Berkshire BCP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BCP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Location Bath Belfast Berkshire Bracknell Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley East Midlands East of England England Essex Gatwick Hampshire Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Middlesex Midlands Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North West Northern Ireland Norwich Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	156
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	3	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.148 %	0.375 %
Daily rates quoted	2	9
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£383
Average daily rate	£425	£383
% change on same period last year	+10.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£45.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2032	2666
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.682 %	2.655 %
Daily rates quoted	518	945
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£360
Average daily rate	£385	£382
% change on same period last year	+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	98	196
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.75	£31.38
Average hourly rate	£30.44	£32.96
% change on same period last year	-7.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.13	£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.34	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
BCP South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BCP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BCP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

BCP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BCP across the Berkshire region.

BCP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BCP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

BCP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BCP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bracknell	+9	1	-	-
Maidenhead	-	1	£450	-

BCP South East

BCP
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing BCP 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 BCP.

1 4 (57.14 %) Telecoms 1 4 (57.14 %) Business Continuity 2 3 (42.86 %) ISO27001 3 2 (28.57 %) Disaster Recovery 3 2 (28.57 %) Risk Assessment 3 2 (28.57 %) Information Security 3 2 (28.57 %) IVR 3 2 (28.57 %) VoIP 3 2 (28.57 %) Project Management 3 2 (28.57 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (14.29 %) Service Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Change Management 4 1 (14.29 %) SLA 4 1 (14.29 %) IBM 4 1 (14.29 %) CISSP

4 1 (14.29 %) Alcatel 4 1 (14.29 %) Programme Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Incident Management 4 1 (14.29 %) ITIL 4 1 (14.29 %) GAP Analysis 4 1 (14.29 %) ITSM 4 1 (14.29 %) Accenture 4 1 (14.29 %) Risk Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Degree 4 1 (14.29 %) Problem Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Risk Analysis 4 1 (14.29 %) BS25999

BCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing BCP 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 BCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 2 (28.57 %) VoIP	General 1 4 (57.14 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 2 (28.57 %) Security Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Project Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Service Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Business Continuity Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Business Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (28.57 %) IVR
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (57.14 %) Business Continuity 2 2 (28.57 %) Disaster Recovery 2 2 (28.57 %) Risk Assessment 2 2 (28.57 %) Information Security 2 2 (28.57 %) Project Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Service Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Change Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Programme Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Incident Management 3 1 (14.29 %) ITIL 3 1 (14.29 %) GAP Analysis 3 1 (14.29 %) ITSM 3 1 (14.29 %) Risk Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Problem Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Risk Analysis	Qualifications 1 1 (14.29 %) CISSP 1 1 (14.29 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (42.86 %) ISO27001 2 2 (28.57 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (14.29 %) SLA 3 1 (14.29 %) BS25999	Vendors 1 1 (14.29 %) IBM 1 1 (14.29 %) Alcatel 1 1 (14.29 %) Accenture