High Availability Contracts in the UK excluding London

High Availability
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 171 194 258
Rank change year-on-year +23 +64 +1
Contract jobs citing High Availability 243 293 286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.27% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.42% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 179 179
10th Percentile £330 £381 £369
25th Percentile £400 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +8.72% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -1.82% -3.55% +8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 0
10th Percentile £44.80 £52.13 -
25th Percentile - £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £63.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - -
75th Percentile - £70.00 -
90th Percentile - £72.50 -
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,112 20,583 27,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.30% 89.45% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,187 18,951
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,254 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.74 £61.52
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing High Availability as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing High Availability in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing High Availability in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in the UK excluding London

High Availability
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +75 82 £495 -10.00% 32
North of England +33 46 £478 -11.16% 38
Scotland +35 45 £497 -4.42% 8
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
Wales +2 5 £525 -
Northern Ireland +6 3 - - 2
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (7.82%) Confluence
2 14 (5.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.29%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.06%) SAS
5 3 (1.23%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.82%) Apache
6 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.41%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.41%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) MetaMask
7 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.29%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.47%) Teamcenter
4 5 (2.06%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 47 (19.34%) Azure
2 43 (17.70%) AWS
3 19 (7.82%) Serverless
4 15 (6.17%) Amazon S3
5 13 (5.35%) GitHub
6 11 (4.53%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.53%) GCP
6 11 (4.53%) IaaS
6 11 (4.53%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.53%) PaaS
7 8 (3.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (3.29%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.88%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
9 6 (2.47%) Azure API Management
9 6 (2.47%) SaaS
10 5 (2.06%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (18.93%) Firewall
2 36 (14.81%) VPN
3 21 (8.64%) Cisco Nexus
4 17 (7.00%) Wireless
5 16 (6.58%) WAN
6 13 (5.35%) DNS
6 13 (5.35%) LAN
7 12 (4.94%) 3GPP
7 12 (4.94%) 4G
7 12 (4.94%) DMZ
7 12 (4.94%) LTE
7 12 (4.94%) Radio Access Network
7 12 (4.94%) Wireshark
8 11 (4.53%) DHCP
8 11 (4.53%) SAN
9 8 (3.29%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.47%) Network Security
10 6 (2.47%) SD-WAN
11 5 (2.06%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (2.06%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (18.11%) SQL Server
2 39 (16.05%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (11.93%) Oracle Database
4 21 (8.64%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (6.17%) Relational Database
6 14 (5.76%) MongoDB
7 11 (4.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (3.29%) Data Lake
8 8 (3.29%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.88%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (2.88%) Big Data
9 7 (2.88%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.88%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.88%) SAP HANA
9 7 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (2.47%) Informix
10 6 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (2.06%) Couchbase
11 5 (2.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 29 (11.93%) Git
2 22 (9.05%) JIRA
3 14 (5.76%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.76%) JUnit
4 12 (4.94%) GitLab
5 5 (2.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.41%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.41%) JMeter
8 1 (0.41%) Maven
8 1 (0.41%) Postman
8 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) tSQLt
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (29.22%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.87%) Public Sector
3 29 (11.93%) Banking
3 29 (11.93%) Finance
4 18 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.41%) Investment Banking
5 15 (6.17%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.06%) Military
7 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.65%) Marketing
8 3 (1.23%) Electronics
8 3 (1.23%) Law
8 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Advertising
10 1 (0.41%) Games
10 1 (0.41%) Local Government
10 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (13.17%) Architect
2 30 (12.35%) DBA
3 29 (11.93%) Network Engineer
4 24 (9.88%) Senior
5 22 (9.05%) Developer
6 20 (8.23%) Linux Engineer
6 20 (8.23%) SQL DBA
7 19 (7.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (7.41%) Java Developer
8 18 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (5.76%) Support Engineer
10 12 (4.94%) Administrator
10 12 (4.94%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 12 (4.94%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (4.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 12 (4.94%) Juniper Engineer
11 11 (4.53%) Linux Support
11 11 (4.53%) Linux Support Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.41%) Spring
2 17 (7.00%) Kafka
3 16 (6.58%) REST
4 14 (5.76%) React
4 14 (5.76%) Spring Boot
5 12 (4.94%) Hibernate
5 12 (4.94%) JPA
6 11 (4.53%) Flash
7 9 (3.70%) .NET
8 8 (3.29%) AWS CDK
9 7 (2.88%) LDAP
9 7 (2.88%) SAP Basis
9 7 (2.88%) SAP Fiori
9 7 (2.88%) Web Services
10 6 (2.47%) Middleware
11 5 (2.06%) POSIX
11 5 (2.06%) Vert.x
12 4 (1.65%) YAML
13 3 (1.23%) JSON
13 3 (1.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.46%) Clustering
2 28 (11.52%) Replication
3 15 (6.17%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.12%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.12%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (4.12%) PKI
5 9 (3.70%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.88%) Blog
6 7 (2.88%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.47%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.06%) NVMe
8 5 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.65%) NHS
9 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.23%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (22.63%) Linux
2 45 (18.52%) Windows
3 30 (12.35%) Windows Server
4 23 (9.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.94%) Unix
6 10 (4.12%) Solaris
7 8 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.06%) AIX
9 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.65%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.41%) VMS
12 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
2 54 (22.22%) Agile
3 47 (19.34%) DevOps
4 30 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (12.35%) Scrum
5 26 (10.70%) Mentoring
5 26 (10.70%) Migration
6 25 (10.29%) Performance Tuning
7 24 (9.88%) Microservices
7 24 (9.88%) Roadmaps
8 22 (9.05%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (9.05%) Project Delivery
9 21 (8.64%) Capacity Management
10 20 (8.23%) Problem Management
11 19 (7.82%) Technical Leadership
12 18 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (7.00%) Computer Science
13 17 (7.00%) Design Patterns
13 17 (7.00%) Project Management
14 16 (6.58%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.63%) SQL
2 36 (14.81%) Java
3 30 (12.35%) PowerShell
3 30 (12.35%) Python
4 22 (9.05%) TypeScript
5 15 (6.17%) Bash
6 11 (4.53%) Perl
7 7 (2.88%) C#
7 7 (2.88%) Ruby
7 7 (2.88%) T-SQL
8 6 (2.47%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.47%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.65%) C
9 4 (1.65%) PHP
10 3 (1.23%) C++
10 3 (1.23%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.82%) VBScript
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 89 (36.63%) Security Cleared
2 65 (26.75%) SC Cleared
3 39 (16.05%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.29%) Degree
5 15 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (5.35%) CCNA
7 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.29%) CCNP
9 7 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (2.47%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.47%) RHCE
11 5 (2.06%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.06%) JNCIS
11 5 (2.06%) MCITP
11 5 (2.06%) MCSE
11 5 (2.06%) MCTS
11 5 (2.06%) SAP Certification
12 4 (1.65%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.88%) SLA
2 4 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.82%) ISO 8583
4 2 (0.82%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) HL7
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 50 (20.58%) Active Directory
2 40 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (13.17%) Docker
4 12 (4.94%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (4.94%) VMware NSX
4 12 (4.94%) vSphere
5 11 (4.53%) Hyper-V
5 11 (4.53%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.47%) KVM
6 6 (2.47%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (2.06%) BitLocker
7 5 (2.06%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (2.06%) NFS
7 5 (2.06%) Terminal Services
7 5 (2.06%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (1.65%) GPFS
9 2 (0.82%) Ceph
9 2 (0.82%) Firmware
9 2 (0.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 28 (11.52%) Terraform
3 26 (10.70%) Ansible
4 12 (4.94%) vCenter Server
5 11 (4.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 9 (3.70%) Grafana
7 6 (2.47%) Data Guard
8 5 (2.06%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.06%) Puppet
8 5 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.06%) vMotion
9 4 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.65%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (1.65%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 3 (1.23%) Nagios
11 2 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.82%) Pacemaker
11 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (21.40%) VMware
2 48 (19.75%) Oracle
3 46 (18.93%) Microsoft
4 33 (13.58%) Cisco
5 28 (11.52%) Red Hat
6 23 (9.47%) Juniper
7 16 (6.58%) SAP
8 15 (6.17%) SolarWinds
9 13 (5.35%) Atlassian
9 13 (5.35%) Fortinet
10 12 (4.94%) Actix
10 12 (4.94%) Blue Coat
10 12 (4.94%) CheckPoint
10 12 (4.94%) Ericsson
10 12 (4.94%) Google
10 12 (4.94%) Huawei
10 12 (4.94%) Nokia
11 9 (3.70%) Citrix
12 7 (2.88%) Commvault
12 7 (2.88%) F5