Failover Clustering Contract Job Trends in the South East

Failover Clustering (High-Availability, HA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Failover Clustering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 156 211
Rank change year-on-year - +55 +13
Contract jobs citing Failover Clustering 0 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - 0.096% 0.071%
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.74% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £591 -
25th Percentile - £614 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £658 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +14.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile - £661 £588
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £586 £550 £220
% change year-on-year +6.59% +150.00% -58.10%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

Failover Clustering falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 710 407 701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.85% 12.98% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 290 485
10th Percentile £255 £300 £205
25th Percentile £373 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £580
90th Percentile £660 £675 £638
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 29
10th Percentile £19.00 £12.80 £21.70
25th Percentile £23.50 £13.99 £30.00
Median hourly rate £48.11 £15.99 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.97% -66.35% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67.50 £17.98 £68.63
90th Percentile £81.40 £19.17 £76.53
England median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +103.77% -33.75% -23.27%

Failover Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Failover Clustering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Failover Clustering job vacancy trend in the South East

Failover Clustering
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Failover Clustering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Failover Clustering

Failover Clustering
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Failover Clustering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Failover Clustering