The first table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Disaster Recovery
Rank 17 51 35
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -16
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 38 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 8.333% 0.969% 2.808%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.10% 1.635% 5.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 2 5
Average daily rate £340 £388 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.25% +19.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £318 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £458 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £29.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
-26.72% +23.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
314 367 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.86% 59.29% 55.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 189 136
Average daily rate £350 £400 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +26.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 10
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.88% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Disaster Recovery
South East

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxford +24 23 £340 -12.25%
Bicester - 8 £320 -
Disaster Recovery
South East

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 28 (63.64%) VMware
2 22 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 22 (50.00%) MCSE
2 22 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 22 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 22 (50.00%) SCOM
2 22 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 20 (45.45%) Windows
4 19 (43.18%) SQL
4 19 (43.18%) Microsoft
4 19 (43.18%) Migration
4 19 (43.18%) Postini
4 19 (43.18%) Data Protection
4 19 (43.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 19 (43.18%) vSphere
4 19 (43.18%) MobileIron
5 16 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (22.73%) Java EE
6 10 (22.73%) Oracle Application Server
6 10 (22.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (22.73%) Lync
6 10 (22.73%) Internet
6 10 (22.73%) Oracle 10g
6 10 (22.73%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 10 (22.73%) SOA
6 10 (22.73%) HTTP
6 10 (22.73%) Java
6 10 (22.73%) Oracle
6 10 (22.73%) Solaris

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (22.73%) Java EE
2 9 (20.45%) OC4J
3 3 (6.818%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 22 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 22 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 22 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 22 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (22.73%) Oracle Application Server
2 10 (22.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 10 (22.73%) Lync
2 10 (22.73%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 9 (20.45%) Office Communications Server
4 8 (18.18%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.73%) Internet
1 10 (22.73%) HTTP
2 6 (13.64%) LDAP
3 3 (6.818%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (6.818%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.818%) DNS
3 3 (6.818%) DHCP
4 1 (2.273%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.73%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (13.64%) Oracle Discoverer
2 6 (13.64%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.273%) DTS
3 1 (2.273%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (11.36%) Finance
1 5 (11.36%) Publishing
2 3 (6.818%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.545%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.545%) Electronics
3 2 (4.545%) Marketing
4 1 (2.273%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (40.91%) Consultant
2 16 (36.36%) Administrator
3 15 (34.09%) Messaging Consultant
4 6 (13.64%) Windows Administrator
4 6 (13.64%) Exchange Consultant
5 4 (9.091%) Messaging Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) Applications Manager
7 1 (2.273%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.273%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.273%) DBA
7 1 (2.273%) Applications Support
7 1 (2.273%) SQL DBA
7 1 (2.273%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.273%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.273%) Applications Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.545%) DTV
2 1 (2.273%) Replication
2 1 (2.273%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (45.45%) Windows
2 16 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (22.73%) Solaris
4 6 (13.64%) NetWare
5 5 (11.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) Migration
1 19 (43.18%) Data Protection
2 10 (22.73%) SOA
3 5 (11.36%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (9.091%) Change Management
5 2 (4.545%) Programme Management
5 2 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.545%) Business Continuity
5 2 (4.545%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (4.545%) Security Testing
5 2 (4.545%) Software Deployment
6 1 (2.273%) Database Security
6 1 (2.273%) Logistics
6 1 (2.273%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.273%) Project Management
6 1 (2.273%) Data Security
6 1 (2.273%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (43.18%) SQL
2 10 (22.73%) Java
3 3 (6.818%) VB
4 1 (2.273%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (50.00%) MCSE
1 22 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (43.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.818%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (43.18%) vSphere
2 8 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
3 6 (13.64%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (50.00%) SCOM
2 6 (13.64%) Tivoli
2 6 (13.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (13.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (63.64%) VMware
2 19 (43.18%) Microsoft
2 19 (43.18%) Postini
2 19 (43.18%) MobileIron
3 10 (22.73%) Oracle
4 6 (13.64%) Mercator
4 6 (13.64%) Altiris
5 3 (6.818%) Citrix
5 3 (6.818%) Cisco
6 2 (4.545%) SAP
7 1 (2.273%) HP