North West Business Continuity Contracts
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The table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity 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 Business Continuity over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank119130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.427 %0.865 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£400£312
Average daily rate£425£333
% change on same period last year+27.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£385
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
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£34.53£32.18
% change on same period last year+7.30 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads18751965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.640 %1.986 %
Daily rates quoted483480
Average minimum daily rate£355£332
Average daily rate£377£350
% change on same period last year+7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted183163
Average minimum hourly rate£25.20£26.23
Average hourly rate£26.70£28.30
% change on same period last year-5.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.21£30.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Continuity across the North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
CheshireUp+105--
ManchesterDown-62--
Business Continuity EnglandBusiness Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

19 (60.00 %)Disaster Recovery
26 (40.00 %)BCP
33 (20.00 %)Government
33 (20.00 %)Risk Management
42 (13.33 %)Finance
42 (13.33 %)Firewall
42 (13.33 %)Identity Management
42 (13.33 %)DRM
42 (13.33 %)Project Management
42 (13.33 %)MySQL
42 (13.33 %)Oracle
42 (13.33 %)SQL Server
42 (13.33 %)LDAP
42 (13.33 %)Data Modelling
42 (13.33 %)VPN
42 (13.33 %)Active Directory
42 (13.33 %)SQL
42 (13.33 %)VB
42 (13.33 %)SAN
42 (13.33 %)Retail
42 (13.33 %)Replication
42 (13.33 %)Clustering
42 (13.33 %)Computer Forensics
42 (13.33 %)Intrusion Detection
42 (13.33 %)Data Analysis
51 (6.667 %)Northgate
51 (6.667 %)PKI
51 (6.667 %)CCTV
51 (6.667 %)Pensions
51 (6.667 %)ISTQB

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %).NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)LDAP
12 (13.33 %)VPN
12 (13.33 %)SAN
12 (13.33 %)Firewall
12 (13.33 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (6.667 %)Symposium
21 (6.667 %)IP Telephony
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)MySQL
12 (13.33 %)SQL Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Government
22 (13.33 %)Retail
22 (13.33 %)Finance
31 (6.667 %)Pensions
31 (6.667 %)Retail Banking
31 (6.667 %)Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Project Manager
24 (26.67 %)Business Manager
33 (20.00 %)Business Project Manager
42 (13.33 %)Business Continuity Manager
42 (13.33 %)Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Database Designer
42 (13.33 %)Security Manager
51 (6.667 %)Systems Manager
51 (6.667 %)VB Developer
51 (6.667 %)SQL Developer
51 (6.667 %)Business Systems Manager
51 (6.667 %)Information Manager
51 (6.667 %)Systems Test Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Risk Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Systems Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Replication
12 (13.33 %)Clustering
21 (6.667 %)Tandem
21 (6.667 %)PKI
21 (6.667 %)CCTV
21 (6.667 %)Management Information System
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)UNIX
11 (6.667 %)Solaris
11 (6.667 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (60.00 %)Disaster Recovery
26 (40.00 %)BCP
33 (20.00 %)Risk Management
42 (13.33 %)Computer Forensics
42 (13.33 %)Data Analysis
42 (13.33 %)Data Modelling
42 (13.33 %)Identity Management
42 (13.33 %)DRM
42 (13.33 %)Project Management
51 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
51 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
51 (6.667 %)Performance Testing
51 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
51 (6.667 %)Information Security
51 (6.667 %)Asset Management
51 (6.667 %)Data Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)SQL
12 (13.33 %)VB
21 (6.667 %)Java
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)ISTQB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (13.33 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (13.33 %)Oracle
21 (6.667 %)Nortel
21 (6.667 %)Northgate
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