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This section looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank267213
Rank change on same period last yearDown-54
Matching contract IT job ads417617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.535 %0.693 %
As % of the category below1.085 %1.493 %
Daily rates quoted116173
Average minimum daily rate£396£374
Average daily rate£417£396
% change on same period last year+5.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£437£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£426£362
% change on same period last year+17.65 %
Hourly rates quoted2720
Average minimum hourly rate£24.76£28.53
Average hourly rate£26.52£30.18
% change on same period last year-12.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.28£31.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.73£35.04
% change on same period last year-20.87 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3843941340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled49.31 %46.44 %
Daily rates quoted1363813156
Average minimum daily rate£389£395
Average daily rate£416£419
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£375
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted22412340
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£27.77
Average hourly rate£28.97£29.54
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.05£31.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.72£29.49
% 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.

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Disaster Recovery across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Disaster Recovery Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Disaster Recovery across the UK.

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 UK over the past 3 months.

Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Disaster Recovery across the UK.

Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Trend

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the UK over the past 3 months.

Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandDown-43396£416+4.67 %
2LondonDown-2216£408-3.14 %
3South EastDown-1657£439+20.29 %
4City of LondonDown-4943£389+9.42 %
5South WestUp+1831£411+11.48 %
6North WestDown-1723£344-2.31 %
7BristolUp+1821£381+1.66 %
8YorkshireDown-1120£493+44.60 %
8East of EnglandDown-2020£408+14.12 %
9ScotlandUp+2618£369+6.11 %
10BerkshireUp+1115£487+26.46 %
11MiddlesexUp+311--
12West YorkshireDown-710£493+35.67 %
12GlasgowUp+310£342-1.67 %
12ReadingNo change010£546+21.29 %
12East MidlandsDown-910--
12West MidlandsDown-6210£463+18.48 %
13LeedsDown-69£482+30.91 %
13LancashireNo change09£450+38.46 %
14BuckinghamshireDown-108£400+45.45 %
14Milton KeynesDown-158£400+45.45 %
15CambridgeshireDown-127£408+35.83 %
15UxbridgeNew entry-7£300-
15SurreyUp+87£354-5.55 %
15NottinghamshireNew entry-7--
15MerseysideDown-47£390-
15Canary WharfNew entry-7£563-
16EssexDown-66£450-
16NottinghamNew entry-6--
16LiverpoolNew entry-6£390-

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Disaster Recovery also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Disaster Recovery.

1315 (31.28 %)Windows
2189 (18.77 %)Active Directory
3178 (17.68 %)Business Continuity
4177 (17.58 %)SQL
5159 (15.79 %)Microsoft
6156 (15.49 %)Oracle
7148 (14.70 %)Unix
8140 (13.90 %)SQL Server
9131 (13.01 %)Finance
10120 (11.92 %)ITIL
10120 (11.92 %)Exchange Server 2003
11107 (10.63 %)Migration
12105 (10.43 %)MS Exchange
12105 (10.43 %)SAN
1385 (8.441 %)Windows Server 2003
1483 (8.242 %)Replication
1581 (8.044 %)Project Management
1679 (7.845 %)Clustering
1777 (7.646 %)HP
1874 (7.349 %)Cisco
1973 (7.249 %)Linux
2072 (7.150 %)Oracle 10g
2072 (7.150 %)Firewall
2171 (7.051 %)VMware
2171 (7.051 %)BCP
2270 (6.951 %)Banking
2365 (6.455 %)Government
2457 (5.660 %)Microsoft Certification
2457 (5.660 %)Windows 2000
2556 (5.561 %)Oracle 9i

