Failover Clustering (High-Availability, HA)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Failover Clustering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 360 | 349 | 403 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +54 | +78 |
| Contract jobs citing Failover Clustering | 2 | 18 | 18 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.013% | 0.100% | 0.083% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.086% | 0.79% | 0.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £351 | £371 | £489 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £427 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £457 | £444 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.99% | -15.48% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £458 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £563 | £480 | £573 |
| UK median daily rate | £595 | £450 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +32.11% | -14.29% | +5.00% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 2,316 | 2,266 | 2,995 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 15.06% | 12.57% | 13.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,558 | 1,626 | 2,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £242 | £250 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £379 | £390 | £415 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £500 | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.45% | -4.31% | +1.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £617 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £700 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 36 | 106 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.79 | £17.82 | £16.99 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.25 | £25.38 | £20.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.23 | £39.25 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.87% | -15.01% | +119.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.00 | £55.63 | £73.74 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.15 | £74.00 | £78.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £31.39 | £35.08 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.54% | -36.21% | +139.13% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Failover Clustering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Failover Clustering.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Failover Clustering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Failover Clustering.
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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | +8 | 1 | £325 | - | 4 |
| Scotland | -7 | 1 | £589 | +34.63% | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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: