The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity
Rank 94 72 77
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +5
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 1 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.092% 1.216% 0.118%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.118% 1.760% 0.142%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 1
Average salary £65,000 £42,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.94% -43.33%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.12%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 682 703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.14% 69.10% 83.00%
Number of salaries quoted 763 593 662
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Continuity
East of England

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Business Continuity Jobs Demand Trend

Business Continuity
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Continuity across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Continuity Salary Trend

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Continuity.

1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) iSCSI
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) VCP4
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) VMFS
2 2 (40.00%) HP SIM
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (40.00%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) IIS
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (40.00%) SAN

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Continuity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
1 2 (40.00%) DMZ
1 2 (40.00%) iSCSI
1 2 (40.00%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) VCP4
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
1 2 (40.00%) VMFS
1 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) VMware