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Disaster Recovery also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Disaster Recovery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
127 (2.681 %).NET
224 (2.383 %)XML
321 (2.085 %)WebSphere
417 (1.688 %)ActiveX
515 (1.490 %)Middleware
614 (1.390 %)ASP.NET
75 (0.497 %)J2EE
75 (0.497 %)XSLT
84 (0.397 %)HTML
84 (0.397 %)OLE
84 (0.397 %)OLE DB
84 (0.397 %)Windows SharePoint Services
93 (0.298 %).NET Framework
93 (0.298 %)CSS
93 (0.298 %)JDBC
93 (0.298 %)WebServices
102 (0.199 %)CGI
102 (0.199 %)ODBC
102 (0.199 %)ASP
102 (0.199 %)SAP XI
Application Platforms
1120 (11.92 %)Exchange Server 2003
2105 (10.43 %)MS Exchange
346 (4.568 %)SharePoint
444 (4.369 %)IIS
542 (4.171 %)Exchange Server 2000
628 (2.781 %)Exchange Server 2007
724 (2.383 %)Exchange Server 5.5
818 (1.787 %)Lotus Notes
915 (1.490 %)WebSphere Application Server
915 (1.490 %)CMS
1014 (1.390 %)Apache
1014 (1.390 %)SharePoint Server 2007
117 (0.695 %)Lotus Domino
117 (0.695 %)Oracle Application Server
126 (0.596 %)QuickPlace
135 (0.497 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
144 (0.397 %)ArcGIS
144 (0.397 %)ArcIMS
144 (0.397 %)ArcSDE
144 (0.397 %)Rhythmyx
Applications
138 (3.774 %)MS Office
234 (3.376 %)MS Excel
314 (1.390 %)MS Visio
45 (0.497 %)InfoPath
54 (0.397 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.397 %)MS Project
62 (0.199 %)Photoshop
71 (0.099 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
19 (0.894 %)Global One
27 (0.695 %)Oracle 11i
33 (0.298 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.298 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.199 %)Cerner Millennium
42 (0.199 %)RMDS
51 (0.099 %)Academy Housing
51 (0.099 %)arcHouse
51 (0.099 %)Misys Midas
51 (0.099 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.099 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1105 (10.43 %)SAN
272 (7.150 %)Firewall
356 (5.561 %)LAN
455 (5.462 %)WAN
548 (4.767 %)TCP/IP
548 (4.767 %)DNS
634 (3.376 %)VPN
731 (3.078 %)DHCP
826 (2.582 %)VoIP
923 (2.284 %)Internet
1021 (2.085 %)VLAN
1114 (1.390 %)WINS
1213 (1.291 %)Network Security
1310 (0.993 %)LDAP
146 (0.596 %)Ethernet
146 (0.596 %)Extranet
146 (0.596 %)iSCSI
146 (0.596 %)Cisco PIX
155 (0.497 %)Intranet
155 (0.497 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1140 (13.90 %)SQL Server
272 (7.150 %)Oracle 10g
356 (5.561 %)Oracle 9i
455 (5.462 %)SQL Server 2000
551 (5.065 %)SQL Server 2005
636 (3.575 %)DTS
735 (3.476 %)SQL Server Integration Services
826 (2.582 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
916 (1.589 %)SQL Server 7
1015 (1.490 %)OLAP
1112 (1.192 %)DB2
1112 (1.192 %)Datawarehouse
1211 (1.092 %)GIS
1310 (0.993 %)RDBMS
1310 (0.993 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
149 (0.894 %)Oracle 8/8i
149 (0.894 %)BusinessObjects
149 (0.894 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
149 (0.894 %)Sybase ASE
