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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 288 279
Rank change year-on-year -80 -9 +31
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 736 1,277 2,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 1.26% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.32% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 607 791 1,045
10th Percentile £36,750 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +9.24% +3.48%
75th Percentile £78,125 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +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 10 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 10 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 -63 639 £57,500 -11.54% 194
UK excluding London -66 524 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home -32 339 £57,500 -14.81% 110
London -65 179 £77,500 +3.33% 76
North of England -26 146 £57,500 +12.78% 36
South East +40 120 £55,000 -4.35% 28
Midlands -21 105 £45,000 -25.00% 27
West Midlands +1 80 £47,000 -21.67% 12
North West -56 70 £57,500 +4.55% 23
Yorkshire +50 62 £57,500 +43.75% 10
Scotland -88 59 £52,500 -24.40% 8
South West -59 50 £57,500 +27.78% 14
East of England +12 36 £57,500 -30.30% 13
East Midlands -25 25 £42,500 -26.09% 15
North East -2 14 £57,500 +20.62% 3
Wales +8 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 75 (10.19%) IIS
2 34 (4.62%) Apache Spark
3 26 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (3.53%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.45%) Apache
5 8 (1.09%) JBoss
5 8 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.95%) nginx
7 5 (0.68%) CMS
7 5 (0.68%) Drupal
8 4 (0.54%) MQSeries
8 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.41%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 3 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.27%) Confluence
10 2 (0.27%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.95%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.82%) SAP PLM
3 5 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 405 (55.03%) Azure
2 216 (29.35%) AWS
3 108 (14.67%) GCP
4 101 (13.72%) Power Platform
5 63 (8.56%) SaaS
6 53 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
7 46 (6.25%) Amazon S3
8 39 (5.30%) GitHub
9 31 (4.21%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (3.40%) Google Docs
11 23 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
11 23 (3.13%) Lucidchart
11 23 (3.13%) Miro
11 23 (3.13%) Slack
12 19 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (2.58%) Entra ID
13 17 (2.31%) Serverless
14 14 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.90%) IaaS
15 13 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 113 (15.35%) Firewall
2 86 (11.68%) WAN
3 78 (10.60%) Broadband
4 54 (7.34%) DNS
5 49 (6.66%) VPN
6 38 (5.16%) SAN
7 31 (4.21%) LAN
8 28 (3.80%) MPLS
9 24 (3.26%) DHCP
9 24 (3.26%) SD-WAN
9 24 (3.26%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.99%) BGP
11 21 (2.85%) Network Security
11 21 (2.85%) OSPF
12 20 (2.72%) Wireless
13 17 (2.31%) SNMP
13 17 (2.31%) WLAN
14 16 (2.17%) Internet
15 13 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (1.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 242 (32.88%) SQL Server
2 95 (12.91%) Power BI
3 87 (11.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (7.88%) NoSQL
5 42 (5.71%) Big Data
6 41 (5.57%) MySQL
7 39 (5.30%) Relational Database
8 36 (4.89%) Elasticsearch
9 33 (4.48%) Hadoop
10 27 (3.67%) MongoDB
10 27 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (3.13%) Redis
12 23 (3.13%) Scylla
13 21 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 15 (2.04%) BigQuery
15 12 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (1.49%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 68 (9.24%) Git
2 50 (6.79%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.85%) TeamCity
4 20 (2.72%) GitLab
5 14 (1.90%) JIRA
6 13 (1.77%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (0.95%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.82%) Subversion
10 5 (0.68%) Selenium
11 4 (0.54%) Maven
11 4 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.41%) Android Studio
13 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
14 1 (0.14%) JMeter
14 1 (0.14%) JUnit
14 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
General
1 316 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 143 (19.43%) Finance
3 80 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (3.94%) Banking
6 26 (3.53%) Music Industry
7 23 (3.13%) Legal
7 23 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 21 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 16 (2.17%) Law
9 16 (2.17%) Retail
10 13 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.49%) Front Office
11 11 (1.49%) Police
12 10 (1.36%) Aerospace
12 10 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.95%) Games
13 7 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 113 (15.35%) DBA
2 104 (14.13%) Senior
3 91 (12.36%) SQL DBA
4 71 (9.65%) Architect
5 70 (9.51%) Developer
6 67 (9.10%) Systems Engineer
7 56 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (6.66%) Lead
9 48 (6.52%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (5.71%) Administrator
11 38 (5.16%) Software Engineer
12 34 (4.62%) Support Engineer
13 31 (4.21%) .NET Developer
14 30 (4.08%) Analyst
14 30 (4.08%) C# .NET Developer
14 30 (4.08%) C# Developer
15 26 (3.53%) Principal Engineer
16 24 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
16 24 (3.26%) Principal Software Engineer
