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 citing High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 32 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing High Availability | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside | 1.63% | 0.46% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.02% | 0.52% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £454 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £485 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £495 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £536 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £400 | £644 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -37.86% | +25.61% |
All Process & 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 citing process or methodology skills in Merseyside.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 247 | 194 | 158 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 80.46% | 88.58% | 70.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 135 | 106 | 72 |
| 10th Percentile | £161 | £129 | £153 |
| 25th Percentile | £278 | £161 | £206 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £400 | £423 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.50% | -5.33% | -6.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £500 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £600 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 18 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.04 | £12.21 | £16.12 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.98 | £12.95 | £19.27 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.23 | £15.18 | £22.44 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +184.78% | -32.35% | +18.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.96 | £44.94 | £26.65 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £51.02 | £37.20 |
| North West median hourly rate | £43.96 | £29.27 | £40.16 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.19% | -27.12% | +14.75% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing High Availability.
High Availability Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in Merseyside over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.
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 6 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | -9 | 2 | £498 | - | 4 |
| High Availability North West |
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High Availability Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 100.0% | 5 |
| 2 | AI | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Architectural Patterns | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Computer Vision | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Containerisation | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Converged Infrastructure | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Cybersecurity | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Edge AI | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Edge Computing | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Infrastructure as Code | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Infrastructure Automation | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Knowledge Transfer | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Migration | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Network Architecture | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Observability | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Roadmaps | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Technical Debt | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Technical Leadership | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Translating Business Requirements | 60.0% | 3 |