The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 26 52
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +26
Contract jobs citing SLA 1 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 0.578% 2.791% 1.146%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.091% 25.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £700 - £400
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 £14.25 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
11 24 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 6.358% 11.16% 6.874%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 24
Average daily rate £500 £438 £540
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -18.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £350 £453
10% offered a daily rate of more than £613 £575 £620
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
SLA
London

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management