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The table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank152206
Rank change on same period last yearUp+54
Matching permanent IT job ads10174
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.032 %
As % of the category below1.664 %0.939 %
Salaries quoted8359
Average minimum salary£34,179£47,881
Average salary£37,595£49,720
% change on same period last year-24.38 %
Average maximum salary£41,012£51,559
UK excluding London average salary£40,244£43,139
% change on same period last year-6.71 %
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads60707882
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.543 %3.379 %
Salaries quoted53026535
Average minimum salary£36,155£40,116
Average salary£40,019£44,227
% change on same period last year-9.51 %
Average maximum salary£43,883£48,339
UK excluding London average salary£42,638£44,224
% change on same period last year-3.58 %
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

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

North West Disaster Recovery Demand Trend

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the North West region.

North West Disaster Recovery Salary Trend

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery across the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

North West Disaster Recovery Salary Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+5649£39,603-34.78 %
CheshireUp+2629£40,333+37.11 %
LancashireDown-1111£32,864-3.16 %
MerseysideUp+26£28,950-51.75 %
Disaster Recovery EnglandDisaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Disaster Recovery.

144 (22.22 %)Business Continuity
243 (21.72 %)Windows
342 (21.21 %)UNIX
439 (19.70 %)Finance
537 (18.69 %)SQL
537 (18.69 %)SQL Server
629 (14.65 %)Transact-SQL
726 (13.13 %)Health
824 (12.12 %)Clustering
824 (12.12 %)Windows Server 2003
923 (11.62 %)Project Management
1022 (11.11 %)Pensions
1022 (11.11 %)Active Directory
1022 (11.11 %)Cisco
1120 (10.10 %)AIX
1120 (10.10 %)Microsoft
1219 (9.596 %)Solaris
1318 (9.091 %)ITIL
1318 (9.091 %)DTS
1318 (9.091 %)Client/Server
1318 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
1318 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
1318 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
1318 (9.091 %)Business Development
1318 (9.091 %)Replication
1416 (8.081 %)Data Security
1515 (7.576 %)Firewall
1515 (7.576 %)CISA
1614 (7.071 %)Banking
1614 (7.071 %)Management Information System

