The first table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Disaster Recovery
Rank 92 118 87
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -31
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 29 20 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.239% 0.631% 1.492%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.851% 0.975% 2.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 25
Average daily rate £388 £343 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.13% -2.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £275 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £344 £345
% change year-on-year
+7.63% -0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £23.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-23.91% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1567 2051 1926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 66.94% 64.70% 63.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 803 788
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 49 73
Average hourly rate £28.75 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.30 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Disaster Recovery
South East

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Disaster Recovery Jobs Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +17 15 £415 +48.21% 1
Bracknell - 5 - - 1
Newbury +2 1 - - 1
Maidenhead - - - -
Slough - - - - 1
Wokingham - - - -
Disaster Recovery
South East

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Disaster Recovery 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 Disaster Recovery.

1 26 (49.06%) Windows
2 24 (45.28%) Oracle
2 24 (45.28%) SQL
3 17 (32.08%) ITIL
3 17 (32.08%) UNIX
4 15 (28.30%) .NET
5 14 (26.42%) SQL Server
5 14 (26.42%) VMware
6 13 (24.53%) SAN
7 12 (22.64%) Finance
7 12 (22.64%) Linux
8 11 (20.75%) IBM
8 11 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (18.87%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (18.87%) Oracle 11g
9 10 (18.87%) Citrix
9 10 (18.87%) C
9 10 (18.87%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (16.98%) 3G
10 9 (16.98%) 2G
10 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
10 9 (16.98%) HP
10 9 (16.98%) IPv4
10 9 (16.98%) LAN
10 9 (16.98%) SLA
11 8 (15.09%) Network Management
11 8 (15.09%) Cisco
11 8 (15.09%) TCP/IP
11 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
11 8 (15.09%) Java

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Disaster Recovery 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 Disaster Recovery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (28.30%) .NET
2 7 (13.21%) ASP.NET
3 6 (11.32%) Web Services
3 6 (11.32%) Middleware
4 5 (9.434%) J2EE
4 5 (9.434%) WebSphere
5 3 (5.660%) Flash
6 2 (3.774%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.887%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.32%) Tomcat
1 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
1 6 (11.32%) IIS
2 5 (9.434%) Apache
2 5 (9.434%) IBM HTTP Server
3 3 (5.660%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 3 (5.660%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (5.660%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.774%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (3.774%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (3.774%) WebLogic
4 2 (3.774%) FileNet
5 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.887%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Visio
1 2 (3.774%) MS Office
2 1 (1.887%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.887%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.774%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.774%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (3.774%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.53%) SAN
2 9 (16.98%) 3G
2 9 (16.98%) 2G
2 9 (16.98%) IPv4
2 9 (16.98%) LAN
3 8 (15.09%) TCP/IP
4 7 (13.21%) ATM
4 7 (13.21%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (13.21%) LTE
5 5 (9.434%) HTTP
6 4 (7.547%) WAN
6 4 (7.547%) Firewall
6 4 (7.547%) Intranet
6 4 (7.547%) Internet
7 2 (3.774%) Network Security
7 2 (3.774%) VoIP
7 2 (3.774%) BGP
7 2 (3.774%) MPLS
7 2 (3.774%) OSPF
8 1 (1.887%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.42%) SQL Server
2 10 (18.87%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (13.21%) NoSQL
3 7 (13.21%) Big Data
4 6 (11.32%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (5.660%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (5.660%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (3.774%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (1.887%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.774%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (3.774%) ProC
2 1 (1.887%) LoadRunner
General
1 12 (22.64%) Finance
2 8 (15.09%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.434%) Retail
4 4 (7.547%) Banking
5 1 (1.887%) Electronics
5 1 (1.887%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (16.98%) DBA
1 9 (16.98%) Oracle DBA
2 7 (13.21%) Applications Support
3 6 (11.32%) Technical Leader
4 5 (9.434%) Consultant
5 4 (7.547%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (7.547%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.547%) Administrator
6 3 (5.660%) Architect
6 3 (5.660%) Developer
6 3 (5.660%) Test Manager
6 3 (5.660%) Storage Specialist
7 2 (3.774%) OSS Architect
7 2 (3.774%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) Network Manager
7 2 (3.774%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (3.774%) Team Leader
7 2 (3.774%) WebSphere Consultant
7 2 (3.774%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (3.774%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Clustering
2 4 (7.547%) CLARiiON
2 4 (7.547%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.660%) Mainframe
3 3 (5.660%) Open Source
3 3 (5.660%) Symmetrix
3 3 (5.660%) EMC Centera
3 3 (5.660%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (3.774%) Oracle Exalogic
4 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.887%) HACMP
5 1 (1.887%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (1.887%) LPAR
5 1 (1.887%) DLPAR
5 1 (1.887%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 26 (49.06%) Windows
2 17 (32.08%) UNIX
3 12 (22.64%) Linux
4 10 (18.87%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (18.87%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (11.32%) Windows 7
6 3 (5.660%) Windows XP
7 2 (3.774%) AIX
7 2 (3.774%) Solaris
8 1 (1.887%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) ITIL
2 8 (15.09%) Network Management
3 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (13.21%) eTOM
4 6 (11.32%) Fault Management
5 5 (9.434%) Migration
6 4 (7.547%) Knowledge Management
6 4 (7.547%) Incident Management
6 4 (7.547%) Business Continuity
6 4 (7.547%) Content Management
6 4 (7.547%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.547%) Workflow
7 3 (5.660%) Validation
7 3 (5.660%) ETL
7 3 (5.660%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (5.660%) Test Scripting
8 2 (3.774%) Problem Management
8 2 (3.774%) Resource Management
8 2 (3.774%) Performance Management
8 2 (3.774%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) SQL
2 10 (18.87%) C
3 8 (15.09%) Java
4 7 (13.21%) Shell Script
4 7 (13.21%) Perl
5 5 (9.434%) PL/SQL
6 2 (3.774%) C#
7 1 (1.887%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (7.547%) SC Cleared
1 4 (7.547%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.660%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.660%) CCNP
3 2 (3.774%) Degree
3 2 (3.774%) CCNA
4 1 (1.887%) CCDP
4 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.887%) OCP
4 1 (1.887%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.887%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.887%) MCP
4 1 (1.887%) HNC
4 1 (1.887%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (7.547%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (7.547%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (5.660%) SRDF
4 3 (5.660%) VMware ESX
5 2 (3.774%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.887%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.887%) vSphere
6 1 (1.887%) XenApp
6 1 (1.887%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (9.434%) Tivoli
2 5 (9.434%) HP SIM
3 4 (7.547%) Foglight
4 3 (5.660%) Data Guard
5 2 (3.774%) SCVMM
5 2 (3.774%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (1.887%) ARCserve
6 1 (1.887%) MOM
6 1 (1.887%) Legato
6 1 (1.887%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (1.887%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.887%) SCCM
6 1 (1.887%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Oracle
2 14 (26.42%) VMware
3 11 (20.75%) IBM
4 10 (18.87%) Citrix
5 9 (16.98%) HP
6 8 (15.09%) Cisco
6 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
7 6 (11.32%) EMC
8 4 (7.547%) Sitecore
8 4 (7.547%) Hummingbird
9 3 (5.660%) Ericsson
9 3 (5.660%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.660%) NEC
9 3 (5.660%) Juniper
9 3 (5.660%) Business Objects
9 3 (5.660%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 3 (5.660%) Huawei
9 3 (5.660%) Greenplum
10 2 (3.774%) JBoss
10 2 (3.774%) Sun
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Posted: 3 June 2013