High Availability Contract Job Trends in Southampton

High Availability
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing High Availability 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.45% - 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £129 - -
25th Percentile £218 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 - £275
75th Percentile £533 - £306
90th Percentile £626 - £318
Hampshire median daily rate £571 £623 £356
% change year-on-year -8.23% +74.66% -28.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 116 99 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.06% 66.44% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 70 121
10th Percentile £170 £200 £263
25th Percentile £231 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £673 £650 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £570 £536
% change year-on-year -7.89% +6.29% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £22.50 - £19.25
25th Percentile £39.63 - £24.13
Median hourly rate £71.00 £80.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +196.30% +69.70%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £34.13
90th Percentile £90.40 - £36.20
Hampshire median hourly rate £21.79 £70.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -68.87% +33.33% +16.67%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in Southampton

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in Southampton over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in Southampton

High Availability
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing High Availability.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing High Availability

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Criteo