Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 26 February 2021

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Replication over the 6 months to 26 February 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Replication
UK
6 months to
26 Feb 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 524 549 551
Rank change year-on-year +25 +2 -25
Permanent jobs citing Replication 312 543 767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.44% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 1.14% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 285 448 673
Median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,175 £31,250
90th Percentile £69,000 £73,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%

Replication is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,084 47,469 59,915
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 39.09% 38.55% 39.59%
Number of salaries quoted 21,548 36,985 46,158
Median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £29,436
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% +3.45%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Replication.

Salary trend for Replication in the UK

Replication
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Replication over the 6 months to 26 February 2021.

Salary histogram for Replication in the UK

Replication
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Replication within the UK over the 6 months to 26 February 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +71 301 £50,000 - 61
UK excluding London +52 193 £45,000 - 52
London +107 112 £56,250 -6.25% 16
North of England +87 74 £45,000 +20.00% 16
Midlands +74 64 £47,500 +5.56% 9
North West +73 53 £47,500 +26.67% 10
West Midlands +55 35 £41,250 -8.33% 6
Work from Home -81 35 £50,000 +5.26% 9
East Midlands +43 30 £50,000 +5.26% 3
South East +41 28 £48,750 -0.51% 15
Yorkshire +45 20 £37,500 +7.14% 6
South West +34 13 £26,000 -48.00% 3
East of England +44 11 £50,000 +21.21% 2
Wales +29 4 £38,750 +3.33% 2
Scotland +11 1 £47,500 +8.57% 4
North East +3 1 - -

For the 6 months to 26 February 2021, IT jobs citing Replication also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Replication.

1 154 (49.36%) SQL Server
2 134 (42.95%) Windows
3 118 (37.82%) SQL
4 116 (37.18%) Microsoft
5 112 (35.90%) Active Directory
6 104 (33.33%) VMware
7 98 (31.41%) Azure
8 96 (30.77%) Linux
9 83 (26.60%) Clustering
10 82 (26.28%) VMware Infrastructure
11 75 (24.04%) Windows Server
12 74 (23.72%) Performance Tuning
12 74 (23.72%) Microsoft 365
13 65 (20.83%) DNS
14 58 (18.59%) PowerShell
15 57 (18.27%) High Availability
16 56 (17.95%) DHCP
17 51 (16.35%) Oracle
17 51 (16.35%) Veeam
18 50 (16.03%) MySQL
19 49 (15.71%) Hyper-V
20 48 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
21 47 (15.06%) Cisco
22 44 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 43 (13.78%) Disaster Recovery
23 43 (13.78%) Firewall
23 43 (13.78%) SAN
24 40 (12.82%) Finance
24 40 (12.82%) AWS
24 40 (12.82%) Bash Shell

Replication
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (9.29%) MS Exchange
2 13 (4.17%) Confluence
2 13 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2013
2 13 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.53%) IIS
4 10 (3.21%) Apache
4 10 (3.21%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.24%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.92%) OpenEdge
6 6 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.92%) Red Hat Fuse
7 5 (1.60%) nginx
7 5 (1.60%) Tomcat
8 4 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (1.28%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.64%) JBoss
10 1 (0.32%) SAS
10 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.64%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.32%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 98 (31.41%) Azure
2 74 (23.72%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (12.82%) AWS
4 19 (6.09%) SaaS
5 18 (5.77%) Mimecast
6 14 (4.49%) IaaS
7 11 (3.53%) GCP
8 6 (1.92%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.92%) PaaS
9 5 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.60%) Serverless
10 4 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Active Directory
11 3 (0.96%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (20.83%) DNS
2 56 (17.95%) DHCP
3 43 (13.78%) Firewall
3 43 (13.78%) SAN
4 34 (10.90%) WAN
5 29 (9.29%) VPN
6 28 (8.97%) LAN
6 28 (8.97%) TCP/IP
7 20 (6.41%) VLAN
8 18 (5.77%) Remote Desktop
9 17 (5.45%) Network Security
10 13 (4.17%) Internet
10 13 (4.17%) iSCSI
10 13 (4.17%) VoIP
11 11 (3.53%) Skype
12 8 (2.56%) MPLS
12 8 (2.56%) NAS
12 8 (2.56%) SSL
13 7 (2.24%) SNMP
14 6 (1.92%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (49.36%) SQL Server
2 50 (16.03%) MySQL
3 39 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (8.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (8.65%) MariaDB
6 25 (8.01%) SQL Server 2008
7 24 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (6.73%) SQL Server 2019
9 17 (5.45%) MongoDB
10 16 (5.13%) NoSQL
10 16 (5.13%) Oracle Database
11 13 (4.17%) Big Data
11 13 (4.17%) SQL Server 2012
12 10 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (2.88%) OLAP
13 9 (2.88%) SQL Server 2017
14 8 (2.56%) Hadoop
14 8 (2.56%) Redis
14 8 (2.56%) SQL Server 7
15 7 (2.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (7.69%) JIRA
2 15 (4.81%) Git (software)
3 13 (4.17%) Bitbucket
4 9 (2.88%) Selenium
4 9 (2.88%) SoapUI
4 9 (2.88%) TeamCity
5 8 (2.56%) MSTest
5 8 (2.56%) NUnit
5 8 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 8 (2.56%) SpecFlow
6 4 (1.28%) GitLab
7 3 (0.96%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.32%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 40 (12.82%) Finance
2 22 (7.05%) Law
3 15 (4.81%) Banking
4 11 (3.53%) Telecoms
5 10 (3.21%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.88%) Games
7 8 (2.56%) Back Office
8 7 (2.24%) Advertising
8 7 (2.24%) Automotive
8 7 (2.24%) Legal
9 6 (1.92%) Publishing
9 6 (1.92%) Retail
10 2 (0.64%) Local Government
10 2 (0.64%) Military
11 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.32%) French Language
11 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 112 (35.90%) DBA
2 61 (19.55%) SQL DBA
3 47 (15.06%) Administrator
4 35 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 29 (9.29%) SQL Server DBA
6 25 (8.01%) MySQL DBA
7 22 (7.05%) Support Engineer
8 20 (6.41%) IT Engineer
9 19 (6.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 18 (5.77%) Analyst
11 17 (5.45%) 3rd Line Support
12 14 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
13 13 (4.17%) Systems Administrator
14 12 (3.85%) .NET Developer
14 12 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 12 (3.85%) Developer
14 12 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.45%) .NET
2 14 (4.49%) .NET Framework
2 14 (4.49%) AngularJS
2 14 (4.49%) Middleware
3 12 (3.85%) ASP.NET
3 12 (3.85%) ASP.NET Core
3 12 (3.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 12 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
3 12 (3.85%) Blazor
3 12 (3.85%) React
4 10 (3.21%) Web Services
5 8 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 8 (2.56%) CSS
5 8 (2.56%) Entity Framework
5 8 (2.56%) HTML
5 8 (2.56%) RESTful
5 8 (2.56%) WPF
6 7 (2.24%) Unreal Engine
7 6 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.92%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 83 (26.60%) Clustering
2 40 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (7.37%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.53%) Driving Licence
5 11 (3.53%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.88%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.92%) Animation
8 6 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.92%) FMCG
8 6 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.60%) PKI
9 5 (1.60%) User Experience
10 4 (1.28%) AS400
10 4 (1.28%) iSeries
11 3 (0.96%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 134 (42.95%) Windows
2 96 (30.77%) Linux
3 75 (24.04%) Windows Server
4 27 (8.65%) Windows Server 2008
5 24 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (6.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (4.81%) Windows 10
8 13 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (2.56%) Android
9 8 (2.56%) CentOS
10 7 (2.24%) Oracle Linux
10 7 (2.24%) Ubuntu
11 6 (1.92%) Mac OS
12 5 (1.60%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.60%) Unix
13 3 (0.96%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.96%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.64%) Debian
14 2 (0.64%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (23.72%) Performance Tuning
2 57 (18.27%) High Availability
3 48 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (13.78%) Disaster Recovery
6 40 (12.82%) DevOps
7 33 (10.58%) ITIL
8 30 (9.62%) Agile Software Development
9 26 (8.33%) Database Mirroring
10 25 (8.01%) Change Data Capture
11 24 (7.69%) Service Delivery
12 20 (6.41%) Problem Management
13 18 (5.77%) Configuration Management
14 17 (5.45%) Migration
14 17 (5.45%) Performance Monitoring
15 16 (5.13%) Open Source
16 15 (4.81%) Project Management
16 15 (4.81%) Scrum
16 15 (4.81%) Service Management
17 14 (4.49%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (37.82%) SQL
2 58 (18.59%) PowerShell
3 40 (12.82%) Bash Shell
4 36 (11.54%) T-SQL
5 18 (5.77%) C#
5 18 (5.77%) Python
6 13 (4.17%) Perl
6 13 (4.17%) Shell Script
7 9 (2.88%) Java
7 9 (2.88%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.56%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.24%) C++
10 6 (1.92%) PHP
11 5 (1.60%) Korn
12 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.32%) Ruby
12 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (12.18%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.77%) Degree
3 18 (5.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 17 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.13%) CCNA
5 16 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.81%) MCSE
7 13 (4.17%) MCSA
8 8 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.92%) MCP
10 5 (1.60%) CCNP
10 5 (1.60%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.28%) MCDBA
12 3 (0.96%) PCI QSA
13 1 (0.32%) ISEB
13 1 (0.32%) MCITP
13 1 (0.32%) MCT
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.97%) QA
2 21 (6.73%) SLA
3 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (1.92%) COBIT
4 6 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.64%) GDPR
6 2 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 112 (35.90%) Active Directory
2 82 (26.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (15.71%) Hyper-V
4 30 (9.62%) vSphere
5 24 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (6.73%) XenApp
7 9 (2.88%) Firmware
7 9 (2.88%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.92%) HDFS
9 5 (1.60%) Docker
9 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.60%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.96%) Varnish
10 3 (0.96%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.64%) etcd
11 2 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.32%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 32 (10.26%) Failover Clustering
2 25 (8.01%) Microsoft Clustering
3 16 (5.13%) Ansible
3 16 (5.13%) SCCM
4 15 (4.81%) WSUS
5 14 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.49%) Terraform
6 13 (4.17%) Data Guard
7 10 (3.21%) Opscode Chef
7 10 (3.21%) Puppet
8 8 (2.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 7 (2.24%) Oracle RMAN
10 6 (1.92%) Galera Cluster
10 6 (1.92%) Grafana
11 5 (1.60%) Kubernetes
11 5 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.28%) Graphite
12 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (1.28%) Prometheus
12 4 (1.28%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 116 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 104 (33.33%) VMware
3 51 (16.35%) Oracle
3 51 (16.35%) Veeam
4 47 (15.06%) Cisco
5 39 (12.50%) Citrix
6 31 (9.94%) Dell
7 27 (8.65%) HP
8 25 (8.01%) Google
9 18 (5.77%) Red Hat
10 14 (4.49%) SolarWinds
11 11 (3.53%) Aruba
12 10 (3.21%) Atlassian
13 8 (2.56%) Avaya
13 8 (2.56%) Intel
13 8 (2.56%) SonicWALL
14 7 (2.24%) IBM
14 7 (2.24%) NetApp
14 7 (2.24%) Zerto
15 6 (1.92%) Facebook
72 Replication job vacancies Nationwide