High Availability Jobs

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 274 280
Rank change year-on-year -105 +6 +25
Permanent jobs citing High Availability 717 1,251 2,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 1.32% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.38% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 588 757 1,063
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,875 £36,050
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,350 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +9.24% +5.78%
75th Percentile £78,938 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,875 £100,000 £91,450
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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 June 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 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -75 638 £57,500 -11.54% 165
UK excluding London -92 509 £57,500 +4.55% 100
Work from Home -40 324 £57,500 -12.01% 83
London -65 178 £77,500 +3.33% 65
North of England -60 146 £57,500 +11.65% 22
South East +18 122 £57,500 -4.17% 28
Midlands -25 99 £47,500 -15.56% 21
North West -78 74 £57,500 +4.55% 16
West Midlands -23 71 £52,500 -8.70% 13
Yorkshire +11 58 £57,500 +59.72% 4
South West -72 52 £57,500 +27.78% 9
Scotland -94 43 £52,500 -24.40% 10
East of England -8 39 £57,500 -30.30% 14
East Midlands -20 28 £45,000 -4.87% 8
North East -8 14 £57,500 +14.80% 2
Wales +3 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 63 (8.79%) IIS
2 25 (3.49%) Apache Spark
3 24 (3.35%) SharePoint
4 22 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (2.93%) Apache
6 11 (1.53%) JBoss
7 10 (1.39%) nginx
8 8 (1.12%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.70%) CMS
9 5 (0.70%) 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%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.98%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.84%) SAP PLM
3 5 (0.70%) 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
1 394 (54.95%) Azure
2 206 (28.73%) AWS
3 99 (13.81%) Power Platform
4 92 (12.83%) GCP
5 56 (7.81%) SaaS
6 50 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (5.58%) GitHub
8 36 (5.02%) Amazon S3
9 25 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (2.37%) Serverless
11 16 (2.23%) Entra ID
11 16 (2.23%) Google Docs
12 14 (1.95%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (1.95%) Lucidchart
12 14 (1.95%) Miro
12 14 (1.95%) Slack
13 13 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (1.67%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 111 (15.48%) Firewall
2 78 (10.88%) Broadband
3 75 (10.46%) WAN
4 50 (6.97%) DNS
5 47 (6.56%) VPN
6 39 (5.44%) SAN
7 31 (4.32%) MPLS
8 30 (4.18%) LAN
9 26 (3.63%) TCP/IP
10 24 (3.35%) BGP
10 24 (3.35%) SD-WAN
11 22 (3.07%) OSPF
12 20 (2.79%) DHCP
12 20 (2.79%) Network Security
13 19 (2.65%) Wireless
14 17 (2.37%) WLAN
15 15 (2.09%) Internet
15 15 (2.09%) SNMP
16 13 (1.81%) SSL
17 12 (1.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (32.08%) SQL Server
2 93 (12.97%) Power BI
3 83 (11.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (8.23%) NoSQL
5 44 (6.14%) MySQL
6 38 (5.30%) Relational Database
7 34 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (4.60%) Big Data
9 30 (4.18%) MongoDB
10 28 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
11 25 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (3.49%) Hadoop
12 21 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
13 19 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 15 (2.09%) BigQuery
15 14 (1.95%) Redis
15 14 (1.95%) Scylla
16 12 (1.67%) Data Lake
16 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (1.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 70 (9.76%) Git
2 52 (7.25%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.21%) TeamCity
4 21 (2.93%) GitLab
5 14 (1.95%) JIRA
6 13 (1.81%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.26%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.70%) Subversion
9 4 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.42%) Android Studio
10 3 (0.42%) Selenium
11 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.28%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.28%) JMeter
11 2 (0.28%) JUnit
11 2 (0.28%) Maven
12 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
General
1 297 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 135 (18.83%) Finance
3 81 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (3.63%) Banking
5 26 (3.63%) Music Industry
6 23 (3.21%) Legal
7 21 (2.93%) Public Sector
7 21 (2.93%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.51%) Law
9 17 (2.37%) Retail
10 13 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.67%) Front Office
12 11 (1.53%) Police
13 10 (1.39%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.98%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.84%) Games
16 5 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 114 (15.90%) DBA
2 100 (13.95%) Senior
3 90 (12.55%) SQL DBA
4 78 (10.88%) Architect
5 71 (9.90%) Developer
6 54 (7.53%) Systems Engineer
7 52 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 51 (7.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 49 (6.83%) Lead
10 38 (5.30%) Administrator
11 36 (5.02%) Support Engineer
12 31 (4.32%) .NET Developer
13 30 (4.18%) C# .NET Developer
13 30 (4.18%) C# Developer
13 30 (4.18%) Software Engineer
14 29 (4.04%) Analyst
15 24 (3.35%) Network Engineer
16 23 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
17 19 (2.65%) Applications Engineer
17 19 (2.65%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (10.04%) HTML
2 63 (8.79%) .NET
3 54 (7.53%) HTML5
4 46 (6.42%) RESTful
5 42 (5.86%) .NET Core
5 42 (5.86%) CSS
6 38 (5.30%) ASP.NET
7 36 (5.02%) Kafka
8 34 (4.74%) ASP.NET Web API
9 27 (3.77%) AngularJS
10 26 (3.63%) ASP.NET MVC
10 26 (3.63%) LINQ
11 24 (3.35%) REST
12 18 (2.51%) CSS3
12 18 (2.51%) GraphQL
12 18 (2.51%) React
12 18 (2.51%) WebRTC
13 17 (2.37%) .NET Framework
13 17 (2.37%) YAML
14 16 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 114 (15.90%) Clustering
2 67 (9.34%) Data Centre
3 64 (8.93%) Replication
4 44 (6.14%) Public Cloud
5 40 (5.58%) Cloud Native
6 36 (5.02%) Management Information System
7 32 (4.46%) Algorithms
7 32 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (4.32%) Data Structures
9 24 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.37%) AS400
10 17 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (2.23%) Onboarding
11 16 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.95%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.81%) PKI
14 12 (1.67%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.53%) PMI
15 11 (1.53%) Virtual Team
16 10 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 148 (20.64%) Windows
2 115 (16.04%) Linux
3 83 (11.58%) VMS
4 76 (10.60%) Windows Server
5 31 (4.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (2.51%) Unix
7 15 (2.09%) Oracle Linux
8 14 (1.95%) Solaris
9 13 (1.81%) CentOS
10 10 (1.39%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.39%) Windows 10
11 8 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.56%) AIX
15 4 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
15 4 (0.56%) Android
15 4 (0.56%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (33.89%) Problem-Solving
2 221 (30.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 164 (22.87%) Performance Tuning
4 159 (22.18%) DevOps
5 135 (18.83%) CI/CD
6 134 (18.69%) Agile
7 100 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (13.67%) Collaborative Working
9 97 (13.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 96 (13.39%) Business Intelligence
11 91 (12.69%) Computer Science
12 89 (12.41%) Migration
13 84 (11.72%) Containerisation
14 72 (10.04%) Cybersecurity
15 67 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 65 (9.07%) Software Engineering
17 58 (8.09%) Microservices
18 57 (7.95%) Business Continuity
18 57 (7.95%) ITIL
19 55 (7.67%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 246 (34.31%) SQL
2 117 (16.32%) Python
3 109 (15.20%) T-SQL
4 91 (12.69%) Java
5 89 (12.41%) C#
6 86 (11.99%) PowerShell
7 72 (10.04%) JavaScript
8 60 (8.37%) Bash
9 39 (5.44%) Go
10 25 (3.49%) PHP
11 23 (3.21%) Scala
12 17 (2.37%) C++
13 14 (1.95%) Perl
14 10 (1.39%) RPG
14 10 (1.39%) Rust
15 7 (0.98%) C
15 7 (0.98%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.98%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.84%) VBA
17 5 (0.70%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 126 (17.57%) Degree
2 96 (13.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 77 (10.74%) Security Cleared
4 60 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (5.86%) SC Cleared
6 30 (4.18%) Master's Degree
7 29 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (3.35%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.81%) CCNA
10 12 (1.67%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.53%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.53%) CCNP
11 11 (1.53%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.26%) CCIE
13 9 (1.26%) RHCE
14 7 (0.98%) CCDP
14 7 (0.98%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 6 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.58%) QA
2 27 (3.77%) SLA
3 17 (2.37%) GDPR
4 8 (1.12%) HIPAA
5 7 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.56%) 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
1 100 (13.95%) Virtual Machines
2 90 (12.55%) Docker
3 89 (12.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 88 (12.27%) Active Directory
5 43 (6.00%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (4.04%) VMware NSX
7 24 (3.35%) Hyper-V
8 23 (3.21%) Firmware
9 16 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (1.53%) vSphere
12 4 (0.56%) KVM
12 4 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (0.56%) XenApp
12 4 (0.56%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.28%) Ceph
13 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.28%) NFS
14 1 (0.14%) etcd
14 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 132 (18.41%) Kubernetes
2 101 (14.09%) Terraform
3 87 (12.13%) Ansible
4 31 (4.32%) Grafana
5 28 (3.91%) Puppet
6 26 (3.63%) Nagios
7 24 (3.35%) Microsoft Clustering
8 19 (2.65%) Failover Clustering
9 18 (2.51%) Prometheus
9 18 (2.51%) SCOM
10 16 (2.23%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.95%) HAProxy
11 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
11 14 (1.95%) Progress Chef
12 11 (1.53%) Graphite
12 11 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (1.39%) SCCM
14 9 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 9 (1.26%) Data Guard
14 9 (1.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 286 (39.89%) Microsoft
2 124 (17.29%) VMware
3 63 (8.79%) Oracle
4 49 (6.83%) Cisco
5 37 (5.16%) Google
5 37 (5.16%) IBM
6 34 (4.74%) Red Hat
7 28 (3.91%) Dell
8 26 (3.63%) Veeam
9 17 (2.37%) SAP
10 16 (2.23%) HP
10 16 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 16 (2.23%) Splunk
11 14 (1.95%) New Relic
11 14 (1.95%) SolarWinds
12 13 (1.81%) NetApp
13 12 (1.67%) CyberArk
13 12 (1.67%) Serena
14 11 (1.53%) BeyondTrust
14 11 (1.53%) Citrix