Replication Contracts

Replication
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Replication 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 374 391 425
Rank change year-on-year +17 +34 +70
Contract jobs citing Replication 147 212 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.49% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 1.60% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 117 199
10th Percentile £363 £281 £400
25th Percentile £425 £400 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £578
90th Percentile £675 £686 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £546 £514 £505
% change year-on-year +6.23% +1.78% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 21
10th Percentile - - £60.00
25th Percentile - - £61.50
Median hourly rate £23.59 - £70.00
75th Percentile £28.50 - £75.00
90th Percentile £58.62 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.35 - £68.00
% change year-on-year - - +36.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Replication falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

Replication
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Replication in the UK

Replication
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Replication in the UK

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Replication in the UK

Replication
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Replication in the UK

Replication
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Replication in the UK

Replication
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Replication 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 +16 123 £545 +9.00% 104
UK excluding London +58 83 £546 +6.23% 58
London -9 51 £563 +18.42% 54
Work from Home +7 40 £438 -16.67% 51
South East +54 21 £540 -6.09% 17
South West +42 19 £548 -12.32% 13
North of England +16 14 £450 -12.45% 12
Scotland +14 13 £589 +24.00% 5
Yorkshire -1 9 £510 -0.78% 4
East of England +39 8 £467 -1.79% 1
Midlands +20 6 £488 -15.22% 8
West Midlands +14 6 £488 -7.14% 8
North West +15 5 £450 - 7
Wales +6 2 £271 - 2

