High Availability Contracts in England

High Availability
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for High Availability skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited High Availability over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 235 292
Rank change year-on-year +2 +57 -44
Contract jobs citing High Availability 373 565 684
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 1.13% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.25% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 372 415
10th Percentile £300 £388 £404
25th Percentile £400 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £800
UK median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% +13.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 19
10th Percentile £23.80 £60.00 £23.33
25th Percentile £24.85 £63.00 -
Median hourly rate £44.80 £70.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +192.76% +59.40%
75th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - £52.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.00% +192.76% +8.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

High Availability is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,103 45,050 64,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,075 31,613 45,917
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 1,592 1,754
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.42
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in England

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High Availability in England.

Daily rate trend for High Availability in England

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in England

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing High Availability in England.

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in England

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in England

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +11 174 £570 -5.00% 80
South East +52 74 £490 -10.91% 31
North of England +22 41 £469 -10.71% 38
South West +13 36 £625 +13.64% 13
Midlands +1 23 £400 -19.19% 26
North West +19 19 £485 -7.62% 25
West Midlands -2 15 £450 -8.16% 13
Yorkshire +14 12 £430 -21.82% 11
East of England -25 11 £602 +9.45% 15
North East +26 10 £388 - 2
East Midlands +19 8 £400 -11.11% 13
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 36 (9.65%) Confluence
2 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.88%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.61%) IIS
4 5 (1.34%) Apache
5 4 (1.07%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.07%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.07%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.80%) SAS
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.54%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.54%) JBoss
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.54%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.27%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.27%) MetaMask
8 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.61%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.54%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.54%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.54%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 94 (25.20%) AWS
2 89 (23.86%) Azure
3 42 (11.26%) GCP
4 23 (6.17%) PaaS
5 22 (5.90%) GitHub
6 21 (5.63%) SaaS
7 18 (4.83%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (4.29%) IaaS
9 15 (4.02%) Nutanix
9 15 (4.02%) Serverless
10 14 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.22%) Azure API Management
11 12 (3.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (2.95%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.95%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.68%) Rubrik
14 8 (2.14%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (19.57%) Firewall
2 43 (11.53%) VPN
3 28 (7.51%) DNS
4 27 (7.24%) Cisco Nexus
5 23 (6.17%) WAN
5 23 (6.17%) Wireless
6 22 (5.90%) DHCP
6 22 (5.90%) LAN
6 22 (5.90%) SAN
7 21 (5.63%) Network Security
8 17 (4.56%) BGP
9 16 (4.29%) Cisco ASA
9 16 (4.29%) OSPF
9 16 (4.29%) TCP/IP
9 16 (4.29%) VLAN
9 16 (4.29%) Wireshark
10 14 (3.75%) DMZ
10 14 (3.75%) NAS
11 13 (3.49%) HTTP
11 13 (3.49%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (13.67%) SQL Server
2 44 (11.80%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (9.38%) Relational Database
4 26 (6.97%) Oracle Database
5 18 (4.83%) Apache Cassandra
6 15 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (4.02%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.22%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.68%) MySQL
9 10 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.14%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.14%) Redis
11 8 (2.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 7 (1.88%) SAP HANA
13 6 (1.61%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 66 (17.69%) Git
2 37 (9.92%) JIRA
3 29 (7.77%) Jenkins
4 25 (6.70%) JUnit
5 14 (3.75%) GitLab
6 8 (2.14%) Subversion
6 8 (2.14%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.88%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.88%) Gatling
8 4 (1.07%) Mockito
8 4 (1.07%) ScalaTest
8 4 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (1.07%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.80%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.27%) Maven
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 71 (19.03%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.14%) Finance
3 45 (12.06%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.38%) Banking
5 25 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.70%) Telecoms
6 21 (5.63%) Investment Banking
7 11 (2.95%) Marketing
8 8 (2.14%) Electronics
8 8 (2.14%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.34%) Military
11 4 (1.07%) Front Office
12 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.80%) Retail
13 2 (0.54%) Arabic Language
13 2 (0.54%) French Language
13 2 (0.54%) German Language
13 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 57 (15.28%) Developer
