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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 164 194
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 +24
Contract jobs citing High Availability 360 238 212
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 1.77% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.91% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 171 140
10th Percentile £350 £388 £284
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £646
90th Percentile £735 £795 £751
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.14% - -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% -71.26%
75th Percentile £97.50 £26.50 -
90th Percentile - £27.40 £46.66
England median hourly rate £26.72 £26.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.83% -3.64% -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 18,082 12,478 14,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.59% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,837 8,221 9,471
10th Percentile £358 £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 £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 246 179
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -14.79% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.25
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 2 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 2 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 -14 50 £475 -26.92% 49
South London -7 10 £550 -25.42% 2
West London -27 4 £740 -1.33% 9
East London +1 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 14 (3.89%) Confluence
2 13 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.94%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.39%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.11%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.83%) JBoss
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.56%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.28%) Apache
9 1 (0.28%) Camunda
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.28%) MTS
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.56%) Eikon
4 2 (0.56%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.28%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.28%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 117 (32.50%) AWS
2 107 (29.72%) Azure
3 46 (12.78%) GCP
4 34 (9.44%) GitHub
5 32 (8.89%) Entra ID
6 31 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (6.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 23 (6.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 22 (6.11%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (5.00%) Serverless
11 17 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (4.17%) Amazon S3
13 12 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (3.33%) AWS KMS
13 12 (3.33%) OpenShift
14 11 (3.06%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 9 (2.50%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.00%) DNS
2 33 (9.17%) Firewall
3 24 (6.67%) Network Security
4 23 (6.39%) DHCP
5 19 (5.28%) VPN
6 15 (4.17%) BGP
6 15 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 12 (3.33%) WAN
8 11 (3.06%) LAN
9 10 (2.78%) SAN
10 9 (2.50%) Wireless
11 8 (2.22%) 4G
11 8 (2.22%) Internet
11 8 (2.22%) Multicast
11 8 (2.22%) NAS
11 8 (2.22%) OSPF
12 7 (1.94%) SSL
12 7 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.67%) 5G
13 6 (1.67%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.44%) PostgreSQL
1 34 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.39%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (5.00%) Amazon Aurora
4 15 (4.17%) MongoDB
4 15 (4.17%) MySQL
5 12 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.78%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.78%) Redis
7 9 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.22%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.22%) Power BI
9 6 (1.67%) Big Data
9 6 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.67%) Metadata
9 6 (1.67%) SAP HANA
10 5 (1.39%) Apache Hive
10 5 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 40 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 27 (7.50%) Git
3 26 (7.22%) GitLab
4 17 (4.72%) JIRA
5 5 (1.39%) JUnit
6 4 (1.11%) Maven
7 3 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.56%) Gradle
9 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.28%) Flyway
9 1 (0.28%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.28%) MLflow
9 1 (0.28%) Mockito
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) Subversion
9 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 110 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 97 (26.94%) Finance
3 56 (15.56%) Banking
4 37 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (9.72%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.39%) Front Office
7 13 (3.61%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.33%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.67%) Billing
9 6 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.39%) Legal
11 4 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.11%) Law
12 3 (0.83%) Local Government
12 3 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.83%) Retail
13 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.28%) Back Office
14 1 (0.28%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (15.28%) DevOps Engineer
2 52 (14.44%) Senior
3 45 (12.50%) Architect
4 38 (10.56%) DBA
5 29 (8.06%) Developer
6 19 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
6 19 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (5.28%) Support Engineer
7 18 (5.00%) Administrator
8 17 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (4.17%) Lead
10 14 (3.89%) Applications Support
10 14 (3.89%) AWS DevOps
10 14 (3.89%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 13 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.33%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Consultant
13 11 (3.06%) IT Support
13 11 (3.06%) SQL DBA
14 10 (2.78%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (27.22%) Terraform
2 28 (7.78%) Kafka
3 25 (6.94%) REST
4 15 (4.17%) Spring
5 14 (3.89%) Elastic Stack
6 13 (3.61%) Middleware
6 13 (3.61%) SOAP
6 13 (3.61%) Spring Boot
7 9 (2.50%) .NET
8 8 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (1.94%) JDBC
9 7 (1.94%) LDAP
9 7 (1.94%) RESTful
10 6 (1.67%) JSON
10 6 (1.67%) SAP Basis
10 6 (1.67%) XML
10 6 (1.67%) YAML
11 5 (1.39%) ARM Templates
11 5 (1.39%) OAuth
11 5 (1.39%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.94%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.72%) Replication
3 25 (6.94%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.94%) Onboarding
4 22 (6.11%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (5.83%) Clustering
6 17 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (4.44%) PKI
8 12 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (3.06%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.78%) Algorithms
11 9 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
11 9 (2.50%) Virtual Team
12 8 (2.22%) Fixed Income
13 6 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 64 (17.78%) Linux
2 62 (17.22%) Windows
3 21 (5.83%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.72%) Unix
5 8 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.39%) VMS
8 4 (1.11%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (1.11%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.83%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (0.83%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.83%) zOS
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.28%) Android
11 1 (0.28%) MVS
11 1 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (40.83%) CI/CD
2 120 (33.33%) DevOps
3 105 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (24.72%) Disaster Recovery
5 77 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 69 (19.17%) Migration
7 67 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 57 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
10 55 (15.28%) Performance Tuning
11 53 (14.72%) Observability
12 52 (14.44%) Agile
13 50 (13.89%) Containerisation
14 48 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
15 40 (11.11%) Incident Management
15 40 (11.11%) Test Automation
16 37 (10.28%) Microservices
17 36 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 36 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
17 36 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.11%) Python
2 61 (16.94%) PowerShell
3 60 (16.67%) SQL
4 43 (11.94%) Java
5 29 (8.06%) Bash
6 17 (4.72%) Bicep
7 9 (2.50%) Kotlin
7 9 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.94%) Go
8 7 (1.94%) Groovy
8 7 (1.94%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.67%) C#
9 6 (1.67%) C++
9 6 (1.67%) Perl
9 6 (1.67%) Scala
10 5 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.11%) BeanShell
11 4 (1.11%) C
11 4 (1.11%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 100 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 90 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.94%) Azure Certification
4 19 (5.28%) AWS Certification
4 19 (5.28%) Degree
5 16 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.89%) CCNP
7 13 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.22%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.67%) CCNA
10 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.56%) CCIE
11 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.56%) PMP
11 2 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.28%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.28%) QA
2 17 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.50%) GDPR
3 9 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.22%) NIST
5 7 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.67%) GRC
6 6 (1.67%) SEPA
7 5 (1.39%) ISO 20022
8 4 (1.11%) SLA
9 3 (0.83%) NCSC
10 2 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.56%) PSD2
11 1 (0.28%) DICOM
11 1 (0.28%) HL7
System Software
1 54 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 47 (13.06%) Docker
3 32 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.33%) vSphere
5 8 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.94%) Firmware
6 7 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.11%) NFS
7 4 (1.11%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.83%) HDFS
9 2 (0.56%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.56%) KVM
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.56%) RACF
9 2 (0.56%) UAG
9 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.28%) ACF2
10 1 (0.28%) Samba
Systems Management
1 73 (20.28%) Kubernetes
2 37 (10.28%) Grafana
3 32 (8.89%) Ansible
4 31 (8.61%) Prometheus
5 15 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
7 8 (2.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 8 (2.22%) Puppet
7 8 (2.22%) SCCM
8 6 (1.67%) Argo
8 6 (1.67%) Kibana
8 6 (1.67%) SCOM
8 6 (1.67%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (1.11%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.11%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.11%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.83%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.83%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 70 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.00%) VMware
3 28 (7.78%) Oracle
4 27 (7.50%) Cisco
5 22 (6.11%) Splunk
6 21 (5.83%) ServiceNow
7 18 (5.00%) IBM
8 13 (3.61%) SAP
9 12 (3.33%) Google
10 11 (3.06%) Databricks
11 8 (2.22%) Bloomberg
11 8 (2.22%) Ericsson
11 8 (2.22%) Nokia
12 7 (1.94%) Apple
12 7 (1.94%) BMC
12 7 (1.94%) Dynatrace
12 7 (1.94%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.94%) Remedy
12 7 (1.94%) Solace
13 6 (1.67%) SolarWinds