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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 164 189
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 +16
Contract jobs citing High Availability 364 232 214
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.80% 1.73% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.87% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 169 137
10th Percentile £350 £375 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £650
90th Percentile £742 £796 £768
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile - £23.90 £22.64
25th Percentile £92.50 £25.25 -
Median hourly rate £95.00 £26.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +265.38% +9.24% -72.46%
75th Percentile £97.50 £26.50 -
90th Percentile - £27.40 £46.66
England median hourly rate £26.72 £27.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -1.04% -1.82% -56.35%

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 17,999 12,398 14,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.52% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 8,176 9,391
10th Percentile £360 £331 £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 £664 £663 £675
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 337 243 184
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.03 £17.33
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.01 £24.17
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -18.14% -8.18%
75th Percentile £61.50 £47.25 £56.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.55 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 10 October 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
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 10 October 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 -10 50 £475 -26.92% 50
South London -13 11 £550 -25.42% 2
West London -19 5 £740 -1.33% 7
East London +3 2 £545 +85.53% 2
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 15 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.85%) Confluence
3 11 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.37%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.82%) JBoss
7 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.55%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) Apache
8 1 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.27%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.27%) MTS
8 1 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.55%) Eikon
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.55%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.27%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
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
Cloud Services
1 120 (32.97%) AWS
2 113 (31.04%) Azure
3 56 (15.38%) GCP
4 34 (9.34%) GitHub
5 32 (8.79%) Entra ID
6 31 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 25 (6.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 25 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (6.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (5.22%) Serverless
12 16 (4.40%) Amazon S3
13 15 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (3.57%) AWS KMS
15 12 (3.30%) OpenShift
16 11 (3.02%) Azure AKS
16 11 (3.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 10 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.16%) DNS
2 34 (9.34%) Firewall
3 26 (7.14%) Network Security
4 22 (6.04%) BGP
5 20 (5.49%) DHCP
6 19 (5.22%) VPN
7 16 (4.40%) TCP/IP
8 15 (4.12%) Multicast
9 14 (3.85%) Internet
9 14 (3.85%) OSPF
10 12 (3.30%) WAN
11 10 (2.75%) 4G
11 10 (2.75%) LAN
12 9 (2.47%) SAN
12 9 (2.47%) Wireless
13 7 (1.92%) NAS
13 7 (1.92%) SSL
14 6 (1.65%) LTE
14 6 (1.65%) VLAN
14 6 (1.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (9.62%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (9.34%) SQL Server
3 24 (6.59%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (5.22%) Amazon Aurora
5 16 (4.40%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.40%) MySQL
6 13 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (3.02%) Redis
8 10 (2.75%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.75%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (2.47%) Power BI
9 9 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (2.20%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.92%) Big Data
11 7 (1.92%) Metadata
12 6 (1.65%) Apache Hive
12 6 (1.65%) SAP HANA
13 5 (1.37%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 43 (11.81%) Jenkins
2 27 (7.42%) GitLab
3 24 (6.59%) Git
4 16 (4.40%) JIRA
5 6 (1.65%) JUnit
6 5 (1.37%) Maven
7 4 (1.10%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.82%) Gradle
9 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.55%) GCC
9 2 (0.55%) GDB
9 2 (0.55%) Mockito
10 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.27%) Flyway
10 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.27%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 115 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 103 (28.30%) Finance
3 62 (17.03%) Banking
4 39 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (9.89%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.14%) Front Office
7 14 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 13 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.65%) Billing
10 6 (1.65%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.37%) Legal
12 4 (1.10%) Law
13 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.82%) Local Government
13 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.82%) Retail
14 2 (0.55%) Advertising
14 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.27%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 56 (15.38%) Senior
2 55 (15.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 46 (12.64%) Architect
4 38 (10.44%) DBA
5 27 (7.42%) Developer
6 19 (5.22%) Administrator
6 19 (5.22%) Lead
6 19 (5.22%) Support Engineer
7 18 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (4.12%) Applications Support
9 15 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (3.57%) Network Engineer
11 12 (3.30%) AWS DevOps
11 12 (3.30%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.30%) Consultant
11 12 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.02%) Applications Support Manager
12 11 (3.02%) SQL DBA
12 11 (3.02%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (26.92%) Terraform
2 28 (7.69%) Kafka
3 25 (6.87%) REST
4 16 (4.40%) Spring
5 15 (4.12%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (3.85%) SOAP
6 14 (3.85%) Spring Boot
7 13 (3.57%) Middleware
8 9 (2.47%) .NET
9 7 (1.92%) JDBC
9 7 (1.92%) LDAP
9 7 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (1.92%) RESTful
9 7 (1.92%) XML
10 6 (1.65%) JSON
10 6 (1.65%) SAP Basis
10 6 (1.65%) YAML
11 5 (1.37%) SAP Fiori
11 5 (1.37%) SAP PI
11 5 (1.37%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.76%) Cloud Native
2 37 (10.16%) Replication
3 29 (7.97%) Data Centre
4 26 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (6.87%) Onboarding
6 21 (5.77%) Clustering
7 18 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (4.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (4.12%) PKI
10 13 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (3.30%) Algorithms
11 12 (3.30%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (3.02%) Product Ownership
13 9 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (2.47%) Virtual Team
14 8 (2.20%) Enterprise Storage
14 8 (2.20%) Fixed Income
14 8 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 5 (1.37%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 67 (18.41%) Linux
2 61 (16.76%) Windows
3 20 (5.49%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.95%) Unix
5 8 (2.20%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.37%) VMS
8 4 (1.10%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.82%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.82%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.82%) zOS
10 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.27%) Android
11 1 (0.27%) MVS
11 1 (0.27%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (39.84%) CI/CD
2 122 (33.52%) DevOps
3 112 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 90 (24.73%) Disaster Recovery
5 81 (22.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 74 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 71 (19.51%) Migration
8 57 (15.66%) Performance Tuning
8 57 (15.66%) Root Cause Analysis
9 56 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (15.11%) Observability
11 52 (14.29%) Agile
11 52 (14.29%) Containerisation
12 51 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
13 41 (11.26%) Test Automation
14 39 (10.71%) Incident Management
15 38 (10.44%) Performance Optimisation
16 37 (10.16%) Low Latency
16 37 (10.16%) Microservices
16 37 (10.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.80%) Python
2 65 (17.86%) SQL
3 61 (16.76%) PowerShell
4 44 (12.09%) Java
5 32 (8.79%) Bash
6 18 (4.95%) Bicep
7 10 (2.75%) Kotlin
8 9 (2.47%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.20%) C++
9 8 (2.20%) Go
10 7 (1.92%) Groovy
10 7 (1.92%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.65%) Perl
11 6 (1.65%) Scala
12 5 (1.37%) C#
12 5 (1.37%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.10%) BeanShell
13 4 (1.10%) C
13 4 (1.10%) JavaScript
13 4 (1.10%) Rust
Qualifications
1 102 (28.02%) Security Cleared
2 90 (24.73%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.87%) Azure Certification
4 20 (5.49%) AWS Certification
4 20 (5.49%) Degree
5 16 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.85%) CCNP
6 14 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.47%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.65%) CCNA
9 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.55%) CCIE
10 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.55%) PMP
10 2 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.95%) QA
3 9 (2.47%) GDPR
3 9 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.20%) NIST
5 7 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.65%) SEPA
7 5 (1.37%) GRC
7 5 (1.37%) ISO 20022
8 4 (1.10%) SLA
9 3 (0.82%) NCSC
10 2 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.55%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.55%) PSD2
11 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 53 (14.56%) Active Directory
2 48 (13.19%) Docker
3 31 (8.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.30%) vSphere
5 8 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.92%) Firmware
6 7 (1.92%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.10%) HDFS
7 4 (1.10%) NFS
7 4 (1.10%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.55%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.55%) KVM
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.55%) RACF
8 2 (0.55%) UAG
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.27%) ACF2
9 1 (0.27%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 72 (19.78%) Kubernetes
2 37 (10.16%) Ansible
3 36 (9.89%) Grafana
4 29 (7.97%) Prometheus
5 15 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Clustering
7 8 (2.20%) ITRS Geneos
7 8 (2.20%) Puppet
7 8 (2.20%) SCCM
8 7 (1.92%) Kibana
9 6 (1.65%) Argo
9 6 (1.65%) SCOM
9 6 (1.65%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.10%) Data Guard
11 4 (1.10%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.10%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.10%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.82%) Nagios
12 3 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 77 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.62%) VMware
3 33 (9.07%) Oracle
4 25 (6.87%) Cisco
5 22 (6.04%) Splunk
6 19 (5.22%) IBM
7 18 (4.95%) Google
7 18 (4.95%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.57%) Bloomberg
8 13 (3.57%) SAP
9 9 (2.47%) Databricks
10 8 (2.20%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.20%) Ericsson
10 8 (2.20%) Nokia
11 7 (1.92%) Apple
11 7 (1.92%) BMC
11 7 (1.92%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.92%) Remedy
11 7 (1.92%) Solace
12 6 (1.65%) Cloudera