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The table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills within the Devon 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2346
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
As % of the category below7.407 %1.826 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£334-
Average daily rate£348-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£362-
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£28.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£31.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.32£30.78
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads108219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.153 %0.222 %
Daily rates quoted4869
Average minimum daily rate£310£329
Average daily rate£331£336
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted1440
Average minimum hourly rate£18.14£28.51
Average hourly rate£19.43£31.31
% change on same period last year-37.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.71£34.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Disaster Recovery South WestDisaster Recovery
South West

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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the Devon region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Devon Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

LocationRank 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
PlymouthNew entry-8£348-
Disaster Recovery South WestDisaster Recovery
South West

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

111 (73.33 %)Windows
28 (53.33 %)Windows 2000
28 (53.33 %)VPN
28 (53.33 %)Cisco
28 (53.33 %)CheckPoint
28 (53.33 %)Windows Server 2003
28 (53.33 %)Extranet
28 (53.33 %)ISA Server
28 (53.33 %)Firewall
28 (53.33 %)Cisco PIX
37 (46.67 %)SecurID
37 (46.67 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
37 (46.67 %)UNIX
37 (46.67 %)Client/Server
37 (46.67 %)FTP
37 (46.67 %)AIX
46 (40.00 %)Government
54 (26.67 %)VLAN
54 (26.67 %)Samba
54 (26.67 %)HTTP
54 (26.67 %)NFS
54 (26.67 %)TCP/IP
54 (26.67 %)SLA
54 (26.67 %)DNS
54 (26.67 %)IBM
54 (26.67 %)SAN
54 (26.67 %)Change Management
54 (26.67 %)HACMP
63 (20.00 %)BMC PATROL
63 (20.00 %)Shell Script

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (53.33 %)VPN
18 (53.33 %)Extranet
18 (53.33 %)Firewall
18 (53.33 %)Cisco PIX
27 (46.67 %)FTP
34 (26.67 %)HTTP
34 (26.67 %)TCP/IP
34 (26.67 %)DNS
34 (26.67 %)SAN
34 (26.67 %)VLAN
43 (20.00 %)SSH
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (40.00 %)Government
23 (20.00 %)Legal
23 (20.00 %)Finance
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (53.33 %)Consultant
18 (53.33 %)Security Consultant
27 (46.67 %)Administrator
27 (46.67 %)Systems Administrator
33 (20.00 %)DBA
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (46.67 %)Client/Server
17 (46.67 %)SecurID
24 (26.67 %)HACMP
32 (13.33 %)CESG
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (73.33 %)Windows
28 (53.33 %)Windows 2000
28 (53.33 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (46.67 %)AIX
37 (46.67 %)UNIX
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)Change Management
23 (20.00 %)ITIL
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
13 (20.00 %)SQL
13 (20.00 %)Shell Script
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (26.67 %)SLA
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (53.33 %)ISA Server
24 (26.67 %)Samba
24 (26.67 %)NFS
33 (20.00 %)Oracle RMAN
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (46.67 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (20.00 %)BMC PATROL
23 (20.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (53.33 %)Cisco
18 (53.33 %)CheckPoint
24 (26.67 %)IBM
33 (20.00 %)BMC
33 (20.00 %)Nokia
33 (20.00 %)Oracle
41 (6.667 %)HP