The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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.

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.

Disaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank205195227
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+32
Matching contract IT job ads523563381
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.884 %0.917 %0.692 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.323 %1.373 %1.100 %
Number of daily rates quoted246310162
Average daily rate£360£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85 %-6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£255£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£308£330
% change year-on-year
+8.13 %-6.81 %
Number of hourly rates quoted281029
Average hourly rate£29.00£21.75£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33 %+11.53 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.50£15.00£15.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£33.15£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.00£24.50£18.75
% change year-on-year
+18.36 %+30.66 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
395424099234637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK66.81 %66.80 %62.91 %
Number of daily rates quoted227212330817347
Average daily rate£403£440£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.52 %+6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£275£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£585£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£375£350
% change year-on-year
-2.66 %+7.14 %
Number of hourly rates quoted127714631258
Average hourly rate£25.00£29.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79 %+16.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£30.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66 %+20.00 %

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Disaster Recovery within 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 IT contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery within 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Disaster Recovery within 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Disaster Recovery Hourly Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
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 Disaster Recovery within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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-10480£361+3.21 %
LondonUp+25244£400-
South EastDown-4192£344+5.76 %
City of LondonUp+4080£394-12.50 %
YorkshireUp+2034£250-
South WestDown-1330£325-5.10 %
North WestDown-5126£350+32.07 %
BerkshireDown-4324£343-2.14 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1023£315+38.46 %
ScotlandUp+522£350+16.66 %
West YorkshireUp+121£275+10.00 %
Milton KeynesUp+1120£315+75.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1216£225-33.33 %
ManchesterDown-1414£350+5.66 %
East MidlandsDown-513--
LeedsDown-913£275-
West MidlandsDown-1613£325+116.66 %
DorsetUp+1211£325-9.72 %
SurreyNo change011£410+7.76 %
South WalesUp+710£275+38.36 %
CardiffUp+610£275+214.28 %
WalesUp+210£275-11.29 %
ReadingDown-2610£305-26.06 %
MiddlesexNew entry-10£375-
GlasgowUp+79£385+11.59 %
EdinburghUp+88--
BournemouthUp+88£293-18.75 %
North EastUp+68£440-
HampshireDown-128£338+3.84 %
PlymouthNew entry-8£325-

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Disaster Recovery 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 Disaster Recovery.

1367 (35.53 %)Windows
2245 (23.72 %)VMware
3214 (20.72 %)Business Continuity
4213 (20.62 %)Microsoft
5206 (19.94 %)Active Directory
6188 (18.20 %)Finance
7177 (17.13 %)SQL
8169 (16.36 %)UNIX
9167 (16.17 %)SQL Server
10159 (15.39 %)VMware Infrastructure
11158 (15.30 %)ITIL
12147 (14.23 %)Windows Server 2008
13142 (13.75 %)Firewall
14141 (13.65 %)Citrix
15138 (13.36 %)Oracle
16135 (13.07 %)MS Exchange
17125 (12.10 %)Linux
18122 (11.81 %)SAN
19118 (11.42 %)Windows Server 2003
19118 (11.42 %)Project Management
20113 (10.94 %)Migration
21105 (10.16 %)WAN
22103 (9.971 %)Cisco
23100 (9.681 %)Clustering
2498 (9.487 %)SharePoint
2597 (9.390 %)SLA
2597 (9.390 %)Replication
2693 (9.003 %)HP
2788 (8.519 %)LAN
2887 (8.422 %)Solaris

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Disaster Recovery 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 Disaster Recovery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
135 (3.388 %)WebSphere
230 (2.904 %)Middleware
327 (2.614 %).NET
410 (0.968 %)LAMP
410 (0.968 %)J2EE
58 (0.774 %)Software Packaging
58 (0.774 %)Web Services
66 (0.581 %)Windows SharePoint Services
66 (0.581 %)HTML
75 (0.484 %)COM+
75 (0.484 %)Flash
75 (0.484 %)CGI
75 (0.484 %)Application Packaging
75 (0.484 %).NET Framework
84 (0.387 %)Hibernate
84 (0.387 %)SAP Basis
84 (0.387 %)CSS
93 (0.290 %)Silverlight
102 (0.194 %)Oracle Fusion
102 (0.194 %)SAP ALE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1135 (13.07 %)MS Exchange
298 (9.487 %)SharePoint
365 (6.292 %)IIS
365 (6.292 %)Exchange Server 2010
438 (3.679 %)SharePoint 2010
536 (3.485 %)Apache
634 (3.291 %)Exchange Server 2003
726 (2.517 %)Lotus Notes
726 (2.517 %)BizTalk Server
726 (2.517 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
820 (1.936 %)Exchange Server 2007
914 (1.355 %)SharePoint Server
1013 (1.258 %)Tomcat
1112 (1.162 %)WebLogic
128 (0.774 %)Lync
136 (0.581 %)WebSphere Application Server
145 (0.484 %)Amazon AWS
154 (0.387 %)Oracle SOA Suite
154 (0.387 %)Oracle Workflow
154 (0.387 %)Commerce Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
175 (7.260 %)MS Excel
259 (5.712 %)MS Office
323 (2.227 %)MS Visio
412 (1.162 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.484 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.194 %)Office 365
71 (0.097 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (0.774 %)Oracle EBS
23 (0.290 %)Oracle ERP
23 (0.290 %)HFM
23 (0.290 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.290 %)Oracle Retail
23 (0.290 %)Oracle EBS R12
32 (0.194 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
32 (0.194 %)Dynamics NAV
32 (0.194 %)SAP FI/CO
32 (0.194 %)SAP CO
32 (0.194 %)SAP FI
41 (0.097 %)SAP HR
41 (0.097 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.097 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.097 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.097 %)SAP Retail
41 (0.097 %)RMDS
41 (0.097 %)Exstream
41 (0.097 %)Misys Midas
41 (0.097 %)Line 500
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1142 (13.75 %)Firewall
2122 (11.81 %)SAN
3105 (10.16 %)WAN
488 (8.519 %)LAN
583 (8.035 %)TCP/IP
682 (7.938 %)DNS
744 (4.259 %)DHCP
843 (4.163 %)NAS
942 (4.066 %)VPN
942 (4.066 %)3G
1040 (3.872 %)Radio Access Network
1139 (3.775 %)Internet
1233 (3.195 %)VoIP
1325 (2.420 %)Wireless
1325 (2.420 %)ATM
1325 (2.420 %)Unified Communications
1423 (2.227 %)Ethernet
1522 (2.130 %)Network Security
1621 (2.033 %)MPLS
1720 (1.936 %)RNC