17 21 (2.85%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (9.65%) HTML
2 63 (8.56%) .NET
3 52 (7.07%) HTML5
4 48 (6.52%) Kafka
5 47 (6.39%) RESTful
6 41 (5.57%) .NET Core
6 41 (5.57%) CSS
7 38 (5.16%) ASP.NET
8 34 (4.62%) ASP.NET Web API
9 31 (4.21%) REST
10 27 (3.67%) AngularJS
10 27 (3.67%) GraphQL
11 26 (3.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 26 (3.53%) LINQ
12 23 (3.13%) WebRTC
13 19 (2.58%) YAML
14 17 (2.31%) .NET Framework
14 17 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (2.31%) Web Services
15 16 (2.17%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 127 (17.26%) Clustering
2 73 (9.92%) Data Centre
3 62 (8.42%) Replication
4 49 (6.66%) Public Cloud
5 42 (5.71%) Algorithms
5 42 (5.71%) Data Structures
6 40 (5.43%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (4.89%) Cloud Native
8 35 (4.76%) Management Information System
9 23 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (2.45%) AS400
10 18 (2.45%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.90%) Driving Licence
14 13 (1.77%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.63%) PKI
15 12 (1.63%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.49%) PMI
17 10 (1.36%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 153 (20.79%) Windows
2 109 (14.81%) Linux
3 84 (11.41%) VMS
4 80 (10.87%) Windows Server
5 30 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (2.58%) Unix
7 15 (2.04%) Oracle Linux
8 14 (1.90%) Solaris
9 13 (1.77%) CentOS
10 10 (1.36%) Windows 10
11 9 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (1.09%) Android
12 8 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
14 6 (0.82%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.68%) AIX
15 5 (0.68%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.68%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (35.73%) Problem-Solving
2 230 (31.25%) Disaster Recovery
3 167 (22.69%) Performance Tuning
4 155 (21.06%) DevOps
5 138 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 131 (17.80%) Agile
7 100 (13.59%) Collaborative Working
8 98 (13.32%) Business Intelligence
8 98 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (13.04%) Migration
10 89 (12.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 85 (11.55%) Containerisation
11 85 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
12 83 (11.28%) Computer Science
13 71 (9.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 68 (9.24%) Software Engineering
15 65 (8.83%) Capacity Planning
16 62 (8.42%) Business Continuity
16 62 (8.42%) ITIL
17 59 (8.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 248 (33.70%) SQL
2 120 (16.30%) Python
3 109 (14.81%) T-SQL
4 104 (14.13%) Java
5 90 (12.23%) C#
6 87 (11.82%) PowerShell
7 72 (9.78%) JavaScript
8 69 (9.38%) Bash
9 47 (6.39%) Go
10 31 (4.21%) Scala
11 26 (3.53%) PHP
12 17 (2.31%) Perl
13 15 (2.04%) C++
14 10 (1.36%) RPG
15 8 (1.09%) Rust
15 8 (1.09%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.95%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.82%) C
17 6 (0.82%) VBA
18 5 (0.68%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 117 (15.90%) Degree
2 97 (13.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (11.68%) Security Cleared
4 48 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.98%) SC Cleared
6 28 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (3.67%) Master's Degree
8 26 (3.53%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.77%) CCNA
10 12 (1.63%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.49%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.22%) CCIE
12 9 (1.22%) CCNP
13 8 (1.09%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.95%) CCDP
14 7 (0.95%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 7 (0.95%) RHCE
15 6 (0.82%) MCSE
15 6 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.30%) QA
2 31 (4.21%) SLA
3 15 (2.04%) GDPR
4 8 (1.09%) HIPAA
5 7 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.27%) NCSC
9 2 (0.27%) PMO
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 105 (14.27%) Virtual Machines
2 101 (13.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 95 (12.91%) Active Directory
4 91 (12.36%) Docker
5 44 (5.98%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (5.16%) VMware NSX
7 29 (3.94%) Hyper-V
8 25 (3.40%) Firmware
9 15 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (1.09%) vSphere
11 6 (0.82%) XenApp
11 6 (0.82%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.41%) KVM
14 2 (0.27%) Ceph
14 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.14%) NFS
15 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 137 (18.61%) Kubernetes
2 93 (12.64%) Terraform
3 81 (11.01%) Ansible
4 31 (4.21%) Grafana
5 26 (3.53%) Nagios
6 25 (3.40%) Puppet
7 21 (2.85%) Microsoft Clustering
7 21 (2.85%) SCOM
8 18 (2.45%) Failover Clustering
9 17 (2.31%) vCenter Server
10 16 (2.17%) Prometheus
11 15 (2.04%) HAProxy
12 13 (1.77%) Graphite
12 13 (1.77%) SCCM
13 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (1.36%) FortiGate
15 9 (1.22%) Data Guard
15 9 (1.22%) Progress Chef
15 9 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
15 9 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 300 (40.76%) Microsoft
2 139 (18.89%) VMware
3 62 (8.42%) Oracle
4 48 (6.52%) Cisco
5 46 (6.25%) Google
6 41 (5.57%) IBM
7 40 (5.43%) Dell
8 29 (3.94%) Veeam
9 28 (3.80%) Red Hat
10 18 (2.45%) SAP
11 17 (2.31%) SolarWinds
12 16 (2.17%) Citrix
12 16 (2.17%) HP
12 16 (2.17%) ServiceNow
13 15 (2.04%) NetApp
14 12 (1.63%) CheckPoint
14 12 (1.63%) Commvault
14 12 (1.63%) CyberArk
14 12 (1.63%) Serena
14 12 (1.63%) Splunk