Availability Management Contracts

Availability Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Availability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Availability Management 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 509 607 755
Rank change year-on-year +98 +148 -85
Contract jobs citing Availability Management 62 80 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 49 66
10th Percentile £425 £373 £363
25th Percentile £477 £400 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £559 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £814 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +20.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 3
10th Percentile - £16.25 £32.35
25th Percentile £71.75 £40.62 £32.44
Median hourly rate £73.50 £65.00 £35.07
Median % change year-on-year +13.07% +85.37% -26.09%
75th Percentile £76.12 £65.75 £38.77
90th Percentile £76.64 £65.90 £39.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.50 £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.07% +62.50% -15.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Availability Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Availability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Availability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Availability Management in the UK

Availability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Availability Management in the UK

Availability Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Availability Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Availability Management in the UK

Availability Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Availability Management in the UK

Availability Management
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Availability Management within the UK 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
England +101 62 £502 +5.58% 13
UK excluding London +74 48 £500 +25.00% 7
North of England +46 22 £493 +23.25% 3
North West +32 20 £493 +23.25% 3
Work from Home +91 15 £493 -1.40% 7
South West +16 15 £525 -
London +77 11 £675 +18.94% 7
South East +36 8 - - 3
West Midlands +23 3 £513 +28.13%
Midlands +17 3 £513 +224.37% 1
Yorkshire +14 2 - -

Availability Management
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 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.29%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.45%) IaaS
3 3 (4.84%) Azure
3 3 (4.84%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.61%) PaaS
4 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.35%) Firewall
1 12 (19.35%) LAN
1 12 (19.35%) WAN
2 3 (4.84%) BGP
2 3 (4.84%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (4.84%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (4.84%) IPsec
2 3 (4.84%) OSPF
2 3 (4.84%) VPN
2 3 (4.84%) Wireless
2 3 (4.84%) WLAN
3 1 (1.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) Power BI
2 3 (4.84%) GIS
2 3 (4.84%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle APEX
General
1 29 (46.77%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
3 21 (33.87%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.29%) Finance
5 5 (8.06%) Electronics
5 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.06%) Marketing
5 5 (8.06%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.23%) Billing
6 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.23%) Military
7 1 (1.61%) Automotive
7 1 (1.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (46.77%) Availability Manager
2 23 (37.10%) Capacity Manager
3 21 (33.87%) Capacity and Availability Manager
4 11 (17.74%) Senior
5 9 (14.52%) Network Engineer
5 9 (14.52%) Service Manager
6 8 (12.90%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Analyst
8 4 (6.45%) Developer
8 4 (6.45%) IT Manager
8 4 (6.45%) IT Services Manager
8 4 (6.45%) Service Continuity Manager
9 3 (4.84%) GIS Developer
9 3 (4.84%) Incident Manager
9 3 (4.84%) JavaScript Developer
9 3 (4.84%) Network Specialist
9 3 (4.84%) Python Developer
9 3 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Spatial Developer
10 2 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) .NET
1 1 (1.61%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.61%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.61%) CSS
1 1 (1.61%) HTML
1 1 (1.61%) React Native
1 1 (1.61%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.03%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.29%) CMDB
3 6 (9.68%) Driving Licence
4 4 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.84%) PKI
6 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Solaris
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
2 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (61.29%) Capacity Management
2 34 (54.84%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (43.55%) Service Management
4 23 (37.10%) ITIL
5 22 (35.48%) Problem Management
6 17 (27.42%) Mentoring
7 16 (25.81%) Quality Management
7 16 (25.81%) Statistics
8 15 (24.19%) Time Management
9 12 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (16.13%) Agile
10 10 (16.13%) Capacity Planning
10 10 (16.13%) Incident Management
10 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (14.52%) ITSM
12 8 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (12.90%) Performance Monitoring
13 7 (11.29%) Service Delivery
14 6 (9.68%) BCP
14 6 (9.68%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.84%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) C#
3 1 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.61%) SQL
3 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (77.42%) Security Cleared
2 37 (59.68%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) Degree
4 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) SLA
2 1 (1.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.61%) SCCM
2 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Cisco
1 12 (19.35%) Juniper
2 7 (11.29%) SAP
3 6 (9.68%) Remedy
4 3 (4.84%) ESRI
4 3 (4.84%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.84%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.23%) Oracle
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft