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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkBusiness Continuity
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank359305371
Rank change year-on-year
Down-54Up+66
Matching contract IT job ads137137243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.284 %0.347 %0.296 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.482 %0.655 %0.594 %
Daily rates quoted606098
Average daily rate£338£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.62 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£211£254£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£405£350
% change year-on-year
-29.01 %+15.71 %
Hourly rates quoted51012
Average hourly rate£24.00£31.50£24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.80 %+27.27 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.20£15.00£12.85
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.94£61.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.84£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.53 %-14.28 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Business Continuity
Demand Trend

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

Business Continuity Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK.

Business Continuity Daily Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Business Continuity Daily Rate Histogram

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Business Continuity Hourly Rate Trend

Business Continuity
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-42130£325-18.75 %
LondonDown-7459£388-3.12 %
City of LondonDown-5724£350-20.00 %
South EastUp+222£313-13.79 %
North WestUp+1019£263-16.00 %
ManchesterUp+511£263-
East MidlandsUp+28£450-
South WestDown-38£223-23.27 %
BerkshireUp+77£325-27.77 %
West MidlandsUp+77£300-25.92 %
HampshireNo change07£450+28.57 %
LincolnshireNew entry-5£450-
ReadingUp+14£170-53.10 %
CheshireDown-104£358-11.72 %
ScotlandDown-144--
ExeterNew entry-4£325-
DevonNew entry-4£325-
South WalesUp+83£550+0.91 %
WalesUp+73£550+0.91 %
WarwickshireDown-73£400+67.71 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3£275-
OxfordshireNew entry-3£275-
SurreyNew entry-3--
EdinburghDown-202--
NorthamptonNew entry-2£400-
NewportNew entry-2£550-
Milton KeynesNew entry-2£275-
GlasgowNew entry-2--
ChesterNew entry-2£358-
BristolNew entry-2£220-

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Continuity 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 Business Continuity.

1104 (43.88 %)Disaster Recovery
248 (20.25 %)BCP
338 (16.03 %)Security Cleared
436 (15.19 %)Finance
528 (11.81 %)Government
627 (11.39 %)Risk Management
726 (10.97 %)Windows
825 (10.55 %)Project Management
919 (8.017 %)Banking
1018 (7.595 %)ITIL
1018 (7.595 %)MS Office
1117 (7.173 %)PRINCE2
1216 (6.751 %)Microsoft
1216 (6.751 %)Stakeholder Management
1216 (6.751 %)Migration
1216 (6.751 %)DV Cleared
1314 (5.907 %)Incident Management
1314 (5.907 %)SAN
1314 (5.907 %)NHS
1314 (5.907 %)Windows Server 2003
1413 (5.485 %)Information Security
1413 (5.485 %)ISO27001
1512 (5.063 %)Oracle
1512 (5.063 %)C
1611 (4.641 %)SQL
1611 (4.641 %)SQL Server
1611 (4.641 %)Cisco
1611 (4.641 %)Active Directory
1611 (4.641 %)Service Management
1611 (4.641 %)SC Cleared

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Continuity 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 Business Continuity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (1.266 %)XML
22 (0.844 %)Apache Axis
22 (0.844 %)Web Services
22 (0.844 %).NET
22 (0.844 %)Middleware
31 (0.422 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.422 %)Struts
31 (0.422 %)Swing
31 (0.422 %)JPA
31 (0.422 %)Java EE
31 (0.422 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (2.954 %)Apache
26 (2.532 %)IIS
35 (2.110 %)MS Exchange
44 (1.688 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (1.266 %)WebLogic
53 (1.266 %)SharePoint
53 (1.266 %)Tomcat
62 (0.844 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (0.844 %)ESB
62 (0.844 %)MQSeries
71 (0.422 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
118 (7.595 %)MS Office
210 (4.219 %)MS PowerPoint
38 (3.376 %)MS Project
47 (2.954 %)MS Excel
56 (2.532 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.422 %)assyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (5.907 %)SAN
29 (3.797 %)WAN
29 (3.797 %)Firewall
38 (3.376 %)Internet
46 (2.532 %)VoIP
55 (2.110 %)Intranet
55 (2.110 %)LAN
63 (1.266 %)TCP/IP
63 (1.266 %)VPN
63 (1.266 %)IPsec
63 (1.266 %)NAS
72 (0.844 %)Network Security
72 (0.844 %)Wireless Security
72 (0.844 %)Wireless
72 (0.844 %)SSL
72 (0.844 %)DNS
72 (0.844 %)DHCP
81 (0.422 %)OSPF
81 (0.422 %)X.25
81 (0.422 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (4.641 %)SQL Server
210 (4.219 %)Datawarehouse
39 (3.797 %)ETL
47 (2.954 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.532 %)SQL Server 2005
65 (2.110 %)RDBMS
74 (1.688 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.844 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (0.844 %)SAP BW
91 (0.422 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.422 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.422 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.422 %)GIS
91 (0.422 %)Data Mart
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.422 %)InstallShield
11 (0.422 %)AdminStudio
11 (0.422 %)Ant
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (15.19 %)Finance
228 (11.81 %)Government
319 (8.017 %)Banking
410 (4.219 %)Investment Banking
59 (3.797 %)Health
67 (2.954 %)Retail
75 (2.110 %)Construction
84 (1.688 %)Insurance
93 (1.266 %)Police
93 (1.266 %)Telecoms
102 (0.844 %)Local Government
102 (0.844 %)Retail Banking
102 (0.844 %)Online Banking
102 (0.844 %)Pensions
102 (0.844 %)Financial Institution
102 (0.844 %)Back Office
111 (0.422 %)Front Office
111 (0.422 %)Advertising
111 (0.422 %)Education
111 (0.422 %)Home Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
156 (23.63 %)Analyst
229 (12.24 %)Project Manager
326 (10.97 %)Consultant
326 (10.97 %)Business Manager
422 (9.283 %)Business Continuity Manager
518 (7.595 %)Business Consultant
518 (7.595 %)Business Continuity Consultant
614 (5.907 %)Business Analyst
713 (5.485 %)Delivery Manager
812 (5.063 %)Service Manager
812 (5.063 %)Architect
99 (3.797 %)Senior Analyst
108 (3.376 %)Support Analyst
117 (2.954 %)Systems Analyst
117 (2.954 %)Technical Architect
117 (2.954 %)Developer
117 (2.954 %)Service Continuity Manager
126 (2.532 %)Disaster Recovery Analyst
126 (2.532 %)IT Project Manager
126 (2.532 %)DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (5.907 %)NHS
29 (3.797 %)Management Information System
29 (3.797 %)Replication
37 (2.954 %)Life Science
44 (1.688 %)Derivative
53 (1.266 %)Symmetrix
53 (1.266 %)Symmetrix DMX
62 (0.844 %)Data Protection Act
62 (0.844 %)RMADS
62 (0.844 %)CESG
62 (0.844 %)CESG CLAS
62 (0.844 %)Clustering
71 (0.422 %)EPoS
71 (0.422 %)Firmware
71 (0.422 %)Mainframe
71 (0.422 %)N-Tier
71 (0.422 %)NPfIT
71 (0.422 %)CLARiiON
71 (0.422 %)IVR
71 (0.422 %)iSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (10.97 %)Windows
214 (5.907 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (3.376 %)Windows 2000
47 (2.954 %)Linux
56 (2.532 %)Solaris
56 (2.532 %)UNIX
64 (1.688 %)Windows XP
64 (1.688 %)MVS
73 (1.266 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (0.844 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.422 %)HPUX
91 (0.422 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1104 (43.88 %)Disaster Recovery
248 (20.25 %)BCP
327 (11.39 %)Risk Management
425 (10.55 %)Project Management
518 (7.595 %)ITIL
617 (7.173 %)PRINCE2
716 (6.751 %)Stakeholder Management
716 (6.751 %)Migration
814 (5.907 %)Incident Management
913 (5.485 %)Information Security
1011 (4.641 %)Service Management
1110 (4.219 %)Business Analysis
128 (3.376 %)Integration Testing
128 (3.376 %)Service Delivery
128 (3.376 %)Change Management
137 (2.954 %)Data Migration
146 (2.532 %)Unit Testing
146 (2.532 %)Risk Assessment
155 (2.110 %)Programme Management
155 (2.110 %)Risk Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (5.063 %)C
211 (4.641 %)SQL
39 (3.797 %)Java
44 (1.688 %)VBA
44 (1.688 %)C#
53 (1.266 %)Shell Script
62 (0.844 %)VB
71 (0.422 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (16.03 %)Security Cleared
216 (6.751 %)DV Cleared
311 (4.641 %)SC Cleared
47 (2.954 %)Degree
56 (2.532 %)PRINCE2 Certification
56 (2.532 %)ITIL Certification
64 (1.688 %)ISEB
73 (1.266 %)Cisco Certification
73 (1.266 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (1.266 %)MCSE
73 (1.266 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
73 (1.266 %)ISEB Practitioner
82 (0.844 %)CISA
82 (0.844 %)CISSP
82 (0.844 %)CCNA
91 (0.422 %)CCIE
91 (0.422 %)MCSA
91 (0.422 %)CISM
91 (0.422 %)QiCA
91 (0.422 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (5.485 %)ISO27001
29 (3.797 %)BS25999
38 (3.376 %)SLA
45 (2.110 %)QA
52 (0.844 %)ISO17799
61 (0.422 %)HMG Infosec
61 (0.422 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (4.641 %)Active Directory
26 (2.532 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.844 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (0.844 %)vSphere
32 (0.844 %)ISA Server
41 (0.422 %)Terminal Server
41 (0.422 %)SRDF
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.266 %)Norton AntiVirus
13 (1.266 %)AutoSys
13 (1.266 %)HP Data Protector
22 (0.844 %)NetBackup
22 (0.844 %)Tivoli
22 (0.844 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (0.844 %)OpenView
31 (0.422 %)MSI
31 (0.422 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.422 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.422 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (6.751 %)Microsoft
212 (5.063 %)Oracle
311 (4.641 %)Cisco
49 (3.797 %)VMware
57 (2.954 %)HP
57 (2.954 %)Hyperion
65 (2.110 %)Citrix
65 (2.110 %)CheckPoint
74 (1.688 %)Siebel
74 (1.688 %)IBM
74 (1.688 %)Siemens
83 (1.266 %)Informatica
83 (1.266 %)BMC
83 (1.266 %)Sun
83 (1.266 %)EMC
83 (1.266 %)Symantec
83 (1.266 %)SAP
92 (0.844 %)Speakerbus
92 (0.844 %)FileNet
92 (0.844 %)BT