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This section looks at the demand for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited BCP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Continuity Planning (BCP)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank459538
Rank change on same period last yearUp+79
Matching contract IT job ads129111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.170 %0.118 %
As % of the category below0.322 %0.240 %
Daily rates quoted2945
Average minimum daily rate£404£386
Average daily rate£433£403
% change on same period last year+7.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£454£376
% change on same period last year+20.47 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67-
Average hourly rate£24.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4007246323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled52.84 %49.14 %
Daily rates quoted1441215079
Average minimum daily rate£387£393
Average daily rate£414£418
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted24482844
Average minimum hourly rate£27.39£28.80
Average hourly rate£29.25£30.59
% change on same period last year-4.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.11£32.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BCP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 within the UK.

BCP Daily Rate Trend

BCP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BCP within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

BCP Daily Rate Histogram

BCP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BCP within the UK.

BCP Hourly Rate Trend

BCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BCP within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

BCP Hourly Rate Histogram

BCP
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing BCP within the UK over the 3 months to 4 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
EnglandUp+72124£433+7.49 %
LondonUp+11192£427-2.14 %
City of LondonUp+130£434+4.61 %
South EastUp+1913£453+17.15 %
East of EnglandDown-95£444-
BerkshireUp+245£456+18.65 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-4£525-
North WestDown-94--
East MidlandsNew entry-3--
MidlandsUp+13--
MiddlesexUp+23--
Thames ValleyNew entry-3£450-
UxbridgeNew entry-3--
LeicestershireNew entry-2--
CardiffNew entry-2--
PeterboroughNew entry-2£475-
South WalesNew entry-2--
South CoastNew entry-2--
CambridgeshireNew entry-2£475-
EssexDown-32--
WalesNew entry-2--
County AntrimNew entry-1--
StirlingNew entry-1--
Northern IrelandNew entry-1--
ScotlandUp+281--
NorfolkNew entry-1£413-
South WestUp+231--
Newton-le-WillowsNew entry-1--
LeicesterNew entry-1--
NorwichNew entry-1£413-

BCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1137 (65.24 %)Business Continuity
296 (45.71 %)Disaster Recovery
351 (24.29 %)Project Management
448 (22.86 %)ITIL
543 (20.48 %)Banking
639 (18.57 %)Service Management
736 (17.14 %)Finance
830 (14.29 %)Unix
928 (13.33 %)Operations Management
1027 (12.86 %)SQL
1122 (10.48 %)Windows
1220 (9.524 %)Sybase
1220 (9.524 %)Degree
1319 (9.048 %)BS15000
1319 (9.048 %)Investment Banking
1418 (8.571 %)Migration
1514 (6.667 %)Data Modelling
1613 (6.190 %)Risk Assessment
1712 (5.714 %)Windows NT
1712 (5.714 %)Oracle
1712 (5.714 %)PRINCE2
1811 (5.238 %)Solaris
1811 (5.238 %)Government
1811 (5.238 %)Risk Management
1910 (4.762 %)BusinessObjects
1910 (4.762 %)SAN
1910 (4.762 %)Business Objects
209 (4.286 %)Sybase ASE
209 (4.286 %)Education
218 (3.810 %)Clustering

BCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
16 (2.857 %)Hibernate
25 (2.381 %)Middleware
34 (1.905 %)WebServices
43 (1.429 %).NET
52 (0.952 %)WebSphere
61 (0.476 %).NET Framework
61 (0.476 %)OLE
61 (0.476 %)OLE DB
61 (0.476 %)ADO
61 (0.476 %)JSP
61 (0.476 %)SOAP
61 (0.476 %)XML
61 (0.476 %)ODBC
61 (0.476 %)ActiveX
Application Platforms
15 (2.381 %)TIBCO EMS
24 (1.905 %)MQSeries
24 (1.905 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (1.429 %)OpenEdge
33 (1.429 %)CMS
33 (1.429 %)Exchange Server 2000
33 (1.429 %)SharePoint
33 (1.429 %)IIS
42 (0.952 %)Apache
42 (0.952 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.952 %)WebSphere Application Server
51 (0.476 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
18 (3.810 %)MS Office
23 (1.429 %)MS Excel
23 (1.429 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.476 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
11 (0.476 %)BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
110 (4.762 %)SAN
28 (3.810 %)WAN
37 (3.333 %)LAN
46 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
46 (2.857 %)Internet
46 (2.857 %)Firewall
55 (2.381 %)Intranet
55 (2.381 %)VPN
63 (1.429 %)WINS
63 (1.429 %)DNS
63 (1.429 %)LDAP
63 (1.429 %)ATM
63 (1.429 %)NGN
72 (0.952 %)Network Security
72 (0.952 %)VoIP
72 (0.952 %)DHCP
72 (0.952 %)Intrusion Detection
81 (0.476 %)Extranet
81 (0.476 %)MPLS
81 (0.476 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (4.762 %)BusinessObjects
29 (4.286 %)Sybase ASE
36 (2.857 %)Oracle 10g
45 (2.381 %)RDBMS
54 (1.905 %)SQL Server
62 (0.952 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.476 %)MS Access
71 (0.476 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.476 %)DTS
71 (0.476 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
16 (2.857 %)JUnit
16 (2.857 %)Eclipse
General
143 (20.48 %)Banking
236 (17.14 %)Finance
319 (9.048 %)Investment Banking
411 (5.238 %)Government
59 (4.286 %)Education
66 (2.857 %)Telecoms
75 (2.381 %)Front Office
75 (2.381 %)Insurance
75 (2.381 %)Publishing
84 (1.905 %)Marketing
93 (1.429 %)Financial Institution
93 (1.429 %)Health
102 (0.952 %)Legal
102 (0.952 %)Retail
102 (0.952 %)Local Government
102 (0.952 %)Games
111 (0.476 %)Pensions
111 (0.476 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.476 %)International Banking
111 (0.476 %)Criminal Justice
Job Titles
141 (19.52 %)Analyst
225 (11.90 %)Consultant
319 (9.048 %)DBA
417 (8.095 %)Administrator
417 (8.095 %)Project Manager
513 (6.190 %)Support Analyst
611 (5.238 %)Architect
611 (5.238 %)Implementation Manager
79 (4.286 %)Sybase DBA
88 (3.810 %)Coordinator
88 (3.810 %)Business Manager
97 (3.333 %)Business Continuity Manager
106 (2.857 %)Oracle DBA
106 (2.857 %)Applications Support
115 (2.381 %)Security Consultant
115 (2.381 %)Service Analyst
115 (2.381 %)Disaster Recovery Manager
115 (2.381 %)Development DBA
124 (1.905 %)Oracle Development DBA
124 (1.905 %)Security Manager
Miscellaneous
18 (3.810 %)Clustering
26 (2.857 %)Asset Management
35 (2.381 %)Equities
35 (2.381 %)Replication
44 (1.905 %)Taxonomies
53 (1.429 %)Mainframe
53 (1.429 %)IVR
62 (0.952 %)NHS
62 (0.952 %)NPfIT
62 (0.952 %)Management Information System
62 (0.952 %)Computer Science
62 (0.952 %)French Language
62 (0.952 %)CMDB
62 (0.952 %)Data Extraction
62 (0.952 %)Data Integration
71 (0.476 %)Fat Client
71 (0.476 %)RMADS
71 (0.476 %)Italian Language
71 (0.476 %)Economics
71 (0.476 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
130 (14.29 %)Unix
222 (10.48 %)Windows
312 (5.714 %)Windows NT
411 (5.238 %)Solaris
54 (1.905 %)Linux
62 (0.952 %)AIX
71 (0.476 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1137 (65.24 %)Business Continuity
296 (45.71 %)Disaster Recovery
351 (24.29 %)Project Management
448 (22.86 %)ITIL
539 (18.57 %)Service Management
628 (13.33 %)Operations Management
718 (8.571 %)Migration
814 (6.667 %)Data Modelling
913 (6.190 %)Risk Assessment
1012 (5.714 %)PRINCE2
1111 (5.238 %)Risk Management
128 (3.810 %)SC Cleared
128 (3.810 %)Security Cleared
137 (3.333 %)Information Security
137 (3.333 %)Document Management
146 (2.857 %)UML
146 (2.857 %)OO
146 (2.857 %)Service Delivery
146 (2.857 %)Configuration Management
155 (2.381 %)Problem Management
Programming Languages
127 (12.86 %)SQL
28 (3.810 %)Transact-SQL
37 (3.333 %)Shell Script
44 (1.905 %)Java
53 (1.429 %)JCL
61 (0.476 %)VB.NET
61 (0.476 %)VBA
Qualifications
120 (9.524 %)Degree
24 (1.905 %)CISSP
33 (1.429 %)Cisco Certification
33 (1.429 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.429 %)MCSE
33 (1.429 %)CCNP
33 (1.429 %)CCNA
42 (0.952 %)CISA
42 (0.952 %)CISM
42 (0.952 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (0.952 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.476 %)PMP
51 (0.476 %)PMI Certification
51 (0.476 %)ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
119 (9.048 %)BS15000
26 (2.857 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (2.381 %)BS7799
44 (1.905 %)BS25999
44 (1.905 %)ISO17799
44 (1.905 %)COBIT
53 (1.429 %)ISO27001
62 (0.952 %)QA
62 (0.952 %)Basel II
71 (0.476 %)ISO9000
71 (0.476 %)SLA
71 (0.476 %)JSP 440
System Software
18 (3.810 %)Active Directory
26 (2.857 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.476 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.476 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.476 %)MetaFrame
31 (0.476 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
12 (0.952 %)OpenView
12 (0.952 %)WSUS
21 (0.476 %)SCCM
21 (0.476 %)CiscoWorks
21 (0.476 %)Legato
21 (0.476 %)Tivoli
21 (0.476 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.476 %)MOM
21 (0.476 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.476 %)Netcool
21 (0.476 %)TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
120 (9.524 %)Sybase
212 (5.714 %)Oracle
310 (4.762 %)Business Objects
46 (2.857 %)TIBCO
55 (2.381 %)Vitria
64 (1.905 %)Citrix
64 (1.905 %)HP
64 (1.905 %)IBM
64 (1.905 %)Microsoft
73 (1.429 %)Progress
82 (0.952 %)Cisco
82 (0.952 %)McAfee Security
82 (0.952 %)BT
82 (0.952 %)Altiris
91 (0.476 %)Capita
91 (0.476 %)VMware
91 (0.476 %)Sun
91 (0.476 %)PeopleSoft
91 (0.476 %)SAP
91 (0.476 %)Siebel
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