England Business Continuity Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Continuity
Location Aberdeen Andover Ashby-de-la-Zouch Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Corsham Croydon Daresbury Darlington Docklands, London Dorking Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Havant Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Prescot Reading Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Croydon South East South Wales South West Southampton Street Surbiton Surrey Swindon UK Wales Walsall Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	387	432
Rank change on same period last year	+45
Matching permanent IT job ads	761	782
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.397 %	0.323 %
As % of the category below	0.731 %	0.633 %
Salaries quoted	578	641
Average minimum salary	£44,536	£47,841
Average salary	£48,801	£51,128
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
Average maximum salary	£53,067	£54,415
UK excluding London average salary	£46,110	£49,607
% change on same period last year	-7.04 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching permanent IT job ads	104059	123502
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	54.33 %	50.95 %
Salaries quoted	85886	99161
Average minimum salary	£42,703	£44,405
Average salary	£46,796	£48,539
% change on same period last year	-3.59 %
Average maximum salary	£50,888	£52,673
UK excluding London average salary	£42,583	£44,532
% change on same period last year	-4.37 %
Business Continuity UK

Business Continuity
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Business Continuity across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Continuity
Salary Trend

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

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Continuity across the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Business Continuity
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Business Continuity within the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+17	359	£52,221	-5.76 %
South East	+79	141	£52,963	+14.80 %
East of England	+38	75	£40,468	-11.63 %
North West	+41	66	£39,725	-35.92 %
West Midlands	-7	42	£49,125	-22.14 %
Yorkshire	-37	33	£39,669	+18.44 %
South West	-29	21	£40,333	-1.24 %
East Midlands	-14	6	£26,800	-31.36 %
Midlands	+12	5	£45,000	-33.53 %
North East	-4	1	£38,000	+16.92 %

Business Continuity UK

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 670 (43.42 %) Disaster Recovery 2 275 (17.82 %) Finance 3 226 (14.65 %) ITIL 4 208 (13.48 %) Windows 5 202 (13.09 %) BCP 6 187 (12.12 %) Project Management 7 178 (11.54 %) SQL Server 8 168 (10.89 %) Microsoft 9 154 (9.981 %) VMware 10 144 (9.332 %) SQL 11 138 (8.944 %) Risk Management 12 135 (8.749 %) UNIX 13 134 (8.684 %) SAN 14 127 (8.231 %) Information Security 15 123 (7.971 %) Microsoft Certification

16 122 (7.907 %) HP 17 120 (7.777 %) Cisco 18 118 (7.647 %) Client/Server 19 117 (7.583 %) Health 20 113 (7.323 %) Degree 20 113 (7.323 %) MCSE 21 108 (6.999 %) Firewall 22 104 (6.740 %) Business Development 22 104 (6.740 %) Pensions 23 102 (6.610 %) Banking 23 102 (6.610 %) VMware Infrastructure 24 93 (6.027 %) Oracle 25 92 (5.962 %) Service Delivery 26 91 (5.898 %) Citrix 27 90 (5.833 %) Penetration Testing

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 Development 1 78 (5.055 %) .NET 2 58 (3.759 %) ASP.NET 3 12 (0.778 %) Middleware 4 10 (0.648 %) WebServices 4 10 (0.648 %) HTML 4 10 (0.648 %) ASP 5 8 (0.518 %) J2EE 6 7 (0.454 %) XML 7 5 (0.324 %) .NET Framework 8 4 (0.259 %) X-Windows 8 4 (0.259 %) AJAX 9 3 (0.194 %) XHTML 9 3 (0.194 %) CSS 9 3 (0.194 %) STL 10 2 (0.130 %) XSD 10 2 (0.130 %) CGI 10 2 (0.130 %) LAMP 10 2 (0.130 %) XML Messaging 10 2 (0.130 %) SAP Basis 10 2 (0.130 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 81 (5.250 %) MS Exchange 2 32 (2.074 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 27 (1.750 %) Apache 4 25 (1.620 %) SharePoint 5 21 (1.361 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 18 (1.167 %) IIS 7 17 (1.102 %) Tomcat 8 12 (0.778 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 12 (0.778 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 9 (0.583 %) CMS 10 6 (0.389 %) WebLogic 11 5 (0.324 %) LiveLink 12 4 (0.259 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 12 4 (0.259 %) Lotus Domino 13 2 (0.130 %) JBoss 13 2 (0.130 %) Lotus Notes 13 2 (0.130 %) MQSeries 14 1 (0.065 %) SAS
Applications 1 64 (4.148 %) MS Excel 2 43 (2.787 %) MS Office 3 24 (1.555 %) MS Visio 4 7 (0.454 %) MS Project 5 5 (0.324 %) MS PowerPoint 6 1 (0.065 %) CA Clarity 6 1 (0.065 %) Photoshop 6 1 (0.065 %) Acrobat 6 1 (0.065 %) QuarkXPress 6 1 (0.065 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 36 (2.333 %) Oracle EBS 1 36 (2.333 %) Oracle Applications 2 13 (0.843 %) Oracle 11i 3 10 (0.648 %) SAP SCM 4 8 (0.518 %) Summit 5 6 (0.389 %) Oracle HRMS 6 4 (0.259 %) Remedy ITSM 7 3 (0.194 %) HiPortfolio 8 2 (0.130 %) Endur 8 2 (0.130 %) RMDS 8 2 (0.130 %) Oracle Financials 8 2 (0.130 %) Misys Opics 9 1 (0.065 %) ResourceLink 9 1 (0.065 %) assyst 9 1 (0.065 %) Dynamics CRM 9 1 (0.065 %) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking 1 134 (8.684 %) SAN 2 108 (6.999 %) Firewall 3 82 (5.314 %) LAN 4 79 (5.120 %) WAN 5 76 (4.925 %) VPN 6 72 (4.666 %) Network Security 7 58 (3.759 %) TCP/IP 8 42 (2.722 %) Internet 9 39 (2.528 %) VoIP 10 36 (2.333 %) DNS 11 25 (1.620 %) DHCP 12 13 (0.843 %) Intrusion Detection 13 12 (0.778 %) VLAN 13 12 (0.778 %) OSPF 13 12 (0.778 %) BGP 13 12 (0.778 %) NetScreen 14 10 (0.648 %) MPLS 15 9 (0.583 %) Cisco PIX 16 8 (0.518 %) EIGRP 17 7 (0.454 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 178 (11.54 %) SQL Server 2 74 (4.796 %) SQL Server 2005 3 41 (2.657 %) SQL Server 2000 4 35 (2.268 %) RDBMS 5 28 (1.815 %) DTS 6 25 (1.620 %) Oracle Reports 7 21 (1.361 %) Oracle 10g 8 17 (1.102 %) MySQL 9 16 (1.037 %) Informix 9 16 (1.037 %) GIS 10 8 (0.518 %) Oracle 9i 11 7 (0.454 %) MS Access 11 7 (0.454 %) Oracle Discoverer 11 7 (0.454 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 7 (0.454 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 5 (0.324 %) BusinessObjects 13 4 (0.259 %) Datawarehouse 13 4 (0.259 %) Oracle 8/8i 14 2 (0.130 %) Crystal