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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Bradford region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1813
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below25.00 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£331
% change on same period last year-9.24 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.51£17.56
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Bradford
Matching contract IT job ads47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£400£510
Average daily rate£400£545
% change on same period last year-26.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£580
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£358
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.91£23.14
% change on same period last year+7.60 %
SLA West YorkshireSLA
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bradford SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford SLA Daily Rate Trend

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Legal
21 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (50.00 %)Requirements Analysis
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)ITIL
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)Progress 4GL
21 (50.00 %)Progress
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)ITIL Certification
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Change Management

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Legal
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
11 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Operations Analyst
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
11 (50.00 %)Requirements Analysis
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Progress 4GL
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)ITIL Certification
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Progress
11 (50.00 %)Cisco