High Availability Contracts

High Availability
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring High Availability skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited High Availability over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 200 220
Rank change year-on-year +59 +20 +75
Contract jobs citing High Availability 595 515 727
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.04% 1.18% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 1.37% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 337 485
10th Percentile £350 £313 £400
25th Percentile £450 £429 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £633 £650 £641
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 17
10th Percentile £24.90 £23.80 £58.50
25th Percentile £26.11 £28.00 £61.50
Median hourly rate £26.73 £61.60 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.62% -12.00% +192.76%
75th Percentile £61.38 - £75.00
90th Percentile £75.60 £63.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.35 £61.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year +20.70% -2.22% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High Availability.

Daily rate trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing High Availability.

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +86 466 £550 - 403
London +93 277 £600 +4.80% 197
UK excluding London +49 236 £513 +2.50% 224
Work from Home +53 207 £550 +4.76% 240
North of England +56 73 £475 +1.33% 64
South East +25 51 £503 +5.79% 64
North West +33 44 £475 -2.06% 41
Scotland -2 42 £500 -13.04% 17
South West +44 38 £550 -4.35% 20
Yorkshire +30 27 £513 +19.19% 14
Midlands +26 21 £541 +8.24% 36
West Midlands +17 17 £550 +10.00% 28
Northern Ireland -3 8 £325 - 8
Wales +6 6 £295 -43.81% 3
East of England +26 5 £473 -21.51% 14
East Midlands +11 4 £488 -11.36% 8
North East -9 1 £550 +41.94% 10

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (5.38%) Confluence
1 32 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.70%) Apache
4 18 (3.03%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.68%) OpenStack
6 8 (1.34%) nginx
7 7 (1.18%) IIS
8 6 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.67%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.50%) Camunda
11 3 (0.50%) CMS
11 3 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2003
11 3 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.50%) Office Communications Server
12 2 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.34%) MQSeries
Applications
1 20 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.34%) BASE24
2 2 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 183 (30.76%) AWS
2 161 (27.06%) Azure
3 66 (11.09%) GCP
4 62 (10.42%) Serverless
5 52 (8.74%) Amazon S3
6 48 (8.07%) AWS Lambda
7 45 (7.56%) GitHub
8 41 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (6.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 39 (6.55%) Entra ID
10 33 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (4.87%) IaaS
12 25 (4.20%) Amazon EKS
12 25 (4.20%) Cloud Computing
13 23 (3.87%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (3.53%) OpenShift
15 17 (2.86%) Amazon ELB
16 16 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (2.69%) OneDrive
16 16 (2.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.10%) Firewall
2 61 (10.25%) DNS
3 49 (8.24%) VPN
4 47 (7.90%) Network Security
5 36 (6.05%) TCP/IP
6 35 (5.88%) DHCP
7 28 (4.71%) WAN
8 24 (4.03%) LAN
9 23 (3.87%) BGP
9 23 (3.87%) HTTP
10 22 (3.70%) SAN
11 21 (3.53%) OSPF
12 17 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (2.86%) VLAN
13 16 (2.69%) 5G
14 15 (2.52%) 4G
14 15 (2.52%) Wireless
15 13 (2.18%) SD-WAN
15 13 (2.18%) SSL
16 12 (2.02%) 5G NR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (9.41%) SQL Server
2 45 (7.56%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (6.55%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (5.71%) MySQL
5 31 (5.21%) MongoDB
6 29 (4.87%) Oracle Database
7 25 (4.20%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.03%) NoSQL
9 16 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.35%) Big Data
11 13 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
12 10 (1.68%) Flink
13 8 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (1.34%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (1.18%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.18%) Oracle Database 12c
15 5 (0.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 77 (12.94%) Jenkins
2 57 (9.58%) Git
3 42 (7.06%) JIRA
4 41 (6.89%) GitLab
5 20 (3.36%) TeamCity
6 16 (2.69%) JUnit
6 16 (2.69%) Subversion
7 13 (2.18%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.68%) Jasmine
9 9 (1.51%) Maven
10 8 (1.34%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (1.01%) Gradle
13 5 (0.84%) Ant
13 5 (0.84%) DBeaver
13 5 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (0.67%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.67%) GCC
14 4 (0.67%) GDB
14 4 (0.67%) SonarQube
General
1 167 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 102 (17.14%) Finance
3 88 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (12.10%) Public Sector
5 47 (7.90%) Banking
6 37 (6.22%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.70%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.86%) Front Office
9 10 (1.68%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.51%) Legal
11 8 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.01%) Law
13 5 (0.84%) Wholesale Banking
14 4 (0.67%) Local Government
15 3 (0.50%) German Language
15 3 (0.50%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.50%) Military
15 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (16.13%) Architect
2 89 (14.96%) Developer
3 79 (13.28%) Senior
4 47 (7.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 41 (6.89%) DBA
6 37 (6.22%) Administrator
7 35 (5.88%) AWS Architect
8 29 (4.87%) Platform Engineer
9 26 (4.37%) Lead
10 25 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
10 25 (4.20%) Java Developer
10 25 (4.20%) Network Engineer
11 24 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (3.70%) SQL DBA
13 20 (3.36%) Senior Developer
14 19 (3.19%) Support Engineer
15 18 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
15 18 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (3.03%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.21%) Kafka
1 31 (5.21%) REST
2 28 (4.71%) Spring
3 26 (4.37%) Spring Boot
4 23 (3.87%) RESTful
5 22 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
6 20 (3.36%) .NET
7 15 (2.52%) Flash
7 15 (2.52%) OpenAPI
7 15 (2.52%) Swagger
8 14 (2.35%) Middleware
9 13 (2.18%) HTML
10 11 (1.85%) AngularJS
11 10 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
11 10 (1.68%) LDAP
11 10 (1.68%) Node.js
12 9 (1.51%) ARM Templates
12 9 (1.51%) OAuth
12 9 (1.51%) Spring Batch
12 9 (1.51%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.91%) Clustering
2 48 (8.07%) Replication
3 47 (7.90%) Cloud Native
4 37 (6.22%) Data Centre
5 26 (4.37%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (2.52%) PKI
9 15 (2.52%) Private Cloud
10 14 (2.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 12 (2.02%) Mainframe
12 11 (1.85%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.68%) Distributed Architecture
13 10 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 10 (1.68%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.51%) Credit Risk
14 9 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 158 (26.55%) Linux
2 99 (16.64%) Windows
3 57 (9.58%) Windows Server
4 55 (9.24%) Unix
5 54 (9.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (5.55%) Solaris
7 16 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.02%) Ubuntu
9 11 (1.85%) AIX
9 11 (1.85%) CentOS
9 11 (1.85%) HPUX
9 11 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.01%) VMS
11 4 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
11 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.34%) SUSE
14 1 (0.17%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (30.59%) DevOps
2 169 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (24.71%) CI/CD
4 140 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 100 (16.81%) Containerisation
6 97 (16.30%) Agile
7 83 (13.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 79 (13.28%) Performance Tuning
9 75 (12.61%) Migration
10 61 (10.25%) Task Automation
11 56 (9.41%) Mentoring
12 48 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 47 (7.90%) ITIL
14 45 (7.56%) Computer Science
15 43 (7.23%) Microservices
16 42 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (7.06%) Load Balancing
17 39 (6.55%) Cloud Security
17 39 (6.55%) Configuration Management
18 38 (6.39%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 192 (32.27%) Python
2 123 (20.67%) SQL
3 77 (12.94%) PowerShell
4 69 (11.60%) Bash
5 57 (9.58%) Java
6 33 (5.55%) Perl
7 24 (4.03%) JavaScript
8 22 (3.70%) Shell Script
9 18 (3.03%) C#
10 13 (2.18%) Bicep
10 13 (2.18%) Groovy
11 9 (1.51%) C++
11 9 (1.51%) Go
12 8 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.18%) Ruby
13 7 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.01%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.67%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.67%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (0.67%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 162 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 129 (21.68%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.41%) Degree
4 37 (6.22%) AWS Certification
5 35 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (5.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (4.20%) CCNA
7 25 (4.20%) DV Cleared
8 24 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (3.53%) CCNP
9 21 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (3.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 20 (3.36%) Azure Certification
11 14 (2.35%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (1.34%) MCSE
13 7 (1.18%) CISSP
14 6 (1.01%) CCSE
15 5 (0.84%) VCAP
16 3 (0.50%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.87%) GDPR
2 15 (2.52%) QA
3 9 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (1.51%) SLA
4 8 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.18%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.18%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (0.84%) NCSC
6 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.34%) HL7
7 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.34%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.34%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 95 (15.97%) Docker
2 81 (13.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (10.42%) Active Directory
4 42 (7.06%) VMware ESXi
5 34 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (4.03%) vSphere
7 20 (3.36%) VMware NSX
8 16 (2.69%) Oracle RAC
9 14 (2.35%) Hyper-V
10 7 (1.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 7 (1.18%) NFS
11 4 (0.67%) KVM
11 4 (0.67%) Veritas File System
11 4 (0.67%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 3 (0.50%) Brightmail
12 3 (0.50%) vCloud
12 3 (0.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 125 (21.01%) Ansible
2 120 (20.17%) Kubernetes
3 112 (18.82%) Terraform
4 31 (5.21%) Prometheus
5 30 (5.04%) vCenter Server
6 26 (4.37%) Grafana
7 23 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (3.36%) Puppet
9 17 (2.86%) Progress Chef
10 14 (2.35%) Microsoft Clustering
11 13 (2.18%) Data Guard
12 11 (1.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 10 (1.68%) QRadar
13 10 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
13 10 (1.68%) Tivoli
13 10 (1.68%) WSUS
14 9 (1.51%) FortiGate
14 9 (1.51%) Kibana
14 9 (1.51%) Nagios
15 8 (1.34%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 105 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 101 (16.97%) VMware
3 60 (10.08%) Cisco
4 55 (9.24%) Oracle
5 47 (7.90%) Red Hat
6 36 (6.05%) Splunk
7 26 (4.37%) Google
7 26 (4.37%) IBM
8 17 (2.86%) HP
8 17 (2.86%) SolarWinds
9 16 (2.69%) Fortinet
10 15 (2.52%) Databricks
10 15 (2.52%) ServiceNow
11 13 (2.18%) Atlassian
11 13 (2.18%) Dynatrace
12 12 (2.02%) Citrix
12 12 (2.02%) Dell
12 12 (2.02%) SAP
13 11 (1.85%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.85%) EMC