The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 63 45 57
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +12
Contract jobs citing SLA 19 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 2.008% 1.552% 0.847%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.14% 25.00% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 4
Average daily rate £275 £250 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £250 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
70 48 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 7.400% 6.210% 3.672%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 26 16
Average daily rate £275 £338 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £405 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SLA Daily Rate Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Glasgow SLA Daily Rate Histogram

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 18 (62.07%) SQL
1 18 (62.07%) SQL Server
2 17 (58.62%) Windows
3 16 (55.17%) ITIL
3 16 (55.17%) Oracle
4 15 (51.72%) UNIX
4 15 (51.72%) Finance
5 14 (48.28%) Sybase
5 14 (48.28%) RDBMS
6 7 (24.14%) Banking
7 6 (20.69%) Workflow
8 3 (10.34%) Cramer
8 3 (10.34%) Clustering
8 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
8 3 (10.34%) GIS
8 3 (10.34%) ArcGIS
8 3 (10.34%) Change Management
8 3 (10.34%) Network Planning
8 3 (10.34%) Workflow Management
8 3 (10.34%) MCTS
8 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
8 3 (10.34%) HND
8 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
8 3 (10.34%) SAN
8 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (10.34%) CAD
8 3 (10.34%) Performance Management
8 3 (10.34%) Avaloq

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 (3.448%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) ArcGIS
2 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) SAN
2 2 (6.897%) HTTP
3 1 (3.448%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (62.07%) SQL Server
2 14 (48.28%) RDBMS
3 3 (10.34%) GIS
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.448%) DTS
4 1 (3.448%) MySQL
General
1 15 (51.72%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Analyst
1 15 (51.72%) Applications Support
2 14 (48.28%) Applications Support Analyst
2 14 (48.28%) Support Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Service Manager
3 3 (10.34%) GIS Technician
4 2 (6.897%) Risk Consultant
4 2 (6.897%) Architect
4 2 (6.897%) Management Consultant
4 2 (6.897%) Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Risk Management Consultant
4 2 (6.897%) Consultant
4 2 (6.897%) SQL Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) SQL DBA
5 1 (3.448%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Senior DBA
5 1 (3.448%) Transition Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Senior SQL DBA
5 1 (3.448%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Windows
2 15 (51.72%) UNIX
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) ITIL
2 6 (20.69%) Workflow
3 3 (10.34%) Change Management
3 3 (10.34%) Network Planning
3 3 (10.34%) Workflow Management
3 3 (10.34%) CAD
3 3 (10.34%) Performance Management
3 3 (10.34%) Data Entry
3 3 (10.34%) Load Balancing
4 2 (6.897%) Time Management
4 2 (6.897%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.897%) Service Management
4 2 (6.897%) Migration
4 2 (6.897%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.448%) ERP
5 1 (3.448%) CRM
5 1 (3.448%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) SQL
2 1 (3.448%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) MCTS
1 3 (10.34%) HND
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Oracle
2 14 (48.28%) Sybase
3 3 (10.34%) Cramer
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) Avaloq
4 2 (6.897%) Temenos
5 1 (3.448%) VMware
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco
5 1 (3.448%) CommVault
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