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The table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-28
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.971 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£384
% change on same period last year+1.03 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.29£34.57
% change on same period last year-12.37 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads141103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.230 %0.113 %
Daily rates quoted1713
Average minimum daily rate£303£286
Average daily rate£306£300
% change on same period last year+2.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted377
Average minimum hourly rate£25.09£31.21
Average hourly rate£26.26£31.21
% change on same period last year-15.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.42£31.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£29.44
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Disaster Recovery CheshireDisaster Recovery
Cheshire

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.

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

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

Chester Disaster Recovery Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

14 (57.14 %)SAN
23 (42.86 %)Sun
23 (42.86 %)Software Engineering
23 (42.86 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (42.86 %)VERITAS
23 (42.86 %)Red Hat
23 (42.86 %)HP
23 (42.86 %)EMC
23 (42.86 %)Oracle
23 (42.86 %)UNIX
23 (42.86 %)Linux
32 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
32 (28.57 %)SQL Server
32 (28.57 %)Citrix
32 (28.57 %)SQL
32 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (28.57 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (28.57 %)Migration
32 (28.57 %)NetBackup
41 (14.29 %)Replication
41 (14.29 %)Active Directory
41 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (14.29 %)CCA
41 (14.29 %)Citrix Certification
41 (14.29 %)CCEA
41 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (14.29 %)Remedy
41 (14.29 %)Windows
41 (14.29 %)DHCP
41 (14.29 %)DNS

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
12 (28.57 %)Exchange Server 2003
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)SAN
21 (14.29 %)DHCP
21 (14.29 %)DNS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
21 (14.29 %)DTS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Pharmaceutical
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Administrator
23 (42.86 %)UNIX Administrator
32 (28.57 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
32 (28.57 %)Systems Administrator
32 (28.57 %)DBA
41 (14.29 %)Server Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Citrix Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Exchange Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Development DBA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Replication
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)UNIX
13 (42.86 %)Linux
13 (42.86 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (14.29 %)Windows
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Software Engineering
22 (28.57 %)Migration
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)CCA
11 (14.29 %)Citrix Certification
11 (14.29 %)CCEA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)NetBackup
21 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (14.29 %)Active Directory
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Oracle
13 (42.86 %)Sun
13 (42.86 %)HP
13 (42.86 %)EMC
13 (42.86 %)VERITAS
13 (42.86 %)Red Hat
22 (28.57 %)Citrix
31 (14.29 %)Remedy