2 45 (12.06%) Network Engineer
3 42 (11.26%) Senior
4 40 (10.72%) Architect
5 35 (9.38%) Java Developer
6 32 (8.58%) DBA
7 23 (6.17%) Administrator
8 22 (5.90%) SQL DBA
9 20 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (4.83%) Lead
11 17 (4.56%) Analyst
11 17 (4.56%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.02%) Consultant
13 13 (3.49%) Support Engineer
14 12 (3.22%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (3.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 12 (3.22%) Juniper Engineer
15 11 (2.95%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 11 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (2.95%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.72%) REST
2 39 (10.46%) Spring
3 32 (8.58%) Hibernate
3 32 (8.58%) JPA
4 31 (8.31%) Spring Boot
5 27 (7.24%) .NET
6 25 (6.70%) React
7 23 (6.17%) Kafka
8 17 (4.56%) LDAP
9 16 (4.29%) Middleware
9 16 (4.29%) RESTful
10 13 (3.49%) FIX Protocol
10 13 (3.49%) YAML
11 10 (2.68%) Akka
11 10 (2.68%) Spring Security
12 9 (2.41%) Node.js
12 9 (2.41%) SOAP
12 9 (2.41%) Web Services
13 8 (2.14%) SailPoint
13 8 (2.14%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.94%) Clustering
2 32 (8.58%) Replication
3 31 (8.31%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.49%) Derivative
5 12 (3.22%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.95%) PKI
7 10 (2.68%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (2.41%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.14%) NHS
9 8 (2.14%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.88%) Blog
11 6 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.61%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.34%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.07%) Distributed Computing
13 4 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.07%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.07%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 84 (22.52%) Linux
2 73 (19.57%) Windows
3 48 (12.87%) Windows Server
4 26 (6.97%) Unix
5 20 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (3.49%) Solaris
7 8 (2.14%) Oracle Linux
7 8 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.34%) Android
10 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.54%) AIX
11 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.27%) VMS
12 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (29.76%) Disaster Recovery
2 109 (29.22%) DevOps
3 99 (26.54%) Agile
4 62 (16.62%) Microservices
5 51 (13.67%) Scrum
6 49 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (12.06%) CI/CD
7 45 (12.06%) Migration
8 44 (11.80%) Performance Tuning
9 43 (11.53%) Mentoring
10 42 (11.26%) Unit Testing
11 41 (10.99%) ITIL
12 34 (9.12%) Capacity Management
12 34 (9.12%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (8.04%) Change Management
14 29 (7.77%) TDD
15 27 (7.24%) Containerisation
16 25 (6.70%) Computer Science
17 24 (6.43%) Cloud Security
17 24 (6.43%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 72 (19.30%) SQL
2 71 (19.03%) Java
3 70 (18.77%) Python
4 48 (12.87%) PowerShell
5 36 (9.65%) Bash
6 30 (8.04%) C#
7 24 (6.43%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.22%) C++
9 11 (2.95%) Scala
10 10 (2.68%) JavaScript
11 9 (2.41%) Bicep
11 9 (2.41%) Ruby
12 8 (2.14%) Go
12 8 (2.14%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.88%) Perl
14 6 (1.61%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.34%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.34%) PHP
16 4 (1.07%) C
17 2 (0.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 99 (26.54%) Security Cleared
2 76 (20.38%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.53%) Degree
4 40 (10.72%) DV Cleared
5 28 (7.51%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (4.29%) CCNA
7 16 (4.29%) CCNP
8 13 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.68%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.14%) MCITP
10 8 (2.14%) MCTS
11 7 (1.88%) MCSE
11 7 (1.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.34%) CCDP
12 5 (1.34%) CCIE
12 5 (1.34%) JNCIA
12 5 (1.34%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.34%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.14%) GDPR
1 8 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (1.88%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.07%) SLA
4 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.80%) QA
5 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 74 (19.84%) Docker
2 59 (15.82%) Active Directory
3 53 (14.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (5.90%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.02%) vSphere
6 11 (2.95%) Hyper-V
7 10 (2.68%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.68%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.88%) Firmware
9 5 (1.34%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.80%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.80%) KVM
10 3 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.80%) XenApp
11 2 (0.54%) Ceph
11 2 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 82 (21.98%) Kubernetes
2 54 (14.48%) Terraform
3 47 (12.60%) Ansible
4 18 (4.83%) ITRS Geneos
5 15 (4.02%) Grafana
6 10 (2.68%) Tivoli
7 8 (2.14%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (2.14%) Netcool
7 8 (2.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 8 (2.14%) Progress Chef
7 8 (2.14%) Puppet
7 8 (2.14%) SCCM
7 8 (2.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 8 (2.14%) vCenter Server
8 7 (1.88%) BladeLogic
8 7 (1.88%) Prometheus
9 6 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.34%) Data Guard
11 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (1.07%) Nagios
Vendors
1 67 (17.96%) VMware
2 64 (17.16%) Microsoft
3 59 (15.82%) Cisco
3 59 (15.82%) Oracle
4 29 (7.77%) Juniper
5 25 (6.70%) SAP
6 23 (6.17%) Red Hat
6 23 (6.17%) ServiceNow
7 21 (5.63%) Citrix
7 21 (5.63%) SolarWinds
8 19 (5.09%) Dell
8 19 (5.09%) Palo Alto
9 18 (4.83%) Splunk
10 16 (4.29%) CyberArk
11 15 (4.02%) Fortinet
11 15 (4.02%) HP
12 14 (3.75%) CheckPoint
13 13 (3.49%) Actix
13 13 (3.49%) IBM
13 13 (3.49%) Nokia