High Availability
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for High Availability skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 375 276 282
Rank change year-on-year -99 +6 +21
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 722 1,295 2,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 1.31% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.37% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 591 783 1,063
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,386 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +9.24% +3.48%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing High Availability over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for High Availability in the UK

High Availability
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -75 631 £57,500 -11.54% 196
UK excluding London -74 512 £57,500 +4.55% 128
Work from Home -25 335 £57,500 -14.81% 103
London -70 179 £77,500 +3.33% 77
North of England -36 145 £57,500 +13.88% 38
South East +25 119 £55,000 -4.35% 32
Midlands -22 98 £47,250 -19.57% 24
West Midlands +3 72 £52,500 -12.50% 16
North West -60 70 £57,500 +4.55% 23
Yorkshire +39 61 £57,500 +46.50% 12
Scotland -100 54 £57,500 -17.20% 8
South West -64 51 £57,500 +27.78% 15
East of England -2 37 £57,500 -30.30% 11
East Midlands -16 26 £45,000 -21.74% 8
North East -3 14 £57,500 +20.62% 3
Wales +6 10 £51,193 -19.32%

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 66 (9.14%) IIS
2 34 (4.71%) Apache Spark
3 24 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (3.32%) SharePoint
4 19 (2.63%) Apache
5 9 (1.25%) JBoss
6 8 (1.11%) nginx
6 8 (1.11%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Drupal
8 4 (0.55%) MQSeries
8 4 (0.55%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.42%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 3 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.28%) Confluence
10 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.97%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.83%) SAP PLM
3 5 (0.69%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.42%) Maximo
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 390 (54.02%) Azure
2 209 (28.95%) AWS
3 102 (14.13%) GCP
4 100 (13.85%) Power Platform
5 63 (8.73%) SaaS
6 51 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (6.23%) Amazon S3
8 40 (5.54%) GitHub
9 26 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (3.46%) Google Docs
11 23 (3.19%) Amazon SQS
11 23 (3.19%) Lucidchart
11 23 (3.19%) Miro
11 23 (3.19%) Slack
12 18 (2.49%) Entra ID
13 17 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (2.35%) Serverless
14 14 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 111 (15.37%) Firewall
2 78 (10.80%) Broadband
3 76 (10.53%) WAN
4 53 (7.34%) DNS
5 50 (6.93%) VPN
6 38 (5.26%) SAN
7 31 (4.29%) LAN
8 28 (3.88%) MPLS
9 24 (3.32%) SD-WAN
9 24 (3.32%) TCP/IP
10 22 (3.05%) BGP
11 21 (2.91%) DHCP
11 21 (2.91%) Network Security
11 21 (2.91%) OSPF
12 19 (2.63%) Wireless
13 17 (2.35%) WLAN
14 16 (2.22%) SNMP
15 15 (2.08%) Internet
16 12 (1.66%) VLAN
16 12 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (32.13%) SQL Server
2 94 (13.02%) Power BI
3 84 (11.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 55 (7.62%) NoSQL
5 42 (5.82%) Big Data
6 40 (5.54%) MySQL
7 37 (5.12%) Relational Database
8 35 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
9 33 (4.57%) Hadoop
10 27 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (3.60%) MongoDB
12 25 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
13 23 (3.19%) Redis
13 23 (3.19%) Scylla
14 21 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
15 20 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (2.08%) BigQuery
17 12 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 11 (1.52%) Data Lake
18 11 (1.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 70 (9.70%) Git
2 52 (7.20%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.05%) TeamCity
4 21 (2.91%) GitLab
5 14 (1.94%) JIRA
6 13 (1.80%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.83%) Subversion
10 5 (0.69%) Selenium
11 4 (0.55%) Maven
11 4 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.42%) Android Studio
13 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
13 1 (0.14%) JMeter
13 1 (0.14%) JUnit
13 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
General
1 312 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 141 (19.53%) Finance
3 81 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (4.02%) Banking
6 26 (3.60%) Music Industry
7 23 (3.19%) Legal
8 22 (3.05%) Telecoms
9 21 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.35%) Law
11 16 (2.22%) Retail
12 13 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.66%) Front Office
14 11 (1.52%) Police
15 10 (1.39%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.97%) Games
18 6 (0.83%) Manufacturing
19 5 (0.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 111 (15.37%) DBA
2 100 (13.85%) Senior
3 90 (12.47%) SQL DBA
4 72 (9.97%) Architect
5 70 (9.70%) Developer
6 57 (7.89%) Systems Engineer
7 54 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (6.79%) DevOps Engineer
8 49 (6.79%) Lead
9 39 (5.40%) Administrator
9 39 (5.40%) Software Engineer
10 36 (4.99%) Support Engineer
11 31 (4.29%) .NET Developer
12 30 (4.16%) C# .NET Developer
12 30 (4.16%) C# Developer
13 29 (4.02%) Analyst
14 26 (3.60%) Principal Engineer
15 24 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
15 24 (3.32%) Principal Software Engineer
16 21 (2.91%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (9.83%) HTML
2 62 (8.59%) .NET
3 53 (7.34%) HTML5
4 48 (6.65%) Kafka
5 47 (6.51%) RESTful
6 41 (5.68%) .NET Core
6 41 (5.68%) CSS
7 38 (5.26%) ASP.NET
8 34 (4.71%) ASP.NET Web API
9 27 (3.74%) AngularJS
9 27 (3.74%) GraphQL
9 27 (3.74%) REST
10 26 (3.60%) ASP.NET MVC
10 26 (3.60%) LINQ
11 19 (2.63%) WebRTC
12 18 (2.49%) YAML
13 17 (2.35%) .NET Framework
13 17 (2.35%) CSS3
13 17 (2.35%) Web Services
14 16 (2.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 115 (15.93%) Clustering
2 70 (9.70%) Data Centre
3 60 (8.31%) Replication
4 43 (5.96%) Public Cloud
5 41 (5.68%) Algorithms
5 41 (5.68%) Data Structures
6 36 (4.99%) Cloud Native
7 35 (4.85%) Management Information System
8 34 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (2.49%) AS400
11 17 (2.35%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.94%) Driving Licence
14 13 (1.80%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.66%) PKI
15 12 (1.66%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.52%) PMI
17 10 (1.39%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 150 (20.78%) Windows
2 109 (15.10%) Linux
3 84 (11.63%) VMS
4 77 (10.66%) Windows Server
5 31 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (2.63%) Unix
7 15 (2.08%) Oracle Linux
8 14 (1.94%) Solaris
9 12 (1.66%) CentOS
10 11 (1.52%) Windows 10
11 9 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
14 6 (0.83%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.69%) Android
15 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.69%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.55%) AIX
17 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (35.04%) Problem-Solving
2 222 (30.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 163 (22.58%) Performance Tuning
4 155 (21.47%) DevOps
5 134 (18.56%) Agile
5 134 (18.56%) CI/CD
6 100 (13.85%) Collaborative Working
7 97 (13.43%) Business Intelligence
7 97 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (13.02%) Migration
9 91 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 86 (11.91%) Computer Science
11 84 (11.63%) Containerisation
12 81 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
13 69 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 69 (9.56%) Software Engineering
14 59 (8.17%) Microservices
15 58 (8.03%) ITIL
16 56 (7.76%) Capacity Planning
16 56 (7.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 242 (33.52%) SQL
2 123 (17.04%) Python
3 109 (15.10%) T-SQL
4 100 (13.85%) Java
5 91 (12.60%) C#
6 85 (11.77%) PowerShell
7 71 (9.83%) JavaScript
8 68 (9.42%) Bash
9 47 (6.51%) Go
10 31 (4.29%) Scala
11 26 (3.60%) PHP
12 16 (2.22%) C++
13 15 (2.08%) Perl
14 10 (1.39%) RPG
15 9 (1.25%) Rust
16 7 (0.97%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.97%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.83%) C
17 6 (0.83%) VBA
18 5 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (16.48%) Degree
2 97 (13.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (10.80%) Security Cleared
4 51 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (5.68%) SC Cleared
6 28 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 25 (3.46%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.80%) CCNA
10 12 (1.66%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.52%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.39%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.25%) CCIE
13 9 (1.25%) CCNP
14 8 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.97%) CCDP
15 7 (0.97%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 7 (0.97%) RHCE
16 6 (0.83%) MCSE
16 6 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.40%) QA
2 30 (4.16%) SLA
3 16 (2.22%) GDPR
4 8 (1.11%) HIPAA
5 6 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.28%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 102 (14.13%) Virtual Machines
2 93 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (12.60%) Active Directory
4 90 (12.47%) Docker
5 44 (6.09%) VMware ESXi
6 30 (4.16%) VMware NSX
7 27 (3.74%) Hyper-V
8 24 (3.32%) Firmware
9 16 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (1.25%) vSphere
12 6 (0.83%) XenApp
12 6 (0.83%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.42%) KVM
15 2 (0.28%) Ceph
15 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.28%) NFS
16 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 137 (18.98%) Kubernetes
2 94 (13.02%) Terraform
3 81 (11.22%) Ansible
4 30 (4.16%) Grafana
5 26 (3.60%) Nagios
5 26 (3.60%) Puppet
6 23 (3.19%) Microsoft Clustering
7 20 (2.77%) SCOM
8 17 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
8 17 (2.35%) vCenter Server
9 16 (2.22%) Prometheus
10 15 (2.08%) HAProxy
11 13 (1.80%) SCCM
12 12 (1.66%) Graphite
13 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
13 11 (1.52%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (1.25%) Data Guard
15 9 (1.25%) FortiGate
16 8 (1.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 288 (39.89%) Microsoft
2 126 (17.45%) VMware
3 62 (8.59%) Oracle
4 48 (6.65%) Cisco
5 46 (6.37%) Google
6 40 (5.54%) IBM
7 39 (5.40%) Dell
8 30 (4.16%) Red Hat
9 27 (3.74%) Veeam
10 17 (2.35%) SAP
11 16 (2.22%) HP
11 16 (2.22%) ServiceNow
11 16 (2.22%) SolarWinds
12 14 (1.94%) Citrix
12 14 (1.94%) NetApp
13 13 (1.80%) Splunk
14 12 (1.66%) CyberArk
14 12 (1.66%) New Relic
14 12 (1.66%) Serena
15 11 (1.52%) Fortinet