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1167 (16.17 %)SQL Server
275 (7.260 %)SQL Server 2008
359 (5.712 %)SQL Server 2005
438 (3.679 %)ETL
532 (3.098 %)SQL Server Integration Services
629 (2.807 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
629 (2.807 %)SQL Server 2000
723 (2.227 %)MySQL
723 (2.227 %)Oracle 11g
822 (2.130 %)Oracle 10g
919 (1.839 %)DB2
1016 (1.549 %)Oracle 8/8i
1115 (1.452 %)Data Warehouse
1212 (1.162 %)MS Access
1310 (0.968 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
149 (0.871 %)Oracle Exadata
158 (0.774 %)DTS
158 (0.774 %)RDBMS
167 (0.678 %)PostgreSQL
167 (0.678 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (0.871 %)Rational Rose
27 (0.678 %)LoadRunner
34 (0.387 %)InstallShield
43 (0.290 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (0.290 %)Visual Studio
43 (0.290 %)Team Foundation Server
52 (0.194 %)Selenium
61 (0.097 %)MSI
61 (0.097 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.097 %)Firebug
61 (0.097 %)Fiddler
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1188 (18.20 %)Finance
277 (7.454 %)Telecoms
361 (5.905 %)Banking
452 (5.034 %)Back Office
525 (2.420 %)Investment Banking
621 (2.033 %)Financial Institution
719 (1.839 %)Retail
817 (1.646 %)Law
912 (1.162 %)Legal
106 (0.581 %)Publishing
106 (0.581 %)Pharmaceutical
115 (0.484 %)Games
124 (0.387 %)Military
133 (0.290 %)Manufacturing
133 (0.290 %)Marketing
133 (0.290 %)French Language
142 (0.194 %)Billing
142 (0.194 %)Advertising
142 (0.194 %)Aerospace
151 (0.097 %)Electronics
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1156 (15.10 %)Analyst
2127 (12.29 %)Administrator
3106 (10.26 %)Architect
483 (8.035 %)DBA
568 (6.583 %)Support Engineer
664 (6.196 %)Project Manager
763 (6.099 %)Consultant
853 (5.131 %)Technical Architect
948 (4.647 %)Systems Administrator
948 (4.647 %)SQL DBA
1042 (4.066 %)Network Engineer
1139 (3.775 %)RAN Engineer
1238 (3.679 %)Support Analyst
1238 (3.679 %)Infrastructure Manager
1333 (3.195 %)Back Office Engineer
1432 (3.098 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1531 (3.001 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1627 (2.614 %)Business Analyst
1726 (2.517 %)3rd Line Support
1726 (2.517 %)Infrastructure Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1100 (9.681 %)Clustering
297 (9.390 %)Replication
348 (4.647 %)Mainframe
432 (3.098 %)Blackberry
525 (2.420 %)Thin Client
525 (2.420 %)Fat Client
624 (2.323 %)Client/Server
723 (2.227 %)iSeries
822 (2.130 %)Management Information System
822 (2.130 %)AS400
921 (2.033 %)CMDB
1019 (1.839 %)SWIFT
1117 (1.646 %)HACMP
1117 (1.646 %)CLARiiON
1214 (1.355 %)Symmetrix DMX
1312 (1.162 %)NHS
1411 (1.065 %)EMC Centera
1510 (0.968 %)N-Tier
169 (0.871 %)PKI
178 (0.774 %)Enterprise Storage
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1367 (35.53 %)Windows
2169 (16.36 %)UNIX
3147 (14.23 %)Windows Server 2008
4125 (12.10 %)Linux
5118 (11.42 %)Windows Server 2003
687 (8.422 %)Solaris
748 (4.647 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
748 (4.647 %)Windows 7
846 (4.453 %)AIX
942 (4.066 %)Windows XP
1024 (2.323 %)Windows 2000
1116 (1.549 %)HPUX
1213 (1.258 %)VMS
1312 (1.162 %)Windows NT
149 (0.871 %)zOS
149 (0.871 %)Windows 2000 Server
157 (0.678 %)CentOS
166 (0.581 %)SUSE
174 (0.387 %)Ubuntu
174 (0.387 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1214 (20.72 %)Business Continuity
2158 (15.30 %)ITIL
3118 (11.42 %)Project Management
4113 (10.94 %)Migration
585 (8.228 %)Change Management