Reports 14 2 (0.130 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 5 (0.324 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (0.194 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 2 (0.130 %) JUnit 3 2 (0.130 %) NUnit 4 1 (0.065 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.065 %) Flash 4 1 (0.065 %) ClearCase 4 1 (0.065 %) MSI	General 1 275 (17.82 %) Finance 2 117 (7.583 %) Health 3 104 (6.740 %) Pensions 4 102 (6.610 %) Banking 5 59 (3.824 %) Telecoms 6 55 (3.564 %) Insurance 7 35 (2.268 %) Retail 8 33 (2.139 %) Investment Banking 9 32 (2.074 %) Education 10 26 (1.685 %) Back Office 11 24 (1.555 %) Financial Institution 11 24 (1.555 %) Government 12 22 (1.426 %) Marketing 13 21 (1.361 %) Law 14 20 (1.296 %) Auditing 15 15 (0.972 %) FMCG 15 15 (0.972 %) Front Office 16 14 (0.907 %) Legal 17 13 (0.843 %) Manufacturing 18 12 (0.778 %) Games
Job Titles 1 321 (20.80 %) Consultant 2 225 (14.58 %) Analyst 3 94 (6.092 %) Architect 4 93 (6.027 %) DBA 5 91 (5.898 %) Technical Consultant 6 75 (4.861 %) Administrator 7 70 (4.537 %) Developer 7 70 (4.537 %) Business Manager 8 67 (4.342 %) Infrastructure Consultant 9 61 (3.953 %) Service Manager 10 59 (3.824 %) IT Manager 11 57 (3.694 %) Business Analyst 12 49 (3.176 %) Web Developer 12 49 (3.176 %) Security Consultant 12 49 (3.176 %) Support Analyst 13 47 (3.046 %) Business Continuity Manager 14 45 (2.916 %) Oracle DBA 15 44 (2.852 %) Senior Developer 16 42 (2.722 %) .NET Developer 17 41 (2.657 %) Security Manager	Miscellaneous 1 118 (7.647 %) Client/Server 2 44 (2.852 %) Management Information System 3 40 (2.592 %) Replication 4 29 (1.879 %) AS400 5 28 (1.815 %) Mainframe 6 27 (1.750 %) Biometrics 6 27 (1.750 %) Clustering 6 27 (1.750 %) Asset Management 7 23 (1.491 %) CLARiiON 8 18 (1.167 %) Celerra 9 16 (1.037 %) Equities 10 12 (0.778 %) Symmetrix 11 11 (0.713 %) DTV 11 11 (0.713 %) Derivative 12 10 (0.648 %) Statistics 13 9 (0.583 %) French Language 14 8 (0.518 %) Blackberry 14 8 (0.518 %) EMC Centera 15 7 (0.454 %) Thin Client 15 7 (0.454 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 208 (13.48 %) Windows 2 135 (8.749 %) UNIX 3 80 (5.185 %) Linux 4 65 (4.213 %) Solaris 5 36 (2.333 %) Windows 2000 6 34 (2.203 %) Windows Server 2003 7 22 (1.426 %) Windows NT 8 16 (1.037 %) Windows XP 9 13 (0.843 %) NetWare 10 11 (0.713 %) SUSE 11 7 (0.454 %) AIX 12 5 (0.324 %) Mac OS X 13 3 (0.194 %) Debian 13 3 (0.194 %) OS/400 14 2 (0.130 %) FreeBSD 14 2 (0.130 %) HPUX 14 2 (0.130 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 670 (43.42 %) Disaster Recovery 2 226 (14.65 %) ITIL 3 202 (13.09 %) BCP 4 187 (12.12 %) Project Management 5 138 (8.944 %) Risk Management 6 127 (8.231 %) Information Security 7 104 (6.740 %) Business Development 8 92 (5.962 %) Service Delivery 9 90 (5.833 %) Penetration Testing 10 74 (4.796 %) Service Management 11 62 (4.018 %) Change Management 12 60 (3.889 %) PRINCE2 13 59 (3.824 %) Security Management 14 57 (3.694 %) Data Protection 15 40 (2.592 %) Incident Management 16 39 (2.528 %) OOD 16 39 (2.528 %) Security Cleared 17 34 (2.203 %) Configuration Management 17 34 (2.203 %) Business Analysis 18 32 (2.074 %) Programme Management
Programming Languages 1 144 (9.332 %) SQL 2 67 (4.342 %) C# 3 26 (1.685 %) Transact-SQL 4 24 (1.555 %) VB.NET 5 23 (1.491 %) C 6 19 (1.231 %) Java 6 19 (1.231 %) Perl 7 14 (0.907 %) PHP 7 14 (0.907 %) PL/SQL 8 13 (0.843 %) JavaScript 9 11 (0.713 %) Tcl 10 10 (0.648 %) AWK 10 10 (0.648 %) Korn 11 9 (0.583 %) C++ 12 8 (0.518 %) VB 13 5 (0.324 %) VBScript 14 4 (0.259 %) VB6 15 3 (0.194 %) RPG 16 2 (0.130 %) Shell Script 16 2 (0.130 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 123 (7.971 %) Microsoft Certification 2 113 (7.323 %) MCSE 2 113 (7.323 %) Degree 3 69 (4.472 %) CISSP 4 61 (3.953 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 50 (3.240 %) Cisco Certification 6 38 (2.463 %) CCNA 7 34 (2.203 %) ITIL Certification 8 30 (1.944 %) CISA 9 27 (1.750 %) MCSA 10 22 (1.426 %) CCNP 10 22 (1.426 %) CISM 11 16 (1.037 %) Citrix Certification 12 15 (0.972 %) ISEB 12 15 (0.972 %) MCP 13 13 (0.843 %) PRINCE2 Certification 13 13 (0.843 %) CCDP 14 12 (0.778 %) SCSA 15 9 (0.583 %) QiCA 15 9 (0.583 %) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 41 (2.657 %) ISO27001 2 36 (2.333 %) SLA 3 34 (2.203 %) BS25999 4 32 (2.074 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 20 (1.296 %) BS7799 6 19 (1.231 %) QA 7 10 (0.648 %) ISO9001 7 10 (0.648 %) COBIT 8 9 (0.583 %) PCI DSS 9 8 (0.518 %) ISO17799 10 6 (0.389 %) Basel II 11 2 (0.130 %) BS15000 12 1 (0.065 %) PCI QSA 12 1 (0.065 %) ISO/IEC 20000	System Software 1 102 (6.610 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 84 (5.444 %) Active Directory 3 23 (1.491 %) NetBackup 4 15 (0.972 %) VMware ESX 5 9 (0.583 %) Terminal Services 6 7 (0.454 %) Samba 7 4 (0.259 %) Terminal Server 8 2 (0.130 %) ISA Server 8 2 (0.130 %) Backup Exec 9 1 (0.065 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 9 1 (0.065 %) Citrix Presentation Server 9 1 (0.065 %) VMware Server 9 1 (0.065 %) NFS 9 1 (0.065 %) NDS
Systems Management 1 17 (1.102 %) EMC NetWorker 2 10 (0.648 %) MOM 3 9 (0.583 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 8 (0.518 %) MAILsweeper 5 7 (0.454 %) SCOM 6 6 (0.389 %) Legato 7 4 (0.259 %) Tivoli 7 4 (0.259 %) ARCserve 8 2 (0.130 %) ZENworks 8 2 (0.130 %) Norton AntiVirus 8 2 (0.130 %) Nagios 9 1 (0.065 %) SCCM 9 1 (0.065 %) Nessus 9 1 (0.065 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 168 (10.89 %) Microsoft 2 154 (9.981 %) VMware 3 122 (7.907 %) HP 4 120 (7.777 %) Cisco 5 93 (6.027 %) Oracle 6 91 (5.898 %) Citrix 7 60 (3.889 %) EMC 7 60 (3.889 %) IBM 8 51 (3.305 %) NetApp 9 43 (2.787 %) Sun 10 29 (1.879 %) SAP 11 27 (1.750 %) VERITAS 12 25 (1.620 %) CheckPoint 13 22 (1.426 %) Sybase 14 19 (1.231 %) Red Hat 15 14 (0.907 %) Nokia 16 13 (0.843 %) CommVault 16 13 (0.843 %) Avaya 17 11 (0.713 %) Juniper 18 10 (0.648 %) Blue Coat