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 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 340 441
Rank change year-on-year +29 +101 -13
Contract jobs citing Replication 247 137 129
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.52% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.18% 1.59% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 77 67
10th Percentile £400 £354 £325
25th Percentile £456 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £609 £594 £582
90th Percentile £638 £671 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £60.13 £23.98 -
25th Percentile £61.81 £24.57 -
Median hourly rate £71.50 £25.80 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +177.19% -53.10% -21.43%
75th Percentile £78.56 £27.27 £55.70
90th Percentile £88.88 £28.01 £56.12
UK median hourly rate £71.50 £23.59 £55.00
% change year-on-year +203.09% -57.11% -21.43%

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 11,314 8,625 11,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.75% 32.81% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,221 5,178 7,823
10th Percentile £281 £268 £255
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £538
% change year-on-year -5.08% -2.00% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 242 676
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £17.70
Median hourly rate £30.30 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +7.14% +55.66%
75th Percentile £63.43 £67.76 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.64 £83.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.13 £35.00 £34.61
% change year-on-year -19.64% +1.14% +53.90%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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 +3 107 £580 +9.02% 10
South East +4 49 £525 +12.30% 31
Midlands -19 38 £414 +3.38% 18
West Midlands 0 36 £414 +0.24% 5
North of England -41 28 £465 +3.24% 24
North West -23 17 £456 +1.33% 9
South West -15 14 £508 -7.39% 12
Yorkshire -37 11 £487 +18.06% 12
East of England -7 10 £800 +71.38% 15
East Midlands -24 2 - - 12
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 15 (6.07%) Confluence
2 8 (3.24%) nginx
3 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.43%) Oracle Application Server
3 6 (2.43%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.02%) Apache
5 4 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.62%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.62%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (1.62%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (1.62%) Skype for Business
6 3 (1.21%) GeoServer
6 3 (1.21%) Smallworld
7 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.81%) CICS
7 2 (0.81%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.81%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 8 (3.24%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.86%) SAP Payroll
2 10 (4.05%) SAP HCM
3 3 (1.21%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.81%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (31.98%) Azure
2 70 (28.34%) AWS
3 27 (10.93%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.69%) Amazon S3
5 18 (7.29%) Amazon EC2
6 17 (6.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 16 (6.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 15 (6.07%) SuccessFactors
9 14 (5.67%) GitHub
9 14 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (5.26%) AWS KMS
11 12 (4.86%) Amazon ELB
11 12 (4.86%) Serverless
12 11 (4.45%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (4.45%) Snowflake
13 10 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (4.05%) SaaS
14 8 (3.24%) OpenShift
14 8 (3.24%) Route 53
15 7 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 65 (26.32%) DNS
2 38 (15.38%) SAN
3 36 (14.57%) Firewall
4 35 (14.17%) DHCP
5 29 (11.74%) Kerberos
6 23 (9.31%) NAS
7 14 (5.67%) SSH
8 13 (5.26%) iSCSI
9 12 (4.86%) FTP
9 12 (4.86%) HTTP
9 12 (4.86%) SMTP
10 10 (4.05%) Fibre Channel
11 9 (3.64%) TCP/IP
12 8 (3.24%) IMAP
12 8 (3.24%) OpenLDAP
13 7 (2.83%) VPN
14 6 (2.43%) VLAN
15 5 (2.02%) VSAN
16 4 (1.62%) LAN
16 4 (1.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.96%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (12.55%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (6.88%) Amazon Aurora
4 13 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.86%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.86%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.64%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.83%) DB2
7 7 (2.83%) MySQL
7 7 (2.83%) Oracle Exadata
7 7 (2.83%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.83%) Power BI
8 6 (2.43%) Couchbase
8 6 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.43%) Oracle ODI
8 6 (2.43%) Star Schema
9 5 (2.02%) Redis
9 5 (2.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (12.96%) Jenkins
2 22 (8.91%) Git
3 17 (6.88%) JIRA
4 12 (4.86%) Vagrant
5 6 (2.43%) DBeaver
6 4 (1.62%) Subversion
6 4 (1.62%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.21%) GitLab
8 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.40%) gulp
9 1 (0.40%) LSMW
9 1 (0.40%) Maven
9 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 63 (25.51%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.77%) Finance
3 32 (12.96%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.64%) Banking
7 8 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.43%) Retail
10 5 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Front Office
11 1 (0.40%) International Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Police
11 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (11.74%) Platform Engineer
2 25 (10.12%) Architect
3 23 (9.31%) Consultant
4 21 (8.50%) Data Engineer
5 18 (7.29%) Analyst
