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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 269 275
Rank change year-on-year -98 +6 +30
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 720 1,299 2,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 1.32% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.38% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 593 777 1,060
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,313 £36,225
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +10.17% +2.61%
75th Percentile £79,250 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £100,000 £90,150
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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 23 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 23 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 -74 634 £57,500 -11.54% 169
UK excluding London -78 512 £57,500 +4.55% 106
Work from Home -31 329 £57,500 -14.81% 97
London -67 178 £77,500 +3.33% 63
North of England -42 147 £57,500 +13.88% 32
South East +37 120 £56,250 -2.17% 26
Midlands -29 98 £47,500 -17.39% 23
West Midlands -6 71 £52,500 -8.70% 14
North West -65 70 £57,500 +4.55% 23
Yorkshire +38 63 £57,500 +49.35% 7
South West -55 52 £57,500 +27.78% 12
Scotland -94 50 £55,000 -20.80% 6
East of England +2 37 £57,500 -30.30% 10
East Midlands -14 27 £45,000 -21.74% 9
North East -3 14 £57,500 +20.62% 2
Wales +7 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 65 (9.03%) IIS
2 31 (4.31%) Apache Spark
3 26 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 25 (3.47%) SharePoint
5 20 (2.78%) Apache
6 11 (1.53%) JBoss
7 10 (1.39%) nginx
8 8 (1.11%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.69%) CMS
9 5 (0.69%) Drupal
10 4 (0.56%) MQSeries
10 4 (0.56%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.42%) GlassFish
11 3 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 3 (0.42%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.28%) Confluence
12 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.67%) 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 (0.56%) 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
1 395 (54.86%) Azure
2 207 (28.75%) AWS
3 99 (13.75%) GCP
3 99 (13.75%) Power Platform
4 59 (8.19%) SaaS
5 53 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (5.97%) Amazon S3
7 40 (5.56%) GitHub
8 27 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
9 22 (3.06%) Google Docs
10 20 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
10 20 (2.78%) Lucidchart
10 20 (2.78%) Miro
10 20 (2.78%) Slack
11 18 (2.50%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.36%) Serverless
13 14 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (1.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (15.56%) Firewall
2 78 (10.83%) Broadband
2 78 (10.83%) WAN
3 53 (7.36%) DNS
4 49 (6.81%) VPN
5 37 (5.14%) SAN
6 31 (4.31%) LAN
7 30 (4.17%) MPLS
8 26 (3.61%) SD-WAN
8 26 (3.61%) TCP/IP
9 24 (3.33%) BGP
10 23 (3.19%) OSPF
11 21 (2.92%) Network Security
12 20 (2.78%) DHCP
13 19 (2.64%) Wireless
14 17 (2.36%) WLAN
15 16 (2.22%) SNMP
16 15 (2.08%) Internet
17 13 (1.81%) SSL
18 12 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (31.94%) SQL Server
2 93 (12.92%) Power BI
3 83 (11.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (7.78%) NoSQL
5 40 (5.56%) MySQL
6 38 (5.28%) Big Data
7 37 (5.14%) Relational Database
8 32 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
9 30 (4.17%) Hadoop
10 28 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (3.61%) MongoDB
12 25 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
13 21 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
14 20 (2.78%) Redis
14 20 (2.78%) Scylla
15 19 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (2.08%) BigQuery
17 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 11 (1.53%) Data Lake
18 11 (1.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 71 (9.86%) Git
2 54 (7.50%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.19%) TeamCity
4 20 (2.78%) GitLab
5 14 (1.94%) JIRA
6 13 (1.81%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.69%) Subversion
10 4 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.56%) Selenium
11 3 (0.42%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.42%) Maven
12 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.28%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.28%) JMeter
12 2 (0.28%) JUnit
13 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
General
1 305 (42.36%) Social Skills
2 140 (19.44%) Finance
3 81 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (3.89%) Banking
6 26 (3.61%) Music Industry
7 23 (3.19%) Legal
8 22 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 21 (2.92%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.36%) Law
11 16 (2.22%) Retail
12 13 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.67%) Front Office
14 11 (1.53%) Police
15 10 (1.39%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.83%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.69%) Games
18 5 (0.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (15.28%) DBA
2 101 (14.03%) Senior
3 90 (12.50%) SQL DBA
4 73 (10.14%) Architect
5 70 (9.72%) Developer
6 57 (7.92%) Systems Engineer
7 54 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 50 (6.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 49 (6.81%) Lead
10 38 (5.28%) Administrator
11 37 (5.14%) Support Engineer
