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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 232 282
Rank change year-on-year +6 +50 -24
Contract jobs citing High Availability 369 548 670
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 1.14% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.26% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 353 409
10th Percentile £300 £400 £403
25th Percentile £400 £456 £454
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 £540 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -1.82% -3.55% +8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 18
10th Percentile £23.80 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £26.95 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +192.76% +59.40%
75th Percentile - £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £67.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -8.06% +180.22% +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 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -12 161 £550 -8.33% 78
South East +75 82 £495 -10.00% 32
North of England +33 46 £478 -11.16% 38
South West -12 32 £650 +18.18% 15
Midlands -7 23 £400 -19.60% 24
Yorkshire +15 19 £507 -7.82% 12
North West +12 17 £475 -9.52% 23
West Midlands -2 12 £400 -18.37% 16
East Midlands +17 11 £411 -8.67% 8
East of England -24 11 £602 +9.45% 11
North East +22 10 £388 - 3
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 32 (8.67%) Confluence
2 11 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.90%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.63%) IIS
5 5 (1.36%) Apache
6 4 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.08%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.81%) SAS
8 2 (0.54%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.54%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.54%) JBoss
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.27%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.27%) MetaMask
9 1 (0.27%) MQSeries
Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.63%) Teamcenter
3 5 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.54%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.54%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.54%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.27%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 94 (25.47%) AWS
2 90 (24.39%) Azure
3 48 (13.01%) GCP
4 22 (5.96%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (5.69%) GitHub
5 21 (5.69%) Serverless
6 20 (5.42%) PaaS
7 19 (5.15%) SaaS
8 15 (4.07%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.79%) IaaS
10 13 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (3.52%) Nutanix
11 11 (2.98%) Azure API Management
11 11 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.71%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.17%) Rubrik
14 8 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (17.89%) Firewall
2 39 (10.57%) VPN
3 29 (7.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 24 (6.50%) DNS
5 22 (5.96%) Wireless
6 20 (5.42%) WAN
7 19 (5.15%) SAN
8 18 (4.88%) DHCP
9 17 (4.61%) Network Security
10 16 (4.34%) LAN
11 15 (4.07%) Wireshark
12 14 (3.79%) BGP
12 14 (3.79%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (3.79%) HTTP
13 13 (3.52%) DMZ
13 13 (3.52%) OSPF
13 13 (3.52%) TCP/IP
14 12 (3.25%) 4G
14 12 (3.25%) LTE
14 12 (3.25%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.36%) SQL Server
2 45 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (9.49%) Relational Database
4 27 (7.32%) Oracle Database
5 20 (5.42%) Apache Cassandra
6 19 (5.15%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (4.34%) NoSQL
8 15 (4.07%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (3.52%) Hadoop
9 13 (3.52%) MongoDB
10 12 (3.25%) Data Lake
11 11 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (2.98%) MySQL
12 10 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (2.71%) Big Data
12 10 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (2.44%) SAP HANA
13 9 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (2.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 71 (19.24%) Git
2 35 (9.49%) Jenkins
3 32 (8.67%) JIRA
4 25 (6.78%) JUnit
5 15 (4.07%) GitLab
6 8 (2.17%) Subversion
7 7 (1.90%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.90%) Gatling
8 6 (1.63%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.08%) Mockito
9 4 (1.08%) ScalaTest
9 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.81%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.27%) Postman
12 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 76 (20.60%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.20%) Finance
3 41 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 40 (10.84%) Banking
5 25 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.69%) Investment Banking
7 20 (5.42%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.44%) Marketing
9 7 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.63%) Electronics
10 6 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.63%) Military
11 5 (1.36%) Front Office
12 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.81%) Retail
13 2 (0.54%) Advertising
13 2 (0.54%) Arabic Language
13 2 (0.54%) French Language
13 2 (0.54%) German Language
Job Titles
1 57 (15.45%) Developer
2 48 (13.01%) Architect
3 41 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 41 (11.11%) Senior
4 35 (9.49%) Java Developer
5 31 (8.40%) DBA
6 30 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (6.23%) Administrator
8 22 (5.96%) SQL DBA
9 18 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (4.61%) Lead
11 16 (4.34%) Analyst
11 16 (4.34%) Consultant
12 14 (3.79%) Cisco Engineer
12 14 (3.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 14 (3.79%) Juniper Engineer
13 13 (3.52%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 13 (3.52%) Support Engineer
14 12 (3.25%) Technical Consultant
15 11 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.03%) REST
1 37 (10.03%) Spring
2 30 (8.13%) Hibernate
2 30 (8.13%) JPA
2 30 (8.13%) Kafka
3 29 (7.86%) Spring Boot
4 27 (7.32%) .NET
5 26 (7.05%) React
6 17 (4.61%) RESTful
7 16 (4.34%) Middleware
8 13 (3.52%) LDAP
9 12 (3.25%) YAML
10 11 (2.98%) Akka
11 9 (2.44%) Node.js
11 9 (2.44%) Web Services
12 8 (2.17%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (2.17%) SailPoint
12 8 (2.17%) SAP Basis
12 8 (2.17%) SOAP
12 8 (2.17%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.82%) Clustering
2 31 (8.40%) Replication
3 28 (7.59%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.52%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.98%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.71%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (2.44%) PKI
8 8 (2.17%) Derivative
8 8 (2.17%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.17%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.90%) Blog
9 7 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.63%) NHS
10 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.08%) Market Risk
11 4 (1.08%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 79 (21.41%) Linux
2 67 (18.16%) Windows
3 44 (11.92%) Windows Server
4 24 (6.50%) Unix
5 18 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.98%) Solaris
7 7 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.63%) Oracle Linux
8 6 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.36%) Android
10 3 (0.81%) 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
1 113 (30.62%) DevOps
2 107 (29.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 92 (24.93%) Agile
4 64 (17.34%) Microservices
5 50 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (11.92%) Performance Tuning
6 44 (11.92%) Scrum
7 43 (11.65%) CI/CD
8 42 (11.38%) Migration
8 42 (11.38%) Unit Testing
9 39 (10.57%) Mentoring
10 35 (9.49%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (9.21%) Containerisation
11 34 (9.21%) ITIL
12 33 (8.94%) Analytics
13 30 (8.13%) TDD
14 29 (7.86%) Capacity Management
15 25 (6.78%) Computer Science
16 24 (6.50%) Architectural Patterns
16 24 (6.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (21.14%) SQL
2 77 (20.87%) Java
3 72 (19.51%) Python
4 45 (12.20%) PowerShell
5 35 (9.49%) Bash
6 29 (7.86%) C#
7 25 (6.78%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.25%) C++
8 12 (3.25%) Scala
9 10 (2.71%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.71%) Ruby
10 8 (2.17%) Bicep
10 8 (2.17%) Go
10 8 (2.17%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.90%) Perl
12 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.36%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.36%) PHP
14 4 (1.08%) C
15 2 (0.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 100 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.78%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.20%) DV Cleared
4 39 (10.57%) Degree
5 27 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (4.34%) CCNA
8 15 (4.07%) CCNP
9 13 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.71%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.17%) MCITP
11 8 (2.17%) MCTS
12 7 (1.90%) MCSE
12 7 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.36%) CCDP
13 5 (1.36%) CCIE
13 5 (1.36%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.36%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.36%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.63%) Data Quality
1 6 (1.63%) GDPR
1 6 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (1.08%) SLA
3 3 (0.81%) QA
4 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
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
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 73 (19.78%) Docker
2 56 (15.18%) Active Directory
3 53 (14.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (5.96%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.07%) vSphere
6 14 (3.79%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.71%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.44%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.90%) Firmware
10 5 (1.36%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.81%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.81%) KVM
11 3 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.81%) XenApp
12 2 (0.54%) Ceph
12 2 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (21.95%) Kubernetes
2 55 (14.91%) Terraform
3 44 (11.92%) Ansible
4 15 (4.07%) ITRS Geneos
5 14 (3.79%) Grafana
6 8 (2.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 8 (2.17%) Progress Chef
6 8 (2.17%) Puppet
6 8 (2.17%) SCCM
6 8 (2.17%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.90%) BladeLogic
7 7 (1.90%) Tivoli
8 6 (1.63%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (1.63%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.63%) Netcool
8 6 (1.63%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (1.36%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.08%) Nagios
Vendors
1 67 (18.16%) VMware
2 65 (17.62%) Microsoft
3 59 (15.99%) Oracle
4 55 (14.91%) Cisco
5 27 (7.32%) Juniper
6 23 (6.23%) Red Hat
6 23 (6.23%) SAP
7 21 (5.69%) Citrix
8 19 (5.15%) ServiceNow
8 19 (5.15%) SolarWinds
9 17 (4.61%) Dell
10 16 (4.34%) Splunk
11 15 (4.07%) Fortinet
12 14 (3.79%) CheckPoint
12 14 (3.79%) CyberArk
12 14 (3.79%) Google
12 14 (3.79%) Palo Alto
13 13 (3.52%) Blue Coat
13 13 (3.52%) HP
14 12 (3.25%) Huawei