The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity
Rank 193 208 226
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +18
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 30 39 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.384% 0.384% 0.249%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.564% 0.594% 0.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 14
Average daily rate £475 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £245 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £710 £580 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £353 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.47% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
-38.18% -16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Business Continuity Jobs Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Continuity across the South East region.

South East Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Continuity across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Business Continuity Daily Rate Histogram

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Continuity across the South East region.

South East Business Continuity Hourly Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire +19 10 £500 +11.11%
Hampshire -2 9 £538 +70.63%
Buckinghamshire +9 5 £725 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £450 -
Surrey +19 1 £300 -33.33%
West Sussex +17 1 £275 -8.33%
Sussex - 1 £450 -
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Business Continuity 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 Business Continuity.

1 23 (47.92%) Windows
2 18 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (35.42%) VMware
3 17 (35.42%) Oracle
3 17 (35.42%) Security Cleared
4 16 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 14 (29.17%) SQL Server
6 13 (27.08%) HP
6 13 (27.08%) Migration
7 12 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (25.00%) SAN
8 11 (22.92%) Active Directory
8 11 (22.92%) LAN
8 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (20.83%) SQL
9 10 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (20.83%) Information Security
10 9 (18.75%) Risk Management
10 9 (18.75%) Finance
11 8 (16.67%) Firewall
11 8 (16.67%) NetApp
11 8 (16.67%) UNIX
11 8 (16.67%) WAN
12 7 (14.58%) Windows XP
12 7 (14.58%) Windows 7
12 7 (14.58%) HP Quality Center
13 6 (12.50%) Microsoft
13 6 (12.50%) Cisco
13 6 (12.50%) Linux
13 6 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Business Continuity 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 Business Continuity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.250%) JSP
1 3 (6.250%) Web Services
1 3 (6.250%) Flash
2 2 (4.167%) XML
3 1 (2.083%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.083%) HTML
3 1 (2.083%) .NET
3 1 (2.083%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.083%) COM
3 1 (2.083%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.42%) IIS
1 5 (10.42%) Tomcat
2 3 (6.250%) MS Exchange
2 3 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.083%) NetWeaver
3 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.167%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.083%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.083%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (2.083%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.00%) SAN
2 11 (22.92%) LAN
3 8 (16.67%) WAN
3 8 (16.67%) Firewall
4 5 (10.42%) 3G
5 4 (8.333%) DHCP
5 4 (8.333%) TCP/IP
5 4 (8.333%) DNS
6 3 (6.250%) PSTN
6 3 (6.250%) VoIP
6 3 (6.250%) ATM
6 3 (6.250%) Broadband
6 3 (6.250%) GPRS
6 3 (6.250%) MPLS
6 3 (6.250%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (10.42%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (10.42%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (4.167%) OLTP
5 2 (4.167%) VLDB
6 1 (2.083%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.083%) SAP BW
6 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (2.083%) SAP BI
6 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.083%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.083%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) LoadRunner
2 2 (4.167%) InstallShield
2 2 (4.167%) SilkTest
3 1 (2.083%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (2.083%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (18.75%) Finance
2 4 (8.333%) Advertising
2 4 (8.333%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.083%) Military
3 1 (2.083%) Retail
3 1 (2.083%) Marketing
3 1 (2.083%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.083%) Back Office
3 1 (2.083%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (16.67%) Analyst
2 6 (12.50%) Architect
3 5 (10.42%) Tester
4 3 (6.250%) Developer
4 3 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.250%) Technical Architect
4 3 (6.250%) Consultant
4 3 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (6.250%) Administrator
4 3 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.250%) Storage Specialist
4 3 (6.250%) Security Officer
4 3 (6.250%) Business Continuity Specialist
5 2 (4.167%) Applications Manager
5 2 (4.167%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (4.167%) Business Continuity Consultant
5 2 (4.167%) Head of Security
5 2 (4.167%) Head of Information Security
5 2 (4.167%) Business Continuity Analyst
5 2 (4.167%) Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Clustering
2 4 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.250%) CLARiiON
3 3 (6.250%) Symmetrix
3 3 (6.250%) EMC Centera
3 3 (6.250%) Blackberry
3 3 (6.250%) Mainframe
3 3 (6.250%) IBM Mainframe
3 3 (6.250%) RMADS
4 2 (4.167%) CESG
4 2 (4.167%) CESG CLAS
4 2 (4.167%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.083%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.083%) Statistics
5 1 (2.083%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.083%) SCADA
5 1 (2.083%) iPad
5 1 (2.083%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.083%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 23 (47.92%) Windows
2 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (20.83%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (16.67%) UNIX
5 7 (14.58%) Windows XP
5 7 (14.58%) Windows 7
6 6 (12.50%) Linux
7 3 (6.250%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (4.167%) HPUX
8 2 (4.167%) Solaris
9 1 (2.083%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (27.08%) Migration
3 10 (20.83%) Information Security
4 9 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 6 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 6 (12.50%) Project Management
6 5 (10.42%) ITIL
6 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2
6 5 (10.42%) Regression Testing
7 4 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (6.250%) Non-Functional Testing
8 3 (6.250%) Test Automation
8 3 (6.250%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.250%) Test Scripting
8 3 (6.250%) Time Management
8 3 (6.250%) Change Management
8 3 (6.250%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (6.250%) Security Management
8 3 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (6.250%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.83%) SQL
2 5 (10.42%) Shell Script
3 3 (6.250%) VB
3 3 (6.250%) VB6
4 2 (4.167%) Korn
4 2 (4.167%) Bourne shell
4 2 (4.167%) AWK
4 2 (4.167%) Perl
5 1 (2.083%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.083%) C
5 1 (2.083%) C#
5 1 (2.083%) Java
5 1 (2.083%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (35.42%) Security Cleared
2 16 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.333%) Degree
4 3 (6.250%) CISSP
5 2 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.167%) Sun Certification
5 2 (4.167%) CISA
5 2 (4.167%) CISM
5 2 (4.167%) MBA
5 2 (4.167%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.083%) MCP
6 1 (2.083%) MCAD
6 1 (2.083%) MCSE
6 1 (2.083%) MCITP
6 1 (2.083%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) JSP 440
2 3 (6.250%) SLA
3 2 (4.167%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.167%) QA
3 2 (4.167%) IEC 61508
4 1 (2.083%) BS25999
4 1 (2.083%) COSO
4 1 (2.083%) COBIT
4 1 (2.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (22.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (12.50%) VMware ESX
4 3 (6.250%) Xen
4 3 (6.250%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.250%) SRDF
4 3 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.167%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 2 (4.167%) Veritas File System
Systems Management
1 7 (14.58%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (6.250%) Backup Exec
2 3 (6.250%) Tivoli
2 3 (6.250%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (4.167%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (4.167%) NetBackup
3 2 (4.167%) WSUS
3 2 (4.167%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 17 (35.42%) Oracle
1 17 (35.42%) VMware
2 13 (27.08%) HP
3 8 (16.67%) NetApp
4 6 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 6 (12.50%) Cisco
5 4 (8.333%) 3PAR
6 3 (6.250%) IBM
6 3 (6.250%) EMC
6 3 (6.250%) Juniper
6 3 (6.250%) ProCurve
6 3 (6.250%) Red Hat
6 3 (6.250%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.167%) BMC
7 2 (4.167%) Veritas
7 2 (4.167%) Sun
7 2 (4.167%) SAP
8 1 (2.083%) Citrix
8 1 (2.083%) Business Objects
Andover, South East
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Rate: £200.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
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Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013