High Availability Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

High Availability
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing High Availability 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.30% - 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile - - £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.97%
75th Percentile - - £666
90th Percentile - - £765
East of England median daily rate £700 - £513
% change year-on-year - - -8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 585 333 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.71% 87.40% 87.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 135 310
10th Percentile £190 £263 £284
25th Percentile £406 £335 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £715 £675 £751
East of England median daily rate £483 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 81 154
10th Percentile £16.76 £16.22 £26.24
25th Percentile £18.50 £40.00 £43.13
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £87.50 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

High Availability
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Stevenage - 2 £700 - 2
High Availability
East of England

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto