Replication Contracts

Replication
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Replication in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Replication over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 423 500
Rank change year-on-year +49 +77 -41
Contract jobs citing Replication 213 306 404
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.51% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 1.53% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 199 256
10th Percentile £294 £400 £400
25th Percentile £400 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +10.65%
75th Percentile £597 £582 £600
90th Percentile £683 £663 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £508 £450
% change year-on-year +1.18% +12.89% +1.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 22 8
10th Percentile - £60.15 £45.88
25th Percentile - £66.00 £49.06
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £65.52
Median % change year-on-year - +6.84% -0.38%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +40.00% -17.36%

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,286 20,043 29,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.45% 33.31% 32.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,527 13,774 20,521
10th Percentile £263 £306 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £650
90th Percentile £788 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 664 729
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.17 £11.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £22.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.56% -16.67% +3.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.33 £22.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year +19.25% +10.40% -16.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Replication.

Daily rate trend for Replication in the UK

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Replication over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Replication in the UK

Replication
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Replication.

Hourly rate trend for Replication in the UK

Replication
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Replication within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +32 173 £507 -1.55% 61
London +74 97 £500 - 24
Work from Home +55 84 £533 +6.50% 32
UK excluding London 0 79 £514 +1.18% 47
North of England +40 26 £514 +2.80% 7
Yorkshire +48 25 £514 -6.55% 1
South West +19 22 £625 +4.17% 8
Midlands +30 10 £575 +15.00% 12
South East -20 10 £575 +14.43% 9
West Midlands +29 8 £525 +22.09% 10
Scotland +29 8 £475 -5.47% 8
East of England 0 2 £475 -5.00% 1
Wales +15 1 - - 2
North West -1 1 - - 5

Replication
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (4.23%) Confluence
2 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.41%) GemFire
3 3 (1.41%) IIS
3 3 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.41%) WordPress
4 2 (0.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.94%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.94%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 11 (5.16%) Elite 3E
1 11 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (5.16%) Teamcenter
2 7 (3.29%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (2.82%) SAP Travel Management
4 5 (2.35%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.47%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.47%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-BP
6 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 64 (30.05%) Azure
2 47 (22.07%) AWS
3 29 (13.62%) PaaS
4 17 (7.98%) GCP
5 14 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (5.63%) GitHub
6 12 (5.63%) IaaS
7 9 (4.23%) Amazon S3
7 9 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.23%) Nutanix
7 9 (4.23%) SaaS
7 9 (4.23%) Serverless
8 8 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.76%) Rubrik
9 7 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.27%) Firewall
2 23 (10.80%) VLAN
3 22 (10.33%) FTP
4 20 (9.39%) SAN
5 18 (8.45%) DNS
6 12 (5.63%) NAS
7 11 (5.16%) DHCP
8 9 (4.23%) Kerberos
9 8 (3.76%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.82%) LAN
10 6 (2.82%) WAN
11 4 (1.88%) VPN
12 3 (1.41%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (1.41%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.41%) Wireless
13 2 (0.94%) BGP
13 2 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (0.94%) Skype
14 1 (0.47%) Internet
14 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (27.23%) SQL Server
2 30 (14.08%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (10.80%) Oracle Database
4 20 (9.39%) MongoDB
5 16 (7.51%) Hadoop
6 15 (7.04%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (4.69%) RDBMS
7 10 (4.69%) Relational Database
8 9 (4.23%) Sybase ASE
9 8 (3.76%) DB2
10 6 (2.82%) Informix
10 6 (2.82%) MySQL
11 5 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.35%) Oracle Exadata
11 5 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.88%) Redis
13 3 (1.41%) InterSystems Cache
13 3 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (8.92%) Git
2 11 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.23%) GitLab
3 9 (4.23%) JIRA
4 8 (3.76%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.88%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.94%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.47%) Hudson
7 1 (0.47%) JMeter
7 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.47%) Postman
7 1 (0.47%) Selenium
7 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.47%) tSQLt
General
1 47 (22.07%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.72%) Public Sector
3 25 (11.74%) Finance
4 23 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.16%) Banking
6 9 (4.23%) Legal
7 7 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.29%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.82%) Billing
8 6 (2.82%) Electronics
8 6 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.82%) Marketing
8 6 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.88%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.88%) Retail
10 2 (0.94%) Front Office
10 2 (0.94%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (16.43%) DBA
2 27 (12.68%) Senior
3 26 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (7.98%) Consultant
4 17 (7.98%) Implementation Specialist
5 14 (6.57%) Architect
6 13 (6.10%) Storage Engineer
6 13 (6.10%) Support Engineer
7 12 (5.63%) Data Engineer
7 12 (5.63%) Database Specialist
7 12 (5.63%) Senior DBA
8 11 (5.16%) Administrator
8 11 (5.16%) Applications Engineer
8 11 (5.16%) Applications Support
8 11 (5.16%) Applications Support Engineer
8 11 (5.16%) Network Engineer
8 11 (5.16%) SAP Consultant
8 11 (5.16%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 11 (5.16%) Senior Applications Support
8 11 (5.16%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.15%) LDAP
2 8 (3.76%) AWS CDK
3 6 (2.82%) .NET
3 6 (2.82%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.82%) Angular 2
3 6 (2.82%) AngularJS
3 6 (2.82%) Blazor
3 6 (2.82%) Entity Framework
3 6 (2.82%) HTML
3 6 (2.82%) HTML5
3 6 (2.82%) React
3 6 (2.82%) Redux
3 6 (2.82%) SAP TM
4 5 (2.35%) JSON
4 5 (2.35%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 5 (2.35%) SAP ALE
5 3 (1.41%) IDoc
5 3 (1.41%) LAMP
5 3 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (1.41%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.27%) Clustering
2 22 (10.33%) Linux Command Line
3 18 (8.45%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.10%) Blog
5 4 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.41%) EMC VNX
6 3 (1.41%) IoT
7 2 (0.94%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.94%) Derivative
7 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.94%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.94%) PKI
7 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.47%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.47%) NHS
8 1 (0.47%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 103 (48.36%) Windows
2 82 (38.50%) Linux
3 45 (21.13%) Windows Server
4 30 (14.08%) Unix
5 28 (13.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (10.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (5.16%) Solaris
9 9 (4.23%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (1.88%) VMS
11 3 (1.41%) AIX
11 3 (1.41%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.47%) Android
12 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (41.78%) Migration
2 85 (39.91%) Disaster Recovery
3 61 (28.64%) High Availability
4 38 (17.84%) Performance Tuning
5 33 (15.49%) Data Protection
6 32 (15.02%) Task Automation
7 31 (14.55%) Agile
7 31 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 25 (11.74%) Change Management
9 24 (11.27%) Capacity Management
10 22 (10.33%) Scrum
11 20 (9.39%) DevOps
11 20 (9.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (8.45%) ETL
12 18 (8.45%) Storage Management
13 17 (7.98%) Service Delivery
14 15 (7.04%) ITIL
15 14 (6.57%) Data Migration
15 14 (6.57%) Database Migration
15 14 (6.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (29.11%) SQL
2 34 (15.96%) Python
3 27 (12.68%) Bash
4 21 (9.86%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.63%) PL/SQL
6 11 (5.16%) T-SQL
7 9 (4.23%) Perl
8 8 (3.76%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.82%) C#
10 5 (2.35%) ABAP
11 4 (1.88%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.41%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.94%) Go
13 2 (0.94%) Java
13 2 (0.94%) Scala
14 1 (0.47%) Bicep
14 1 (0.47%) C
Qualifications
1 60 (28.17%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.15%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.21%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.35%) SAP Certification
5 4 (1.88%) Degree
5 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.94%) MCSA
6 2 (0.94%) MCSE
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) CISSP
7 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) OCP
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.69%) GDPR
2 8 (3.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.35%) QA
4 2 (0.94%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.94%) SLA
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.47%) HL7
5 1 (0.47%) IFRS
5 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (35.21%) Active Directory
2 25 (11.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (7.51%) HDFS
3 16 (7.51%) NFS
4 13 (6.10%) vSphere
5 11 (5.16%) Docker
6 9 (4.23%) VMware NSX
7 8 (3.76%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 3 (1.41%) SRDF
11 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.94%) PowerDNS
12 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.47%) vCloud
12 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 42 (19.72%) Ansible
2 27 (12.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (8.92%) Terraform
4 16 (7.51%) Puppet
5 15 (7.04%) NetBackup
6 14 (6.57%) Kubernetes
7 8 (3.76%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (3.76%) Grafana
7 8 (3.76%) Netcool
7 8 (3.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 8 (3.76%) Tivoli
7 8 (3.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 8 (3.76%) vCenter Server
8 6 (2.82%) SCCM
9 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.41%) EMC TimeFinder
11 2 (0.94%) CEMLI
11 2 (0.94%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.94%) Packer
11 2 (0.94%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 57 (26.76%) Oracle
2 38 (17.84%) SAP
3 36 (16.90%) VMware
4 34 (15.96%) Microsoft
5 31 (14.55%) Veeam
6 28 (13.15%) Isilon
7 22 (10.33%) Dell
8 20 (9.39%) Veritas
9 18 (8.45%) Cisco
10 17 (7.98%) IBM
11 13 (6.10%) EMC
11 13 (6.10%) Palo Alto
11 13 (6.10%) ServiceNow
12 11 (5.16%) Red Hat
13 9 (4.23%) Splunk
13 9 (4.23%) Sybase
14 8 (3.76%) CyberArk
14 8 (3.76%) HP
14 8 (3.76%) Serena
14 8 (3.76%) SolarWinds