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 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 372 409
Rank change year-on-year -11 +37 +70
Contract jobs citing Replication 140 222 290
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.52% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 1.72% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 126 182
10th Percentile £363 £300 £387
25th Percentile £425 £412 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £507
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% +1.48% -3.52%
75th Percentile £592 £627 £575
90th Percentile £675 £703 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £514 £520
% change year-on-year -0.78% -1.15% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 24
10th Percentile £78.83 - £60.00
25th Percentile £79.03 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £79.35 - £70.00
75th Percentile £79.68 - £75.00
90th Percentile £79.87 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.35 - £68.00
% change year-on-year - - +39.49%

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 9,923 12,915 18,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.23% 30.10% 33.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,235 8,267 12,840
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £680
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 924 608
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.75 £15.21 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £35.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +60.23% -18.46%
75th Percentile £62.25 £61.30 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.35 £71.69 £74.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -9.26% +59.09% +2.95%

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 5 June 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
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 5 June 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 -4 114 £500 -4.76% 458
UK excluding London +45 83 £510 -0.78% 409
London -9 45 £538 +4.88% 94
Work from Home -18 38 £475 -10.80% 216
South East +43 17 £540 -6.09% 117
Scotland +16 15 £589 +28.74% 18
North of England 0 14 £450 -12.45% 78
South West +26 13 £545 -16.15% 55
East of England +35 11 £467 -15.18% 65
West Midlands +11 11 £475 -22.45% 44
Midlands -1 11 £475 -20.83% 75
Yorkshire -7 9 £510 -0.78% 35
North West +19 5 £450 -10.00% 34
Wales +7 2 £279 -49.32% 10

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 6 (4.29%) Confluence
2 5 (3.57%) Apache
2 5 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.14%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (2.14%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.14%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.71%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 2 (1.43%) SAP Convergent Charging
2 2 (1.43%) SAP CRM
2 2 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.71%) Endur
3 1 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.71%) AWS
2 27 (19.29%) Azure
3 11 (7.86%) Amazon S3
3 11 (7.86%) Nutanix
4 10 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
5 9 (6.43%) GitHub
6 7 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.00%) Snowflake
7 6 (4.29%) GCP
7 6 (4.29%) IaaS
7 6 (4.29%) PaaS
8 5 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.86%) OCI
9 4 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (2.14%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.14%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.86%) DNS
2 12 (8.57%) Firewall
3 8 (5.71%) Kerberos
4 7 (5.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.29%) SAN
6 5 (3.57%) DHCP
6 5 (3.57%) SSH
7 4 (2.86%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (2.86%) HTTP
8 3 (2.14%) 5G
8 3 (2.14%) DDNS
8 3 (2.14%) LTE
8 3 (2.14%) Network Security
8 3 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.14%) SNMP
8 3 (2.14%) Telnet
8 3 (2.14%) VLAN
8 3 (2.14%) VPN
8 3 (2.14%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (22.86%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.57%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.71%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.71%) MySQL
3 8 (5.71%) Oracle Database
3 8 (5.71%) Oracle Exadata
3 8 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.57%) GIS
6 5 (3.57%) MariaDB
7 4 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.86%) Metadata
7 4 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.86%) Sybase ASE
8 3 (2.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (9.29%) Git
2 8 (5.71%) TeamCity
3 7 (5.00%) JIRA
3 7 (5.00%) Subversion
4 3 (2.14%) GitLab
4 3 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.14%) Postman
5 2 (1.43%) JMeter
5 2 (1.43%) Selenium
5 2 (1.43%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.71%) Serena SBM
6 1 (0.71%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 41 (29.29%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.14%) Finance
3 21 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.86%) Banking
5 10 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.86%) Legal
7 3 (2.14%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.43%) Automotive
8 2 (1.43%) Billing
8 2 (1.43%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.43%) Retail
8 2 (1.43%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.71%) International Banking
9 1 (0.71%) Local Government
9 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (18.57%) DBA
2 17 (12.14%) Architect
3 14 (10.00%) Administrator
4 13 (9.29%) Senior
5 12 (8.57%) Consultant
6 9 (6.43%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.71%) Infrastructure Architect
7 8 (5.71%) SQL DBA
8 7 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.00%) Support Engineer
9 6 (4.29%) Database Engineer
9 6 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.29%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.29%) Linux Administrator
10 5 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
11 4 (2.86%) Active Directory Consultant
11 4 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (2.86%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (5.00%) SOAP
2 6 (4.29%) REST
3 5 (3.57%) .NET
3 5 (3.57%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (3.57%) JSON
3 5 (3.57%) Kafka
3 5 (3.57%) Web Services
4 4 (2.86%) LDAP
4 4 (2.86%) Middleware
4 4 (2.86%) XML
5 3 (2.14%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (1.43%) JWT
6 2 (1.43%) SAML
6 2 (1.43%) SAP BSP
6 2 (1.43%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.71%) FHIR
7 1 (0.71%) OAuth
7 1 (0.71%) ODBC
7 1 (0.71%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.86%) Clustering
2 18 (12.86%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.00%) Mainframe
4 5 (3.57%) PKI
5 4 (2.86%) LPAR
5 4 (2.86%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.86%) SCADA
6 3 (2.14%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.14%) Oracle Licensing
6 3 (2.14%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.43%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.43%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.43%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (27.14%) Windows
2 37 (26.43%) Linux
3 21 (15.00%) Solaris
4 18 (12.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (7.14%) Windows Server
6 9 (6.43%) HPUX
7 6 (4.29%) Unix
8 5 (3.57%) AIX
9 4 (2.86%) OS/400
10 3 (2.14%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (1.43%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (1.43%) VMS
11 2 (1.43%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (39.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 53 (37.86%) High Availability
3 37 (26.43%) Performance Tuning
4 36 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (25.00%) DevOps
6 29 (20.71%) Migration
7 23 (16.43%) CI/CD
8 20 (14.29%) ITIL
9 17 (12.14%) Database Security
10 16 (11.43%) Agile
10 16 (11.43%) Database Tuning
11 14 (10.00%) Validation
12 12 (8.57%) Analytics
12 12 (8.57%) Configuration Management
12 12 (8.57%) Data Modelling
12 12 (8.57%) Data Protection
13 11 (7.86%) Data Security
14 10 (7.14%) Business Continuity
14 10 (7.14%) Data Governance
14 10 (7.14%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.00%) SQL
2 28 (20.00%) Python
3 16 (11.43%) PowerShell
4 14 (10.00%) Perl
5 11 (7.86%) Bash
6 10 (7.14%) Java
7 7 (5.00%) Shell Script
7 7 (5.00%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.29%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.86%) ABAP
9 4 (2.86%) C#
9 4 (2.86%) Groovy
9 4 (2.86%) RPG
10 2 (1.43%) Bicep
10 2 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.43%) Go
10 2 (1.43%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.43%) Scala
10 2 (1.43%) VBScript
11 1 (0.71%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.71%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.86%) Degree
4 4 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.14%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.14%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.14%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.71%) CISSP
6 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) GIAC
6 1 (0.71%) MCSE
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.71%) VCAP
6 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.86%) GDPR
2 9 (6.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.29%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.29%) SLA
4 4 (2.86%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.86%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.14%) NIST
6 2 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.43%) QA
7 1 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.71%) HL7
7 1 (0.71%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.71%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.71%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.57%) Docker
3 11 (7.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (6.43%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (5.71%) Oracle RAC
6 6 (4.29%) VMware NSX
7 5 (3.57%) Hyper-V
8 4 (2.86%) PowerHA
8 4 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (2.14%) Brightmail
9 3 (2.14%) FreeRADIUS
9 3 (2.14%) iptables
9 3 (2.14%) ISA Server
9 3 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (2.14%) vSphere
10 2 (1.43%) DFS Replication
10 2 (1.43%) NFS
10 2 (1.43%) Veritas File System
10 2 (1.43%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 1 (0.71%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 19 (13.57%) Ansible
2 13 (9.29%) Terraform
3 9 (6.43%) Grafana
4 8 (5.71%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Clustering
5 7 (5.00%) QRadar
6 6 (4.29%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (4.29%) Kubernetes
6 6 (4.29%) logstash
6 6 (4.29%) Prometheus
6 6 (4.29%) Puppet
6 6 (4.29%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (4.29%) Tivoli
6 6 (4.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (3.57%) Data Guard
7 5 (3.57%) Kibana
8 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (2.86%) Nagios
8 4 (2.86%) Oracle Flashback
8 4 (2.86%) Podman
Vendors
1 24 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.29%) Oracle
3 19 (13.57%) VMware
4 15 (10.71%) IBM
5 14 (10.00%) Red Hat
6 13 (9.29%) Splunk
7 11 (7.86%) ServiceNow
8 10 (7.14%) SAP
9 9 (6.43%) Qualys
9 9 (6.43%) Sun
10 8 (5.71%) CyberArk
11 7 (5.00%) EMC
11 7 (5.00%) Unisys
12 6 (4.29%) Dell
12 6 (4.29%) SaltStack
13 5 (3.57%) Dynatrace
13 5 (3.57%) Sybase
14 4 (2.86%) HP
14 4 (2.86%) LogicMonitor
14 4 (2.86%) Veeam