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This section looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank99137
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching contract IT job ads3927
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.027 %
As % of the category below1.529 %0.870 %
Daily rates quoted166
Average minimum daily rate£354£442
Average daily rate£372£471
% change on same period last year-21.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£388
% change on same period last year+8.03 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£33.15£20.00
Average hourly rate£34.14£22.50
% change on same period last year+51.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.13£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.16£24.56
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South West
Matching contract IT job ads25513102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.400 %3.138 %
Daily rates quoted961998
Average minimum daily rate£372£362
Average daily rate£399£383
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted271366
Average minimum hourly rate£30.93£28.91
Average hourly rate£33.62£30.63
% change on same period last year+9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.31£32.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Disaster Recovery Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the South West region.

South West Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the South West region.

South West Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireUp+1512£378-
BristolUp+1810£375-31.03 %
DevonUp+108£329-
GloucestershireNew entry-2--
DorsetUp+72£438+34.61 %
SomersetNew entry-1--
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

114 (24.56 %)Windows
213 (22.81 %)HP
310 (17.54 %)UNIX
310 (17.54 %)VMware
310 (17.54 %)Business Continuity
310 (17.54 %)VMware Infrastructure
49 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
49 (15.79 %)Cisco
58 (14.04 %)Windows 2000
58 (14.04 %)Government
58 (14.04 %)Migration
67 (12.28 %)Project Planning
67 (12.28 %)SC Cleared
76 (10.53 %)Mainframe
76 (10.53 %)SQL
76 (10.53 %)Finance
76 (10.53 %)Firewall
85 (8.772 %)User Acceptance Testing
85 (8.772 %)AIX
85 (8.772 %)ITIL
85 (8.772 %)FTP
85 (8.772 %)SLA
85 (8.772 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
85 (8.772 %)Citrix
85 (8.772 %)SAN
94 (7.018 %)CheckPoint
94 (7.018 %)Extranet
94 (7.018 %)ISA Server
94 (7.018 %)Project Management
94 (7.018 %)Client/Server

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (5.263 %)WebSphere
22 (3.509 %)Middleware
31 (1.754 %)XML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.509 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (1.754 %)CMS
21 (1.754 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (1.754 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (1.754 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (1.754 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (1.754 %)IIS
21 (1.754 %)Apache
21 (1.754 %)SharePoint
21 (1.754 %)MS Exchange
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.509 %)MS Project
12 (3.509 %)MS Office
21 (1.754 %)InfoPath
21 (1.754 %)Spreadsheet
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (10.53 %)Firewall
25 (8.772 %)SAN
25 (8.772 %)FTP
34 (7.018 %)VPN
34 (7.018 %)Extranet
34 (7.018 %)Cisco PIX
43 (5.263 %)DNS
43 (5.263 %)SSH
43 (5.263 %)VLAN
52 (3.509 %)HTTP
52 (3.509 %)TCP/IP
61 (1.754 %)Internet
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.263 %)SQL Server
13 (5.263 %)PowerCenter
22 (3.509 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (3.509 %)Oracle 9i
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (14.04 %)Government
26 (10.53 %)Finance
32 (3.509 %)Retail
41 (1.754 %)Insurance
41 (1.754 %)Pensions
41 (1.754 %)Legal
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (17.54 %)Project Manager
28 (14.04 %)Architect
28 (14.04 %)Technical Architect
28 (14.04 %)Consultant
37 (12.28 %)Analyst
46 (10.53 %)Technical Assurance Architect
55 (8.772 %)DBA
55 (8.772 %)Administrator
55 (8.772 %)Systems Administrator
55 (8.772 %)Network Engineer
55 (8.772 %)Lead Technical Architect
55 (8.772 %)Lead Architect
64 (7.018 %)Security Consultant
73 (5.263 %)Business Consultant
73 (5.263 %)SQL DBA
82 (3.509 %)Business Continuity Analyst
82 (3.509 %)SQL Server DBA
82 (3.509 %)Citrix Specialist
82 (3.509 %)Senior Analyst
82 (3.509 %)Support Analyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (10.53 %)Mainframe
24 (7.018 %)Client/Server
24 (7.018 %)SecurID
33 (5.263 %)HACMP
42 (3.509 %)Replication
42 (3.509 %)Clustering
42 (3.509 %)CESG
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (24.56 %)Windows
210 (17.54 %)UNIX
38 (14.04 %)Windows 2000
45 (8.772 %)AIX
53 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (3.509 %)Linux
62 (3.509 %)Windows XP
62 (3.509 %)zOS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (17.54 %)Business Continuity
29 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
38 (14.04 %)Migration
47 (12.28 %)Project Planning
47 (12.28 %)SC Cleared
55 (8.772 %)User Acceptance Testing
55 (8.772 %)ITIL
64 (7.018 %)Project Management
73 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
73 (5.263 %)Service Delivery
73 (5.263 %)Change Management
73 (5.263 %)Incident Management
82 (3.509 %)Release Management
82 (3.509 %)Data Migration
82 (3.509 %)GAP Analysis
82 (3.509 %)Risk Management
82 (3.509 %)Service Management
82 (3.509 %)Document Management
91 (1.754 %)Systems Analysis
91 (1.754 %)Business Analysis
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (10.53 %)SQL
22 (3.509 %)Shell Script
22 (3.509 %)C
22 (3.509 %)PL/SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.509 %)CCNA
12 (3.509 %)CCA
12 (3.509 %)Citrix Certification
12 (3.509 %)CCEA
12 (3.509 %)Cisco Certification
21 (1.754 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.754 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (1.754 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21 (1.754 %)MCSE
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (8.772 %)SLA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (17.54 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (7.018 %)ISA Server
32 (3.509 %)Samba
32 (3.509 %)NFS
32 (3.509 %)Oracle RMAN
32 (3.509 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (1.754 %)Active Directory
41 (1.754 %)VMware ESX
41 (1.754 %)NetBackup
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (8.772 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (3.509 %)BMC PATROL
22 (3.509 %)OMEGAMON
22 (3.509 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (1.754 %)Tivoli
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (22.81 %)HP
210 (17.54 %)VMware
39 (15.79 %)Cisco
45 (8.772 %)Citrix
54 (7.018 %)CheckPoint
54 (7.018 %)IBM
54 (7.018 %)Microsoft
63 (5.263 %)Sun
63 (5.263 %)Oracle
63 (5.263 %)Trillium
63 (5.263 %)Informatica
72 (3.509 %)BMC
72 (3.509 %)Nokia
72 (3.509 %)EMC
81 (1.754 %)NetApp
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