High Availability Jobs in the UK excluding London

High Availability
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 348 270
Rank change year-on-year +116 -78 +1
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 487 516 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 0.73% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.87% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 179 419 401
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £74,375 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -12.21% +10.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,661 59,520 56,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.93% 83.89% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,979 41,130 29,107
10th Percentile £26,929 £27,218 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing High Availability in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing High Availability in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +149 208 £57,500 +4.55% 165
East of England +95 91 £62,500 +8.70% 28
North of England -18 74 £58,750 +2.17% 86
Midlands +18 54 £60,000 +26.98% 39
South West +103 44 £61,250 +6.52% 34
North West -24 40 £67,500 +17.39% 47
West Midlands +15 33 £73,750 +47.50% 29
East Midlands +26 19 £48,500 +14.12% 10
North East +48 17 £57,500 - 13
Yorkshire +23 17 £53,750 -6.52% 28
Scotland +66 11 £74,500 +41.90% 22
Wales +33 5 £52,000 +1.58% 3
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £55,000 - 15
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 38 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.29%) IIS
3 14 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.44%) Apache
4 7 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.03%) Confluence
6 4 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.62%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.41%) nginx
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.21%) JBoss
9 1 (0.21%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 5 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 150 (30.80%) AWS
2 109 (22.38%) Azure
3 66 (13.55%) Pulumi
4 32 (6.57%) GCP
5 30 (6.16%) SaaS
6 22 (4.52%) GitHub
7 19 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (3.49%) Entra ID
8 17 (3.49%) PaaS
9 14 (2.87%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.46%) Serverless
12 10 (2.05%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.64%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.64%) IaaS
13 8 (1.64%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 225 (46.20%) Broadband
2 44 (9.03%) Firewall
3 40 (8.21%) SAN
4 36 (7.39%) DNS
5 31 (6.37%) NAS
6 26 (5.34%) DHCP
6 26 (5.34%) VPN
7 22 (4.52%) Network Security
8 11 (2.26%) TCP/IP
8 11 (2.26%) WAN
8 11 (2.26%) Wireless
9 9 (1.85%) FTP
10 8 (1.64%) LAN
11 7 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (1.44%) VSAN
12 6 (1.23%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.23%) SMTP
12 6 (1.23%) SNMP
13 4 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (15.20%) NoSQL
2 71 (14.58%) Relational Database
3 67 (13.76%) RDBMS
4 49 (10.06%) SQL Server
5 25 (5.13%) MongoDB
6 16 (3.29%) Big Data
7 15 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (3.08%) MySQL
8 13 (2.67%) Power BI
9 12 (2.46%) Data Lake
10 11 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.44%) Data Hub
13 7 (1.44%) Metadata
13 7 (1.44%) SQL CLR
14 6 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.82%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 65 (13.35%) Jaeger
2 30 (6.16%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.13%) Git
4 11 (2.26%) GitLab
5 7 (1.44%) JIRA
5 7 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.62%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.62%) Gradle
6 3 (0.62%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.41%) Babel
7 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.41%) git-flow
7 2 (0.41%) Mocha
7 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.41%) webpack
8 1 (0.21%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.21%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.21%) Maven
8 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 221 (45.38%) Social Skills
2 83 (17.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 41 (8.42%) Finance
4 36 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.13%) Law
5 25 (5.13%) Multimedia
6 23 (4.72%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.67%) Banking
8 11 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.05%) Electronics
9 10 (2.05%) Games
10 8 (1.64%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.44%) Advertising
11 7 (1.44%) Back Office
11 7 (1.44%) Local Government
12 5 (1.03%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.03%) Retail
13 4 (0.82%) Legal
13 4 (0.82%) Marketing
14 2 (0.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 145 (29.77%) Lead
2 86 (17.66%) Team Leader
3 67 (13.76%) Senior
4 47 (9.65%) Systems Engineer
5 45 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 42 (8.62%) Support Engineer
7 32 (6.57%) Software Engineer
8 28 (5.75%) Developer
8 28 (5.75%) Engineering Manager
9 27 (5.54%) Cloud Engineer
10 25 (5.13%) Infrastructure Support
10 25 (5.13%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 21 (4.31%) IT Engineer
12 20 (4.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.70%) Administrator
15 16 (3.29%) IT Support
16 15 (3.08%) Architect
17 14 (2.87%) IT Support Engineer
18 13 (2.67%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (14.37%) Elastic Stack
2 65 (13.35%) OpenTelemetry
3 24 (4.93%) Kafka
4 23 (4.72%) Node.js
5 22 (4.52%) .NET
6 17 (3.49%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.08%) REST
8 11 (2.26%) Middleware
8 11 (2.26%) SAML
9 10 (2.05%) gRPC
9 10 (2.05%) OAuth
10 9 (1.85%) .NET Core
10 9 (1.85%) SOAP
11 7 (1.44%) .NET Framework
11 7 (1.44%) React
12 6 (1.23%) RESTful
12 6 (1.23%) Spring
12 6 (1.23%) Web Services
12 6 (1.23%) YAML
13 5 (1.03%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.01%) Clustering
2 24 (4.93%) Replication
3 23 (4.72%) Public Cloud
4 18 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.46%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.05%) Reference Data
8 8 (1.64%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.44%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.23%) Device Driver
10 6 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.23%) PKI
11 5 (1.03%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.82%) Online Games
12 4 (0.82%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 130 (26.69%) Linux
2 86 (17.66%) Windows
3 65 (13.35%) Unix
4 42 (8.62%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.44%) SUSE
7 6 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.03%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.82%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.62%) Android
10 3 (0.62%) Solaris
11 2 (0.41%) Debian
11 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.21%) AIX
12 1 (0.21%) CentOS
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (52.16%) Mentoring
2 238 (48.87%) Roadmaps
3 226 (46.41%) Product Management
4 220 (45.17%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (42.09%) Computer Science
6 159 (32.65%) Broadcast Engineering
7 134 (27.52%) DevOps
8 102 (20.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 93 (19.10%) Agile
10 91 (18.69%) Containerisation
11 87 (17.86%) Task Automation
12 75 (15.40%) Performance Optimisation
13 70 (14.37%) Cost Optimisation
14 69 (14.17%) Continuous Integration
14 69 (14.17%) Disaster Recovery
15 67 (13.76%) CI/CD
16 66 (13.55%) GitOps
16 66 (13.55%) Resource Management
17 65 (13.35%) Budget Control
18 55 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 118 (24.23%) Python
2 96 (19.71%) Java
3 80 (16.43%) Bash
3 80 (16.43%) JavaScript
4 72 (14.78%) PowerShell
5 66 (13.55%) Go
6 58 (11.91%) SQL
7 29 (5.95%) C#
8 19 (3.90%) TypeScript
9 12 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.05%) C
11 8 (1.64%) C++
12 7 (1.44%) PHP
13 6 (1.23%) Bicep
14 5 (1.03%) Perl
15 2 (0.41%) RPG
15 2 (0.41%) RPG IV
15 2 (0.41%) Ruby
15 2 (0.41%) Rust
16 1 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 222 (45.59%) Degree
2 179 (36.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 74 (15.20%) AWS Certification
4 55 (11.29%) Security Cleared
5 34 (6.98%) DV Cleared
6 21 (4.31%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.08%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.46%) CCNP
10 11 (2.26%) HND
11 9 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.64%) CCNA
13 7 (1.44%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.82%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.41%) CISSP
16 2 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.41%) OCP
16 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.67%) GDPR
2 12 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.05%) QA
4 8 (1.64%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.41%) NCSC
9 2 (0.41%) NIST
9 2 (0.41%) SEPA
10 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.21%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 106 (21.77%) Docker
2 59 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (11.50%) Active Directory
4 27 (5.54%) Hyper-V
5 19 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (3.49%) vSphere
7 12 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.44%) NFS
9 6 (1.23%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.23%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.62%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.41%) Firmware
12 2 (0.41%) HDFS
12 2 (0.41%) Squid
12 2 (0.41%) SRDF
12 2 (0.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (27.52%) Kubernetes
2 112 (23.00%) Terraform
3 105 (21.56%) Ansible
4 72 (14.78%) Prometheus
5 68 (13.96%) Argo
6 65 (13.35%) Kustomize
7 17 (3.49%) Puppet
8 13 (2.67%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.46%) vMotion
10 10 (2.05%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (1.64%) Grafana
12 7 (1.44%) FortiGate
13 6 (1.23%) Nagios
13 6 (1.23%) PowerCLI
13 6 (1.23%) vRealize
14 5 (1.03%) Progress Chef
14 5 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
16 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
16 3 (0.62%) SCOM
Vendors
1 107 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 82 (16.84%) Google
3 78 (16.02%) VMware
4 20 (4.11%) Cisco
5 16 (3.29%) HP
6 13 (2.67%) Citrix
6 13 (2.67%) Oracle
6 13 (2.67%) SAP
7 12 (2.46%) Red Hat
8 11 (2.26%) Veeam
9 8 (1.64%) IBM
9 8 (1.64%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.44%) Databricks
11 6 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.23%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.23%) Symantec
12 5 (1.03%) Nimble Storage
12 5 (1.03%) Splunk
13 4 (0.82%) F5
14 3 (0.62%) McAfee