High Availability Contract Job Trends in London

High Availability
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 144 230
Rank change year-on-year -9 +86 -11
Contract jobs citing High Availability 367 270 167
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.83% 2.01% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.18% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 194 115
10th Percentile £350 £414 £292
25th Percentile £425 £475 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £628 £700 £638
90th Percentile £721 £775 £725
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £61.40 - -
25th Percentile £68.38 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £84.75 £26.45 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +220.42% +11.13% -69.84%
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - £27.38 £61.90
England median hourly rate £55.25 £27.00 £43.15
% change year-on-year +104.63% -37.43% -31.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,903 12,394 14,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.46% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,241 10,033
10th Percentile £361 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 256 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in London

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in London over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in London

High Availability
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability in London over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in London

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Central London -7 43 £475 -26.92% 14
South London -8 11 £550 -12.00% 1
East London 0 3 £500 +70.21% 6
High Availability
England

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 18 (4.90%) Confluence
1 18 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.63%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.82%) JBoss
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Camunda
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.27%) MTS
7 1 (0.27%) Mule
7 1 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.82%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.54%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.27%) Eikon
5 1 (0.27%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.27%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.27%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 127 (34.60%) Azure
2 112 (30.52%) AWS
3 40 (10.90%) GCP
4 38 (10.35%) Entra ID
5 37 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (9.26%) GitHub
7 27 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (6.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 22 (5.99%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (5.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 19 (5.18%) Serverless
12 18 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (4.36%) Azure AKS
13 16 (4.36%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (3.81%) Amazon S3
15 12 (3.27%) AWS KMS
15 12 (3.27%) OpenShift
16 11 (3.00%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (2.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.17%) DNS
2 38 (10.35%) Firewall
3 25 (6.81%) Network Security
4 23 (6.27%) VPN
5 22 (5.99%) DHCP
6 19 (5.18%) TCP/IP
7 15 (4.09%) WAN
8 12 (3.27%) LAN
8 12 (3.27%) SSL
9 11 (3.00%) BGP
10 10 (2.72%) SAN
11 9 (2.45%) 4G
11 9 (2.45%) HTTP
11 9 (2.45%) NAS
11 9 (2.45%) OSPF
11 9 (2.45%) Wireless
12 8 (2.18%) 5G
12 8 (2.18%) LTE
12 8 (2.18%) Multicast
13 7 (1.91%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.99%) SQL Server
2 33 (8.99%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (4.63%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.36%) Amazon Aurora
6 14 (3.81%) MySQL
7 13 (3.54%) Data Lake
8 11 (3.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.72%) Delta Lake
10 9 (2.45%) Oracle Database
10 9 (2.45%) Redis
10 9 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (2.18%) Power BI
12 7 (1.91%) Big Data
12 7 (1.91%) Metadata
12 7 (1.91%) NoSQL
13 5 (1.36%) KDB
13 5 (1.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (8.99%) Jenkins
2 32 (8.72%) Git
3 20 (5.45%) GitLab
3 20 (5.45%) JIRA
4 5 (1.36%) JUnit
5 4 (1.09%) Maven
6 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.54%) Gradle
7 2 (0.54%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.27%) Flyway
8 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.27%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.27%) MLflow
8 1 (0.27%) Mockito
8 1 (0.27%) Subversion
8 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 106 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 100 (27.25%) Finance
3 51 (13.90%) Banking
4 36 (9.81%) Public Sector
5 34 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.90%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.81%) Front Office
8 11 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.00%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.36%) Billing
10 5 (1.36%) Legal
10 5 (1.36%) Retail
11 3 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.82%) Publishing
12 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (13.90%) Senior
2 50 (13.62%) DevOps Engineer
3 45 (12.26%) Architect
4 39 (10.63%) DBA
5 34 (9.26%) Developer
6 20 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
6 20 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (4.90%) Administrator
7 18 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
8 17 (4.63%) AWS Engineer
8 17 (4.63%) Lead
9 16 (4.36%) SQL DBA
10 14 (3.81%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.27%) AWS DevOps
11 12 (3.27%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.00%) Data Engineer
