The first table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Wales 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Disaster Recovery
Rank 35 33 31
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.278% 2.206% 4.358%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.405% 3.321% 6.690%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
Average daily rate £375 £288 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -7.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.44% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £23.69 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-26.12% +2.98%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
247 271 284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 68.61% 66.42% 65.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 154 147
Average daily rate £365 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £260 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.35 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.35% -68.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Disaster Recovery
Wales

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cardiff -1 1 £375 +30.43%
Newport - - - -
Bridgend - - - -
Caerphilly - - - - 1
Disaster Recovery
Wales

Disaster Recovery
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) iSeries
1 4 (100.00%) Rackspace
2 3 (75.00%) AS400
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) OS/400
3 2 (50.00%) COBOL
3 2 (50.00%) RPG
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) DB2
3 2 (50.00%) IIS
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) AIX
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) MS Project
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) TestDirector

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (50.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) TestDirector
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) AS400 Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) iSeries
2 3 (75.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) AIX
1 2 (50.00%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) COBOL
1 2 (50.00%) RPG
1 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) Rackspace
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft