The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 23 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Bracknell region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 28 23 24
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Contract jobs citing SLA 11 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 4.603% 1.316% 1.190%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 73.33% 20.00% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
Average daily rate £165 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
15 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 6.276% 6.579% 8.929%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 7
Average daily rate £165 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.85% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £255 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £400 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
SLA
Berkshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bracknell SLA Jobs Demand Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SLA across the Bracknell region.

Bracknell SLA Daily Rate Trend

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the Bracknell region.

Bracknell SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing SLA 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SLA.

1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) Incident Management
3 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
3 9 (47.37%) ITIL
3 9 (47.37%) MS Excel
4 7 (36.84%) Internet
4 7 (36.84%) ITSM
5 6 (31.58%) IPsec
5 6 (31.58%) Firewall
5 6 (31.58%) Document Management
5 6 (31.58%) VPN
5 6 (31.58%) LAN
6 2 (10.53%) CCNP
6 2 (10.53%) CCNA
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
7 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
7 1 (5.263%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.263%) HTTP
7 1 (5.263%) ASP
7 1 (5.263%) Blackberry

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing SLA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SLA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) ASP
Applications
1 9 (47.37%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Internet
2 6 (31.58%) IPsec
2 6 (31.58%) Firewall
2 6 (31.58%) VPN
2 6 (31.58%) LAN
3 1 (5.263%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Network Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) Coordinator
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Network Technician
5 1 (5.263%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Incident Management
2 9 (47.37%) ITIL
3 7 (36.84%) ITSM
4 6 (31.58%) Document Management
5 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
5 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
6 1 (5.263%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) CCNP
2 2 (10.53%) CCNA
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft