The first table below looks at the demand for Business Continuity skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Continuity over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Continuity
Rank 162 159 160
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 41 22 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.818% 0.487% 0.294%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.094% 0.704% 0.426%
Number of salaries quoted 31 17 11
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +50.68%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year
+3.44% +1.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3747 3127 2816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.79% 69.27% 68.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3154 2692 2372
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Business Continuity Salary Trend

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Continuity across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Business Continuity Salary Histogram

Business Continuity
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham +5 22 £45,000 +15.38%
Warwickshire +6 6 £43,750 -20.45%
Staffordshire -4 4 £42,500 -26.08%
Shropshire - 4 £50,000 -
Solihull - 2 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £45,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £32,500 -
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 29 (36.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (35.44%) Windows
3 23 (29.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (26.58%) Active Directory
5 18 (22.78%) MS Exchange
6 17 (21.52%) BCP
7 16 (20.25%) Service Delivery
7 16 (20.25%) DNS
7 16 (20.25%) Cisco
7 16 (20.25%) EMC
7 16 (20.25%) SQL
7 16 (20.25%) ITIL
7 16 (20.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (16.46%) Project Management
8 13 (16.46%) SLA
8 13 (16.46%) Problem Management
8 13 (16.46%) Finance
9 12 (15.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 12 (15.19%) Citrix
9 12 (15.19%) HP
9 12 (15.19%) SAN
9 12 (15.19%) Windows Server 2003
10 11 (13.92%) LAN
10 11 (13.92%) MS Excel
10 11 (13.92%) Information Security
11 10 (12.66%) Telecoms
11 10 (12.66%) Exchange Server 2003
11 10 (12.66%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (12.66%) SCOM
11 10 (12.66%) WAN

Business Continuity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 3 (3.797%) Middleware
1 3 (3.797%) JMS
1 3 (3.797%) .NET
1 3 (3.797%) Web Services
1 3 (3.797%) XML
1 3 (3.797%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (3.797%) Oracle ADF
2 2 (2.532%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 18 (22.78%) MS Exchange
2 10 (12.66%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (12.66%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (10.13%) SharePoint
4 7 (8.861%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (7.595%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (3.797%) WebLogic
7 2 (2.532%) Lync
7 2 (2.532%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (1.266%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (1.266%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.595%) MS Office
3 2 (2.532%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.266%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.266%) SAP PLM
1 1 (1.266%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.266%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) DNS
2 12 (15.19%) SAN
3 11 (13.92%) LAN
4 10 (12.66%) WAN
4 10 (12.66%) Firewall
5 8 (10.13%) DHCP
6 6 (7.595%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.797%) Intranet
7 3 (3.797%) LDAP
8 2 (2.532%) IP Telephony
8 2 (2.532%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (2.532%) VPLS
8 2 (2.532%) xDSL
8 2 (2.532%) WAAS
8 2 (2.532%) ADSL
8 2 (2.532%) PBX
8 2 (2.532%) VoIP
8 2 (2.532%) Wireless
8 2 (2.532%) MPLS
8 2 (2.532%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.797%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (3.797%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (3.797%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (2.532%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.532%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (2.532%) MS Access
3 2 (2.532%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.266%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.266%) OLAP
4 1 (1.266%) OLTP
4 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (3.797%) Visual Studio
1 3 (3.797%) JDeveloper
2 2 (2.532%) MSI
3 1 (1.266%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.266%) AdminStudio
General
1 13 (16.46%) Finance
2 10 (12.66%) Telecoms
3 7 (8.861%) Banking
4 4 (5.063%) Law
4 4 (5.063%) Legal
5 1 (1.266%) Retail
5 1 (1.266%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (17.72%) Analyst
2 11 (13.92%) Administrator
3 7 (8.861%) Security Officer
3 7 (8.861%) Information Security Officer
3 7 (8.861%) Storage Administrator
3 7 (8.861%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (7.595%) Server Engineer
5 5 (6.329%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (5.063%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.063%) Technology Manager
6 4 (5.063%) IT Support
6 4 (5.063%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.063%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.797%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (3.797%) Analyst Programmer
7 3 (3.797%) Programmer
7 3 (3.797%) Architect
7 3 (3.797%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (3.797%) Business Continuity Manager
7 3 (3.797%) Oracle Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.39%) Symmetrix DMX
3 7 (8.861%) Replication
3 7 (8.861%) Symmetrix
4 4 (5.063%) Statistics
5 3 (3.797%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.797%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.532%) Clustering
6 2 (2.532%) Fat Client
6 2 (2.532%) CMDB
6 2 (2.532%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.532%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.266%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.266%) SaaS
7 1 (1.266%) FMCG
7 1 (1.266%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.44%) Windows
2 12 (15.19%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (15.19%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (3.797%) UNIX
4 2 (2.532%) Linux
5 1 (1.266%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.266%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (21.52%) BCP
3 16 (20.25%) Service Delivery
3 16 (20.25%) ITIL
4 13 (16.46%) Project Management
4 13 (16.46%) Problem Management
5 11 (13.92%) Information Security
6 10 (12.66%) Change Management
6 10 (12.66%) Configuration Management
7 8 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.861%) Information Security Management
8 7 (8.861%) Security Management
8 7 (8.861%) Migration
9 6 (7.595%) Incident Management
10 4 (5.063%) Risk Management
10 4 (5.063%) Release Management
10 4 (5.063%) Capacity Management
10 4 (5.063%) ERP
11 3 (3.797%) E-Commerce
11 3 (3.797%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.25%) SQL
2 4 (5.063%) C#
3 3 (3.797%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.532%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.532%) C
5 1 (1.266%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) Degree
1 8 (10.13%) CISM
2 6 (7.595%) VCP5
2 6 (7.595%) CISA
3 5 (6.329%) CISSP
4 4 (5.063%) MCITP
4 4 (5.063%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.063%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.797%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (3.797%) IRCA
6 2 (2.532%) CCNP
6 2 (2.532%) CCNA
6 2 (2.532%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.532%) MCSE
7 1 (1.266%) ISEB
7 1 (1.266%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.266%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (16.46%) SLA
3 5 (6.329%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.063%) BS25999
4 4 (5.063%) QA
5 3 (3.797%) ISO 9000
5 3 (3.797%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.532%) COBIT
6 2 (2.532%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (26.58%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.861%) SRDF
3 6 (7.595%) ISA Server
4 4 (5.063%) XenApp
5 3 (3.797%) vSphere
5 3 (3.797%) ClearTrust
6 2 (2.532%) VMware Server
6 2 (2.532%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.266%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (1.266%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 10 (12.66%) SCOM
2 7 (8.861%) SCCM
2 7 (8.861%) EMC TimeFinder
3 5 (6.329%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (3.797%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (2.532%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (2.532%) CA SiteMinder
5 2 (2.532%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (1.266%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (1.266%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (1.266%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 29 (36.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.25%) Cisco
2 16 (20.25%) EMC
3 12 (15.19%) Citrix
3 12 (15.19%) HP
4 7 (8.861%) Hitachi
4 7 (8.861%) VMware
5 6 (7.595%) Veritas
5 6 (7.595%) Oracle
6 3 (3.797%) Baan
6 3 (3.797%) Remedy
6 3 (3.797%) TIBCO
6 3 (3.797%) SAP
7 2 (2.532%) BT
7 2 (2.532%) RedPrairie
7 2 (2.532%) Symantec
7 2 (2.532%) CA
7 2 (2.532%) Lotus
7 2 (2.532%) ArcSight
8 1 (1.266%) NetApp
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