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The table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BCP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity Planning (BCP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank385406
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads1463
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.064 %
As % of the category below0.080 %0.261 %
Daily rates quoted620
Average minimum daily rate£353£481
Average daily rate£395£509
% change on same period last year-22.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£437£536
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£389
% change on same period last year+2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.48
Average hourly rate-£22.48
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.00£33.00
% change on same period last year+12.12 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1746024178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.58 %24.43 %
Daily rates quoted77509333
Average minimum daily rate£407£413
Average daily rate£438£440
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£469£467
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted667943
Average minimum hourly rate£27.38£27.85
Average hourly rate£29.03£29.69
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.68£31.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
BCP EnglandBCP
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.

BCP
Demand Trend

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

London BCP Demand Trend

BCP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BCP Daily Rate Trend

BCP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BCP across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London BCP Daily Rate Histogram

BCP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BCP Hourly Rate Trend

BCP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BCP within the London region over the 3 months to 10 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
City of LondonDown-295£425+7.69 %
Canary WharfUp+81--
BCP EnglandBCP
England

BCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BCP 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 BCP.

164 (62.75 %)Business Continuity
247 (46.08 %)Disaster Recovery
339 (38.24 %)Project Management
435 (34.31 %)Service Management
529 (28.43 %)ITIL
627 (26.47 %)Banking
627 (26.47 %)Operations Management
726 (25.49 %)Finance
818 (17.65 %)Migration
818 (17.65 %)SQL
818 (17.65 %)Investment Banking
917 (16.67 %)UNIX
917 (16.67 %)BS15000
1014 (13.73 %)Sybase
1111 (10.78 %)Degree
1210 (9.804 %)SAN
139 (8.824 %)Oracle
139 (8.824 %)Business Objects
139 (8.824 %)Solaris
139 (8.824 %)BusinessObjects
147 (6.863 %)Front Office
147 (6.863 %)TIBCO
147 (6.863 %)PRINCE2
147 (6.863 %)Document Management
156 (5.882 %)Hibernate
156 (5.882 %)JUnit
156 (5.882 %)UML
156 (5.882 %)OO
156 (5.882 %)HP
156 (5.882 %)Data Modelling

BCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BCP 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 BCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (5.882 %)Hibernate
22 (1.961 %)Middleware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (4.902 %)MQSeries
23 (2.941 %)TIBCO EMS
32 (1.961 %)MS Exchange
32 (1.961 %)CMS
41 (0.980 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.980 %)IIS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (2.941 %)MS Office
13 (2.941 %)MS Excel
13 (2.941 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (9.804 %)SAN
24 (3.922 %)Intranet
24 (3.922 %)TCP/IP
24 (3.922 %)DECnet
24 (3.922 %)Firewall
32 (1.961 %)VPN
32 (1.961 %)WAN
41 (0.980 %)LAN
41 (0.980 %)Internet
41 (0.980 %)Extranet
41 (0.980 %)Wireless
41 (0.980 %)Cisco PIX
41 (0.980 %)Network Security
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (8.824 %)BusinessObjects
25 (4.902 %)SQL Server
25 (4.902 %)RDBMS
34 (3.922 %)Sybase ASE
34 (3.922 %)Ingres
43 (2.941 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.980 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.980 %)MS Access
51 (0.980 %)DTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (5.882 %)JUnit
16 (5.882 %)Eclipse
23 (2.941 %)ClearCase
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (26.47 %)Banking
226 (25.49 %)Finance
318 (17.65 %)Investment Banking
47 (6.863 %)Front Office
55 (4.902 %)Education
64 (3.922 %)Government
64 (3.922 %)Publishing
73 (2.941 %)Financial Institution
82 (1.961 %)Legal
82 (1.961 %)Insurance
91 (0.980 %)International Banking
91 (0.980 %)Telecoms
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (17.65 %)Analyst
214 (13.73 %)Consultant
311 (10.78 %)Implementation Manager
49 (8.824 %)Support Analyst
58 (7.843 %)DBA
66 (5.882 %)Project Manager
66 (5.882 %)Applications Support
66 (5.882 %)Administrator
66 (5.882 %)Business Manager
75 (4.902 %)Business Continuity Manager
84 (3.922 %)Sybase DBA
84 (3.922 %)Security Consultant
84 (3.922 %)SQL DBA
93 (2.941 %)SQL Server DBA
93 (2.941 %)Applications Support Analyst
93 (2.941 %)Service Analyst
93 (2.941 %)Architect
93 (2.941 %)Server Support
93 (2.941 %)Information Security Consultant
102 (1.961 %)Senior DBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (4.902 %)Equities
24 (3.922 %)Clustering
33 (2.941 %)Fixed Income
33 (2.941 %)Derivative
42 (1.961 %)Computer Science
42 (1.961 %)CMDB
42 (1.961 %)Replication
51 (0.980 %)CLARiiON
51 (0.980 %)Symmetrix
51 (0.980 %)N-Tier
51 (0.980 %)Blackberry
51 (0.980 %)IVR
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (16.67 %)UNIX
29 (8.824 %)Solaris
35 (4.902 %)Windows
44 (3.922 %)VMS
44 (3.922 %)OpenVMS
53 (2.941 %)Windows XP
53 (2.941 %)Linux
62 (1.961 %)Windows NT
71 (0.980 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.980 %)Windows 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
164 (62.75 %)Business Continuity
247 (46.08 %)Disaster Recovery
339 (38.24 %)Project Management
435 (34.31 %)Service Management
529 (28.43 %)ITIL
627 (26.47 %)Operations Management
718 (17.65 %)Migration
87 (6.863 %)Document Management
87 (6.863 %)PRINCE2
96 (5.882 %)UML
96 (5.882 %)OO
96 (5.882 %)Data Modelling
105 (4.902 %)Risk Management
105 (4.902 %)Risk Assessment
105 (4.902 %)Information Security
114 (3.922 %)Asset Management
123 (2.941 %)Change Management
123 (2.941 %)IT Governance
123 (2.941 %)Problem Management
123 (2.941 %)Configuration Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (17.65 %)SQL
24 (3.922 %)DCL
33 (2.941 %)Korn
33 (2.941 %)Transact-SQL
33 (2.941 %)Java
42 (1.961 %)Shell Script
51 (0.980 %)Perl
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (10.78 %)Degree
22 (1.961 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.980 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.980 %)PMP
31 (0.980 %)PMI Certification
31 (0.980 %)MCSA
31 (0.980 %)Microsoft Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (16.67 %)BS15000
26 (5.882 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
34 (3.922 %)ISO17799
34 (3.922 %)COBIT
43 (2.941 %)BS7799
52 (1.961 %)ISO27001
52 (1.961 %)Basel II
61 (0.980 %)ISO9000
61 (0.980 %)BS25999
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (4.902 %)Active Directory
24 (3.922 %)NetBackup
31 (0.980 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.980 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.980 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.980 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.980 %)MetaFrame
31 (0.980 %)VMware ESX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (4.902 %)OpenView
24 (3.922 %)CiscoWorks
33 (2.941 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.980 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.980 %)Unicenter
41 (0.980 %)Legato
41 (0.980 %)Tivoli
41 (0.980 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.980 %)MOM
41 (0.980 %)Netcool
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (13.73 %)Sybase
29 (8.824 %)Business Objects
29 (8.824 %)Oracle
37 (6.863 %)TIBCO
46 (5.882 %)HP
54 (3.922 %)VERITAS
54 (3.922 %)IBM
54 (3.922 %)Reuters
63 (2.941 %)Remedy
63 (2.941 %)Vitria
63 (2.941 %)BMC
63 (2.941 %)Compaq
72 (1.961 %)Microsoft
72 (1.961 %)Fidessa
72 (1.961 %)Citrix
72 (1.961 %)GL TRADE
81 (0.980 %)Symantec
81 (0.980 %)McAfee Security
81 (0.980 %)VMware
81 (0.980 %)Altiris