The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 62 55 65
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 1 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% 1.235% 0.625%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.182% 2.008% 0.905%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
Average daily rate - £435 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +55.35%
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
550 498 663
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.83% 61.48% 69.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 254 367
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.99% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Continuity
North West

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Business Continuity Daily 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 Cheshire 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
Warrington -5 1 - -
Business Continuity
North West

Business Continuity
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (90.00%) Risk Management
1 9 (90.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 8 (80.00%) Change Management
3 7 (70.00%) PRINCE2
4 6 (60.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) QA
5 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (20.00%) Time Management
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (20.00%) Workflow
6 2 (20.00%) Banking
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) PMI
6 2 (20.00%) PMP
6 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 9 (90.00%) Security Manager
2 9 (90.00%) Security Project Manager
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Manager
4 3 (30.00%) Information Manager
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security Project Manager
5 2 (20.00%) Information Risk Manager
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Risk Management
1 9 (90.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) Change Management
3 7 (70.00%) PRINCE2
4 6 (60.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (20.00%) Time Management
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (20.00%) Workflow
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA