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This section looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7083
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.717 %0.245 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£375
Average daily rate£350£375
% change on same period last year-6.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£396£389
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.50£29.31
% change on same period last year-13.00 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads697816
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.929 %0.826 %
Daily rates quoted164157
Average minimum daily rate£389£374
Average daily rate£409£395
% change on same period last year+3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2361
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£28.21
Average hourly rate£27.35£29.23
% change on same period last year-6.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.69£30.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Business Continuity EnglandBusiness Continuity
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.

Business Continuity
Demand Trend

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

Midlands Business Continuity Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

13 (42.86 %)Risk Assessment
13 (42.86 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (42.86 %)BCP
22 (28.57 %)Project Management
31 (14.29 %)Finance
31 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
31 (14.29 %)VMware
31 (14.29 %)Banking
31 (14.29 %)Retail
31 (14.29 %)Auditing
31 (14.29 %)iSCSI
31 (14.29 %)FMCG
31 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
31 (14.29 %)Windows
31 (14.29 %)Solaris
31 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
31 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)Sun
31 (14.29 %)SAN

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)SAN
11 (14.29 %)iSCSI
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Finance
11 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
11 (14.29 %)Banking
11 (14.29 %)Retail
11 (14.29 %)Auditing
11 (14.29 %)FMCG
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Project Manager
21 (14.29 %)Technical Specialist
21 (14.29 %)Storage Specialist
21 (14.29 %)SAN Specialist
21 (14.29 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Solaris
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)BCP
13 (42.86 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (42.86 %)Risk Assessment
22 (28.57 %)Project Management
31 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
31 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Oracle
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft
11 (14.29 %)Sun
11 (14.29 %)VMware
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