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The table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) skills within the North West 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity Planning (BCP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank125137
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.111 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£315
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£406£315
% change on same period last year+28.96 %
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-£32.16
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads17982040
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.889 %2.191 %
Daily rates quoted444444
Average minimum daily rate£358£341
Average daily rate£382£361
% change on same period last year+5.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted204186
Average minimum hourly rate£25.21£26.06
Average hourly rate£26.63£27.86
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.06£29.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West BCP Daily 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 North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
MerseysideNew entry-2--
BCP EnglandBCP
England

BCP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

18 (100.00 %)Business Continuity
25 (62.50 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (25.00 %)Firewall
32 (25.00 %)Identity Management
32 (25.00 %)Risk Management
32 (25.00 %)Government
32 (25.00 %)DRM
32 (25.00 %)SQL
32 (25.00 %)VB
32 (25.00 %)LDAP
32 (25.00 %)VPN
32 (25.00 %)Active Directory
32 (25.00 %)NHS
32 (25.00 %)Computer Forensics
32 (25.00 %)Intrusion Detection
41 (12.50 %)Pensions
41 (12.50 %)ISTQB
41 (12.50 %)Performance Testing
41 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
41 (12.50 %)Retail
41 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
41 (12.50 %)UNIX
41 (12.50 %)Solaris
41 (12.50 %)Linux
41 (12.50 %)Project Management

BCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)LDAP
12 (25.00 %)VPN
12 (25.00 %)Firewall
12 (25.00 %)Intrusion Detection
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Government
21 (12.50 %)Retail
21 (12.50 %)Pensions
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Security Analyst
22 (25.00 %)IT Security Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Security Manager
31 (12.50 %)VB Developer
31 (12.50 %)SQL Developer
31 (12.50 %)Systems Test Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Business Project Manager
31 (12.50 %)Business Continuity Manager
31 (12.50 %)Business Manager
31 (12.50 %)Test Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Systems Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Project Manager
31 (12.50 %)Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)NHS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)UNIX
11 (12.50 %)Solaris
11 (12.50 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)Business Continuity
25 (62.50 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (25.00 %)Identity Management
32 (25.00 %)Risk Management
32 (25.00 %)DRM
32 (25.00 %)Computer Forensics
41 (12.50 %)Performance Testing
41 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
41 (12.50 %)Project Management
41 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)SQL
12 (25.00 %)VB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)ISTQB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory