Failover Clustering Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Failover Clustering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Failover Clustering over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs citing Failover Clustering 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - 0.18%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.43% - 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £468
25th Percentile - - £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile - - £536
90th Percentile - - £567
South East median daily rate £325 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 234 261 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.00% 11.64% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 199 250
10th Percentile £250 £296 £212
25th Percentile £393 £410 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -12.17% +12.75%
75th Percentile £542 £608 £675
90th Percentile £648 £650 £750
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile - £21.60 £27.47
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £40.93
Median hourly rate £55.00 £34.00 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -30.70% -21.50%
75th Percentile £83.00 £36.75 £52.45
90th Percentile £86.98 £37.50 £57.36
South East median hourly rate £32.77 £36.17 £49.73
% change year-on-year -9.39% -27.28% +11.75%

Failover Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Failover Clustering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Failover Clustering in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Failover Clustering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Failover Clustering

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Failover Clustering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Failover Clustering

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Failover Clustering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
Berkshire - 1 £325 - 4
Failover Clustering
South East

Failover Clustering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) FireEye
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium