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This section looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4359
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads1613
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.013 %
As % of the category below34.78 %34.21 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£500£408
Average daily rate£575£442
% change on same period last year+30.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£650£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£330
% change on same period last year+3.38 %
Hourly rates quoted114
Average minimum hourly rate£10.77£31.25
Average hourly rate£12.00£32.75
% change on same period last year-63.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.23£34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.66£19.36
% change on same period last year-8.77 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads4638
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.038 %
Daily rates quoted611
Average minimum daily rate£262£300
Average daily rate£283£328
% change on same period last year-13.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£358
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Hourly rates quoted206
Average minimum hourly rate£16.53£29.17
Average hourly rate£18.33£31.83
% change on same period last year-42.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.13£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.63
% change on same period last year-8.73 %
SLA East of EnglandSLA
East of England

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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cambridgeshire SLA Hourly Rate Histogram

SLA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+2012£575+30.18 %
HuntingdonNew entry-4--
SLA East of EnglandSLA
East of England

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

116 (55.17 %)Windows
213 (44.83 %)MS Excel
310 (34.48 %)MS Office
49 (31.03 %)MS Exchange
49 (31.03 %)Microsoft
49 (31.03 %)Active Directory
57 (24.14 %)ITIL
66 (20.69 %)HP
66 (20.69 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
75 (17.24 %)LAN
84 (13.79 %)SharePoint
84 (13.79 %)Windows XP
84 (13.79 %)TCP/IP
84 (13.79 %)MOM
84 (13.79 %)Project Management
84 (13.79 %)Telecoms
84 (13.79 %)VMware
84 (13.79 %)Data Protection Act
84 (13.79 %)German Language
84 (13.79 %)Data Protection
84 (13.79 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (10.34 %)Banking
93 (10.34 %)Health
93 (10.34 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (6.897 %)ITIL Certification
102 (6.897 %)Dell
102 (6.897 %)VPN
102 (6.897 %)DNS
102 (6.897 %)WAN

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (31.03 %)MS Exchange
26 (20.69 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (13.79 %)SharePoint
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (44.83 %)MS Excel
210 (34.48 %)MS Office
31 (3.448 %)MS PowerPoint
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (17.24 %)LAN
24 (13.79 %)TCP/IP
32 (6.897 %)VPN
32 (6.897 %)DNS
32 (6.897 %)WAN
41 (3.448 %)Broadband
41 (3.448 %)WLAN
41 (3.448 %)Internet
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.897 %)SQL Server
12 (6.897 %)Crystal Reports
12 (6.897 %)MS Access
12 (6.897 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (13.79 %)Telecoms
23 (10.34 %)Health
23 (10.34 %)Banking
32 (6.897 %)Corporate Banking
41 (3.448 %)Back Office
41 (3.448 %)Finance
41 (3.448 %)Government
41 (3.448 %)Billing
41 (3.448 %)Pensions
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (55.17 %)Analyst
210 (34.48 %)Support Analyst
36 (20.69 %)Helpdesk Analyst
44 (13.79 %)Desktop Support
44 (13.79 %)Desktop Support Analyst
44 (13.79 %)Server Engineer
44 (13.79 %)Desktop Analyst
44 (13.79 %)Wintel Engineer
53 (10.34 %)1st Line Support
53 (10.34 %)Operations Manager
62 (6.897 %)Service Manager
62 (6.897 %)Technical Support
62 (6.897 %)Helpdesk Support
62 (6.897 %)Support Engineer
62 (6.897 %)1st Line Support Analyst
62 (6.897 %)2nd Line Support
71 (3.448 %)Business Support Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Hardware Support Engineer
71 (3.448 %)Call Centre Manager
71 (3.448 %)Junior Analyst
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (13.79 %)Data Protection Act
14 (13.79 %)German Language
22 (6.897 %)Blackberry
22 (6.897 %)PDA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (55.17 %)Windows
25 (17.24 %)Windows 2000
34 (13.79 %)Windows XP
34 (13.79 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (10.34 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (6.897 %)Windows NT
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (24.14 %)ITIL
24 (13.79 %)Project Management
24 (13.79 %)Data Protection
32 (6.897 %)Security Cleared
32 (6.897 %)Time Management
41 (3.448 %)Service Delivery
41 (3.448 %)PRINCE2
41 (3.448 %)CRM
41 (3.448 %)E-Commerce
41 (3.448 %)ERP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (6.897 %)SQL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (6.897 %)ITIL Certification
21 (3.448 %)CCVP
21 (3.448 %)MCSE
21 (3.448 %)CCNA
21 (3.448 %)Cisco Certification
21 (3.448 %)Microsoft Certification
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (31.03 %)Active Directory
22 (6.897 %)Backup Exec
31 (3.448 %)NDS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (13.79 %)MOM
21 (3.448 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (31.03 %)Microsoft
26 (20.69 %)HP
34 (13.79 %)VMware
42 (6.897 %)Dell
51 (3.448 %)Novell
51 (3.448 %)Cisco