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Disaster Recovery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (3.030 %).NET
25 (2.525 %)WebSphere
34 (2.020 %)J2EE
42 (1.010 %)WMI
42 (1.010 %)WebServices
42 (1.010 %)WSH
51 (0.505 %)Middleware
51 (0.505 %)ASP
51 (0.505 %)JDBC
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
25 (2.525 %)WebSphere MQ
25 (2.525 %)SharePoint Portal Server
34 (2.020 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (2.020 %)WebSphere Application Server
34 (2.020 %)Apache
34 (2.020 %)Tomcat
43 (1.515 %)Exchange Server 2000
52 (1.010 %)Exchange Server 2007
52 (1.010 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.505 %)WebLogic
61 (0.505 %)IIS
61 (0.505 %)Tuxedo
61 (0.505 %)SharePoint
61 (0.505 %)WebSphere Message Broker
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (4.040 %)MS Excel
22 (1.010 %)MS Visio
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.010 %)Oracle 11i
12 (1.010 %)Oracle EBS
12 (1.010 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.505 %)Unica Affinium
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (7.576 %)Firewall
212 (6.061 %)WAN
311 (5.556 %)SAN
410 (5.051 %)VPN
57 (3.535 %)VoIP
57 (3.535 %)TCP/IP
57 (3.535 %)LAN
65 (2.525 %)MPLS
65 (2.525 %)Wireless
65 (2.525 %)Frame Relay
65 (2.525 %)VLAN
65 (2.525 %)Cisco PIX
65 (2.525 %)Cisco ASA
73 (1.515 %)DHCP
73 (1.515 %)DNS
82 (1.010 %)Internet
82 (1.010 %)Wi-Fi
91 (0.505 %)DMZ
91 (0.505 %)SNMP
91 (0.505 %)SMS
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (18.69 %)SQL Server
218 (9.091 %)DTS
218 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
218 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (6.566 %)SQL Server Integration Services
410 (5.051 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
58 (4.040 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
66 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
75 (2.525 %)Oracle 9i
75 (2.525 %)Oracle 10g
83 (1.515 %)ETL
83 (1.515 %)Oracle Reports
92 (1.010 %)OLTP
101 (0.505 %)RDBMS
101 (0.505 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.505 %)DB2
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.010 %)Oracle Forms
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (19.70 %)Finance
226 (13.13 %)Health
322 (11.11 %)Pensions
414 (7.071 %)Banking
55 (2.525 %)Retail
64 (2.020 %)Telecoms
73 (1.515 %)Investment Banking
73 (1.515 %)Law
82 (1.010 %)Back Office
82 (1.010 %)Education
91 (0.505 %)Marketing
91 (0.505 %)Auditing
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134 (17.17 %)Consultant
232 (16.16 %)DBA
324 (12.12 %)Analyst
423 (11.62 %)SQL DBA
515 (7.576 %)SQL Server DBA
515 (7.576 %)Technical Consultant
515 (7.576 %)Infrastructure Consultant
614 (7.071 %)Security Consultant
713 (6.566 %)Network Engineer
713 (6.566 %)Administrator
713 (6.566 %)IT Manager
812 (6.061 %)Senior Consultant
812 (6.061 %)Senior Security Consultant
911 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery Manager
109 (4.545 %)Team Leader
118 (4.040 %)Disaster Recovery Analyst
127 (3.535 %)Technical Specialist
135 (2.525 %)Oracle DBA
135 (2.525 %)Operations Analyst
135 (2.525 %)Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (12.12 %)Clustering
218 (9.091 %)Replication
218 (9.091 %)Client/Server
314 (7.071 %)Management Information System
45 (2.525 %)AS400
45 (2.525 %)Computer Science
54 (2.020 %)Mainframe
63 (1.515 %)Statistics
63 (1.515 %)Wiki
63 (1.515 %)Fat Client
63 (1.515 %)Thin Client
72 (1.010 %)PDA
81 (0.505 %)Symmetrix
81 (0.505 %)EMC Centera
81 (0.505 %)HACMP
81 (0.505 %)IBM Mainframe
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
143 (21.72 %)Windows
242 (21.21 %)UNIX
324 (12.12 %)Windows Server 2003
420 (10.10 %)AIX
519 (9.596 %)Solaris
612 (6.061 %)Linux
77 (3.535 %)HPUX
85 (2.525 %)Windows 2000
94 (2.020 %)Windows XP
94 (2.020 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (1.515 %)Red Hat Linux
103 (1.515 %)SUSE
103 (1.515 %)Debian
112 (1.010 %)Windows Vista
112 (1.010 %)Windows Server 2008
121 (0.505 %)NetWare
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (22.22 %)Business Continuity
223 (11.62 %)Project Management
318 (9.091 %)ITIL
318 (9.091 %)Business Development
416 (8.081 %)Data Security
512 (6.061 %)ISMS
611 (5.556 %)Service Management
79 (4.545 %)Risk Management
79 (4.545 %)Migration
88 (4.040 %)Change Management
88 (4.040 %)Data Protection
97 (3.535 %)ITSM
106 (3.030 %)Security Management
106 (3.030 %)PRINCE2
106 (3.030 %)Service Delivery
115 (2.525 %)Communications Security
124 (2.020 %)Time Management
124 (2.020 %)Stakeholder Management
133 (1.515 %)Six Sigma
133 (1.515 %)Information Security
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (18.69 %)SQL
229 (14.65 %)Transact-SQL
35 (2.525 %)VBScript
35 (2.525 %)Java
44 (2.020 %)VB
53 (1.515 %)C#
61 (0.505 %)C
61 (0.505 %)PL/SQL
61 (0.505 %)Shell Script
61 (0.505 %)JCL
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (7.576 %)CISA
214 (7.071 %)Cisco Certification
214 (7.071 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (6.061 %)MCSE
312 (6.061 %)CISSP
411 (5.556 %)Degree
57 (3.535 %)CCNA
65 (2.525 %)CCNP
74 (2.020 %)MCSA
83 (1.515 %)CEH
92 (1.010 %)MCDBA
92 (1.010 %)MCP
101 (0.505 %)OCP
101 (0.505 %)Oracle Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (6.061 %)ISO27001
112 (6.061 %)BS25999
112 (6.061 %)PCI DSS
23 (1.515 %)SLA
23 (1.515 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.505 %)QA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (11.11 %)Active Directory
212 (6.061 %)NetBackup
35 (2.525 %)Oracle RAC
44 (2.020 %)Oracle RMAN
53 (1.515 %)ISA Server
62 (1.010 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.505 %)VMware Infrastructure
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (4.545 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
25 (2.525 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (1.010 %)OVSD
32 (1.010 %)Tivoli
32 (1.010 %)MOM
32 (1.010 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
32 (1.010 %)OpenView
41 (0.505 %)Unicenter
41 (0.505 %)WSUS
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (11.11 %)Cisco
220 (10.10 %)Microsoft
39 (4.545 %)Oracle
48 (4.040 %)EMC
48 (4.040 %)Citrix
57 (3.535 %)IBM
66 (3.030 %)Sun
66 (3.030 %)HP
66 (3.030 %)Symantec
75 (2.525 %)Avaya
75 (2.525 %)Intel
84 (2.020 %)VMware
93 (1.515 %)Red Hat
102 (1.010 %)CheckPoint
111 (0.505 %)Brocade
111 (0.505 %)Juniper
111 (0.505 %)BEA
111 (0.505 %)CA
111 (0.505 %)Hitachi
111 (0.505 %)SAP