SLA Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 50 50 68
Rank change year-on-year
0 +18
Contract jobs citing SLA 5 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.605% 0.725% 0.232%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.63% 14.04% 4.615%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £105 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-53.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.07 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 32 57 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.874% 5.163% 5.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 33
Average daily rate £350 £320 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -28.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £225 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £416 £540
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.07 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
SLA
Scotland

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) MCP

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Administrator
1 2 (25.00%) Desktop Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (12.50%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) IBM
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
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