158 (0.794 %)MS Access
Development Applications
117 (1.688 %)VSS/SourceSafe
214 (1.390 %)TestDirector
37 (0.695 %)Visual Studio
37 (0.695 %)LoadRunner
45 (0.497 %)CruiseControl
45 (0.497 %)QuickTest Pro
54 (0.397 %)WinRunner
54 (0.397 %)Oracle APEX
63 (0.298 %)ClearQuest
63 (0.298 %)ClearCase
63 (0.298 %)PVCS
72 (0.199 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.099 %)MSI
81 (0.099 %)NUnit
81 (0.099 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.099 %)FrontPage
General
1131 (13.01 %)Finance
270 (6.951 %)Banking
365 (6.455 %)Government
437 (3.674 %)Investment Banking
528 (2.781 %)Telecoms
619 (1.887 %)Financial Institution
619 (1.887 %)Health
715 (1.490 %)Front Office
813 (1.291 %)Education
911 (1.092 %)Back Office
911 (1.092 %)Law
1010 (0.993 %)Retail
119 (0.894 %)Insurance
126 (0.596 %)Billing
126 (0.596 %)Legal
135 (0.497 %)Publishing
135 (0.497 %)Pharmaceutical
135 (0.497 %)Marketing
144 (0.397 %)Military
153 (0.298 %)Pensions
Job Titles
1168 (16.68 %)DBA
2147 (14.60 %)Analyst
3115 (11.42 %)Administrator
497 (9.633 %)Consultant
580 (7.944 %)Oracle DBA
675 (7.448 %)Project Manager
765 (6.455 %)SQL DBA
851 (5.065 %)Support Analyst
948 (4.767 %)SQL Server DBA
1045 (4.469 %)Systems Administrator
1142 (4.171 %)Architect
1226 (2.582 %)Infrastructure Manager
1324 (2.383 %)Support Engineer
1422 (2.185 %)Network Engineer
1422 (2.185 %)Infrastructure Architect
1520 (1.986 %)Developer
1619 (1.887 %)Author
1619 (1.887 %)Technical Author
1619 (1.887 %)3rd Line Support
1619 (1.887 %)Disaster Recovery Analyst
Miscellaneous
183 (8.242 %)Replication
279 (7.845 %)Clustering
332 (3.178 %)Blackberry
423 (2.284 %)Mainframe
521 (2.085 %)Management Information System
617 (1.688 %)Asset Management
715 (1.490 %)HACMP
810 (0.993 %)CLARiiON
99 (0.894 %)Derivative
108 (0.794 %)NHS
117 (0.695 %)Equities
117 (0.695 %)AS400
126 (0.596 %)CMDB
126 (0.596 %)IBM Mainframe
126 (0.596 %)Firmware
126 (0.596 %)Client/Server
135 (0.497 %)Thin Client
135 (0.497 %)Fat Client
135 (0.497 %)Equity Derivative
144 (0.397 %)SecurID
Operating Systems
1315 (31.28 %)Windows
2148 (14.70 %)Unix
385 (8.441 %)Windows Server 2003
473 (7.249 %)Linux
557 (5.660 %)Windows 2000
652 (5.164 %)Solaris
742 (4.171 %)AIX
742 (4.171 %)Windows NT
819 (1.887 %)Windows XP
913 (1.291 %)HPUX
104 (0.397 %)VMS
104 (0.397 %)zOS
104 (0.397 %)Windows Mobile
113 (0.298 %)Fedora
113 (0.298 %)NetWare
113 (0.298 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.099 %)Debian
121 (0.099 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1178 (17.68 %)Business Continuity
2120 (11.92 %)ITIL
3107 (10.63 %)Migration
481 (8.044 %)Project Management
571 (7.051 %)BCP
638 (3.774 %)PRINCE2
638 (3.774 %)Data Migration
736 (3.575 %)Service Management
831 (3.078 %)Service Delivery
928 (2.781 %)Risk Management
928 (2.781 %)Problem Management
928 (2.781 %)Release Management
1022 (2.185 %)User Acceptance Testing
1022 (2.185 %)Change Management
