The first table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 21 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 Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Disaster Recovery
Rank 24 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.170% - 0.588%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.786% - 0.913%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.70% +8.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £29.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-26.72% +18.36%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 132 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.50% 48.53% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 58 52
Average daily rate £450 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £645 £550 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 58
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Disaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Disaster Recovery Jobs Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the Midlands region.

Midlands Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the Midlands region.

Midlands Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
2 1 (33.33%) SAS

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Development Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA