High Availability Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

High Availability
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 292 265
Rank change year-on-year +45 -27 +86
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 177 347 523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.03% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.12% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 128 288 387
10th Percentile £46,617 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -14.81% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76,563 £80,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,875 £104,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -14.18% +15.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

High Availability
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

High Availability trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

High Availability
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing High Availability.

High Availability salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

High Availability
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing High Availability over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

High Availability salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.52%) Apache
3 6 (3.39%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.82%) Confluence
4 5 (2.82%) IIS
4 5 (2.82%) nginx
5 3 (1.69%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.13%) OpenStack
6 2 (1.13%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.13%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (44.63%) Azure
2 71 (40.11%) AWS
3 40 (22.60%) SaaS
4 39 (22.03%) GCP
5 24 (13.56%) PaaS
6 22 (12.43%) Serverless
7 17 (9.60%) AWS CloudFormation
7 17 (9.60%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (8.47%) GitHub
9 14 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (7.34%) AWS KMS
10 13 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (6.21%) Power Platform
12 6 (3.39%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (3.39%) Entra ID
13 5 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.82%) IaaS
14 4 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (1.69%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.60%) Firewall
2 16 (9.04%) Network Security
3 14 (7.91%) SAN
4 12 (6.78%) DNS
4 12 (6.78%) NAS
4 12 (6.78%) TCP/IP
5 11 (6.21%) Wireless
6 7 (3.95%) DHCP
6 7 (3.95%) VPN
6 7 (3.95%) WAN
7 6 (3.39%) LAN
8 5 (2.82%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (2.26%) BGP
10 3 (1.69%) OSPF
10 3 (1.69%) SNMP
11 2 (1.13%) FCoE
11 2 (1.13%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (1.13%) Internet
11 2 (1.13%) TACACS
11 2 (1.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.34%) Data Hub
2 13 (7.34%) SQL CLR
3 10 (5.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (5.08%) Metadata
4 9 (5.08%) Power BI
4 9 (5.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (4.52%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.95%) MySQL
7 6 (3.39%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.69%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (1.13%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 37 (20.90%) Jenkins
2 32 (18.08%) Git
3 9 (5.08%) JIRA
4 8 (4.52%) GitLab
5 3 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.13%) Babel
6 2 (1.13%) Gradle
6 2 (1.13%) Maven
6 2 (1.13%) Mocha
6 2 (1.13%) Selenium
6 2 (1.13%) Subversion
6 2 (1.13%) webpack
7 1 (0.56%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.56%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.56%) JUnit
General
1 63 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.86%) Finance
3 31 (17.51%) Telecoms
4 24 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (12.99%) Law
6 13 (7.34%) Back Office
7 9 (5.08%) Banking
8 7 (3.95%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.39%) Electronics
10 5 (2.82%) Games
10 5 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.82%) Retail
11 2 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Automotive
12 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.56%) Marketing
12 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 60 (33.90%) Senior
2 29 (16.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 27 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (11.86%) Developer
5 20 (11.30%) Architect
6 19 (10.73%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 13 (7.34%) AWS Architect
7 13 (7.34%) Cloud Architect
7 13 (7.34%) Software Engineer
8 12 (6.78%) Lead
8 12 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 12 (6.78%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.65%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (5.65%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 9 (5.08%) IT Support
10 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Developer
10 9 (5.08%) SaaS Developer
10 9 (5.08%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 9 (5.08%) Senior SQL Developer
10 9 (5.08%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (13.56%) Node.js
2 21 (11.86%) .NET
3 20 (11.30%) Kafka
4 19 (10.73%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (9.60%) REST
6 10 (5.65%) .NET Framework
6 10 (5.65%) Web Services
7 9 (5.08%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.95%) .NET Core
8 7 (3.95%) Entity Framework
8 7 (3.95%) Middleware
9 5 (2.82%) OAuth
9 5 (2.82%) SOAP
10 4 (2.26%) Dapper ORM
10 4 (2.26%) JSON
10 4 (2.26%) React
10 4 (2.26%) RESTful
10 4 (2.26%) SAML
10 4 (2.26%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.69%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.77%) Management Information System
2 17 (9.60%) Public Cloud
3 15 (8.47%) Clustering
4 13 (7.34%) Private Cloud
5 9 (5.08%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.95%) Replication
7 6 (3.39%) Device Driver
7 6 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.26%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.13%) IoT
10 2 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.13%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 56 (31.64%) Windows
2 54 (30.51%) Linux
3 22 (12.43%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.52%) Solaris
5 7 (3.95%) Unix
5 7 (3.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.69%) AIX
9 3 (1.69%) Debian
10 2 (1.13%) SUSE
10 2 (1.13%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.56%) Android
11 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (43.50%) DevOps
2 76 (42.94%) CI/CD
3 46 (25.99%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (25.42%) Computer Science
4 45 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (24.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (22.60%) Disaster Recovery
6 40 (22.60%) Software Engineering
7 38 (21.47%) Cloud Security
7 38 (21.47%) Performance Tuning
8 31 (17.51%) Mentoring
9 26 (14.69%) Data Protection
9 26 (14.69%) Microservices
10 24 (13.56%) Analytics
10 24 (13.56%) Containerisation
11 23 (12.99%) Incident Management
12 22 (12.43%) Continuous Delivery
13 21 (11.86%) Agile
13 21 (11.86%) Migration
14 20 (11.30%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.73%) Python
1 42 (23.73%) SQL
2 28 (15.82%) PowerShell
3 25 (14.12%) C#
3 25 (14.12%) Java
4 10 (5.65%) Bash
4 10 (5.65%) T-SQL
5 9 (5.08%) C++
5 9 (5.08%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.08%) TypeScript
6 8 (4.52%) C
7 6 (3.39%) Perl
8 3 (1.69%) Go
8 3 (1.69%) PHP
9 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.56%) Ruby
9 1 (0.56%) Scala
9 1 (0.56%) VB
9 1 (0.56%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.56%) VB6
Qualifications
1 49 (27.68%) Degree
2 31 (17.51%) Security Cleared
3 21 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (9.60%) AWS Certification
5 16 (9.04%) SC Cleared
6 14 (7.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (5.08%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.95%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.39%) CCNP
10 5 (2.82%) CCNA
10 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (1.13%) CCIE
11 2 (1.13%) CEH
11 2 (1.13%) CISSP
11 2 (1.13%) MCP
11 2 (1.13%) MCSA
11 2 (1.13%) SAP Certification
11 2 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.56%) GDPR
2 15 (8.47%) HIPAA
3 9 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.39%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.26%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.69%) QA
6 3 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (18.08%) Docker
3 23 (12.99%) Active Directory
4 12 (6.78%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.26%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.26%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.26%) vSphere
6 3 (1.69%) Firmware
6 3 (1.69%) Squid
7 2 (1.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.13%) KVM
7 2 (1.13%) NFS
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (1.13%) SRDF
7 2 (1.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (1.13%) Xen
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (33.33%) Terraform
2 52 (29.38%) Kubernetes
3 43 (24.29%) Ansible
4 21 (11.86%) Grafana
5 19 (10.73%) Prometheus
6 11 (6.21%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (3.39%) Puppet
9 4 (2.26%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.69%) HAProxy
10 3 (1.69%) SCOM
11 2 (1.13%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.13%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.13%) SCCM
11 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.13%) vCenter Server
11 2 (1.13%) vRealize
11 2 (1.13%) VxRail
11 2 (1.13%) WSUS
12 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (37.29%) Microsoft
2 42 (23.73%) VMware
3 15 (8.47%) Google
4 9 (5.08%) EMC
4 9 (5.08%) Oracle
4 9 (5.08%) Red Hat
5 8 (4.52%) Cisco
6 5 (2.82%) Dell
6 5 (2.82%) HP
6 5 (2.82%) SAP
7 4 (2.26%) F5
7 4 (2.26%) NetApp
7 4 (2.26%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.69%) IBM
8 3 (1.69%) Informatica
8 3 (1.69%) Splunk
8 3 (1.69%) TOWER Software
8 3 (1.69%) Veeam
9 2 (1.13%) Ivanti
9 2 (1.13%) Salesforce