The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity
Rank 28 - 40
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.524% - 1.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.654% - 1.402%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £353 £325
% change year-on-year
+15.24% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £27.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year
-37.61% -17.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
153 201 214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 80.10% 72.04% 73.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 107 110
Average daily rate £363 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Continuity
East of England

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Continuity across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Business Continuity Jobs Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Continuity across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Continuity across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Continuity Hourly Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton - 1 £425 -
Business Continuity
East of England

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Business Continuity also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Continuity.

1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) HND
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) TickIT
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Business Continuity also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Continuity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) HND
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) ECDL
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) TickIT
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) EMC