The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity
Rank - - 46
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - 0.699%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 1.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £150
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £353 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.47% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
-38.18% -16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
180 525 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 65.69% 75.65% 61.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 309 104
Average daily rate £380 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 36
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.84 £25.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Continuity
South West

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Business Continuity Hourly Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Solaris
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) HTTP
3 2 (50.00%) Sun
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Sun Certification
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (50.00%) SCSA
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Degree

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX Systems Administrator
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX Administrator
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) Solaris Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) Solaris Systems Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Solaris
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Sun Certification
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SCSA
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Sun