High Availability Jobs in the South East

High Availability
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring High Availability skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited High Availability over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 270 306
Rank change year-on-year +143 +36 -95
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 207 120 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.20% 0.71% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 0.84% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 70 98 62
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,091 £26,700
25th Percentile £44,563 £46,531 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £112,500 £78,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

High Availability falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 14,216 13,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.72% 84.52% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,300 9,913 7,957
10th Percentile £29,975 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the South East

High Availability
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High Availability in the South East.

Salary trend for High Availability in the South East

High Availability
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing High Availability in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for High Availability in the South East

High Availability
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +89 106 £40,000 -30.43% 13
Thames Valley +77 41 £62,500 +6.38% 28
Hampshire +76 29 £57,500 +2.22% 20
Middlesex +5 23 - -
Berkshire +38 22 £67,500 - 19
Oxfordshire +40 11 £52,000 -9.57% 10
Buckinghamshire +42 8 £62,500 +7.99% 3
Kent +28 6 £55,000 -4.35% 3
West Sussex +39 1 £75,000 +7.14% 3
High Availability
England

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 25 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.90%) Apache
3 4 (1.93%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.97%) IIS
5 1 (0.48%) Confluence
5 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.48%) JBoss
5 1 (0.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.48%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.48%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 70 (33.82%) AWS
2 54 (26.09%) Azure
3 25 (12.08%) Pulumi
4 24 (11.59%) GCP
5 16 (7.73%) SaaS
6 13 (6.28%) PaaS
7 11 (5.31%) GitHub
8 8 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.86%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (3.38%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.90%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.93%) IaaS
12 3 (1.45%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.45%) Serverless
13 2 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.97%) H2O.ai
13 2 (0.97%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 110 (53.14%) Broadband
2 27 (13.04%) SAN
3 26 (12.56%) NAS
4 25 (12.08%) DNS
5 24 (11.59%) Firewall
6 17 (8.21%) DHCP
7 13 (6.28%) VPN
8 10 (4.83%) Network Security
9 6 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (2.90%) SMTP
9 6 (2.90%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.90%) VSAN
10 4 (1.93%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.93%) SNMP
11 2 (0.97%) IP Telephony
11 2 (0.97%) VLAN
12 1 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.48%) LTE
12 1 (0.48%) VSAT
12 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.49%) NoSQL
2 28 (13.53%) Relational Database
3 25 (12.08%) RDBMS
4 9 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.86%) MySQL
5 8 (3.86%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.90%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.93%) Big Data
8 4 (1.93%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.97%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.97%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.97%) Bigtable
9 2 (0.97%) HBase
9 2 (0.97%) Impala
9 2 (0.97%) Metadata
9 2 (0.97%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.97%) Tableau
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 25 (12.08%) Jaeger
2 14 (6.76%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.80%) Git
4 3 (1.45%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.45%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.45%) git-flow
4 3 (1.45%) Gradle
5 2 (0.97%) JUnit
6 1 (0.48%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.48%) GitLab
6 1 (0.48%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 101 (48.79%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (7.25%) Telecoms
4 14 (6.76%) Multimedia
5 13 (6.28%) Law
6 8 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.38%) Games
8 6 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.93%) Finance
10 3 (1.45%) Banking
11 2 (0.97%) Electronics
11 2 (0.97%) Legal
12 1 (0.48%) Advertising
12 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.48%) Automotive
12 1 (0.48%) Marketing
12 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (31.88%) Lead
2 36 (17.39%) Team Leader
3 32 (15.46%) Support Engineer
4 29 (14.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 26 (12.56%) Systems Engineer
6 24 (11.59%) Infrastructure Support
6 24 (11.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 22 (10.63%) Senior
8 20 (9.66%) Cloud Engineer
9 17 (8.21%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 15 (7.25%) Engineering Manager
11 14 (6.76%) IT Engineer
12 13 (6.28%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (6.28%) IT Support
12 13 (6.28%) IT Support Engineer
13 7 (3.38%) Administrator
14 6 (2.90%) Support Specialist
14 6 (2.90%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 6 (2.90%) Virtualisation Specialist
14 6 (2.90%) VMware Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.53%) Elastic Stack
2 25 (12.08%) OpenTelemetry
3 10 (4.83%) Node.js
4 8 (3.86%) Kafka
5 6 (2.90%) YAML
6 5 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.93%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.45%) Drools
9 2 (0.97%) LAMP
9 2 (0.97%) Middleware
9 2 (0.97%) Spring
10 1 (0.48%) Django
10 1 (0.48%) Flask
10 1 (0.48%) Hibernate
10 1 (0.48%) REST
10 1 (0.48%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.48%) SAP XI
10 1 (0.48%) Web Services
10 1 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.49%) Clustering
2 16 (7.73%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.31%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.38%) Replication
5 6 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.90%) PKI
6 4 (1.93%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.93%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.93%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.97%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Online Games
9 1 (0.48%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.48%) IoT
9 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 58 (28.02%) Linux
2 50 (24.15%) Windows
3 25 (12.08%) Unix
4 20 (9.66%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.38%) SUSE
6 5 (2.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 3 (1.45%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.97%) Debian
9 1 (0.48%) CentOS
9 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (57.00%) Computer Science
2 114 (55.07%) Roadmaps
3 113 (54.59%) Mentoring
4 112 (54.11%) Product Management
5 104 (50.24%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (41.06%) Broadcast Engineering
7 56 (27.05%) DevOps
8 50 (24.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 43 (20.77%) Task Automation
10 41 (19.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 37 (17.87%) Containerisation
12 33 (15.94%) CI/CD
13 32 (15.46%) Agile
14 30 (14.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 27 (13.04%) Cost Optimisation
15 27 (13.04%) Incident Management
16 26 (12.56%) GitOps
16 26 (12.56%) Performance Optimisation
17 25 (12.08%) Analytics
17 25 (12.08%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (27.54%) Python
2 42 (20.29%) PowerShell
3 34 (16.43%) Java
4 33 (15.94%) Bash
5 26 (12.56%) Go
6 25 (12.08%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.80%) SQL
8 6 (2.90%) Bicep
9 2 (0.97%) C
9 2 (0.97%) Perl
9 2 (0.97%) PHP
9 2 (0.97%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 119 (57.49%) Degree
2 94 (45.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (15.94%) AWS Certification
4 30 (14.49%) Security Cleared
5 24 (11.59%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.83%) HND
7 6 (2.90%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.93%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.45%) OCP
10 3 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.97%) CEH
11 2 (0.97%) CISSP
11 2 (0.97%) HNC
11 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.83%) GDPR
2 4 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.45%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (23.67%) Docker
2 39 (18.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (17.39%) Active Directory
4 18 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 17 (8.21%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (6.76%) vSphere
7 8 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.90%) BitLocker
8 6 (2.90%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (2.90%) Terminal Services
9 5 (2.42%) NFS
10 2 (0.97%) HDFS
10 2 (0.97%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.48%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.48%) Squid
Systems Management
1 61 (29.47%) Kubernetes
2 52 (25.12%) Ansible
3 40 (19.32%) Terraform
4 29 (14.01%) Prometheus
5 26 (12.56%) Argo
6 25 (12.08%) Kustomize
7 13 (6.28%) Puppet
8 12 (5.80%) vCenter Server
8 12 (5.80%) vMotion
9 6 (2.90%) Nagios
9 6 (2.90%) PowerCLI
9 6 (2.90%) vRealize
10 4 (1.93%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.93%) Grafana
11 3 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.97%) Hadoop YARN
13 1 (0.48%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 53 (25.60%) Microsoft
2 46 (22.22%) VMware
3 36 (17.39%) Google
4 15 (7.25%) HP
5 12 (5.80%) Citrix
6 10 (4.83%) Veeam
7 7 (3.38%) SAP
8 6 (2.90%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.90%) Databricks
8 6 (2.90%) Symantec
9 5 (2.42%) Cisco
10 4 (1.93%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.45%) Oracle
12 2 (0.97%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.97%) Dataiku
12 2 (0.97%) Dell
12 2 (0.97%) MapR
12 2 (0.97%) McAfee
12 2 (0.97%) Salesforce
13 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto