The first table below looks at the demand for High Availability skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited High Availability over the 3 months to 23 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 Northern Ireland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Availability
Rank 32 - 45
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing High Availability 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.426% - 0.541%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.704% - 1.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £570 £370 £398
% change year-on-year
+54.05% -6.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +30.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
142 117 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 60.43% 58.50% 52.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 35 63
Average daily rate £350 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing High Availability across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Northern Ireland High Availability Jobs Demand Trend

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing High Availability across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland High Availability Daily Rate Trend

High Availability
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
County Antrim - 1 £375 -
High Availability
UK

High Availability
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing High Availability 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 High Availability.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Sendmail
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

High Availability
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing High Availability 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 High Availability. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Messaging Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Sendmail