Replication
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 5 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.72%) Apache
2 4 (2.72%) Confluence
3 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.04%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (2.04%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.04%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.36%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.68%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.68%) CMS
5 1 (0.68%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (0.68%) Endur
2 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Convergent Charging
2 1 (0.68%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (25.85%) Azure
2 28 (19.05%) AWS
3 11 (7.48%) Nutanix
4 9 (6.12%) GitHub
5 8 (5.44%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.08%) GCP
6 6 (4.08%) IaaS
6 6 (4.08%) PaaS
7 5 (3.40%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.40%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.72%) OCI
8 4 (2.72%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.36%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (18.37%) DNS
2 18 (12.24%) Firewall
3 17 (11.56%) Kerberos
4 8 (5.44%) DHCP
4 8 (5.44%) SAN
5 7 (4.76%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.72%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (2.04%) DDNS
7 3 (2.04%) Network Security
7 3 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (2.04%) SNMP
7 3 (2.04%) SSH
7 3 (2.04%) Telnet
7 3 (2.04%) VPN
7 3 (2.04%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.36%) 5G
8 2 (1.36%) HTTP
8 2 (1.36%) LTE
8 2 (1.36%) NAS
8 2 (1.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (21.77%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (7.48%) MongoDB
4 9 (6.12%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (6.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (5.44%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (4.08%) NoSQL
6 6 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (3.40%) GIS
7 5 (3.40%) Metadata
7 5 (3.40%) MySQL
7 5 (3.40%) Oracle Database
7 5 (3.40%) Oracle Exadata
8 4 (2.72%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (2.72%) MariaDB
8 4 (2.72%) Power BI
8 4 (2.72%) Sybase ASE
9 3 (2.04%) Couchbase
9 3 (2.04%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 10 (6.80%) Git
2 8 (5.44%) TeamCity
3 7 (4.76%) Subversion
4 5 (3.40%) JIRA
5 3 (2.04%) GitLab
6 2 (1.36%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.36%) JMeter
6 2 (1.36%) Postman
6 2 (1.36%) Selenium
6 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.36%) tSQLt
7 1 (0.68%) Serena SBM
7 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 45 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.01%) Finance
3 23 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.48%) Banking
4 11 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.12%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.40%) Legal
7 3 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.36%) Billing
8 2 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.36%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.36%) Law
8 2 (1.36%) Retail
8 2 (1.36%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.68%) International Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Local Government
9 1 (0.68%) Marketing
9 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (19.05%) Architect
2 27 (18.37%) DBA
3 18 (12.24%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (9.52%) Administrator
5 12 (8.16%) Senior
6 11 (7.48%) SQL DBA
7 9 (6.12%) Consultant
7 9 (6.12%) Database Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Infrastructure Architect
9 7 (4.76%) Linux Administrator
10 6 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) 3rd Line Support
11 5 (3.40%) Data Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) Developer
11 5 (3.40%) Migration Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.20%) .NET
2 10 (6.80%) Kafka
3 7 (4.76%) REST
4 6 (4.08%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (3.40%) JSON
5 5 (3.40%) XML
6 4 (2.72%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (2.72%) LDAP
6 4 (2.72%) SOAP
7 3 (2.04%) Middleware
7 3 (2.04%) Web Services
8 2 (1.36%) FHIR
8 2 (1.36%) JWT
8 2 (1.36%) SAML
9 1 (0.68%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.68%) ADO
9 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.68%) JDBC
9 1 (0.68%) ODBC
9 1 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.41%) Clustering
2 27 (18.37%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.16%) PKI
4 7 (4.76%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.72%) LPAR
5 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.04%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.04%) iPad
6 3 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.04%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.04%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.04%) Oracle Licensing
6 3 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.04%) SCADA
7 2 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (23.81%) Windows
2 34 (23.13%) Linux
3 20 (13.61%) Solaris
4 18 (12.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (7.48%) Windows Server
6 8 (5.44%) HPUX
7 7 (4.76%) Unix
8 4 (2.72%) AIX
8 4 (2.72%) OS/400
9 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.36%) VMS
10 2 (1.36%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (32.65%) High Availability
2 45 (30.61%) Disaster Recovery
3 41 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (22.45%) Performance Tuning
5 30 (20.41%) DevOps
6 28 (19.05%) Migration
7 21 (14.29%) ITIL
8 19 (12.93%) CI/CD
9 16 (10.88%) ITSM
10 15 (10.20%) Agile
11 14 (9.52%) Database Security
11 14 (9.52%) RBAC
12 13 (8.84%) Database Tuning
12 13 (8.84%) Validation
13 12 (8.16%) Analytics
14 11 (7.48%) Problem Management
15 10 (6.80%) Business Continuity
15 10 (6.80%) Capacity Planning
15 10 (6.80%) Configuration Management
15 10 (6.80%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (31.97%) SQL
2 28 (19.05%) Python
3 13 (8.84%) Perl
4 12 (8.16%) Java
4 12 (8.16%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.48%) Bash
6 8 (5.44%) Shell Script
7 7 (4.76%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.40%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.40%) Scala
9 4 (2.72%) C#
9 4 (2.72%) RPG
10 2 (1.36%) Bicep
10 2 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.36%) Go
10 2 (1.36%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.68%) ABAP
11 1 (0.68%) Korn
11 1 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 24 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.40%) Degree
5 4 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.04%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.68%) CISSP
8 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) GIAC
8 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.68%) VCAP
8 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.20%) GDPR
2 9 (6.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.72%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.04%) NIST
5 3 (2.04%) SLA
6 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.36%) HL7
6 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.36%) QA
7 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.52%) Docker
2 14 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.12%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (5.44%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.08%) VMware NSX
6 5 (3.40%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.72%) PowerHA
8 3 (2.04%) Brightmail
8 3 (2.04%) FreeRADIUS
8 3 (2.04%) iptables
8 3 (2.04%) ISA Server
8 3 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (2.04%) vSphere
9 2 (1.36%) NFS
9 2 (1.36%) Veritas File System
9 2 (1.36%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 1 (0.68%) KVM
10 1 (0.68%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 21 (14.29%) Ansible
2 13 (8.84%) Terraform
3 10 (6.80%) Kubernetes
4 8 (5.44%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (4.76%) QRadar
6 6 (4.08%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (4.08%) Grafana
6 6 (4.08%) Puppet
6 6 (4.08%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (4.08%) Tivoli
6 6 (4.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (3.40%) Data Guard
7 5 (3.40%) logstash
8 4 (2.72%) Kibana
8 4 (2.72%) Nagios
8 4 (2.72%) Netcool
8 4 (2.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (2.72%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 26 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.65%) VMware
3 19 (12.93%) Oracle
4 15 (10.20%) Red Hat
4 15 (10.20%) Splunk
5 14 (9.52%) IBM
6 9 (6.12%) Qualys
6 9 (6.12%) ServiceNow
6 9 (6.12%) Sun
7 8 (5.44%) CyberArk
8 7 (4.76%) EMC
8 7 (4.76%) Sybase
8 7 (4.76%) Unisys
9 6 (4.08%) Dell
9 6 (4.08%) Dynatrace
9 6 (4.08%) SaltStack
9 6 (4.08%) SAP
10 4 (2.72%) HP
10 4 (2.72%) RedGate
10 4 (2.72%) Veeam