Failover Clustering Job Trends in England

Failover Clustering (High-Availability, HA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Failover Clustering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 688 626 768
Rank change year-on-year -62 +142 -25
Permanent jobs citing Failover Clustering 23 25 60
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.026% 0.058% 0.068%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.46% 0.48% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 22 17 47
10th Percentile £37,975 £54,800 £28,800
25th Percentile £40,625 - £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +58.11% +0.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £88,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £44,274
% change year-on-year -28.57% +58.11% +0.05%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Failover Clustering falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,045 5,208 8,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.76% 12.00% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,771 3,143 6,069
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £84,919
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,367 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.06% +6.19% -7.41%

Failover Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Failover Clustering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Failover Clustering job vacancy trend in England

Failover Clustering
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Failover Clustering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Failover Clustering

Failover Clustering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Failover Clustering in England over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Failover Clustering in England

Failover Clustering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Failover Clustering within the England region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -20 9 £40,000 - 3
East Midlands -22 7 £50,000 -12.28%
Midlands -27 7 £50,000 -21.26%
East of England -14 4 £60,000 +9.09%
London -24 3 £57,500 -24.59% 1
Failover Clustering
UK

Failover Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (34.78%) IIS
3 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
3 8 (34.78%) AWS
4 6 (26.09%) Cloudflare
5 3 (13.04%) SaaS
6 2 (8.70%) Mimecast
7 1 (4.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) DNS
2 9 (39.13%) DHCP
3 7 (30.43%) Firewall
4 5 (21.74%) Wireless
5 4 (17.39%) LAN
5 4 (17.39%) VPN
5 4 (17.39%) WAN
6 2 (8.70%) SAN
6 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.35%) BGP
7 1 (4.35%) IPsec
7 1 (4.35%) Network Security
7 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
7 1 (4.35%) SNMP
7 1 (4.35%) SSL
7 1 (4.35%) VLAN
7 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Games
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) IT Engineer
1 10 (43.48%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) IT Support
2 8 (34.78%) Senior
3 7 (30.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Network Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior IT Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior IT Support
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Support Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) Administrator
4 6 (26.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) Network Administrator
4 6 (26.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Network Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (95.65%) Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) NHS
3 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.70%) PKI
4 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Replication
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (95.65%) Windows
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server
3 6 (26.09%) Linux
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) High Availability
3 7 (30.43%) Network Load Balancing
3 7 (30.43%) Project Delivery
3 7 (30.43%) Virtual Environments
4 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (26.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 6 (26.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Logistics
5 4 (17.39%) Project Management
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
6 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
7 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
7 2 (8.70%) Network Management
7 2 (8.70%) Patch Management
7 2 (8.70%) Storage Management
8 1 (4.35%) Computer Science
8 1 (4.35%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.35%) CCNP
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (65.22%) Active Directory
1 15 (65.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (4.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco
2 2 (8.70%) Veeam