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This section looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery 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 Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank172223
Rank change on same period last yearUp+51
Matching contract IT job ads313315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.413 %0.314 %
As % of the category below1.650 %1.284 %
Daily rates quoted9858
Average minimum daily rate£406£360
Average daily rate£426£379
% change on same period last year+12.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£447£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£386
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted1233
Average minimum hourly rate£26.25£26.30
Average hourly rate£27.73£28.41
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.21£30.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.88£26.92
% change on same period last year+3.55 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1897124529
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled25.03 %24.43 %
Daily rates quoted86239612
Average minimum daily rate£411£416
Average daily rate£442£443
% change on same period last year-0.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted636906
Average minimum hourly rate£26.26£28.82
Average hourly rate£28.00£30.78
% change on same period last year-9.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.75£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
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.

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London 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 London region.

London Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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-777£390+3.27 %
Canary WharfUp+1511£519+3.75 %
CroydonNew entry-6£475-
HammersmithNew entry-6£363-
Docklands, LondonUp+76£550+69.23 %
UxbridgeNew entry-5£460-
BexleyheathNew entry-2£300-
GreenfordNew entry-1£300-
WestminsterNew entry-1--
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1166 (31.38 %)Windows
2129 (24.39 %)Business Continuity
3116 (21.93 %)SQL
4108 (20.42 %)Finance
5103 (19.47 %)UNIX
6100 (18.90 %)Active Directory
799 (18.71 %)SQL Server
886 (16.26 %)ITIL
983 (15.69 %)Microsoft
1079 (14.93 %)MS Exchange
1171 (13.42 %)Windows Server 2003
1267 (12.67 %)Project Management
1365 (12.29 %)Banking
1456 (10.59 %)SAN
1554 (10.21 %)BCP
1652 (9.830 %)Oracle
1749 (9.263 %)Linux
1749 (9.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
1847 (8.885 %)Migration
1946 (8.696 %)Service Management
2045 (8.507 %)IIS
2144 (8.318 %)TCP/IP
2240 (7.561 %)VMware
2240 (7.561 %)Investment Banking
2339 (7.372 %)WAN
2339 (7.372 %)Perl
2438 (7.183 %)Front Office
2537 (6.994 %)Sybase
2636 (6.805 %)Clustering
2735 (6.616 %)DNS

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (3.781 %).NET
214 (2.647 %)MAPI
37 (1.323 %).NET Framework
46 (1.134 %)J2EE
46 (1.134 %)ASP.NET
53 (0.567 %)XML
53 (0.567 %)HTML
53 (0.567 %)Middleware
62 (0.378 %)WebServices
71 (0.189 %)CSS
71 (0.189 %)JDBC
71 (0.189 %)XSL
71 (0.189 %)ADO.NET
71 (0.189 %)SAP Basis
71 (0.189 %)ASP.NET 2.0
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
179 (14.93 %)MS Exchange
249 (9.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
345 (8.507 %)IIS
428 (5.293 %)Exchange Server 2007
511 (2.079 %)SharePoint
69 (1.701 %)Apache
76 (1.134 %)Exchange Server 5.5
76 (1.134 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
85 (0.945 %)Tomcat
85 (0.945 %)SharePoint Server 2007
94 (0.756 %)Exchange Server 2000
94 (0.756 %)Lotus Notes
102 (0.378 %)CMS
102 (0.378 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.189 %)JBoss
111 (0.189 %)WebLogic
111 (0.189 %)iPlanet
