High Availability Contract Job Trends in Preston

High Availability
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing High Availability 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.94% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 - £525

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63 36 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 92.65% 83.72% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 18 36
10th Percentile £341 £200 £326
25th Percentile £415 £372 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £437
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +28.77% +32.37%
75th Percentile £648 £611 £500
90th Percentile £680 £629 £625
Lancashire median daily rate £488 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +2.63% -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 37
10th Percentile £23.32 £24.31 £20.58
25th Percentile £34.35 £25.30 £21.36
Median hourly rate £44.53 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +20.35% -19.88% +18.71%
75th Percentile £50.17 £51.88 £55.15
90th Percentile £62.56 £61.25 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £47.12 £40.33 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.85% -12.68% +22.17%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in Preston

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow