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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 221 293
Rank change year-on-year +10 +72 -26
Contract jobs citing High Availability 495 673 831
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 1.21% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.35% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 444 515
10th Percentile £300 £391 £404
25th Percentile £400 £464 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £621 £645 £675
90th Percentile £688 £700 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -8.57% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 20
10th Percentile £23.80 £57.38 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £60.38 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +176.04% +59.40%
75th Percentile - £73.75 -
90th Percentile - £75.00 £25.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £61.50 -
% change year-on-year +0.16% - -

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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +6 376 £525 -4.55% 155
UK excluding London +18 248 £480 -8.57% 94
Work from Home +32 177 £525 - 79
London -34 155 £550 -8.33% 61
South East +57 83 £490 -10.91% 24
North of England +34 53 £475 -9.52% 20
Scotland +26 38 £475 -8.65% 6
South West -4 31 £630 +14.55% 11
Yorkshire +24 27 £485 -12.81% 6
Midlands -6 25 £400 -19.60% 18
North West +2 17 £475 -9.52% 13
East of England -14 17 £465 -15.55% 13
East Midlands +19 14 £411 -8.67% 9
West Midlands -15 11 £400 -18.37% 9
North East +21 9 £400 - 1
Wales -2 4 £525 - 4
Northern Ireland +4 3 - - 1

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 36 (7.27%) Confluence
2 16 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.63%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.82%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.62%) IIS
6 5 (1.01%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.81%) SAS
7 4 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.61%) Apache
8 3 (0.61%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.61%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.40%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.20%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.20%) JBoss
10 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.20%) MQSeries
Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (2.63%) Elite 3E
2 10 (2.02%) Teamcenter
3 9 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (1.62%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.61%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.61%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.61%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.40%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle AGIS
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 146 (29.49%) Azure
2 130 (26.26%) AWS
3 63 (12.73%) GCP
4 30 (6.06%) Serverless
5 28 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
5 28 (5.66%) GitHub
6 27 (5.45%) Amazon S3
7 23 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.24%) SaaS
9 20 (4.04%) PaaS
10 18 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (3.23%) IaaS
13 15 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (3.03%) OpenShift
14 14 (2.83%) Entra ID
15 12 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (2.42%) Nutanix
16 11 (2.22%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 11 (2.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.15%) Firewall
2 49 (9.90%) VPN
3 29 (5.86%) Cisco Nexus
4 28 (5.66%) DNS
5 26 (5.25%) Wireless
6 24 (4.85%) WAN
7 23 (4.65%) LAN
8 22 (4.44%) Network Security
9 21 (4.24%) DHCP
10 18 (3.64%) SD-WAN
11 16 (3.23%) SAN
12 15 (3.03%) HTTP
12 15 (3.03%) Wireshark
13 14 (2.83%) TCP/IP
14 13 (2.63%) DMZ
15 12 (2.42%) 3GPP
15 12 (2.42%) 4G
15 12 (2.42%) BGP
15 12 (2.42%) LTE
15 12 (2.42%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (14.95%) SQL Server
2 57 (11.52%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (9.49%) Oracle Database
4 34 (6.87%) Relational Database
5 33 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
6 28 (5.66%) MongoDB
7 20 (4.04%) Apache Cassandra
8 17 (3.43%) Data Lake
8 17 (3.43%) NoSQL
9 16 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.63%) Hadoop
11 12 (2.42%) Big Data
12 11 (2.22%) Couchbase
12 11 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (2.22%) MySQL
12 11 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (2.02%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 78 (15.76%) Git
2 44 (8.89%) JIRA
3 40 (8.08%) Jenkins
4 25 (5.05%) JUnit
5 19 (3.84%) GitLab
6 8 (1.62%) Artifactory
6 8 (1.62%) Subversion
7 7 (1.41%) Gatling
8 5 (1.01%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.81%) Mockito
9 4 (0.81%) ScalaTest
9 4 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.61%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.20%) Maven
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
General
1 141 (28.48%) Social Skills
2 59 (11.92%) Public Sector
3 56 (11.31%) Finance
4 45 (9.09%) Banking
5 37 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.84%) Investment Banking
7 17 (3.43%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.41%) Retail
11 6 (1.21%) Front Office
11 6 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.21%) Military
12 5 (1.01%) Legal
12 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.81%) Law
13 4 (0.81%) Marketing
13 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 79 (15.96%) Architect
2 67 (13.54%) Senior
3 66 (13.33%) Developer
4 54 (10.91%) DBA
5 51 (10.30%) Network Engineer
6 49 (9.90%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (7.07%) Java Developer
8 33 (6.67%) SQL DBA
9 31 (6.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 29 (5.86%) Support Engineer
11 27 (5.45%) Administrator
12 21 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (4.04%) Consultant
13 20 (4.04%) Lead
14 19 (3.84%) Analyst
15 17 (3.43%) Linux Engineer
16 16 (3.23%) Data Engineer
17 15 (3.03%) AWS Engineer
17 15 (3.03%) Cisco Engineer
17 15 (3.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.27%) Spring
2 34 (6.87%) REST
3 32 (6.46%) Kafka
4 30 (6.06%) Hibernate
4 30 (6.06%) JPA
4 30 (6.06%) React
5 29 (5.86%) .NET
6 28 (5.66%) Spring Boot
7 23 (4.65%) Middleware
8 18 (3.64%) SailPoint
9 17 (3.43%) RESTful
10 16 (3.23%) YAML
11 13 (2.63%) LDAP
11 13 (2.63%) Node.js
12 12 (2.42%) Web Services
13 11 (2.22%) Akka
14 10 (2.02%) AWS CDK
15 9 (1.82%) SAP Basis
15 9 (1.82%) SAP Fiori
16 8 (1.62%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 61 (12.32%) Clustering
2 60 (12.12%) Replication
3 50 (10.10%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
4 13 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.63%) PKI
5 12 (2.42%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.22%) Blog
6 11 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.82%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.62%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.81%) Derivative
11 4 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 99 (20.00%) Linux
2 97 (19.60%) Windows
3 45 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 26 (5.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (5.25%) Unix
5 17 (3.43%) Solaris
6 9 (1.82%) AIX
7 8 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.01%) Android
9 5 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.40%) VMS
12 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (31.72%) DevOps
2 146 (29.49%) Disaster Recovery
3 111 (22.42%) Agile
4 85 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (16.57%) Migration
6 75 (15.15%) CI/CD
7 67 (13.54%) Microservices
8 66 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 56 (11.31%) Containerisation
9 56 (11.31%) Performance Tuning
10 53 (10.71%) Scrum
11 46 (9.29%) Unit Testing
12 44 (8.89%) ETL
13 41 (8.28%) Mentoring
14 40 (8.08%) Analytics
15 37 (7.47%) ITIL
16 36 (7.27%) Roadmaps
17 34 (6.87%) Computer Science
18 33 (6.67%) Capacity Management
19 30 (6.06%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 122 (24.65%) SQL
2 83 (16.77%) Python
3 78 (15.76%) Java
4 60 (12.12%) PowerShell
5 41 (8.28%) Bash
6 38 (7.68%) TypeScript
7 28 (5.66%) C#
8 13 (2.63%) Bicep
8 13 (2.63%) PL/SQL
8 13 (2.63%) Shell Script
9 12 (2.42%) C++
9 12 (2.42%) Scala
10 9 (1.82%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.82%) Perl
10 9 (1.82%) Ruby
11 6 (1.21%) Go
12 5 (1.01%) C
12 5 (1.01%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.01%) PHP
13 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 97 (19.60%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.30%) Degree
4 48 (9.70%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.83%) CCNP
9 13 (2.63%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.63%) CCNA
10 11 (2.22%) MCSE
11 10 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (1.62%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.62%) MCITP
12 8 (1.62%) MCTS
13 7 (1.41%) CCIE
13 7 (1.41%) RHCE
13 7 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.01%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.63%) SLA
2 8 (1.62%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.62%) QA
3 5 (1.01%) GDPR
3 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 82 (16.57%) Docker
2 71 (14.34%) Active Directory
3 59 (11.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (5.05%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (3.84%) vSphere
6 17 (3.43%) Hyper-V
7 15 (3.03%) VMware NSX
8 14 (2.83%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.82%) KVM
9 9 (1.82%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.62%) Firmware
11 7 (1.41%) BitLocker
11 7 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.81%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.81%) XenApp
14 2 (0.40%) Ceph
14 2 (0.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 96 (19.39%) Kubernetes
2 72 (14.55%) Terraform
3 54 (10.91%) Ansible
4 22 (4.44%) Grafana
5 14 (2.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 12 (2.42%) Data Guard
6 12 (2.42%) vCenter Server
7 11 (2.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (1.82%) SCCM
9 8 (1.62%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.62%) Puppet
10 7 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (1.41%) BladeLogic
10 7 (1.41%) Prometheus
11 6 (1.21%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.21%) Tivoli
12 5 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (1.01%) Netcool
12 5 (1.01%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 88 (17.78%) Oracle
2 79 (15.96%) Microsoft
3 78 (15.76%) VMware
4 61 (12.32%) Cisco
5 34 (6.87%) Red Hat
6 32 (6.46%) ServiceNow
7 28 (5.66%) SAP
8 24 (4.85%) Citrix
8 24 (4.85%) Juniper
9 23 (4.65%) CyberArk
10 22 (4.44%) Palo Alto
11 20 (4.04%) Google
11 20 (4.04%) SolarWinds
12 18 (3.64%) BeyondTrust
13 17 (3.43%) Dell
14 15 (3.03%) Fortinet
14 15 (3.03%) Splunk
15 14 (2.83%) CheckPoint
15 14 (2.83%) F5
16 13 (2.63%) HP