1118 (1.787 %)Project Planning
1217 (1.688 %)Configuration Management
1217 (1.688 %)Test Scripting
1314 (1.390 %)Data Modelling
1413 (1.291 %)Operations Management
1511 (1.092 %)Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1177 (17.58 %)SQL
221 (2.085 %)Perl
319 (1.887 %)VBScript
319 (1.887 %)Shell Script
418 (1.787 %)C#
517 (1.688 %)VB
614 (1.390 %)Transact-SQL
713 (1.291 %)PL/SQL
812 (1.192 %)Java
97 (0.695 %)C++
104 (0.397 %)JavaScript
113 (0.298 %)PHP
113 (0.298 %)C
122 (0.199 %)REXX
122 (0.199 %)VB.NET
122 (0.199 %)Korn
131 (0.099 %)Ruby
131 (0.099 %)Python
131 (0.099 %)RPG
Qualifications
157 (5.660 %)Microsoft Certification
248 (4.767 %)Degree
344 (4.369 %)MCSE
412 (1.192 %)Cisco Certification
412 (1.192 %)ISEB
412 (1.192 %)ITIL Certification
510 (0.993 %)MCSA
510 (0.993 %)CCNA
67 (0.695 %)CISSP
76 (0.596 %)HND
76 (0.596 %)MCP
76 (0.596 %)MCDBA
76 (0.596 %)CISA
76 (0.596 %)CISM
76 (0.596 %)PRINCE2 Certification
85 (0.497 %)PMP
85 (0.497 %)PMI Certification
94 (0.397 %)CCNP
103 (0.298 %)HNC
103 (0.298 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
125 (2.483 %)SLA
214 (1.390 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
311 (1.092 %)BS15000
410 (0.993 %)QA
56 (0.596 %)BS7799
64 (0.397 %)ISO17799
73 (0.298 %)JSP 440
81 (0.099 %)ISO9001
81 (0.099 %)COBIT
81 (0.099 %)MiFID
System Software
1189 (18.77 %)Active Directory
240 (3.972 %)NetBackup
335 (3.476 %)Backup Exec
428 (2.781 %)VMware ESX
521 (2.085 %)Oracle RAC
619 (1.887 %)Oracle RMAN
714 (1.390 %)ISA Server
87 (0.695 %)Terminal Server
87 (0.695 %)Citrix Presentation Server
95 (0.497 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
95 (0.497 %)VMware GSX
104 (0.397 %)Terminal Services
104 (0.397 %)NFS
104 (0.397 %)NDS
112 (0.199 %)Samba
112 (0.199 %)Novell eDirectory
121 (0.099 %)MetaFrame
121 (0.099 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
128 (2.781 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
221 (2.085 %)Tivoli
320 (1.986 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
416 (1.589 %)WSUS
513 (1.291 %)Legato
68 (0.794 %)EMC NetWorker
76 (0.596 %)MOM
76 (0.596 %)ZENworks
85 (0.497 %)AutoSys
85 (0.497 %)CONTROL-M
94 (0.397 %)OpenView
103 (0.298 %)EMC TimeFinder
112 (0.199 %)MIIS
112 (0.199 %)MIMEsweeper
112 (0.199 %)OpenView Configuration Management
112 (0.199 %)OMEGAMON
121 (0.099 %)SCOM
121 (0.099 %)Oracle Statspack
121 (0.099 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
121 (0.099 %)RepliStor
Vendors
1159 (15.79 %)Microsoft
2156 (15.49 %)Oracle
377 (7.646 %)HP
474 (7.349 %)Cisco
571 (7.051 %)VMware
648 (4.767 %)Citrix
747 (4.667 %)EMC
846 (4.568 %)VERITAS
941 (4.071 %)IBM
1035 (3.476 %)Sybase
1124 (2.383 %)Red Hat
1218 (1.787 %)Lotus
1218 (1.787 %)CheckPoint
1317 (1.688 %)Novell
1416 (1.589 %)Sun
1513 (1.291 %)Intel
1513 (1.291 %)NetApp
1611 (1.092 %)Avaya
1710 (0.993 %)Reuters
1710 (0.993 %)Remedy
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