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The table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BCP over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity Planning (BCP)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank37-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.578 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£412
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
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£37.00£33.00
% change on same period last year+12.12 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads173236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.242 %0.237 %
Daily rates quoted2635
Average minimum daily rate£343£368
Average daily rate£366£393
% change on same period last year-6.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted413
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50£32.40
Average hourly rate£38.33£35.45
% change on same period last year+8.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.17£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
BCP South EastBCP
South East

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.

BCP
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley BCP Demand Trend

BCP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley BCP Daily Rate Trend

BCP
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

13 (75.00 %)Project Management
13 (75.00 %)Business Continuity
22 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (25.00 %)Stakeholder Management

BCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Project Manager
12 (50.00 %)IT Manager
21 (25.00 %)IT Project Manager
21 (25.00 %)Programme Coordinator
21 (25.00 %)Coordinator
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Project Management
13 (75.00 %)Business Continuity
22 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (25.00 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (25.00 %)PRINCE2