Python
4 17 (7.26%) Bash
5 12 (5.13%) T-SQL
6 11 (4.70%) Groovy
7 10 (4.27%) Java
8 4 (1.71%) Perl
9 3 (1.28%) Bicep
9 3 (1.28%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.85%) Korn
10 2 (0.85%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.85%) Rust
11 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 104 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 86 (36.75%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (5.98%) VCAP
5 12 (5.13%) MCSA
5 12 (5.13%) MCSE
6 10 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.27%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.42%) NCDA
8 7 (2.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.14%) Degree
10 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.28%) NCIE
11 1 (0.43%) OCP
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PMP
11 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.12%) GDPR
2 18 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (4.70%) QA
4 6 (2.56%) NIST
5 5 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.71%) DICOM
6 4 (1.71%) HL7
7 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.85%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) COBIT
9 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (22.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (18.38%) vSphere
3 42 (17.95%) VMware ESXi
4 41 (17.52%) Active Directory
5 36 (15.38%) NFS
6 25 (10.68%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (8.55%) GPFS
8 15 (6.41%) Docker
9 8 (3.42%) Hyper-V
10 7 (2.99%) Firmware
11 5 (2.14%) SRDF
12 4 (1.71%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (1.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (1.28%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.85%) Corosync
15 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (13.25%) Terraform
2 29 (12.39%) Ansible
3 27 (11.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 25 (10.68%) vCenter Server
5 20 (8.55%) Kubernetes
6 18 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (7.26%) vRealize
8 12 (5.13%) Prometheus
9 11 (4.70%) Grafana
9 11 (4.70%) VxRail
10 10 (4.27%) EMC VPLEX
11 9 (3.85%) NetBackup
12 8 (3.42%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (3.42%) vMotion
13 5 (2.14%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (1.71%) Kustomize
14 4 (1.71%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (1.71%) SnapMirror
14 4 (1.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 3 (1.28%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 67 (28.63%) VMware
2 65 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 42 (17.95%) Cisco
4 35 (14.96%) Oracle
5 33 (14.10%) ServiceNow
6 25 (10.68%) IBM
7 21 (8.97%) SAP
8 19 (8.12%) Pure Storage
9 17 (7.26%) NetApp
10 16 (6.84%) Brocade
11 13 (5.56%) Dell
11 13 (5.56%) Okta
12 11 (4.70%) EMC
12 11 (4.70%) Veeam
13 10 (4.27%) Commvault
14 8 (3.42%) SolarWinds
15 7 (2.99%) Red Hat
16 6 (2.56%) RedGate
16 6 (2.56%) Sybase
17 5 (2.14%) 3PAR