High Availability Contracts

High Availability
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 224 305
Rank change year-on-year +17 +81 -37
Contract jobs citing High Availability 502 722 819
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.22% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.36% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 482 494
10th Percentile £313 £400 £404
25th Percentile £410 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £650 £641 £656
90th Percentile £700 £700 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 19
10th Percentile £23.80 £58.88 £23.33
25th Percentile £26.95 £62.25 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +192.76% +8.29%
75th Percentile £61.95 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £63.00 - £52.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year -2.22% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
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% -6.98%

High Availability
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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 0 370 £550 - 214
UK excluding London +10 236 £500 -4.76% 130
Work from Home +45 187 £525 - 106
London +5 173 £573 -4.58% 93
South East +53 73 £483 -12.27% 31
Scotland +34 49 £525 +3.55% 8
North of England +27 41 £469 -10.71% 34
South West +12 35 £625 +13.64% 15
Midlands -1 23 £400 -19.19% 27
North West +20 19 £485 -7.62% 23
West Midlands +1 15 £450 -8.16% 12
Yorkshire +13 12 £430 -21.82% 10
East of England -17 11 £602 +9.45% 15
North East +26 10 £388 - 1
East Midlands +19 8 £400 -11.11% 15
Wales 0 5 £525 - 1
Northern Ireland +9 3 - - 3

High Availability
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 46 (9.16%) Confluence
2 18 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.79%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.59%) SAS
5 7 (1.39%) IIS
6 5 (1.00%) Apache
7 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.80%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.80%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.60%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.40%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.40%) JBoss
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.20%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.39%) Elite 3E
2 10 (1.99%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.40%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.40%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.20%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 149 (29.68%) Azure
2 125 (24.90%) AWS
3 58 (11.55%) GCP
4 29 (5.78%) GitHub
5 27 (5.38%) PaaS
5 27 (5.38%) SaaS
6 25 (4.98%) IaaS
6 25 (4.98%) Serverless
7 23 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.59%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (3.19%) Entra ID
10 16 (3.19%) OpenShift
11 15 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (2.99%) Nutanix
12 14 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (2.39%) Azure API Management
13 12 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (15.54%) Firewall
2 49 (9.76%) VPN
3 38 (7.57%) DNS
4 32 (6.37%) DHCP
5 29 (5.78%) LAN
6 27 (5.38%) Cisco Nexus
6 27 (5.38%) WAN
7 26 (5.18%) SAN
8 24 (4.78%) Wireless
9 22 (4.38%) Network Security
10 19 (3.78%) TCP/IP
11 17 (3.39%) BGP
12 16 (3.19%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (3.19%) OSPF
12 16 (3.19%) VLAN
13 15 (2.99%) HTTP
13 15 (2.99%) Wireshark
14 14 (2.79%) DMZ
14 14 (2.79%) NAS
15 12 (2.39%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 60 (11.95%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (9.76%) Oracle Database
4 35 (6.97%) Relational Database
5 28 (5.58%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (5.58%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.98%) Apache Cassandra
7 19 (3.78%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.39%) MySQL
11 11 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.99%) Couchbase
12 10 (1.99%) DB2
12 10 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.79%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.59%) Power BI
14 8 (1.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (14.14%) Git
2 53 (10.56%) JIRA
3 29 (5.78%) Jenkins
4 25 (4.98%) JUnit
5 14 (2.79%) GitLab
6 8 (1.59%) Subversion
6 8 (1.59%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.39%) Artifactory
7 7 (1.39%) Gatling
8 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.80%) Mockito
9 4 (0.80%) ScalaTest
9 4 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.20%) tSQLt
General
1 135 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 72 (14.34%) Finance
3 67 (13.35%) Public Sector
4 47 (9.36%) Banking
5 37 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.58%) Investment Banking
7 24 (4.78%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.19%) Marketing
10 8 (1.59%) Electronics
10 8 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.59%) Retail
11 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.00%) Military
12 5 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.80%) Front Office
13 4 (0.80%) Law
14 3 (0.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 77 (15.34%) Senior
2 71 (14.14%) Architect
3 70 (13.94%) Developer
4 62 (12.35%) DBA
5 50 (9.96%) Network Engineer
6 39 (7.77%) SQL DBA
7 38 (7.57%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (7.17%) Java Developer
9 28 (5.58%) Administrator
10 27 (5.38%) Support Engineer
11 21 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (4.18%) Lead
12 20 (3.98%) Consultant
13 19 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.78%) Linux Engineer
14 18 (3.59%) Analyst
15 17 (3.39%) Senior DBA
16 13 (2.59%) Applications Support
16 13 (2.59%) Cisco Engineer
16 13 (2.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.97%) REST
2 39 (7.77%) Spring
3 34 (6.77%) .NET
4 32 (6.37%) Hibernate
4 32 (6.37%) JPA
5 31 (6.18%) Spring Boot
6 29 (5.78%) React
7 24 (4.78%) Kafka
7 24 (4.78%) LDAP
8 23 (4.58%) Middleware
9 19 (3.78%) SailPoint
10 17 (3.39%) YAML
11 16 (3.19%) RESTful
12 13 (2.59%) FIX Protocol
12 13 (2.59%) Node.js
13 12 (2.39%) Flash
13 12 (2.39%) Web Services
14 10 (1.99%) Akka
14 10 (1.99%) Spring Security
15 9 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.95%) Clustering
2 60 (11.95%) Replication
3 47 (9.36%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.39%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.19%) PKI
6 15 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.59%) Derivative
7 13 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 11 (2.19%) Blog
10 10 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.99%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.79%) NHS
11 9 (1.79%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.59%) Client/Server
13 7 (1.39%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (1.00%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 111 (22.11%) Windows
2 108 (21.51%) Linux
3 62 (12.35%) Windows Server
4 33 (6.57%) Unix
5 29 (5.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (3.19%) Solaris
7 10 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.79%) Oracle Linux
8 9 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.59%) AIX
10 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.00%) Android
12 4 (0.80%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.20%) VMS
15 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (29.48%) DevOps
2 142 (28.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 126 (25.10%) Agile
4 85 (16.93%) Migration
5 82 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (13.35%) CI/CD
6 67 (13.35%) Microservices
7 60 (11.95%) Scrum
8 57 (11.35%) Infrastructure as Code
8 57 (11.35%) Performance Tuning
9 47 (9.36%) Capacity Management
9 47 (9.36%) Unit Testing
10 46 (9.16%) Mentoring
11 44 (8.76%) ITIL
12 43 (8.57%) Containerisation
13 41 (8.17%) Computer Science
14 37 (7.37%) Change Management
15 34 (6.77%) Cloud Security
16 30 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
16 30 (5.98%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 126 (25.10%) SQL
2 85 (16.93%) Python
3 81 (16.14%) Java
4 72 (14.34%) PowerShell
5 36 (7.17%) Bash
5 36 (7.17%) TypeScript
6 34 (6.77%) C#
7 17 (3.39%) Perl
8 13 (2.59%) Bicep
8 13 (2.59%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.59%) PL/SQL
9 12 (2.39%) C++
9 12 (2.39%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.19%) Scala
11 10 (1.99%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.79%) Ruby
13 7 (1.39%) Go
14 6 (1.20%) C
15 5 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 128 (25.50%) Security Cleared
2 103 (20.52%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.95%) Degree
4 44 (8.76%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (3.39%) CCNP
9 16 (3.19%) CCNA
10 14 (2.79%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.19%) MCSE
12 10 (1.99%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.59%) MCITP
13 8 (1.59%) MCTS
13 8 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (1.20%) CCIE
15 5 (1.00%) CCDP
15 5 (1.00%) JNCIA
15 5 (1.00%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.79%) Data Quality
1 9 (1.79%) SLA
2 8 (1.59%) GDPR
2 8 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (1.39%) QA
4 4 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.20%) HL7
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 82 (16.33%) Docker
2 77 (15.34%) Active Directory
3 59 (11.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (3.98%) Hyper-V
6 17 (3.39%) vSphere
7 16 (3.19%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.99%) Firmware
8 10 (1.99%) Oracle RAC
8 10 (1.99%) VMware NSX
9 8 (1.59%) BitLocker
9 8 (1.59%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.20%) KVM
10 6 (1.20%) Terminal Services
11 5 (1.00%) NFS
11 5 (1.00%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.80%) GPFS
13 3 (0.60%) XenApp
14 2 (0.40%) Ceph
14 2 (0.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 92 (18.33%) Kubernetes
2 64 (12.75%) Terraform
3 58 (11.55%) Ansible
4 22 (4.38%) Grafana
5 18 (3.59%) ITRS Geneos
6 15 (2.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 15 (2.99%) vCenter Server
7 13 (2.59%) Data Guard
8 11 (2.19%) Puppet
9 10 (1.99%) Tivoli
10 9 (1.79%) Progress Chef
10 9 (1.79%) SCCM
11 8 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (1.59%) Netcool
11 8 (1.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 7 (1.39%) BladeLogic
12 7 (1.39%) Prometheus
12 7 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (1.20%) vMotion
Vendors
1 90 (17.93%) Oracle
2 83 (16.53%) Microsoft
3 82 (16.33%) VMware
4 62 (12.35%) Cisco
5 35 (6.97%) ServiceNow
6 34 (6.77%) SAP
7 30 (5.98%) Red Hat
8 29 (5.78%) Juniper
9 27 (5.38%) CyberArk
10 26 (5.18%) Citrix
11 21 (4.18%) SolarWinds
12 19 (3.78%) Dell
12 19 (3.78%) Palo Alto
13 18 (3.59%) BeyondTrust
13 18 (3.59%) Splunk
14 17 (3.39%) Google
14 17 (3.39%) IBM
15 16 (3.19%) EMC
16 15 (2.99%) Fortinet
16 15 (2.99%) HP