The first table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Disaster Recovery
Rank 45 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.498% 0.482% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.694% 0.797% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £450 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £29.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
-26.72% +23.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
288 251 239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 71.64% 60.48% 60.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 119 108
Average daily rate £325 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £125 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 37 38
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £38.98 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Disaster Recovery
East of England

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 5 (100.00%) SAN
2 4 (80.00%) ADIC
2 4 (80.00%) CommVault
2 4 (80.00%) Veritas
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 4 (80.00%) ISA Server
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) VBScript
2 4 (80.00%) VB
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MCSE
2 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) Compaq
2 4 (80.00%) Dell
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Management
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Forefront TMG
2 4 (80.00%) Clustering
2 4 (80.00%) Backup Exec

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (80.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAN Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Clustering
1 4 (80.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) VBScript
1 4 (80.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) MCSE
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) VCP5
2 1 (20.00%) NCIE
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) ISA Server
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ADIC
1 4 (80.00%) CommVault
1 4 (80.00%) Veritas
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) HP
1 4 (80.00%) Compaq
1 4 (80.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) NetApp
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008 - PACS system Administration exposure - ISA Server 2006 and ForeFront TMG 2010 - Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 - Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 - Windows Server...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
Essex
This position will be providing BAU support on a Disaster Recovery remediation programme, with some on call support required... The SQL Server DBA will also need to be...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013