The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 70 71 69
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 3 13 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.328% 0.999% 0.193%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.467% 1.557% 0.298%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
Average daily rate £150 £256 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.46% -21.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £353 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.47% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
-38.18% -16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
643 835 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.35% 64.18% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 413 300
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £456 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £80.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Continuity
North West

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Business Continuity Hourly Rate Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bury - 1 £150 -
Oldham - 1 £150 -
Rochdale - 1 £150 -
Business Continuity
North West

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (40.00%) Data Guard
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) DBA
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
Manchester, Lancashire
Ensure the management of disaster recovery, business continuity and backup processes... Candidates must hold at least one of the following: ITIL MALC or Expert (or equivalent) PRINCE2 Practitioner (...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013