The first table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 18 37 26
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -11
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 19 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 8.261% 0.877% 0.625%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.80% 1.538% 1.471%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 1
Average daily rate £340 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.70% +8.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £29.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-26.72% +18.36%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
161 195 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 70.00% 57.02% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 123 39
Average daily rate £350 £425 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +54.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £300 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 3
Average hourly rate £10.33 £20.06 £12.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.52% +63.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Disaster Recovery
Oxfordshire

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

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 Oxford region.

Oxford Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 22 (88.00%) VMware
2 16 (64.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 16 (64.00%) SCOM
2 16 (64.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 16 (64.00%) MCSE
2 16 (64.00%) MS Exchange
2 16 (64.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (64.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (56.00%) Migration
3 14 (56.00%) MobileIron
3 14 (56.00%) Data Protection
3 14 (56.00%) Postini
3 14 (56.00%) vSphere
3 14 (56.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (28.00%) Lync
4 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (28.00%) Windows
5 6 (24.00%) SQL
5 6 (24.00%) NetWare
5 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (24.00%) Tivoli
5 6 (24.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 6 (24.00%) Nagios
5 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (24.00%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (24.00%) Altiris
6 5 (20.00%) Mercator
7 4 (16.00%) Publishing
7 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2008

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 Development
1 3 (12.00%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 16 (64.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 16 (64.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 16 (64.00%) MS Exchange
1 16 (64.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 7 (28.00%) Lync
3 6 (24.00%) Office Communications Server
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (12.00%) DHCP
1 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (12.00%) DNS
2 1 (4.000%) VoIP
General
1 4 (16.00%) Publishing
2 2 (8.000%) Electronics
2 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Consultant
2 12 (48.00%) Messaging Consultant
3 6 (24.00%) Administrator
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Administrator
4 4 (16.00%) Exchange Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Messaging Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Applications Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Support Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Applications Support Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) NetWare
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (12.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Migration
1 14 (56.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.000%) Change Management
2 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
2 2 (8.000%) Programme Management
2 2 (8.000%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (4.000%) Project Management
3 1 (4.000%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) MCSE
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (56.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) vSphere
2 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (64.00%) SCOM
2 6 (24.00%) Tivoli
2 6 (24.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) VMware
2 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (56.00%) MobileIron
2 14 (56.00%) Postini
3 6 (24.00%) Altiris
4 5 (20.00%) Mercator
5 3 (12.00%) Cisco
6 2 (8.000%) SAP
7 1 (4.000%) Citrix
Oxford, Oxfordshire
This includes coordinating the migration of all mail services from the business unit into the Exchange 2010 service... -Provide senior technical leadership in the project to migrate all...
Square One Resources
Rate: From £350 to £370 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013