12 36 (5.00%) Software Engineer
13 31 (4.31%) .NET Developer
14 30 (4.17%) C# .NET Developer
14 30 (4.17%) C# Developer
15 29 (4.03%) Analyst
16 24 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
17 22 (3.06%) Principal Engineer
18 21 (2.92%) Network Engineer
18 21 (2.92%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (10.00%) HTML
2 63 (8.75%) .NET
3 54 (7.50%) HTML5
4 46 (6.39%) RESTful
5 43 (5.97%) Kafka
6 42 (5.83%) .NET Core
6 42 (5.83%) CSS
7 38 (5.28%) ASP.NET
8 34 (4.72%) ASP.NET Web API
9 27 (3.75%) AngularJS
10 26 (3.61%) ASP.NET MVC
10 26 (3.61%) LINQ
10 26 (3.61%) REST
11 24 (3.33%) GraphQL
12 19 (2.64%) WebRTC
13 18 (2.50%) CSS3
13 18 (2.50%) YAML
14 17 (2.36%) .NET Framework
14 17 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (2.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 118 (16.39%) Clustering
2 69 (9.58%) Data Centre
3 58 (8.06%) Replication
4 45 (6.25%) Public Cloud
5 38 (5.28%) Algorithms
5 38 (5.28%) Cloud Native
6 37 (5.14%) Data Structures
7 35 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (4.86%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (2.50%) AS400
10 17 (2.36%) Onboarding
11 16 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.94%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.67%) PKI
13 12 (1.67%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.67%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.53%) PMI
15 10 (1.39%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 149 (20.69%) Windows
2 110 (15.28%) Linux
3 84 (11.67%) VMS
4 76 (10.56%) Windows Server
5 32 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (2.50%) Unix
7 15 (2.08%) Oracle Linux
8 14 (1.94%) Solaris
9 12 (1.67%) CentOS
10 11 (1.53%) 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%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.69%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.56%) AIX
16 4 (0.56%) Android
17 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (34.44%) Problem-Solving
2 222 (30.83%) Disaster Recovery
3 163 (22.64%) Performance Tuning
4 156 (21.67%) DevOps
5 136 (18.89%) Agile
5 136 (18.89%) CI/CD
6 100 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
7 98 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (12.92%) Migration
10 92 (12.78%) Infrastructure as Code
11 88 (12.22%) Computer Science
12 85 (11.81%) Containerisation
13 77 (10.69%) Cybersecurity
14 70 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 65 (9.03%) Software Engineering
16 60 (8.33%) Microservices
17 57 (7.92%) ITIL
18 56 (7.78%) Business Continuity
18 56 (7.78%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 242 (33.61%) SQL
2 121 (16.81%) Python
3 108 (15.00%) T-SQL
4 98 (13.61%) Java
5 90 (12.50%) C#
6 88 (12.22%) PowerShell
7 72 (10.00%) JavaScript
8 66 (9.17%) Bash
9 45 (6.25%) Go
10 29 (4.03%) Scala
11 25 (3.47%) 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%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 120 (16.67%) Degree
2 98 (13.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (10.83%) Security Cleared
4 52 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (5.69%) SC Cleared
6 29 (4.03%) Master's Degree
7 28 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.81%) CCNA
10 12 (1.67%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.53%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.39%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.25%) CCIE
13 9 (1.25%) CCNP
14 7 (0.97%) CCDP
14 7 (0.97%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 7 (0.97%) RHCE
15 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.56%) QA
2 29 (4.03%) SLA
3 16 (2.22%) GDPR
4 8 (1.11%) HIPAA
5 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 2 (0.28%) PMO
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 102 (14.17%) Virtual Machines
2 92 (12.78%) Active Directory
2 92 (12.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 91 (12.64%) Docker
4 44 (6.11%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (4.17%) VMware NSX
6 28 (3.89%) Hyper-V
7 24 (3.33%) Firmware
8 17 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.94%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (1.25%) vSphere
11 6 (0.83%) XenApp
11 6 (0.83%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.42%) KVM
14 2 (0.28%) Ceph
14 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.28%) NFS
15 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.14%) etcd
Systems Management
1 137 (19.03%) Kubernetes
2 95 (13.19%) Terraform
3 84 (11.67%) Ansible
4 32 (4.44%) Grafana
5 27 (3.75%) Nagios
5 27 (3.75%) Puppet
6 23 (3.19%) Microsoft Clustering
7 20 (2.78%) Failover Clustering
7 20 (2.78%) SCOM
8 17 (2.36%) Prometheus
8 17 (2.36%) vCenter Server
9 15 (2.08%) HAProxy
10 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (1.81%) SCCM
12 12 (1.67%) Graphite
12 12 (1.67%) Progress Chef
13 11 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (1.39%) WSUS
15 9 (1.25%) Data Guard
15 9 (1.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 291 (40.42%) Microsoft
2 127 (17.64%) VMware
3 63 (8.75%) Oracle
4 48 (6.67%) Cisco
5 43 (5.97%) Google
6 39 (5.42%) IBM
7 35 (4.86%) Dell
8 32 (4.44%) Red Hat
9 26 (3.61%) Veeam
10 17 (2.36%) SAP
11 16 (2.22%) HP
11 16 (2.22%) ServiceNow
11 16 (2.22%) SolarWinds
12 15 (2.08%) Splunk
13 14 (1.94%) Citrix
14 13 (1.81%) NetApp
14 13 (1.81%) New Relic
15 12 (1.67%) CyberArk
15 12 (1.67%) Serena
16 11 (1.53%) Fortinet