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The table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5159
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.744 %1.990 %
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£379£384
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00£30.33
Average hourly rate£34.33£30.33
% change on same period last year+13.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.67£30.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.90£32.34
% change on same period last year+7.92 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads344402
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.490 %0.416 %
Daily rates quoted118128
Average minimum daily rate£351£360
Average daily rate£371£376
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted3363
Average minimum hourly rate£28.29£30.88
Average hourly rate£30.19£31.63
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.08£32.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Business Continuity East of EnglandBusiness Continuity
East of England

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.

Business Continuity
Demand Trend

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

Essex Business Continuity Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Continuity across the Essex region.

Essex Business Continuity Hourly Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Continuity across the Essex region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Essex Business Continuity Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 15 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
ChelmsfordNew entry-1--
BasildonDown-51--
Business Continuity East of EnglandBusiness Continuity
East of England

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

15 (41.67 %)BCP
24 (33.33 %)Project Management
33 (25.00 %)CISSP
33 (25.00 %)Windows
33 (25.00 %)CISA
33 (25.00 %)CISM
33 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (16.67 %)MS Visio
42 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
42 (16.67 %)Mainframe
42 (16.67 %)Finance
42 (16.67 %)UNIX
51 (8.333 %)Health
51 (8.333 %)Migration
51 (8.333 %)Configuration Management
51 (8.333 %)MS Excel
51 (8.333 %)Client/Server
51 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (8.333 %)LAN
51 (8.333 %)VPN
51 (8.333 %)RDBMS
51 (8.333 %)Microsoft
51 (8.333 %)Linux
51 (8.333 %)Oracle
51 (8.333 %)MS Office
51 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
51 (8.333 %)Network Design
51 (8.333 %)WebFOCUS
51 (8.333 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (8.333 %)Business Development

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Visio
21 (8.333 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (8.333 %)MS Office
21 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)LAN
11 (8.333 %)VPN
11 (8.333 %)Firewall
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)RDBMS
11 (8.333 %)WebFOCUS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Health
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Security Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Project Manager
22 (16.67 %)Author
22 (16.67 %)Technical Author
31 (8.333 %)Technical Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Project Officer
31 (8.333 %)Deployment Designer
31 (8.333 %)Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Support Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Applications Support
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)Mainframe
21 (8.333 %)Management Information System
21 (8.333 %)French Language
21 (8.333 %)Italian Language
21 (8.333 %)Client/Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)Windows
22 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
22 (16.67 %)UNIX
31 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (8.333 %)Linux
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)BCP
24 (33.33 %)Project Management
33 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (8.333 %)Security Management
41 (8.333 %)Risk Management
41 (8.333 %)Migration
41 (8.333 %)Network Design
41 (8.333 %)Business Development
41 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
41 (8.333 %)Configuration Management
41 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)CISSP
13 (25.00 %)CISA
13 (25.00 %)CISM
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Oracle
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft