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The table below looks at the demand for Disaster Recovery skills across the UK 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDisaster Recovery
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank185224
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching permanent IT job ads18521968
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.072 %0.847 %
As % of the category below1.820 %1.523 %
Salaries quoted14821552
Average minimum salary£41,082£43,306
Average salary£43,871£45,943
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,660£48,580
UK excluding London average salary£40,248£42,988
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads101755129222
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.90 %55.61 %
Salaries quoted84070102833
Average minimum salary£43,155£44,605
Average salary£47,206£48,633
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£51,257£52,660
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Disaster Recovery
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Disaster Recovery Salary Trend

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

Disaster Recovery Salary Histogram

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 10 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
EnglandUp+431775£43,940-3.13 %
LondonUp+47756£48,863-2.62 %
South EastUp+35371£41,646-2.63 %
City of LondonUp+55244£51,457-6.06 %
East of EnglandUp+34157£42,092+11.19 %
SurreyUp+49147£42,223+6.11 %
South WestUp+16137£41,578+7.95 %
North WestUp+53103£37,816-24.45 %
YorkshireUp+2794£36,424+1.52 %
West MidlandsUp+1284£36,062-25.43 %
BerkshireUp+1275£41,327-6.82 %
East MidlandsUp+4672£37,801+15.22 %
HertfordshireUp+4269£45,442+9.89 %
West YorkshireUp+3462£36,094+0.07 %
NottinghamshireUp+5359£39,231+4.61 %
EssexUp+1957£41,350+5.98 %
ScotlandUp+3057£39,535+29.00 %
HampshireUp+2855£41,613+1.15 %
NottinghamUp+4254£39,510+5.36 %
WiltshireDown-953£32,667-21.79 %
ManchesterUp+5250£38,899-36.94 %
BuckinghamshireUp+841£38,542-6.91 %
LeedsUp+2635£37,887+2.62 %
DorsetUp+2934£45,659+46.65 %
BasildonUp+1934£41,638+5.07 %
BirminghamNo change034£41,250-27.19 %
CroydonUp+3032£45,063-18.06 %
BournemouthUp+5131£47,225+47.57 %
CheshireUp+1729£41,521+41.14 %
KentUp+2828£39,550+20.76 %

Disaster Recovery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Disaster Recovery.

11180 (30.84 %)Windows
2844 (22.06 %)Finance
3795 (20.78 %)SQL
4785 (20.52 %)UNIX
5778 (20.33 %)SQL Server
6718 (18.77 %)Oracle
7696 (18.19 %)Business Continuity
8655 (17.12 %)Microsoft
9631 (16.49 %)Windows Server 2003
10624 (16.31 %)Active Directory
11603 (15.76 %)SAN
12493 (12.89 %)Linux
13469 (12.26 %)MS Exchange
14390 (10.19 %)Cisco
15387 (10.12 %)ITIL
16381 (9.958 %)LAN
17370 (9.671 %)Clustering
18365 (9.540 %)Firewall
19340 (8.887 %)Microsoft Certification
20338 (8.834 %)VMware
21327 (8.547 %)WAN
22315 (8.233 %)HP
23308 (8.050 %)Exchange Server 2003
24296 (7.737 %)MS Excel
25289 (7.554 %)TCP/IP
26287 (7.501 %)Solaris
27274 (7.162 %)MCSE
28273 (7.135 %)Project Management
29263 (6.874 %)Health
30261 (6.822 %)Pensions

Disaster Recovery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Disaster Recovery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1100 (2.614 %).NET
265 (1.699 %)WebSphere
353 (1.385 %)J2EE
445 (1.176 %)Middleware
534 (0.889 %)HTML
630 (0.784 %)WebServices
723 (0.601 %)JDBC
723 (0.601 %)ASP.NET
820 (0.523 %)XML
915 (0.392 %)ASP
1011 (0.288 %)ODBC
1011 (0.288 %)SAP Basis
1011 (0.288 %)OC4J
119 (0.235 %).NET Framework
119 (0.235 %)SOAP
127 (0.183 %)EDI
127 (0.183 %)Hibernate
127 (0.183 %)Drupal
135 (0.131 %)MAPI
135 (0.131 %)WMI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1469 (12.26 %)MS Exchange
2308 (8.050 %)Exchange Server 2003
3156 (4.077 %)IIS
4116 (3.032 %)Apache
5104 (2.718 %)Exchange Server 2007
694 (2.457 %)Exchange Server 2000
784 (2.196 %)SharePoint
866 (1.725 %)Oracle Application Server
954 (1.411 %)WebLogic
1050 (1.307 %)Tomcat
1148 (1.255 %)Lotus Notes
1234 (0.889 %)Lotus Domino
1332 (0.836 %)WebSphere Application Server
1332 (0.836 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1421 (0.549 %)LiveLink
1518 (0.470 %)GroupWise
1617 (0.444 %)Oracle 10gAS
1715 (0.392 %)Oracle Workflow
1715 (0.392 %)OpenEdge
1814 (0.366 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1296 (7.737 %)MS Excel
2108 (2.823 %)MS Office
366 (1.725 %)MS Visio
410 (0.261 %)MS Project
59 (0.235 %)Spreadsheet
67 (0.183 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.026 %)InfoPath
71 (0.026 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
176 (1.986 %)Oracle Applications
259 (1.542 %)Oracle EBS
356 (1.464 %)Oracle 11i
417 (0.444 %)Oracle Financials
514 (0.366 %)RMDS
611 (0.288 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
710 (0.261 %)Oracle General Ledger
84 (0.105 %)AWD
84 (0.105 %)Navision
93 (0.078 %)Unica Affinium
93 (0.078 %)Misys Equation
102 (0.052 %)SAP ERP
102 (0.052 %)SAP IS-U
102 (0.052 %)SAP R/3
102 (0.052 %)JDE OneWorld
102 (0.052 %)SalesLogix
111 (0.026 %)Dynamics CRM
111 (0.026 %)SAP SCM
111 (0.026 %)Movex
111 (0.026 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1603 (15.76 %)SAN
2381 (9.958 %)LAN
3365 (9.540 %)Firewall
4327 (8.547 %)WAN
5289 (7.554 %)TCP/IP
6205 (5.358 %)VPN
7203 (5.306 %)DNS
8156 (4.077 %)Internet
9152 (3.973 %)DHCP
10125 (3.267 %)Network Security
1181 (2.117 %)VoIP
1265 (1.699 %)VLAN
1349 (1.281 %)LDAP
1448 (1.255 %)Cisco PIX
1547 (1.228 %)NetScreen
1638 (0.993 %)Wireless
1736 (0.941 %)MPLS
1829 (0.758 %)Intranet
1829 (0.758 %)IP Telephony
1829 (0.758 %)Intrusion Detection
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1778 (20.33 %)SQL Server
2258 (6.743 %)Oracle 10g
3252 (6.587 %)SQL Server 2005
4190 (4.966 %)SQL Server 2000
5158 (4.130 %)Oracle 9i
6143 (3.738 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7107 (2.797 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8102 (2.666 %)DTS
989 (2.326 %)RDBMS
1078 (2.039 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1174 (1.934 %)Datawarehouse
1255 (1.438 %)MySQL
1354 (1.411 %)ETL
1451 (1.333 %)DB2
1550 (1.307 %)Oracle 8/8i
1647 (1.228 %)Oracle Reports
1729 (0.758 %)Oracle 11g
1826 (0.680 %)Informix
1826 (0.680 %)OLTP
1924 (0.627 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (0.732 %)Oracle Forms
222 (0.575 %)ClearCase
317 (0.444 %)ClearQuest
414 (0.366 %)Visual Studio
414 (0.366 %)TestDirector
59 (0.235 %)Subversion
68 (0.209 %)QuickTest Pro
77 (0.183 %)LoadRunner
83 (0.078 %)PeopleTools
83 (0.078 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.078 %)MSI
83 (0.078 %)NUnit
83 (0.078 %)WinRunner
83 (0.078 %)Oracle APEX
92 (0.052 %)FrontPage
92 (0.052 %)ProC
101 (0.026 %)Flash
101 (0.026 %)JUnit
101 (0.026 %)SilkPerformer
101 (0.026 %)SilkTest
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1844 (22.06 %)Finance
2263 (6.874 %)Health
3261 (6.822 %)Pensions
4248 (6.482 %)Banking
5180 (4.705 %)Insurance
6115 (3.006 %)Investment Banking
7105 (2.744 %)Telecoms
865 (1.699 %)Manufacturing
954 (1.411 %)Back Office
1053 (1.385 %)Education
1151 (1.333 %)Government
1250 (1.307 %)Retail
1346 (1.202 %)Law
1346 (1.202 %)Marketing
1445 (1.176 %)Financial Institution
1531 (0.810 %)Front Office
1531 (0.810 %)Auditing
1626 (0.680 %)Legal
1721 (0.549 %)Construction
1819 (0.497 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1669 (17.49 %)DBA
2512 (13.38 %)Analyst
3504 (13.17 %)Administrator
4333 (8.704 %)Consultant
5294 (7.684 %)SQL DBA
6262 (6.848 %)Oracle DBA
7222 (5.802 %)SQL Server DBA
8215 (5.619 %)Systems Administrator
9193 (5.044 %)IT Manager
10187 (4.888 %)Support Analyst
11165 (4.313 %)Team Leader
12157 (4.104 %)Architect
13154 (4.025 %)Support Engineer
14146 (3.816 %)Technical Consultant
15113 (2.953 %)Developer
16100 (2.614 %)Network Engineer
1790 (2.352 %)UNIX Administrator
1887 (2.274 %)Infrastructure Manager
1982 (2.143 %)Service Manager
2081 (2.117 %)Infrastructure Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1370 (9.671 %)Clustering
2176 (4.600 %)Replication
3115 (3.006 %)Client/Server
496 (2.509 %)AS400
587 (2.274 %)Blackberry
679 (2.065 %)Mainframe
774 (1.934 %)Management Information System
836 (0.941 %)Computer Science
920 (0.523 %)Firmware
1017 (0.444 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1017 (0.444 %)CLARiiON
1017 (0.444 %)NHS
1017 (0.444 %)Economics
1017 (0.444 %)Derivative
1114 (0.366 %)Equities
1114 (0.366 %)HACMP
1114 (0.366 %)French Language
1213 (0.340 %)CMDB
1213 (0.340 %)Symmetrix
1312 (0.314 %)EMC Centera
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11180 (30.84 %)Windows
2785 (20.52 %)UNIX
3631 (16.49 %)Windows Server 2003
4493 (12.89 %)Linux
5287 (7.501 %)Solaris
6213 (5.567 %)Windows 2000
7142 (3.711 %)AIX
8139 (3.633 %)Windows 2000 Server
9134 (3.502 %)Windows XP
10127 (3.319 %)Red Hat Linux
1150 (1.307 %)NetWare
1244 (1.150 %)Windows Vista
1343 (1.124 %)HPUX
1442 (1.098 %)Windows Server 2008
1442 (1.098 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1522 (0.575 %)Windows NT
168 (0.209 %)SUSE
175 (0.131 %)Tru64
184 (0.105 %)OpenVMS
184 (0.105 %)OS/400
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1696 (18.19 %)Business Continuity
2387 (10.12 %)ITIL
3273 (7.135 %)Project Management
4192 (5.018 %)Information Security
5141 (3.685 %)BCP
6126 (3.293 %)Change Management
6126 (3.293 %)Migration
7110 (2.875 %)PRINCE2
8107 (2.797 %)Service Management
9106 (2.771 %)Service Delivery
10102 (2.666 %)Risk Management
1191 (2.378 %)Supplier Management
1282 (2.143 %)Security Cleared
1375 (1.960 %)Configuration Management
1472 (1.882 %)Business Development
1566 (1.725 %)Load Balancing
1566 (1.725 %)ERP
1665 (1.699 %)Business Intelligence
1761 (1.594 %)Data Management
1853 (1.385 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1795 (20.78 %)SQL
2156 (4.077 %)Transact-SQL
3134 (3.502 %)Perl
4131 (3.424 %)Shell Script
5109 (2.849 %)Java
6108 (2.823 %)PL/SQL
778 (2.039 %)VB
858 (1.516 %)C#
944 (1.150 %)PHP
944 (1.150 %)C
1042 (1.098 %)VBScript
1120 (0.523 %)VBA
1219 (0.497 %)JavaScript
1317 (0.444 %)ABAP
1317 (0.444 %)Korn
1413 (0.340 %)VB.NET
1512 (0.314 %)C++
168 (0.209 %)Python
177 (0.183 %)PowerShell
185 (0.131 %)JCL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1340 (8.887 %)Microsoft Certification
2274 (7.162 %)MCSE
3225 (5.881 %)Degree
4161 (4.208 %)Cisco Certification
5109 (2.849 %)CCNA
697 (2.535 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
791 (2.378 %)CISSP
870 (1.830 %)MCP
967 (1.751 %)MCSA
1058 (1.516 %)CISA
1155 (1.438 %)CCNP
1242 (1.098 %)MCDBA
1242 (1.098 %)ITIL Certification
1340 (1.045 %)CCIE
1431 (0.810 %)Oracle Certification
1529 (0.758 %)CISM
1628 (0.732 %)OCP
1727 (0.706 %)CCSA
1820 (0.523 %)Citrix Certification
1918 (0.470 %)RHCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1148 (3.868 %)SLA
266 (1.725 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
354 (1.411 %)ISO27001
436 (0.941 %)COBIT
526 (0.680 %)QA
622 (0.575 %)PCI DSS
715 (0.392 %)BS25999
814 (0.366 %)BS7799
95 (0.131 %)ISO17799
104 (0.105 %)ISO9000
113 (0.078 %)ISO9001
113 (0.078 %)ISO/IEC 20000
113 (0.078 %)PCI QSA
122 (0.052 %)JSP 440
131 (0.026 %)HIPAA
131 (0.026 %)BS15000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1624 (16.31 %)Active Directory
2204 (5.332 %)VMware Infrastructure
3166 (4.339 %)Oracle RAC
4111 (2.901 %)Oracle RMAN
5106 (2.771 %)NetBackup
6104 (2.718 %)VMware ESX
751 (1.333 %)Backup Exec
830 (0.784 %)NFS
927 (0.706 %)ISA Server
1018 (0.470 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1115 (0.392 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1213 (0.340 %)Terminal Services
139 (0.235 %)VMware GSX
139 (0.235 %)VMware Server
146 (0.157 %)Terminal Server
154 (0.105 %)AquaLogic
154 (0.105 %)Samba
154 (0.105 %)MetaFrame
163 (0.078 %)NDS
163 (0.078 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
149 (1.281 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
248 (1.255 %)Tivoli
343 (1.124 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
435 (0.915 %)MOM
533 (0.863 %)ARCserve
630 (0.784 %)WSUS
728 (0.732 %)OpenView
823 (0.601 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
916 (0.418 %)SCOM
1015 (0.392 %)Netcool
1015 (0.392 %)AutoSys
1112 (0.314 %)Norton AntiVirus
1112 (0.314 %)Legato
1112 (0.314 %)CA SiteMinder
129 (0.235 %)EMC TimeFinder
137 (0.183 %)EMC Navisphere
137 (0.183 %)HP Data Protector
137 (0.183 %)ServiceCenter
137 (0.183 %)Foglight
146 (0.157 %)RepliStor
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1718 (18.77 %)Oracle
2655 (17.12 %)Microsoft
3390 (10.19 %)Cisco
4338 (8.834 %)VMware
5315 (8.233 %)HP
6200 (5.227 %)Citrix
7182 (4.757 %)VERITAS
8163 (4.260 %)IBM
9148 (3.868 %)Sun
10117 (3.058 %)Red Hat
1199 (2.588 %)EMC
1296 (2.509 %)Sybase
1395 (2.483 %)NetApp
1482 (2.143 %)CheckPoint
1572 (1.882 %)Lotus
1661 (1.594 %)Symantec
1755 (1.438 %)Dell
1851 (1.333 %)Reuters
1948 (1.255 %)Bloomberg
2044 (1.150 %)Compaq