Failover Clustering Contract Job Trends
Failover Clustering (High-Availability, HA)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Failover Clustering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 644 | 551 | 533 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -93 | -18 | +73 |
| Contract jobs citing Failover Clustering | 35 | 10 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.064% | 0.030% | 0.059% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.56% | 0.21% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 5 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | £433 | £368 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £596 | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £600 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.83% | +33.33% | -14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | - | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £606 | £560 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £325 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.00% | -26.76% | -13.41% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 6,211 | 4,761 | 4,615 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 11.28% | 14.35% | 12.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,126 | 3,069 | 2,987 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | £277 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -3.85% | -5.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £680 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £483 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.63% | -1.53% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 229 | 96 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.50 | £15.42 | £19.82 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £18.87 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.00 | £25.50 | £34.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +147.06% | -25.00% | -35.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.75 | £62.50 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.12 | £72.38 | £74.66 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.00 | £21.39 | £34.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +194.53% | -37.09% | -26.38% |
Failover Clustering Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Failover Clustering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Failover Clustering Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Failover Clustering.
Failover Clustering Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Failover Clustering over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
Failover Clustering Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Failover Clustering.
Failover Clustering Top 12 Contract Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 20 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -99 | 30 | £543 | +16.04% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | -83 | 25 | £488 | +50.00% | 12 |
| North of England | - | 11 | £475 | - | 1 |
| London | -86 | 10 | £700 | +14.75% | 4 |
| North West | - | 10 | £488 | - | |
| South West | - | 7 | £560 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 5 | £425 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | -80 | 3 | £405 | -32.50% | 5 |
| South East | -57 | 1 | £600 | +84.62% | 2 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £300 | - | 2 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £300 | - | 5 |
| North East | - | 1 | £225 | - |
Failover Clustering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Systems Management
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Clustering | 22.9% | 8 |
| 2 | Puppet | 14.3% | 5 |
| 2 | Red Hat Satellite | 14.3% | 5 |
| 2 | WSUS | 14.3% | 5 |
| 5 | SCCM | 11.4% | 4 |
| 6 | Ansible | 5.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Microsoft Intune | 5.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Pacemaker | 5.7% | 2 |
| 6 | Perfmon | 5.7% | 2 |
| 6 | SCOM | 5.7% | 2 |
| 6 | VxRail | 5.7% | 2 |
| 12 | Grafana | 2.9% | 1 |
| 12 | PaperCut | 2.9% | 1 |
| 12 | Prometheus | 2.9% | 1 |
| 12 | SCVMM | 2.9% | 1 |
| 12 | WMI | 2.9% | 1 |