670 (6.776 %)BCP
768 (6.583 %)Capacity Planning
856 (5.421 %)Service Delivery
952 (5.034 %)Service Management
1049 (4.743 %)Load Balancing
1142 (4.066 %)Information Security
1240 (3.872 %)High Availability
1339 (3.775 %)Configuration Management
1438 (3.679 %)Release Management
1537 (3.582 %)Change Control
1636 (3.485 %)PRINCE2
1735 (3.388 %)Problem Management
1735 (3.388 %)Capacity Management
1833 (3.195 %)Risk Management
1929 (2.807 %)Technical Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1177 (17.13 %)SQL
246 (4.453 %)Shell Script
332 (3.098 %)PowerShell
332 (3.098 %)Perl
421 (2.033 %)T-SQL
514 (1.355 %)AWK
514 (1.355 %)VB
514 (1.355 %)Java
610 (0.968 %)VBA
79 (0.871 %)C
79 (0.871 %)C#
88 (0.774 %)PL/SQL
97 (0.678 %)VBScript
106 (0.581 %)Bash shell
106 (0.581 %)PHP
114 (0.387 %)Korn
114 (0.387 %)Python
114 (0.387 %)VB.NET
114 (0.387 %)REXX
114 (0.387 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
165 (6.292 %)Security Cleared
264 (6.196 %)Microsoft Certification
352 (5.034 %)MCSE
446 (4.453 %)SC Cleared
537 (3.582 %)Degree
630 (2.904 %)Cisco Certification
721 (2.033 %)CCNA
815 (1.452 %)CCNP
914 (1.355 %)ITIL Certification
1013 (1.258 %)MCSA
1013 (1.258 %)MCTS
1013 (1.258 %)MCITP
1110 (0.968 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1110 (0.968 %)PMI Certification
1110 (0.968 %)PRINCE2 Certification
128 (0.774 %)MCP
128 (0.774 %)ISEB
128 (0.774 %)CCA
137 (0.678 %)Citrix Certification
137 (0.678 %)RHCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
197 (9.390 %)SLA
222 (2.130 %)ISO/IEC 27001
321 (2.033 %)QA
417 (1.646 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
57 (0.678 %)ISO 9001
66 (0.581 %)PCI DSS
66 (0.581 %)COBIT
75 (0.484 %)BS25999
83 (0.290 %)ISO/IEC 17799
83 (0.290 %)21 CFR Part 11
83 (0.290 %)HIPAA
92 (0.194 %)BS7799
101 (0.097 %)ISO 9000
101 (0.097 %)Solvency II
101 (0.097 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1206 (19.94 %)Active Directory
2159 (15.39 %)VMware Infrastructure
349 (4.743 %)VMware ESX
440 (3.872 %)vSphere
537 (3.582 %)XenApp
622 (2.130 %)Citrix Presentation Server
719 (1.839 %)ISA Server
719 (1.839 %)Hyper-V
818 (1.742 %)Terminal Services
917 (1.646 %)VMware ESXi
1014 (1.355 %)XenDesktop
1014 (1.355 %)Oracle RAC
1113 (1.258 %)NFS
1211 (1.065 %)SRDF
139 (0.871 %)Oracle RMAN
148 (0.774 %)NLBS
157 (0.678 %)VMware Server
165 (0.484 %)NDS
165 (0.484 %)Squid
165 (0.484 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
131 (3.001 %)NetBackup
230 (2.904 %)SCOM
323 (2.227 %)Tivoli
323 (2.227 %)SCCM
416 (1.549 %)Nagios
514 (1.355 %)ZABBIX
613 (1.258 %)Backup Exec
712 (1.162 %)Data Guard
811 (1.065 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
910 (0.968 %)vCenter
910 (0.968 %)OpenView
108 (0.774 %)HP Quality Center
108 (0.774 %)EMC TimeFinder
108 (0.774 %)EMC Navisphere
108 (0.774 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
117 (0.678 %)Norton AntiVirus
117 (0.678 %)WSUS
117 (0.678 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
126 (0.581 %)MOM
135 (0.484 %)BMC PATROL
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1245 (23.72 %)VMware
2213 (20.62 %)Microsoft
3141 (13.65 %)Citrix
4138 (13.36 %)Oracle
5103 (9.971 %)Cisco
693 (9.003 %)HP
772 (6.970 %)IBM
866 (6.389 %)Red Hat
962 (6.002 %)NetApp
1052 (5.034 %)EMC
1149 (4.743 %)Sun
1245 (4.356 %)Nokia
1338 (3.679 %)Intel
1436 (3.485 %)SAP
1535 (3.388 %)Symantec
1634 (3.291 %)Veritas
1730 (2.904 %)Dell
1826 (2.517 %)Lotus
1920 (1.936 %)JBoss
1920 (1.936 %)Reuters