111 (0.189 %)NetWeaver
111 (0.189 %)BizTalk Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
128 (5.293 %)MS Office
216 (3.025 %)MS Visio
216 (3.025 %)MS Excel
31 (0.189 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
131 (5.860 %)Global One
23 (0.567 %)Cognos Planning
23 (0.567 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
32 (0.378 %)Cerner Millennium
32 (0.378 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.189 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.189 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.189 %)Misys Midas
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
156 (10.59 %)SAN
244 (8.318 %)TCP/IP
339 (7.372 %)WAN
435 (6.616 %)DNS
534 (6.427 %)Firewall
633 (6.238 %)Internet
730 (5.671 %)LAN
821 (3.970 %)VPN
916 (3.025 %)SMTP
1015 (2.836 %)SSL
1114 (2.647 %)IMAP
1211 (2.079 %)LDAP
1211 (2.079 %)CTI
1310 (1.890 %)IP Telephony
1310 (1.890 %)DHCP
149 (1.701 %)VoIP
149 (1.701 %)SNMP
149 (1.701 %)VLAN
158 (1.512 %)Network Security
167 (1.323 %)iSCSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
199 (18.71 %)SQL Server
231 (5.860 %)SQL Server 2005
320 (3.781 %)SQL Server 2000
415 (2.836 %)DTS
514 (2.647 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
514 (2.647 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
613 (2.457 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
712 (2.268 %)Oracle 10g
811 (2.079 %)Oracle 9i
811 (2.079 %)BusinessObjects
910 (1.890 %)SQL Server Integration Services
108 (1.512 %)Datawarehouse
108 (1.512 %)MySQL
116 (1.134 %)DB2
125 (0.945 %)RDBMS
125 (0.945 %)ETL
125 (0.945 %)GIS
125 (0.945 %)Sybase ASE
133 (0.567 %)Cognos Powerplay
133 (0.567 %)DB2 UDB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (0.945 %)TestDirector
24 (0.756 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.189 %)MSI
31 (0.189 %)PowerBuilder
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1108 (20.42 %)Finance
265 (12.29 %)Banking
340 (7.561 %)Investment Banking
438 (7.183 %)Front Office
534 (6.427 %)Government
610 (1.890 %)Telecoms
79 (1.701 %)Education
79 (1.701 %)Publishing
87 (1.323 %)Retail
87 (1.323 %)Law
96 (1.134 %)Insurance
105 (0.945 %)Back Office
113 (0.567 %)Financial Institution
122 (0.378 %)Home Office
122 (0.378 %)Police
122 (0.378 %)Construction
122 (0.378 %)Health
131 (0.189 %)Pharmaceutical
131 (0.189 %)Billing
131 (0.189 %)Legal
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
182 (15.50 %)Analyst
258 (10.96 %)Administrator
356 (10.59 %)Project Manager
453 (10.02 %)DBA
551 (9.641 %)Support Analyst
643 (8.129 %)Developer
731 (5.860 %)Architect
829 (5.482 %)SQL DBA
924 (4.537 %)Consultant
1022 (4.159 %)Analyst Developer
1121 (3.970 %)Support Engineer
1220 (3.781 %)Systems Administrator
1319 (3.592 %)SQL Server DBA
1417 (3.214 %)Infrastructure Architect
1516 (3.025 %)Network Engineer
1613 (2.457 %)Oracle DBA
1613 (2.457 %)Infrastructure Manager
1712 (2.268 %)Implementation Manager
1712 (2.268 %)Voice Engineer
1811 (2.079 %)Author
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (6.805 %)Clustering
230 (5.671 %)Replication
322 (4.159 %)Derivative
418 (3.403 %)Mainframe
513 (2.457 %)Blackberry
612 (2.268 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
78 (1.512 %)Equity Derivative
78 (1.512 %)Equities
78 (1.512 %)Video Conferencing
86 (1.134 %)Web 2.0
86 (1.134 %)NHS
95 (0.945 %)CLARiiON
104 (0.756 %)IBM Mainframe
104 (0.756 %)Management Information System
104 (0.756 %)N-Tier
113 (0.567 %)Client/Server
113 (0.567 %)Thin Client
113 (0.567 %)Spread Betting
113 (0.567 %)Fat Client
122 (0.378 %)Computer Science
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1166 (31.38 %)Windows
2103 (19.47 %)UNIX
371 (13.42 %)Windows Server 2003
449 (9.263 %)Linux
528 (5.293 %)Solaris
624 (4.537 %)Windows 2000
720 (3.781 %)Windows Server 2008
816 (3.025 %)Windows XP
912 (2.268 %)AIX
912 (2.268 %)Red Hat Linux
1010 (1.890 %)Windows NT
1010 (1.890 %)HPUX
116 (1.134 %)Windows 2000 Server
124 (0.756 %)Windows Mobile
124 (0.756 %)VMS
133 (0.567 %)Windows Vista
142 (0.378 %)OS/400
151 (0.189 %)NetWare
151 (0.189 %)OpenVMS
151 (0.189 %)MVS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1129 (24.39 %)Business Continuity
286 (16.26 %)ITIL
367 (12.67 %)Project Management
454 (10.21 %)BCP
547 (8.885 %)Migration
646 (8.696 %)Service Management
733 (6.238 %)Change Management
830 (5.671 %)Operations Management
926 (4.915 %)Security Cleared
1022 (4.159 %)PRINCE2
1022 (4.159 %)User Acceptance Testing
1117 (3.214 %)OO
1117 (3.214 %)Data Modelling
1117 (3.214 %)OOD
1117 (3.214 %)Risk Management
1117 (3.214 %)SC Cleared
1216 (3.025 %)Asset Management
1314 (2.647 %)Problem Management
1314 (2.647 %)Release Management
1413 (2.457 %)Technical Architecture
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1116 (21.93 %)SQL
239 (7.372 %)Perl
331 (5.860 %)Shell Script
421 (3.970 %)VB
518 (3.403 %)C#
617 (3.214 %)C++
78 (1.512 %)PHP
83 (0.567 %)C
83 (0.567 %)Transact-SQL
83 (0.567 %)Java
92 (0.378 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.189 %)VBA
101 (0.189 %)VBScript
101 (0.189 %)PL/1
101 (0.189 %)AWK
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
129 (5.482 %)Degree
227 (5.104 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (4.159 %)MCSE
48 (1.512 %)Cisco Certification
57 (1.323 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
57 (1.323 %)PRINCE2 Certification
57 (1.323 %)ITIL Certification
57 (1.323 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
65 (0.945 %)ISEB
74 (0.756 %)CISA
74 (0.756 %)CCNA
74 (0.756 %)MCSA
74 (0.756 %)MCDBA
83 (0.567 %)CISSP
83 (0.567 %)CISM
92 (0.378 %)CCNP
92 (0.378 %)CCDP
101 (0.189 %)MCP
101 (0.189 %)CCDA
101 (0.189 %)CCIE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (5.860 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
218 (3.403 %)BS15000
315 (2.836 %)SLA
43 (0.567 %)BS7799
43 (0.567 %)QA
52 (0.378 %)ISO17799
61 (0.189 %)MiFID
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1100 (18.90 %)Active Directory
228 (5.293 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (3.781 %)VMware ESX
417 (3.214 %)NetBackup
515 (2.836 %)Backup Exec
69 (1.701 %)Terminal Services
69 (1.701 %)Oracle RAC
78 (1.512 %)Citrix Presentation Server
85 (0.945 %)NFS
85 (0.945 %)VMware GSX
85 (0.945 %)VMware Workstation
93 (0.567 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.378 %)Oracle RMAN
102 (0.378 %)Samba
111 (0.189 %)MetaFrame
111 (0.189 %)AquaLogic
111 (0.189 %)MailMarshal
111 (0.189 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.189 %)VMware Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (2.836 %)CONTROL-M
213 (2.457 %)Legato
39 (1.701 %)EMC NetWorker
47 (1.323 %)BMC PATROL
56 (1.134 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
56 (1.134 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
64 (0.756 %)MOM
73 (0.567 %)Tivoli
73 (0.567 %)MIMEsweeper
82 (0.378 %)WSUS
82 (0.378 %)MIIS
91 (0.189 %)HP Data Protector
91 (0.189 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
91 (0.189 %)ZENworks
91 (0.189 %)Unicenter
91 (0.189 %)Foglight
91 (0.189 %)SCOM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
183 (15.69 %)Microsoft
252 (9.830 %)Oracle
340 (7.561 %)VMware
437 (6.994 %)Sybase
534 (6.427 %)Cisco
625 (4.726 %)Citrix
724 (4.537 %)HP
724 (4.537 %)VERITAS
820 (3.781 %)EMC
917 (3.214 %)IBM
1013 (2.457 %)Remedy
1112 (2.268 %)Red Hat
1211 (2.079 %)Business Objects
1211 (2.079 %)Sun
137 (1.323 %)Intel
137 (1.323 %)Murex
137 (1.323 %)NetApp
137 (1.323 %)BMC
146 (1.134 %)Lotus
155 (0.945 %)Calypso