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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 240 289
Rank change year-on-year +15 +49 -37
Contract jobs citing High Availability 377 536 681
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.12% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.25% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 348 421
10th Percentile £300 £384 £404
25th Percentile £400 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £700 £700 £800
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.18% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 18
10th Percentile £23.80 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £25.64 £60.75 -
Median hourly rate £44.80 £67.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -33.13% +180.22% +59.40%
75th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -6.67% +176.04% +59.40%

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 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -12 163 £550 -8.33% 65
South East +51 84 £490 -10.91% 28
North of England +32 48 £475 -9.52% 22
South West -8 32 £640 +16.36% 9
Midlands -5 24 £411 -17.80% 21
Yorkshire +27 21 £507 -8.85% 4
North West +4 17 £475 -9.52% 16
East of England -11 16 £375 -31.82% 14
East Midlands +15 12 £418 -7.11% 8
West Midlands -12 12 £400 -18.37% 13
North East +21 10 £388 - 2
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 31 (8.22%) Confluence
2 13 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.86%) IIS
3 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.86%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.33%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.06%) Apache
5 4 (1.06%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.80%) SAS
7 2 (0.53%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
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 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.12%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.59%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.80%) MIS ActiveH
5 3 (0.80%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.80%) OPENHousing
6 2 (0.53%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.53%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.53%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 96 (25.46%) AWS
2 91 (24.14%) Azure
3 49 (13.00%) GCP
4 24 (6.37%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (5.57%) GitHub
6 20 (5.31%) Serverless
7 17 (4.51%) PaaS
8 16 (4.24%) Amazon S3
8 16 (4.24%) SaaS
9 15 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (3.18%) IaaS
10 12 (3.18%) Nutanix
11 11 (2.92%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.65%) Azure API Management
12 10 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (2.12%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
14 8 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (2.12%) Rubrik
14 8 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 72 (19.10%) Firewall
2 42 (11.14%) VPN
3 29 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
4 23 (6.10%) DNS
4 23 (6.10%) Wireless
5 19 (5.04%) WAN
6 18 (4.77%) Network Security
7 17 (4.51%) SAN
8 16 (4.24%) DHCP
9 15 (3.98%) BGP
9 15 (3.98%) Wireshark
10 14 (3.71%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (3.71%) HTTP
10 14 (3.71%) LAN
10 14 (3.71%) OSPF
11 13 (3.45%) DMZ
11 13 (3.45%) SD-WAN
11 13 (3.45%) TCP/IP
12 12 (3.18%) 4G
12 12 (3.18%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.06%) SQL Server
2 44 (11.67%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (9.28%) Relational Database
4 28 (7.43%) Oracle Database
5 20 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
6 19 (5.04%) Apache Cassandra
7 16 (4.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 14 (3.71%) Data Lake
8 14 (3.71%) Hadoop
9 13 (3.45%) MongoDB
9 13 (3.45%) NoSQL
10 12 (3.18%) Big Data
10 12 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (2.65%) MySQL
12 10 (2.65%) SAP HANA
13 9 (2.39%) BigQuery
14 8 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 71 (18.83%) Git
2 36 (9.55%) Jenkins
3 33 (8.75%) JIRA
4 25 (6.63%) JUnit
5 16 (4.24%) GitLab
6 8 (2.12%) Subversion
7 7 (1.86%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.86%) Gatling
8 5 (1.33%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.06%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.06%) Mockito
9 4 (1.06%) ScalaTest
9 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.53%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.27%) Maven
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 86 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.61%) Banking
2 40 (10.61%) Finance
2 40 (10.61%) Public Sector
3 30 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.31%) Investment Banking
5 17 (4.51%) Telecoms
6 7 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.59%) Military
8 5 (1.33%) Front Office
8 5 (1.33%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.33%) Marketing
9 3 (0.80%) Electronics
9 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.80%) Retail
10 2 (0.53%) Advertising
10 2 (0.53%) Arabic Language
10 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.53%) French Language
Job Titles
1 55 (14.59%) Developer
2 48 (12.73%) Architect
3 45 (11.94%) Network Engineer
4 42 (11.14%) Senior
5 34 (9.02%) Java Developer
6 30 (7.96%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (7.69%) DBA
8 22 (5.84%) DevOps Engineer
9 21 (5.57%) Administrator
10 20 (5.31%) SQL DBA
11 18 (4.77%) Lead
12 17 (4.51%) Analyst
12 17 (4.51%) Consultant
13 14 (3.71%) Cisco Engineer
13 14 (3.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 14 (3.71%) Juniper Engineer
14 13 (3.45%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 13 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (3.45%) Technical Consultant
15 12 (3.18%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.55%) Spring
2 34 (9.02%) REST
3 31 (8.22%) Kafka
4 30 (7.96%) Hibernate
4 30 (7.96%) JPA
5 28 (7.43%) Spring Boot
6 26 (6.90%) React
7 24 (6.37%) .NET
8 17 (4.51%) RESTful
9 15 (3.98%) Middleware
10 12 (3.18%) YAML
11 11 (2.92%) Akka
11 11 (2.92%) LDAP
12 9 (2.39%) .NET Core
12 9 (2.39%) Node.js
12 9 (2.39%) SAP Basis
12 9 (2.39%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (2.39%) Web Services
13 8 (2.12%) SailPoint
13 8 (2.12%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.26%) Clustering
2 30 (7.96%) Data Centre
2 30 (7.96%) Replication
3 12 (3.18%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.18%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (2.92%) Public Cloud
5 10 (2.65%) PKI
6 9 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.12%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.86%) Blog
8 7 (1.86%) Derivative
8 7 (1.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.59%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.80%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 81 (21.49%) Linux
2 64 (16.98%) Windows
3 39 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 26 (6.90%) Unix
5 17 (4.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.65%) Solaris
7 7 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.33%) Android
9 5 (1.33%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.53%) AIX
11 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.27%) VMS
12 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (30.50%) DevOps
1 115 (30.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 91 (24.14%) Agile
3 63 (16.71%) Microservices
4 56 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (12.47%) CI/CD
6 44 (11.67%) Migration
7 43 (11.41%) Scrum
8 42 (11.14%) Performance Tuning
8 42 (11.14%) Unit Testing
9 38 (10.08%) Analytics
9 38 (10.08%) Mentoring
10 37 (9.81%) Containerisation
10 37 (9.81%) Infrastructure as Code
11 36 (9.55%) ITIL
12 29 (7.69%) Capacity Management
13 27 (7.16%) TDD
14 26 (6.90%) Computer Science
15 25 (6.63%) Configuration Management
16 24 (6.37%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (20.16%) Java
2 75 (19.89%) Python
2 75 (19.89%) SQL
3 43 (11.41%) PowerShell
4 39 (10.34%) Bash
5 26 (6.90%) C#
6 25 (6.63%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.18%) C++
7 12 (3.18%) Scala
8 11 (2.92%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.65%) Ruby
10 8 (2.12%) Bicep
10 8 (2.12%) Go
10 8 (2.12%) Perl
10 8 (2.12%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.59%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.33%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.33%) PHP
13 4 (1.06%) C
14 2 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (27.32%) Security Cleared
2 72 (19.10%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.47%) DV Cleared
4 39 (10.34%) Degree
5 26 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (4.24%) CCNA
8 15 (3.98%) CCNP
9 13 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.92%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.12%) MCITP
11 8 (2.12%) MCTS
12 7 (1.86%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.86%) MCSE
12 7 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.59%) CCIE
14 5 (1.33%) CCDP
14 5 (1.33%) JNCIA
14 5 (1.33%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.33%) GDPR
2 5 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (1.33%) SLA
3 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.80%) QA
4 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.27%) IFRS
5 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 73 (19.36%) Docker
2 54 (14.32%) Active Directory
2 54 (14.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.84%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (4.24%) VMware NSX
4 16 (4.24%) vSphere
5 10 (2.65%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.86%) Firmware
7 5 (1.33%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (1.06%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.80%) KVM
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.80%) XenApp
10 2 (0.53%) Ceph
10 2 (0.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 85 (22.55%) Kubernetes
2 58 (15.38%) Terraform
3 43 (11.41%) Ansible
4 14 (3.71%) Grafana
4 14 (3.71%) ITRS Geneos
5 9 (2.39%) SCCM
6 8 (2.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 8 (2.12%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.86%) BladeLogic
7 7 (1.86%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.86%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.86%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.86%) Puppet
8 6 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.33%) Data Guard
9 5 (1.33%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.33%) Netcool
9 5 (1.33%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 68 (18.04%) VMware
2 64 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 59 (15.65%) Cisco
4 58 (15.38%) Oracle
5 27 (7.16%) Juniper
6 22 (5.84%) Red Hat
7 21 (5.57%) Citrix
8 20 (5.31%) Palo Alto
8 20 (5.31%) SAP
9 19 (5.04%) ServiceNow
9 19 (5.04%) SolarWinds
10 17 (4.51%) Dell
11 16 (4.24%) Google
12 15 (3.98%) Fortinet
12 15 (3.98%) Splunk
13 14 (3.71%) CheckPoint
14 13 (3.45%) Blue Coat
14 13 (3.45%) CyberArk
14 13 (3.45%) HP
15 12 (3.18%) Huawei