High Availability Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

High Availability
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing High Availability 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.81% - 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% - 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £513
75th Percentile - - £531
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £400 £644 £513
% change year-on-year -37.86% +25.61% +3.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 225 171 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 91.46% 72.77% 87.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 83 79
10th Percentile £129 £149 £219
25th Percentile £151 £188 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year -34.52% -1.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £507 £563
90th Percentile £638 £634 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 14
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.28 £13.77
25th Percentile £15.18 £15.22 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.67 £20.19 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% +7.68% +6.78%
75th Percentile £49.50 £23.53 £26.71
90th Percentile £51.02 £26.02 £43.70
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +46.15%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in Merseyside

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 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
Liverpool - 2 - - 1
High Availability
North West

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto