Disaster Recovery Consultant Contracts

Disaster Recovery Consultant
UK

The median Disaster Recovery Consultant daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
24 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 710 850
Rank change year-on-year +131 +140 -175
Contract jobs requiring a Disaster Recovery Consultant 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.004% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile - £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +25.71%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £578
90th Percentile £580 - £584
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £525 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Disaster Recovery Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Disaster Recovery Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery Consultant in the UK

Disaster Recovery Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery Consultant in the UK

Disaster Recovery Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +125 2 £550 +4.76%
Work from Home +123 1 £500 -
UK excluding London +57 1 £600 +14.29%
London - 1 £500 -
East of England - 1 £600 -

Disaster Recovery Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Disaster Recovery Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Disaster Recovery Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Replication
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Disaster Recovery Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware