The first table below looks at the demand for BCP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BCP over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Rank - 101 109
Contract jobs citing BCP 0 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.149% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.233% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £365 £380
% change year-on-year
+23.28% -3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £53.75 £27.00
% change year-on-year
- +99.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1689 1720 1840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.16% 64.28% 67.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 873 954
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 68 49
Average hourly rate £20.50 £24.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.58% -17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
BCP
UK

BCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland BCP Jobs Demand Trend

BCP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BCP across the Scotland region.

Scotland BCP Daily Rate Trend

BCP
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing BCP 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 BCP.

1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) DTS
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (33.33%) Data Guard
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mart
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce

BCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing BCP 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 BCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) DTS
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mart
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) DBA
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
1 2 (33.33%) Business Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Database Designer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle