The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 22 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 Derbyshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SLA 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 2.985% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £115 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
8 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 5.970% 1.778% 1.748%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
Average daily rate £425 £240 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.08% -46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £177 £208 £410
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £272 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £56.25 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+73.07% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
SLA
East Midlands

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derby - 3 £115 -
Buxton - 1 - -
SLA
East Midlands

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) NetApp
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (16.67%) X-Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) IIS
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) EMC
4 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) MCDST
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (16.67%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Talend Open Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) ETL
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) MCP
1 1 (16.67%) MCDST
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) NetApp
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (16.67%) Talend