High Availability Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

High Availability
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring High Availability skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 20 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing High Availability 8 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 4.15% 2.78% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.15% 3.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £345 -
25th Percentile £563 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £526 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% - -
75th Percentile £588 £638 -
90th Percentile - £706 -
East of England median daily rate £425 £473 £602
% change year-on-year -10.05% -21.51% +9.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 54 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 67.36% 75.00% 77.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 36 27
10th Percentile £333 £200 £105
25th Percentile £466 £209 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -33.33% -30.77%
75th Percentile £662 £439 £575
90th Percentile £732 £519 £650
East of England median daily rate £498 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.50% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 8
10th Percentile £15.78 - £11.25
25th Percentile £16.25 - £13.35
Median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £15.80
Median % change year-on-year -58.32% +192.28% +5.33%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £46.06
90th Percentile - - £64.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.56% -8.13% +81.82%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

High Availability job vacancy trend in Suffolk

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

High Availability
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ipswich -6 5 £575 -23.44% 1
High Availability
East of England

High Availability
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Git
1 5 (62.50%) GitLab
1 5 (62.50%) Gradle
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Java Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Java Software Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Software Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) Spring
1 5 (62.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
1 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
1 3 (37.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
1 5 (62.50%) Collaborative Engineering
1 5 (62.50%) Containerisation
1 5 (62.50%) Microservices
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Secure Coding
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
1 5 (62.50%) TDD
1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
1 5 (62.50%) User Stories
2 3 (37.50%) Architectural Design
2 3 (37.50%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Runbook
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Ansible