The first table below looks at the demand for High Availability skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited High Availability over the 3 months to 24 May 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Availability
Rank 94 100 101
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing High Availability 1 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.134% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.210% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £238 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
+36.98% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +30.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
High Availability
England

High Availability
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing High Availability across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands High Availability Jobs Demand Trend

High Availability
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing High Availability across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands High Availability Daily Rate Trend

High Availability
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing High Availability across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands High Availability Hourly Rate Trend

High Availability
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing High Availability within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Birmingham - 1 - -
High Availability
England

High Availability
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing High Availability 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 High Availability.

1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) AIX
1 2 (50.00%) HPUX
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
1 2 (50.00%) EMC
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) NetApp
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (50.00%) SRDF
1 2 (50.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) 3Com
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (25.00%) NetScreen
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) OCP
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco

High Availability
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing High Availability 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 High Availability. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) AIX
1 2 (50.00%) HPUX
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) OCP
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) SRDF
1 2 (50.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) EMC
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) NetApp
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) 3Com
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco