The first 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 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Disaster Recovery
Rank 204 233 203
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -30
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 452 449 573
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.924% 0.785% 0.922%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.300% 1.151% 1.369%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 204 311
Average daily rate £388 £353 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.92% -6.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £518 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.44% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 15
Average hourly rate £23.25 £26.25 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £16.50 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.25 £41.35 £29.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £23.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-23.91% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34756 39006 41867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.08% 68.24% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20821 22293 23938
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1005 1238 1439
Average hourly rate £29.92 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.68% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.98 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%

Disaster Recovery
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Disaster Recovery Daily Rate Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

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 20 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 +28 421 £380 +5.55% 140
London +16 196 £425 +9.32% 67
South East +55 117 £370 +9.62% 26
City of London -17 50 £425 +13.33% 22
Oxfordshire +27 38 £345 -10.96% 2
Berkshire +20 29 £388 +13.13% 4
North West +10 25 £400 +6.66% 9
East of England +30 22 £225 -40.00% 8
Oxford +18 22 £363 -6.45%
Hampshire +6 20 £400 +100.00% 3
Yorkshire +3 17 £213 -30.32% 6
Buckinghamshire -6 17 £420 +33.33% 2
Reading +13 15 £415 +48.21%
South West +7 15 £288 -11.53% 5
Milton Keynes -7 14 £420 +33.33% 2
Cheshire +6 13 £394 +5.00% 1
Dorset +4 11 £263 -17.96%
West Yorkshire +2 11 £204 -33.19% 6
Manchester +18 10 £414 -5.42% 5
Bournemouth +7 10 £263 -27.08%
Chester +5 9 £388 +3.33%
Essex -4 9 £400 +6.66% 1
North East +7 8 £340 -30.07% 5
West Midlands +5 8 £220 +10.00% 8
Canary Wharf +9 7 £365 -
Edinburgh -1 7 £488 -
East Midlands -13 7 £350 +55.55% 7
Scotland -28 7 £488 +16.07% 1
Nottingham -3 6 £350 - 2
Nottinghamshire -6 6 £350 - 3

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 301 (35.25%) Windows
2 213 (24.94%) VMware
3 210 (24.59%) Microsoft
4 203 (23.77%) ITIL
5 184 (21.55%) SQL
6 180 (21.08%) Oracle
7 173 (20.26%) SQL Server
8 171 (20.02%) Finance
9 156 (18.27%) Business Continuity
10 153 (17.92%) Active Directory
11 137 (16.04%) Linux
12 127 (14.87%) MS Exchange
13 126 (14.75%) SAN
14 115 (13.47%) VMware Infrastructure
15 112 (13.11%) HP
16 109 (12.76%) UNIX
17 105 (12.30%) Citrix
18 103 (12.06%) Banking
19 100 (11.71%) Windows Server 2008
19 100 (11.71%) Windows Server 2003
20 93 (10.89%) Microsoft Certification
21 90 (10.54%) Migration
21 90 (10.54%) Exchange Server 2010
22 88 (10.30%) Cisco
23 84 (9.836%) Firewall
24 83 (9.719%) DNS
25 82 (9.602%) TCP/IP
26 81 (9.485%) Project Management
27 78 (9.133%) LAN
28 77 (9.016%) Clustering

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 55 (6.440%) Middleware
2 39 (4.567%) .NET
3 22 (2.576%) Web Services
4 20 (2.342%) SAP Basis
5 17 (1.991%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (1.991%) ASP.NET
6 16 (1.874%) XML
7 13 (1.522%) WebSphere
8 12 (1.405%) Java EE
9 9 (1.054%) OC4J
9 9 (1.054%) J2EE
10 8 (0.937%) JDBC
11 7 (0.820%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.820%) SOAP
12 6 (0.703%) Flash
12 6 (0.703%) XSLT
12 6 (0.703%) Application Packaging
12 6 (0.703%) Spring
13 5 (0.585%) WCF
13 5 (0.585%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 127 (14.87%) MS Exchange
2 90 (10.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 61 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
4 53 (6.206%) SharePoint
5 52 (6.089%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 48 (5.621%) IIS
7 44 (5.152%) Apache
8 39 (4.567%) Lync
9 26 (3.044%) Exchange Server 2007
10 23 (2.693%) Tomcat
11 21 (2.459%) Office Communications Server
11 21 (2.459%) WebLogic
12 20 (2.342%) Oracle Application Server
13 19 (2.225%) NetWeaver
14 16 (1.874%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 13 (1.522%) Oracle HTTP Server
16 12 (1.405%) SharePoint 2010
17 10 (1.171%) IBM Notes
18 8 (0.937%) Liferay
19 7 (0.820%) CMS
Applications
1 70 (8.197%) MS Excel
2 48 (5.621%) MS Office
3 19 (2.225%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.874%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (0.703%) MS Project
6 4 (0.468%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.351%) Office 365
7 3 (0.351%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.351%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.522%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (1.405%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (0.585%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.585%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.351%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.351%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.234%) CSG Singleview
6 1 (0.117%) HFM
6 1 (0.117%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.117%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.117%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.117%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
6 1 (0.117%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.117%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.117%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.117%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.117%) Agresso
6 1 (0.117%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 126 (14.75%) SAN
2 84 (9.836%) Firewall
3 83 (9.719%) DNS
4 82 (9.602%) TCP/IP
5 78 (9.133%) LAN
6 69 (8.080%) Internet
7 66 (7.728%) DHCP
8 55 (6.440%) WAN
9 50 (5.855%) VPN
10 42 (4.918%) NAS
11 33 (3.864%) Network Security
12 32 (3.747%) VoIP
12 32 (3.747%) HTTP
13 26 (3.044%) LDAP
14 24 (2.810%) Wireless
15 22 (2.576%) Intranet
16 19 (2.225%) SSL
17 17 (1.991%) MPLS
18 15 (1.756%) Cisco ASA
19 14 (1.639%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (20.26%) SQL Server
2 58 (6.792%) SQL Server 2008
3 54 (6.323%) SQL Server 2005
4 38 (4.450%) Oracle 11g
4 38 (4.450%) Oracle 10g
5 22 (2.576%) MySQL
6 20 (2.342%) Oracle 8/8i
6 20 (2.342%) SQL Server 2000
6 20 (2.342%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 17 (1.991%) OLTP
8 16 (1.874%) SQL Server 2012
9 13 (1.522%) Oracle Reports
9 13 (1.522%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (1.405%) SAP BW
10 12 (1.405%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (1.405%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.288%) Oracle Discoverer
11 11 (1.288%) Oracle 9i
11 11 (1.288%) VLDB
12 8 (0.937%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 10 (1.171%) Hudson
2 9 (1.054%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (0.937%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 8 (0.937%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.937%) Git (software)
4 7 (0.820%) LoadRunner
5 5 (0.585%) JIRA
5 5 (0.585%) NWDI
5 5 (0.585%) InstallShield
5 5 (0.585%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.468%) Subversion
7 3 (0.351%) Maven
8 2 (0.234%) ProC
8 2 (0.234%) MSI
8 2 (0.234%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (0.234%) WinRunner
8 2 (0.234%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.234%) JUnit
8 2 (0.234%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.117%) JProfiler
General
1 171 (20.02%) Finance
2 103 (12.06%) Banking
3 38 (4.450%) Telecoms
4 25 (2.927%) Retail
5 23 (2.693%) Investment Banking
6 22 (2.576%) Front Office
7 17 (1.991%) Legal
8 16 (1.874%) Publishing
9 15 (1.756%) Back Office
10 14 (1.639%) Law
11 12 (1.405%) Marketing
12 11 (1.288%) German Language
12 11 (1.288%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.820%) Advertising
14 5 (0.585%) Local Government
15 3 (0.351%) Billing
15 3 (0.351%) Dutch Language
15 3 (0.351%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.351%) Electronics
15 3 (0.351%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 128 (14.99%) Analyst
2 111 (13.00%) Administrator
3 98 (11.48%) DBA
4 85 (9.953%) Consultant
5 65 (7.611%) Architect
6 44 (5.152%) Project Manager
7 42 (4.918%) Systems Administrator
8 41 (4.801%) Oracle DBA
9 38 (4.450%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.098%) Support Analyst
10 35 (4.098%) Support Engineer
11 34 (3.981%) Developer
12 31 (3.630%) Applications Support
13 28 (3.279%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 27 (3.162%) SQL DBA
15 22 (2.576%) Business Analyst
15 22 (2.576%) Service Manager
16 21 (2.459%) Infrastructure Architect
17 19 (2.225%) Linux Administrator
17 19 (2.225%) Windows Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.016%) Clustering
2 45 (5.269%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.035%) Blackberry
3 43 (5.035%) Replication
4 16 (1.874%) Computer Science
5 15 (1.756%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.522%) PKI
6 13 (1.522%) Mainframe
7 12 (1.405%) Derivative
8 10 (1.171%) Open Source
9 9 (1.054%) Mathematics
9 9 (1.054%) NHS
10 8 (0.937%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (0.937%) N-Tier
10 8 (0.937%) Hedge funds
10 8 (0.937%) Data Integration
10 8 (0.937%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (0.820%) Cryptography
11 7 (0.820%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (0.820%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 301 (35.25%) Windows
2 137 (16.04%) Linux
3 109 (12.76%) UNIX
4 100 (11.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 100 (11.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 43 (5.035%) Windows 7
6 33 (3.864%) Windows XP
7 32 (3.747%) Solaris
8 22 (2.576%) AIX
8 22 (2.576%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (1.288%) CentOS
10 9 (1.054%) Windows 2000
10 9 (1.054%) HPUX
10 9 (1.054%) Windows NT
10 9 (1.054%) NetWare
11 8 (0.937%) Windows 8
12 7 (0.820%) Windows 2000 Server
12 7 (0.820%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.468%) VMS
13 4 (0.468%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (23.77%) ITIL
2 156 (18.27%) Business Continuity
3 90 (10.54%) Migration
4 81 (9.485%) Project Management
5 72 (8.431%) Change Management
6 68 (7.963%) Service Management
7 64 (7.494%) Service Delivery
8 62 (7.260%) Problem Management
9 59 (6.909%) Incident Management
10 55 (6.440%) Capacity Planning
11 53 (6.206%) PRINCE2
12 45 (5.269%) Release Management
12 45 (5.269%) Data Protection
13 41 (4.801%) Configuration Management
13 41 (4.801%) BCP
14 37 (4.333%) Risk Management
15 36 (4.215%) Asset Management
16 35 (4.098%) Capacity Management
17 32 (3.747%) Continuous Improvement
18 31 (3.630%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 184 (21.55%) SQL
2 60 (7.026%) Shell Script
3 48 (5.621%) Java
4 32 (3.747%) Perl
5 30 (3.513%) C
6 27 (3.162%) PowerShell
7 25 (2.927%) T-SQL
8 22 (2.576%) C#
9 21 (2.459%) VBScript
10 19 (2.225%) VB
11 14 (1.639%) Bash shell
12 11 (1.288%) Python
12 11 (1.288%) C++
13 9 (1.054%) AWK
14 8 (0.937%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.820%) VBA
15 7 (0.820%) sed
16 6 (0.703%) ABAP
17 5 (0.585%) Korn
18 4 (0.468%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 93 (10.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 71 (8.314%) MCSE
3 67 (7.845%) Degree
4 43 (5.035%) Security Cleared
5 36 (4.215%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 25 (2.927%) SC Cleared
6 25 (2.927%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.576%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (1.874%) MCITP
9 15 (1.756%) CCNA
9 15 (1.756%) MCSA
10 14 (1.639%) MCP
11 13 (1.522%) CISSP
12 11 (1.288%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 9 (1.054%) ISEB
14 8 (0.937%) CCNP
15 7 (0.820%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.820%) VCP5
16 6 (0.703%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 5 (0.585%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.143%) SLA
2 22 (2.576%) QA
3 14 (1.639%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.054%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (0.937%) COBIT
6 7 (0.820%) COSO
7 6 (0.703%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.468%) BS25999
9 2 (0.234%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.117%) HL7
10 1 (0.117%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.117%) BS7799
System Software
1 153 (17.92%) Active Directory
2 115 (13.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (6.557%) vSphere
4 42 (4.918%) VMware ESX
5 31 (3.630%) Hyper-V
6 28 (3.279%) Oracle RAC
7 25 (2.927%) XenApp
8 15 (1.756%) XenServer
9 13 (1.522%) Forefront TMG
10 12 (1.405%) NFS
11 10 (1.171%) UAG
12 9 (1.054%) Postfix
12 9 (1.054%) SRDF
12 9 (1.054%) VMware ESXi
13 8 (0.937%) ISA Server
13 8 (0.937%) Squid
14 7 (0.820%) Nmap
14 7 (0.820%) Oracle RMAN
15 6 (0.703%) XenDesktop
16 5 (0.585%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 58 (6.792%) SCOM
2 37 (4.333%) SCCM
3 25 (2.927%) HP SIM
4 22 (2.576%) Backup Exec
5 20 (2.342%) Tivoli
6 19 (2.225%) NetBackup
6 19 (2.225%) Nagios
7 17 (1.991%) WMI
8 16 (1.874%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 16 (1.874%) Control-M
8 16 (1.874%) Puppet
9 14 (1.639%) Data Guard
9 14 (1.639%) BladeLogic
10 13 (1.522%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 12 (1.405%) WSUS
12 11 (1.288%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 10 (1.171%) Norton AntiVirus
14 9 (1.054%) OpenView
15 8 (0.937%) HP Data Protector
16 6 (0.703%) MOM
Vendors
1 213 (24.94%) VMware
2 210 (24.59%) Microsoft
3 180 (21.08%) Oracle
4 112 (13.11%) HP
5 105 (12.30%) Citrix
6 88 (10.30%) Cisco
7 49 (5.738%) NetApp
8 48 (5.621%) IBM
9 44 (5.152%) Symantec
10 43 (5.035%) SAP
11 42 (4.918%) Red Hat
12 41 (4.801%) EMC
13 25 (2.927%) Dell
14 23 (2.693%) Postini
14 23 (2.693%) Altiris
15 22 (2.576%) MobileIron
16 19 (2.225%) Juniper
16 19 (2.225%) Veritas
17 18 (2.108%) CheckPoint
18 17 (1.991%) Sybase
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
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Change IT are recruiting for an experienced Senior SQL DBA Contractor for three months initially for our client, a leader in the finance world... You must be an...
Change Recruitment Group
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Microsoft Exchange *SAN \ NAS Storage Skills Knowledge of the principals of LAN/WAN operation Excellent knowledge of the use of TCP/IP on a Microsoft platform Working knowledge...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Essential Technical Skills Active Directory Outlook/Exchange 2007, 2010 Symantec Enterprise Vault BlackBerry Enterprise Server Good for Enterprise Windows Server 2003, 2008 Preferable Technical Skills Voltage Encryption Quest...
Networking People
Posted: 18 June 2013
Basildon, Essex
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
SJ Berwin
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £480 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
ITHR
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £300 to £300 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £180.00 - £210.00 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Computer Futures
Posted: 3 June 2013
City, London
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Staines, South East
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £20 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Aston Carter
Rate: market rate
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
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