13 10 (2.72%) Applications Support
13 10 (2.72%) Consultant
13 10 (2.72%) Network Engineer
14 9 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (30.52%) Terraform
2 27 (7.36%) Kafka
3 26 (7.08%) REST
4 19 (5.18%) Spring
5 15 (4.09%) Spring Boot
6 14 (3.81%) .NET
7 13 (3.54%) Elastic Stack
8 11 (3.00%) LDAP
9 10 (2.72%) OAuth
10 9 (2.45%) ARM Templates
10 9 (2.45%) Middleware
11 8 (2.18%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.18%) RESTful
12 7 (1.91%) Node.js
12 7 (1.91%) OpenID
12 7 (1.91%) SOAP
13 6 (1.63%) AngularJS
13 6 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (1.63%) SAML
13 6 (1.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.62%) Cloud Native
2 33 (8.99%) Replication
3 28 (7.63%) Clustering
4 25 (6.81%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (6.81%) Onboarding
5 23 (6.27%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (4.09%) PKI
8 14 (3.81%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.45%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.91%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.63%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 64 (17.44%) Linux
2 62 (16.89%) Windows
3 22 (5.99%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.54%) Unix
5 11 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.00%) VMS
6 7 (1.91%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.09%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (1.09%) SUSE
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.27%) Android
10 1 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.27%) Debian
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.27%) Rocky
10 1 (0.27%) Solaris
10 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (40.60%) CI/CD
2 131 (35.69%) DevOps
3 118 (32.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 99 (26.98%) Disaster Recovery
5 65 (17.71%) Migration
6 62 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (16.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (15.80%) Root Cause Analysis
10 56 (15.26%) Performance Tuning
11 54 (14.71%) Agile
12 53 (14.44%) Observability
13 50 (13.62%) Containerisation
14 43 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
15 39 (10.63%) Microservices
16 38 (10.35%) Platform Engineering
17 37 (10.08%) Test Automation
18 36 (9.81%) Roadmaps
19 35 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 34 (9.26%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (23.43%) Python
2 70 (19.07%) PowerShell
3 67 (18.26%) SQL
4 52 (14.17%) Java
5 30 (8.17%) Bash
6 19 (5.18%) Bicep
7 11 (3.00%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.45%) C#
8 9 (2.45%) Go
9 8 (2.18%) C++
10 7 (1.91%) Groovy
11 6 (1.63%) Perl
11 6 (1.63%) Scala
11 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.36%) C
12 5 (1.36%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.09%) Rust
14 3 (0.82%) Ruby
14 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.54%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 109 (29.70%) Security Cleared
2 94 (25.61%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.72%) Azure Certification
4 23 (6.27%) Degree
5 20 (5.45%) AWS Certification
6 15 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.81%) CCNP
8 12 (3.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (2.18%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.91%) CCNA
13 4 (1.09%) MCITP
13 4 (1.09%) MCTS
14 3 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.54%) CISSP
15 2 (0.54%) VCAP
15 2 (0.54%) VCDX
15 2 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.18%) QA
3 12 (3.27%) GDPR
4 8 (2.18%) SLA
5 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.91%) NIST
6 6 (1.63%) GRC
6 6 (1.63%) SEPA
7 5 (1.36%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.82%) DICOM
8 3 (0.82%) HL7
8 3 (0.82%) NCSC
8 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.54%) PSD2
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 66 (17.98%) Active Directory
2 45 (12.26%) Docker
3 34 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.36%) vSphere
5 11 (3.00%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.91%) Firmware
8 4 (1.09%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.54%) HDFS
9 2 (0.54%) KVM
9 2 (0.54%) NFS
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.54%) UAG
9 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.27%) Ceph
10 1 (0.27%) RACF
10 1 (0.27%) Samba
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 76 (20.71%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.26%) Ansible
3 32 (8.72%) Grafana
3 32 (8.72%) Prometheus
4 17 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.27%) Microsoft Clustering
6 11 (3.00%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.18%) ITRS Geneos
8 7 (1.91%) Puppet
9 6 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.63%) Argo
9 6 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (1.36%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (1.36%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.36%) SCCM
10 5 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.09%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.09%) PingFederate
11 4 (1.09%) SCOM
11 4 (1.09%) VxRail
Vendors
1 81 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.90%) VMware
3 32 (8.72%) Oracle
4 21 (5.72%) Cisco
4 21 (5.72%) Splunk
5 19 (5.18%) ServiceNow
6 16 (4.36%) Databricks
7 11 (3.00%) IBM
8 10 (2.72%) Ericsson
8 10 (2.72%) Nokia
8 10 (2.72%) Remedy
9 7 (1.91%) Apple
9 7 (1.91%) BMC
9 7 (1.91%) F5
9 7 (1.91%) Google
9 7 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.91%) SAP
10 6 (1.63%) Dell
10 6 (1.63%) Solace
11 5 (1.36%) Red Box