Replication Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 373 398
Rank change year-on-year +11 +25 +68
Contract jobs citing Replication 123 171 271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.46% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 1.49% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 98 178
10th Percentile £365 £281 £400
25th Percentile £425 £384 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £507 £505
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +0.40% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £627 £585
90th Percentile £675 £683 £675
UK median daily rate £543 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 20
10th Percentile £24.37 - £55.85
25th Percentile £25.55 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £68.00
75th Percentile £53.60 - £75.00
90th Percentile £68.66 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.59 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.84%

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 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Replication
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Replication as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Replication in England

Replication
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Replication in England.

Daily rate trend for Replication in England

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Replication in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Replication in England

Replication
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Replication in England.

Hourly rate trend for Replication in England

Replication
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Replication in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
London -6 51 £563 +18.42% 65
South East +57 21 £540 -6.09% 30
South West +43 19 £548 -12.32% 15
North of England +7 14 £450 -12.45% 12
Yorkshire -8 9 £510 -0.78% 4
East of England +36 8 £467 -1.79% 1
Midlands +18 6 £488 -15.22% 11
West Midlands +12 6 £488 -7.14% 9
North West +21 5 £450 - 7
Replication
UK

Replication
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) Apache
2 4 (3.25%) Confluence
3 3 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.44%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.44%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.63%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.81%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Convergent Charging
2 1 (0.81%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (23.58%) Azure
2 25 (20.33%) AWS
3 10 (8.13%) Nutanix
4 9 (7.32%) GitHub
5 6 (4.88%) GCP
6 5 (4.07%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.07%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (3.25%) IaaS
7 4 (3.25%) PaaS
7 4 (3.25%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.44%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.63%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 2 (1.63%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.63%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (20.33%) DNS
2 18 (14.63%) Firewall
3 17 (13.82%) Kerberos
4 8 (6.50%) SAN
5 7 (5.69%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.88%) DHCP
7 4 (3.25%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (2.44%) DDNS
8 3 (2.44%) Network Security
8 3 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.44%) SNMP
8 3 (2.44%) SSH
8 3 (2.44%) Telnet
8 3 (2.44%) VPN
8 3 (2.44%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.63%) 5G
9 2 (1.63%) HTTP
9 2 (1.63%) LTE
9 2 (1.63%) VLAN
9 2 (1.63%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.14%) SQL Server
2 13 (10.57%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (8.94%) MongoDB
4 9 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (7.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (6.50%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (4.88%) NoSQL
7 5 (4.07%) GIS
7 5 (4.07%) MySQL
7 5 (4.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (3.25%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (3.25%) MariaDB
8 4 (3.25%) Metadata
9 3 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.44%) Big Data
9 3 (2.44%) Couchbase
9 3 (2.44%) Power BI
9 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.44%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 9 (7.32%) Git
2 8 (6.50%) TeamCity
3 7 (5.69%) Subversion
4 5 (4.07%) JIRA
5 3 (2.44%) GitLab
6 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.63%) JMeter
6 2 (1.63%) Postman
6 2 (1.63%) Selenium
7 1 (0.81%) Serena SBM
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.81%) tSQLt
General
1 34 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.89%) Finance
3 13 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.13%) Banking
5 9 (7.32%) Aerospace
6 8 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.07%) Legal
8 3 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.63%) Billing
9 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.63%) Law
9 2 (1.63%) Retail
9 2 (1.63%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) International Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Local Government
10 1 (0.81%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (17.89%) Architect
2 21 (17.07%) DBA
3 15 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (10.57%) Administrator
5 9 (7.32%) SQL DBA
6 8 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.50%) Senior
7 7 (5.69%) Consultant
7 7 (5.69%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Data Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Database Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Migration Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Support Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Developer
10 4 (3.25%) Infrastructure Architect
10 4 (3.25%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.38%) .NET
2 10 (8.13%) Kafka
3 7 (5.69%) REST
4 6 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (3.25%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (3.25%) JSON
5 4 (3.25%) LDAP
5 4 (3.25%) SOAP
5 4 (3.25%) XML
6 3 (2.44%) Middleware
7 2 (1.63%) JWT
7 2 (1.63%) SAML
7 2 (1.63%) Web Services
8 1 (0.81%) ADO
8 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.81%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.81%) FHIR
8 1 (0.81%) JDBC
8 1 (0.81%) OAuth
8 1 (0.81%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.51%) Clustering
2 23 (18.70%) Data Centre
3 12 (9.76%) PKI
4 4 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.44%) iPad
5 3 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.44%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.44%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.44%) SCADA
6 2 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.63%) LPAR
6 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.95%) Windows
2 26 (21.14%) Linux
3 12 (9.76%) Solaris
4 11 (8.94%) Windows Server
5 10 (8.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (4.88%) Unix
7 4 (3.25%) HPUX
8 3 (2.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.63%) OS/400
9 2 (1.63%) VMS
9 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.81%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.27%) High Availability
2 35 (28.46%) Disaster Recovery
3 34 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (20.33%) DevOps
5 24 (19.51%) Performance Tuning
6 21 (17.07%) Migration
7 19 (15.45%) CI/CD
8 17 (13.82%) ITIL
9 14 (11.38%) RBAC
10 13 (10.57%) ITSM
11 12 (9.76%) Database Security
11 12 (9.76%) Validation
12 11 (8.94%) Agile
13 10 (8.13%) Analytics
13 10 (8.13%) Business Continuity
13 10 (8.13%) Configuration Management
13 10 (8.13%) Data Security
14 9 (7.32%) Data Ingestion
14 9 (7.32%) Data Modelling
14 9 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 39 (31.71%) SQL
2 27 (21.95%) Python
3 12 (9.76%) Perl
4 11 (8.94%) Bash
5 10 (8.13%) Java
5 10 (8.13%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.50%) Shell Script
7 6 (4.88%) T-SQL
8 5 (4.07%) PL/SQL
8 5 (4.07%) Scala
9 4 (3.25%) C#
10 2 (1.63%) Bicep
10 2 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.63%) Go
10 2 (1.63%) RPG
11 1 (0.81%) ABAP
11 1 (0.81%) Korn
11 1 (0.81%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) Security Cleared
2 23 (18.70%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.69%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.44%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.81%) CISSP
6 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) Degree
6 1 (0.81%) GIAC
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.81%) VCAP
6 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.38%) GDPR
2 9 (7.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.88%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.44%) HIPAA
4 3 (2.44%) NIST
4 3 (2.44%) SLA
5 2 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.63%) QA
6 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.81%) HL7
6 1 (0.81%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.38%) Docker
2 14 (11.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.32%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (4.88%) VMware NSX
5 5 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.25%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.44%) Brightmail
7 3 (2.44%) FreeRADIUS
7 3 (2.44%) iptables
7 3 (2.44%) ISA Server
7 3 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (2.44%) vSphere
8 2 (1.63%) NFS
8 2 (1.63%) PowerHA
8 2 (1.63%) Veritas File System
8 2 (1.63%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 1 (0.81%) KVM
9 1 (0.81%) SRDF
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (15.45%) Ansible
2 13 (10.57%) Terraform
3 10 (8.13%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.69%) QRadar
5 6 (4.88%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (4.88%) Grafana
5 6 (4.88%) Puppet
5 6 (4.88%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (4.88%) Tivoli
5 6 (4.88%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (4.07%) logstash
6 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (3.25%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (3.25%) Kibana
7 4 (3.25%) Nagios
7 4 (3.25%) Netcool
7 4 (3.25%) Podman
8 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (2.44%) Prometheus
8 3 (2.44%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 23 (18.70%) VMware
2 18 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 15 (12.20%) Splunk
4 11 (8.94%) Oracle
4 11 (8.94%) Red Hat
5 10 (8.13%) IBM
6 9 (7.32%) Qualys
6 9 (7.32%) ServiceNow
7 8 (6.50%) CyberArk
8 7 (5.69%) EMC
9 6 (4.88%) SaltStack
9 6 (4.88%) Sybase
10 5 (4.07%) SAP
11 4 (3.25%) Confluent
11 4 (3.25%) LogicMonitor
11 4 (3.25%) Sun
12 3 (2.44%) Cisco
12 3 (2.44%) Nokia
12 3 (2.44%) Unisys
12 3 (2.44%) Veeam