5 18 (7.29%) Senior
6 16 (6.48%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (6.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 15 (6.07%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (6.07%) Storage Analyst
8 14 (5.67%) AWS DevOps
9 12 (4.86%) SAP Consultant
9 12 (4.86%) Storage Engineer
10 11 (4.45%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) AWS Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) DBA
11 10 (4.05%) Infrastructure Architect
12 9 (3.64%) SAP HCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.38%) LDAP
2 22 (8.91%) OAuth
2 22 (8.91%) SAML
3 21 (8.50%) Kafka
4 19 (7.69%) Flash
5 14 (5.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 13 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
7 11 (4.45%) REST
7 11 (4.45%) SOAP
7 11 (4.45%) XML
8 8 (3.24%) Web Services
9 7 (2.83%) OpenID
10 6 (2.43%) OAuth2
11 5 (2.02%) Middleware
12 4 (1.62%) FIX Protocol
12 4 (1.62%) JSON
12 4 (1.62%) Keycloak
12 4 (1.62%) Ultra Messaging
13 3 (1.21%) Apache NiFi
14 2 (0.81%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.53%) Clustering
2 21 (8.50%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (6.07%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (4.86%) Enterprise Storage
6 9 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.64%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.83%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.02%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.62%) PKI
9 4 (1.62%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.21%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.21%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.81%) EMC VMAX
11 2 (0.81%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.81%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 69 (27.94%) Linux
1 69 (27.94%) Windows
2 41 (16.60%) Windows Server
3 18 (7.29%) VMS
4 12 (4.86%) Amazon Linux
5 11 (4.45%) Ubuntu
6 10 (4.05%) Unix
7 6 (2.43%) Solaris
8 4 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.81%) AIX
10 2 (0.81%) zOS
11 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.40%) MVS
11 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.15%) High Availability
2 63 (25.51%) Disaster Recovery
3 58 (23.48%) Migration
4 54 (21.86%) Performance Tuning
5 48 (19.43%) DevOps
6 47 (19.03%) CI/CD
7 41 (16.60%) Agile
8 31 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
9 26 (10.53%) RBAC
10 25 (10.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (9.31%) Change Management
11 23 (9.31%) Data Modelling
12 22 (8.91%) Capacity Planning
13 21 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (7.69%) ITIL
15 18 (7.29%) Analytics
15 18 (7.29%) Configuration Management
15 18 (7.29%) Task Automation
16 17 (6.88%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 52 (21.05%) Python
3 40 (16.19%) SQL
4 16 (6.48%) Bash
4 16 (6.48%) Groovy
5 11 (4.45%) Java
6 9 (3.64%) ABAP
6 9 (3.64%) Perl
7 8 (3.24%) Shell Script
8 7 (2.83%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.81%) Go
9 2 (0.81%) PHP
9 2 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.40%) Bicep
10 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.40%) Korn
10 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 64 (25.91%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.91%) Degree
4 21 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (7.29%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.07%) AWS Certification
7 13 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (4.86%) Azure Certification
8 12 (4.86%) VCAP
9 8 (3.24%) MCSA
9 8 (3.24%) MCSE
10 6 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.62%) OCP
11 4 (1.62%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.81%) VCDX
14 1 (0.40%) MySQL Certification
14 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.53%) GDPR
2 19 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 15 (6.07%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.62%) QA
5 3 (1.21%) SLA
6 2 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (24.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 60 (24.29%) Active Directory
3 36 (14.57%) NFS
3 36 (14.57%) VMware ESXi
4 33 (13.36%) vSphere
5 30 (12.15%) Docker
6 19 (7.69%) GPFS
7 14 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (4.86%) DFS Replication
9 8 (3.24%) Dovecot
9 8 (3.24%) Postfix
9 8 (3.24%) Squid
10 7 (2.83%) Oracle RAC
11 5 (2.02%) VMware NSX
12 4 (1.62%) Brightmail
12 4 (1.62%) ISA Server
12 4 (1.62%) Veritas File System
12 4 (1.62%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 4 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
13 3 (1.21%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 36 (14.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 33 (13.36%) Terraform
3 25 (10.12%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.91%) Ansible
5 21 (8.50%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (8.10%) Grafana
6 20 (8.10%) Prometheus
7 17 (6.88%) vRealize
8 16 (6.48%) vCenter Server
9 9 (3.64%) SCCM
10 8 (3.24%) Nessus
10 8 (3.24%) Proxmox
11 7 (2.83%) Data Guard
11 7 (2.83%) Oracle RMAN
12 6 (2.43%) Kibana
12 6 (2.43%) logstash
13 5 (2.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (2.02%) SCOM
14 4 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (1.62%) vMotion
Vendors
1 72 (29.15%) Microsoft
2 71 (28.74%) VMware
3 39 (15.79%) Oracle
3 39 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 34 (13.77%) Cisco
4 34 (13.77%) IBM
5 23 (9.31%) NetApp
6 19 (7.69%) SAP
7 14 (5.67%) Okta
8 13 (5.26%) Veeam
9 12 (4.86%) EMC
10 10 (4.05%) Dell
11 8 (3.24%) Jaspersoft
12 7 (2.83%) Pure Storage
13 6 (2.43%) Confluent
13 6 (2.43%) TIBCO
14 5 (2.02%) Commvault
14 5 (2.02%) Computacenter
14 5 (2.02%) CyberArk
14 5 (2.02%) Solace