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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Durham 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank188
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
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£320£308
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.67
Average hourly rate-£10.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.23£19.30
% change on same period last year-5.52 %
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Durham
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
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£373£350
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£10.67
Average hourly rate-£10.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.14£25.11
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
SLA North EastSLA
North East

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

Durham SLA Demand 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 Durham region.

Durham SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Durham 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.

14 (66.67 %)Active Directory
23 (50.00 %)Citrix
23 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
32 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
32 (33.33 %)Lotus
41 (16.67 %)Agresso
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (16.67 %)HP
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)MS Office
41 (16.67 %)Lotus Domino
41 (16.67 %)MCSE
41 (16.67 %)MS Excel
41 (16.67 %)Windows NT
41 (16.67 %)Windows XP
41 (16.67 %)GIS

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Durham 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.

Durham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
21 (16.67 %)Lotus Domino
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Office
11 (16.67 %)MS Excel
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)GIS
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Service Analyst
12 (33.33 %)2nd Line Support
12 (33.33 %)Service Desk Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Installations Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Server Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Server Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Server Support
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
22 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)Windows NT
31 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)SQL
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)MCSE
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (66.67 %)Active Directory
Durham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft
13 (50.00 %)Citrix
22 (33.33 %)Lotus
31 (16.67 %)Agresso
31 (16.67 %)HP