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The table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills within the South Yorkshire 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3853
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.985 %1.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£213-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£225-
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£355
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.81£30.96
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads201300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.286 %0.310 %
Daily rates quoted4951
Average minimum daily rate£330£318
Average daily rate£355£337
% change on same period last year+5.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted5542
Average minimum hourly rate£25.65£30.33
Average hourly rate£26.51£31.75
% change on same period last year-16.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.37£33.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Disaster Recovery YorkshireDisaster Recovery
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
RotherhamNew entry-4£213-
Disaster Recovery YorkshireDisaster Recovery
Yorkshire

Disaster Recovery
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)VMware
34 (40.00 %)VMware ESX
34 (40.00 %)Clustering
34 (40.00 %)Red Hat
34 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (40.00 %)Linux
34 (40.00 %)SQL
34 (40.00 %)SQL Server
34 (40.00 %)DTS
34 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (40.00 %)SC Cleared
34 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
34 (40.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (40.00 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (40.00 %)Migration
43 (30.00 %)RDBMS
52 (20.00 %)Ethernet
52 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
52 (20.00 %)ITIL
52 (20.00 %)MS Excel
52 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
52 (20.00 %)Business Continuity
61 (10.00 %)SLA

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Excel
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Ethernet
12 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server
14 (40.00 %)DTS
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (30.00 %)RDBMS
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)DBA
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server DBA
14 (40.00 %)SQL DBA
22 (20.00 %)Technical Manager
22 (20.00 %)Technical Services Manager
22 (20.00 %)Support Technician
22 (20.00 %)Technical Support
22 (20.00 %)3rd Line Support
22 (20.00 %)Service Manager
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Clustering
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Linux
24 (40.00 %)Red Hat Linux
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Migration
14 (40.00 %)SC Cleared
14 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (20.00 %)Business Continuity
22 (20.00 %)ITIL
22 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)SQL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)SLA
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (40.00 %)VMware ESX
14 (40.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)VMware
24 (40.00 %)Red Hat