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This section looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery 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 Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank120104
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads2334
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.034 %
As % of the category below1.150 %1.769 %
Daily rates quoted413
Average minimum daily rate£345£373
Average daily rate£353£400
% change on same period last year-11.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£388
% change on same period last year+8.03 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£21.00£11.00
% change on same period last year+90.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.16£24.56
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads20001922
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.666 %1.945 %
Daily rates quoted506498
Average minimum daily rate£345£347
Average daily rate£362£364
% change on same period last year-0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted182116
Average minimum hourly rate£23.67£23.72
Average hourly rate£25.41£25.91
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.15£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
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.

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

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

North West Disaster Recovery Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterDown-249--
CheshireDown-75£355-
MerseysideNew entry-3--
LancashireUp+72£350+5.00 %
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

111 (22.92 %)Windows
29 (18.75 %)UNIX
29 (18.75 %)Oracle
38 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
47 (14.58 %)Linux
56 (12.50 %)Finance
56 (12.50 %)Government
56 (12.50 %)SQL Server
56 (12.50 %)SQL
56 (12.50 %)Microsoft
56 (12.50 %)Active Directory
65 (10.42 %)Solaris
65 (10.42 %)VoIP
65 (10.42 %)HP
65 (10.42 %)Novell
65 (10.42 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
65 (10.42 %)Oracle 11i
65 (10.42 %)Business Continuity
65 (10.42 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (10.42 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (10.42 %)VLAN
74 (8.333 %)Performance Testing
74 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
74 (8.333 %)Project Management
74 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
74 (8.333 %)ITIL
74 (8.333 %)SAN
74 (8.333 %)NetWare
83 (6.250 %)LDAP
83 (6.250 %)VPN

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.083 %)HTML
11 (2.083 %).NET
11 (2.083 %)ASP
11 (2.083 %)ASP.NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
25 (10.42 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (4.167 %)SharePoint
51 (2.083 %)IIS
51 (2.083 %)Lotus Notes
51 (2.083 %)NetWeaver
51 (2.083 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (2.083 %)CMS
51 (2.083 %)Gentran
51 (2.083 %)Exchange Server 5.5
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.083 %)Photoshop
11 (2.083 %)MS Office
11 (2.083 %)MS Excel
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (10.42 %)Oracle 11i
21 (2.083 %)SAP R/3
21 (2.083 %)Oracle Financials
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (10.42 %)VoIP
15 (10.42 %)VLAN
24 (8.333 %)SAN
33 (6.250 %)Firewall
33 (6.250 %)Intrusion Detection
33 (6.250 %)LDAP
33 (6.250 %)VPN
42 (4.167 %)iSCSI
51 (2.083 %)Symposium
51 (2.083 %)IP Telephony
51 (2.083 %)DNS
51 (2.083 %)LAN
51 (2.083 %)WAN
51 (2.083 %)DHCP
51 (2.083 %)TCP/IP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (12.50 %)SQL Server
23 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (4.167 %)RDBMS
41 (2.083 %)Oracle 10g
41 (2.083 %)BusinessObjects
41 (2.083 %)SAP BW
41 (2.083 %)SQL Server 7
41 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (2.083 %)SAP BI
41 (2.083 %)OLAP
41 (2.083 %)Oracle 9i
41 (2.083 %)Datawarehouse
41 (2.083 %)DTS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.083 %)FrontPage
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (12.50 %)Government
16 (12.50 %)Finance
22 (4.167 %)Insurance
22 (4.167 %)Pensions
31 (2.083 %)Graphic Design
31 (2.083 %)Education
31 (2.083 %)Law
31 (2.083 %)Banking
31 (2.083 %)Retail
31 (2.083 %)Billing
31 (2.083 %)General Ledger
31 (2.083 %)Telecoms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (25.00 %)Analyst
27 (14.58 %)Project Manager
36 (12.50 %)Administrator
45 (10.42 %)Performance Analyst
45 (10.42 %)Network Engineer
45 (10.42 %)DBA
53 (6.250 %)Systems Support
53 (6.250 %)Support Analyst
53 (6.250 %)Support Specialist
53 (6.250 %)Test Analyst
53 (6.250 %)IT Manager
53 (6.250 %)IT Project Manager
53 (6.250 %)SQL DBA
53 (6.250 %)Security Manager
62 (4.167 %)SQL Server DBA
62 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Manager
62 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
62 (4.167 %)Oracle Analyst
62 (4.167 %)Systems Administrator
71 (2.083 %)VERITAS Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.250 %)Mainframe
13 (6.250 %)Replication
22 (4.167 %)Clustering
22 (4.167 %)Blackberry
31 (2.083 %)NHS
31 (2.083 %)NPfIT
31 (2.083 %)Management Information System
31 (2.083 %)Tandem
31 (2.083 %)CCTV
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (22.92 %)Windows
29 (18.75 %)UNIX
37 (14.58 %)Linux
45 (10.42 %)Solaris
45 (10.42 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (8.333 %)NetWare
62 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
71 (2.083 %)Windows NT
71 (2.083 %)Windows XP
71 (2.083 %)AIX
71 (2.083 %)HPUX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (10.42 %)Business Continuity
24 (8.333 %)ITIL
24 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
24 (8.333 %)Project Management
24 (8.333 %)Performance Testing
33 (6.250 %)Computer Forensics
33 (6.250 %)Resource Management
33 (6.250 %)Test Scripting
33 (6.250 %)BCP
33 (6.250 %)Configuration Management
33 (6.250 %)DRM
33 (6.250 %)Identity Management
33 (6.250 %)Risk Management
42 (4.167 %)Business Intelligence
51 (2.083 %)Incident Management
51 (2.083 %)Requirements Analysis
51 (2.083 %)Project Planning
51 (2.083 %)Unit Testing
51 (2.083 %)Integration Testing
51 (2.083 %)Test Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (2.083 %)Transact-SQL
21 (2.083 %)VB
21 (2.083 %)JavaScript
21 (2.083 %)Perl
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (4.167 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (2.083 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (2.083 %)ITIL Certification
21 (2.083 %)ISTQB
21 (2.083 %)Degree
21 (2.083 %)HND
21 (2.083 %)MCSE
21 (2.083 %)MCDBA
21 (2.083 %)ISEB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.167 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (12.50 %)Active Directory
22 (4.167 %)NetBackup
31 (2.083 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (2.083 %)ISA Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (10.42 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (18.75 %)Oracle
26 (12.50 %)Microsoft
35 (10.42 %)HP
35 (10.42 %)Novell
43 (6.250 %)IBM
52 (4.167 %)SunGard
52 (4.167 %)NetApp
61 (2.083 %)VERITAS
61 (2.083 %)Lotus
61 (2.083 %)Northgate
61 (2.083 %)Nortel
61 (2.083 %)Adobe
61 (2.083 %)Business Objects
61 (2.083 %)SAP
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