Failover Clustering Job Trends

Failover Clustering (High-Availability, HA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Failover Clustering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 728 650 859
Rank change year-on-year -78 +209 -52
Permanent jobs citing Failover Clustering 11 25 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.056% 0.049%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.22% 0.46% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 37
10th Percentile £37,750 £54,800 £27,300
25th Percentile £40,000 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +68.67% -7.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £88,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £64,350 £90,750 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +105.88% -15.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,034 5,381 9,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.35% 11.99% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,653 3,147 6,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £44,250
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 £87,500 £83,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +6.48% -9.28%

Failover Clustering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Failover Clustering job vacancy trend in the UK

Failover Clustering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Failover Clustering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Failover Clustering

Failover Clustering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Failover Clustering over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Failover Clustering in the UK

Failover Clustering
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Failover Clustering within the UK over the 6 months to 20 June 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
UK excluding London -48 11 £50,000 -28.57% 7
England -91 11 £50,000 -28.57% 7
South East -17 7 £40,000 - 3
Work from Home -3 6 £60,000 -14.29% 4
East of England -9 4 £60,000 +9.09%

Failover Clustering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (45.45%) IIS
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
3 5 (45.45%) AWS
4 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
5 3 (27.27%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) DNS
2 3 (27.27%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) DHCP
3 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) BGP
4 1 (9.09%) IPsec
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security
4 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (9.09%) SNMP
4 1 (9.09%) SSL
4 1 (9.09%) VLAN
4 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) IT Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) IT Support
3 4 (36.36%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) Senior IT Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior IT Support
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Support Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Clustering
2 3 (27.27%) NHS
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
4 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (9.09%) PKI
4 1 (9.09%) Replication
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server
3 5 (45.45%) Linux
3 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) High Availability
3 4 (36.36%) Network Load Balancing
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 2 (18.18%) Logistics
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
6 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (9.09%) Information Security
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (9.09%) SIEM
6 1 (9.09%) Validation
6 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
1 6 (54.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco