The first 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 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity
Rank 356 355 392
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +37
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 205 249 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.421% 0.429% 0.323%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.592% 0.629% 0.480%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 119 134
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £229 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £581 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £370 £320
% change year-on-year
-6.75% +15.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 6
Average hourly rate £23.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.10 £18.12 £19.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.76 £54.30 £40.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £23.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- -13.63%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34628 39600 41874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.14% 68.19% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20769 22604 23882
Average daily rate £413 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 1271 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Business Continuity Jobs Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Business Continuity Daily Rate Histogram

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -25 189 £400 - 78
London -17 109 £420 +5.00% 32
City of London +15 45 £418 +7.74% 12
South East +16 32 £400 - 18
North West +6 13 £350 -5.40% 6
Hampshire -8 9 £525 +31.25% 5
South West +21 8 £300 -20.00% 3
East of England +20 7 £340 - 3
Manchester +13 7 £281 -10.00% 3
Yorkshire +2 7 £225 -10.00% 3
West Midlands 0 7 £340 -2.85% 8
Oxfordshire - 7 £325 - 2
Berkshire +29 6 - - 2
Milton Keynes +5 6 £725 +116.41% 1
Buckinghamshire +2 6 £725 +116.41% 1
West Yorkshire - 6 £225 - 2
Bracknell - 5 - -
Scotland -12 4 £388 +10.71% 1
Essex - 4 £340 -
Cheshire -10 3 £338 -14.55% 1
Bradford - 3 £210 - 1
Edinburgh - 3 £388 -
Banbury - 3 £325 - 2
Basildon - 3 £340 -
Bristol +18 2 £379 -25.18%
Nottinghamshire +1 2 £300 +96.72%
Wiltshire +1 2 £418 -
Nottingham -5 2 £300 +96.72%
Warwickshire -6 2 £375 -46.42% 2
East Midlands -7 2 £300 +96.72% 3

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 153 (40.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 111 (29.44%) Finance
3 104 (27.59%) ITIL
4 100 (26.53%) Windows
5 91 (24.14%) Microsoft
6 82 (21.75%) Project Management
7 63 (16.71%) Active Directory
8 61 (16.18%) SQL
9 60 (15.92%) PRINCE2
10 55 (14.59%) VMware
11 54 (14.32%) Risk Management
12 50 (13.26%) BCP
12 50 (13.26%) Windows Server 2008
13 49 (13.00%) Cisco
13 49 (13.00%) MS Exchange
14 47 (12.47%) Citrix
14 47 (12.47%) Oracle
15 46 (12.20%) Change Management
16 45 (11.94%) Security Cleared
17 44 (11.67%) Information Security
18 42 (11.14%) Migration
18 42 (11.14%) Firewall
18 42 (11.14%) Windows Server 2003
19 41 (10.88%) SAN
19 41 (10.88%) Banking
20 39 (10.34%) MS Excel
21 37 (9.814%) UNIX
21 37 (9.814%) SQL Server
21 37 (9.814%) VMware Infrastructure
22 36 (9.549%) DNS

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (2.122%) .NET
1 8 (2.122%) Middleware
2 7 (1.857%) XML
3 6 (1.592%) Web Services
4 5 (1.326%) Application Packaging
5 4 (1.061%) Flash
5 4 (1.061%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.061%) COM
5 4 (1.061%) JSP
6 3 (0.796%) HTML
6 3 (0.796%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.531%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.265%) ASP
8 1 (0.265%) SOAP
8 1 (0.265%) CSS
8 1 (0.265%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.265%) Spring
8 1 (0.265%) Ajax
8 1 (0.265%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.265%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 49 (13.00%) MS Exchange
2 33 (8.753%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (7.958%) SharePoint
4 18 (4.775%) IIS
5 16 (4.244%) Exchange Server 2003
5 16 (4.244%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 14 (3.714%) Lync
7 11 (2.918%) Office Communications Server
8 10 (2.653%) BizTalk Server
8 10 (2.653%) Tomcat
9 9 (2.387%) IBM Notes
9 9 (2.387%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (1.857%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (1.592%) Apache
12 4 (1.061%) WebLogic
12 4 (1.061%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.796%) NetWeaver
13 3 (0.796%) MTS
14 2 (0.531%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
15 1 (0.265%) Drupal
Applications
1 39 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 34 (9.019%) MS Office
3 13 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (1.857%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.531%) MS Project
5 2 (0.531%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.326%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (1.061%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.796%) Summit
3 3 (0.796%) Endur
3 3 (0.796%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.796%) ZaiNet
3 3 (0.796%) Aligne
4 2 (0.531%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (0.531%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.531%) Changepoint
5 1 (0.265%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.265%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.265%) VisionPLUS
5 1 (0.265%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 42 (11.14%) Firewall
2 41 (10.88%) SAN
3 36 (9.549%) DNS
4 32 (8.488%) LAN
5 25 (6.631%) TCP/IP
6 24 (6.366%) WAN
6 24 (6.366%) DHCP
7 18 (4.775%) Internet
8 13 (3.448%) MPLS
8 13 (3.448%) VoIP
9 12 (3.183%) SMTP
9 12 (3.183%) Network Security
10 9 (2.387%) SSL
10 9 (2.387%) ATM
10 9 (2.387%) VPN
11 8 (2.122%) NAS
12 6 (1.592%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (1.592%) Intranet
13 5 (1.326%) 3G
13 5 (1.326%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.814%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.305%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (4.244%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (3.183%) Oracle 11g
5 10 (2.653%) Oracle 8/8i
6 9 (2.387%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (1.592%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (1.326%) MySQL
9 4 (1.061%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (0.796%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.796%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.796%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.796%) MS Access
10 3 (0.796%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (0.531%) VLDB
11 2 (0.531%) TOAD
11 2 (0.531%) OLTP
11 2 (0.531%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.531%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.265%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 12 (3.183%) InstallShield
2 6 (1.592%) LoadRunner
3 5 (1.326%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.531%) ERwin
4 2 (0.531%) SilkTest
4 2 (0.531%) JIRA
5 1 (0.265%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.265%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.265%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 1 (0.265%) Balsamiq Mockups
5 1 (0.265%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.265%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.265%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.265%) NetBeans
5 1 (0.265%) Subversion
5 1 (0.265%) Maven
General
1 111 (29.44%) Finance
2 41 (10.88%) Banking
3 18 (4.775%) Legal
4 17 (4.509%) Telecoms
5 16 (4.244%) Law
5 16 (4.244%) Investment Banking
6 11 (2.918%) Advertising
6 11 (2.918%) Back Office
7 7 (1.857%) Local Government
7 7 (1.857%) Marketing
8 3 (0.796%) Retail
9 2 (0.531%) Publishing
9 2 (0.531%) French Language
9 2 (0.531%) Retail Banking
9 2 (0.531%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.531%) Front Office
10 1 (0.265%) Electronics
10 1 (0.265%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.265%) German Language
10 1 (0.265%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (24.14%) Analyst
2 36 (9.549%) Project Manager
3 30 (7.958%) Consultant
4 28 (7.427%) Business Analyst
5 23 (6.101%) Administrator
6 21 (5.570%) Architect
7 17 (4.509%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (4.509%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 15 (3.979%) Business Manager
9 14 (3.714%) Business Continuity Analyst
10 13 (3.448%) Service Manager
10 13 (3.448%) DBA
10 13 (3.448%) Security Manager
11 12 (3.183%) Support Analyst
12 11 (2.918%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.918%) Systems Manager
12 11 (2.918%) Test Analyst
13 10 (2.653%) Security Analyst
13 10 (2.653%) Security Project Manager
14 9 (2.387%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.631%) Blackberry
1 25 (6.631%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.101%) Clustering
3 10 (2.653%) NHS
3 10 (2.653%) Credit Risk
4 9 (2.387%) PKI
5 7 (1.857%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.592%) Market Risk
6 6 (1.592%) Replication
6 6 (1.592%) iPhone
6 6 (1.592%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (1.326%) CMDB
7 5 (1.326%) Smartphone
8 4 (1.061%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.061%) Mathematics
8 4 (1.061%) Computer Science
8 4 (1.061%) Symmetrix
8 4 (1.061%) Equities
8 4 (1.061%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.061%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 100 (26.53%) Windows
2 50 (13.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 42 (11.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 37 (9.814%) UNIX
5 22 (5.836%) Linux
6 21 (5.570%) Windows 7
7 16 (4.244%) Windows XP
8 6 (1.592%) Windows Mobile
9 4 (1.061%) HPUX
10 3 (0.796%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.796%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.531%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (0.531%) Solaris
11 2 (0.531%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.265%) NetWare
12 1 (0.265%) zOS
12 1 (0.265%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.265%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (40.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 104 (27.59%) ITIL
3 82 (21.75%) Project Management
4 60 (15.92%) PRINCE2
5 54 (14.32%) Risk Management
6 50 (13.26%) BCP
7 46 (12.20%) Change Management
8 44 (11.67%) Information Security
9 42 (11.14%) Migration
10 32 (8.488%) Service Delivery
11 30 (7.958%) Incident Management
12 27 (7.162%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (7.162%) Service Management
13 25 (6.631%) Problem Management
14 21 (5.570%) Capacity Planning
14 21 (5.570%) Configuration Management
15 15 (3.979%) Risk Assessment
16 14 (3.714%) Release Management
17 13 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
17 13 (3.448%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.18%) SQL
2 12 (3.183%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.387%) C
3 9 (2.387%) VB
3 9 (2.387%) Shell Script
4 8 (2.122%) Java
5 7 (1.857%) PL/SQL
5 7 (1.857%) VBScript
6 6 (1.592%) Perl
6 6 (1.592%) C#
7 5 (1.326%) VB6
8 4 (1.061%) Python
9 3 (0.796%) ActionScript
9 3 (0.796%) C++
9 3 (0.796%) Ruby
9 3 (0.796%) Korn
9 3 (0.796%) ActionScript 2.0
9 3 (0.796%) Bourne shell
10 2 (0.531%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.531%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (11.94%) Security Cleared
2 35 (9.284%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.366%) Degree
4 14 (3.714%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 13 (3.448%) CISSP
6 12 (3.183%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.183%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (2.918%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.653%) MCSE
8 10 (2.653%) ISEB
9 9 (2.387%) CCNA
10 8 (2.122%) CISA
11 7 (1.857%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (1.326%) BC Cleared
13 4 (1.061%) CISM
13 4 (1.061%) MCITP
14 3 (0.796%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.796%) CCNP
14 3 (0.796%) MCSA
14 3 (0.796%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.488%) SLA
2 25 (6.631%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.714%) QA
4 12 (3.183%) BS25999
5 8 (2.122%) COBIT
6 6 (1.592%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.326%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.326%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.326%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.796%) COSO
9 2 (0.531%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.531%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.531%) TickIT
10 1 (0.265%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.265%) Basel II
10 1 (0.265%) ISO/IEC 17799
10 1 (0.265%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 63 (16.71%) Active Directory
2 37 (9.814%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.836%) XenApp
4 9 (2.387%) XenDesktop
5 8 (2.122%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (1.857%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.857%) VMware ESX
7 6 (1.592%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.061%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.796%) SRDF
9 3 (0.796%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.796%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (0.796%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.796%) Xen
10 2 (0.531%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.531%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.531%) XenServer
11 1 (0.265%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.265%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.265%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.775%) SCCM
2 10 (2.653%) Backup Exec
3 9 (2.387%) NetBackup
4 8 (2.122%) WSUS
4 8 (2.122%) SCOM
4 8 (2.122%) HP Quality Center
5 7 (1.857%) WMI
5 7 (1.857%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (1.592%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.592%) HP SIM
6 6 (1.592%) Data Guard
7 5 (1.326%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 4 (1.061%) Tivoli
8 4 (1.061%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 3 (0.796%) Puppet
10 2 (0.531%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.531%) ARCserve
10 2 (0.531%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.265%) Foglight
11 1 (0.265%) OpenView
Vendors
1 91 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 55 (14.59%) VMware
3 49 (13.00%) Cisco
4 47 (12.47%) Oracle
4 47 (12.47%) Citrix
5 30 (7.958%) HP
6 26 (6.897%) NetApp
7 18 (4.775%) Juniper
8 17 (4.509%) EMC
9 16 (4.244%) CheckPoint
10 14 (3.714%) Symantec
11 13 (3.448%) SAP
12 10 (2.653%) IBM
13 9 (2.387%) Lotus
14 8 (2.122%) Remedy
15 7 (1.857%) ProCurve
15 7 (1.857%) Intel
16 6 (1.592%) Apple
17 5 (1.326%) Veritas
17 5 (1.326%) Alcatel-Lucent
City of London
They are looking for a DV Cleared Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery specialist to join a busy business area... Provide support to the team in the development and implementation...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £480 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Infrastructure Engineer, 3rd Line Engineer,- Contract - GloucesterOur client, has an urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their team-The postholder will be responsible for the...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key skills: - Windows Server 2008 R2 - AD - Exchange 2010 - MS Clustering - WSUS - Networking technologies - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP - VMWare Experience of HP/Cisco Networking technologies is an advantage...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Banbury, South East
Successful candidates will be involved in a number of projects including: The implementation of live and business continuity environments, networking systems including Data Centre (NetApp), core switches and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
An opportunity has arisen with our Financial Services client to join their experienced Network Services department on a contract basis for 6 months. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £180.00 - £210.00 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £150.00 - £250.00 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Norfolk, East Anglia
Sand Resources
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
City of London
WorldPay
Posted: 10 June 2013
South East
Edward Carter Solutions
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £490 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Banbury, South East
People Source Consulting
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
City of London
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 28 May 2013
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