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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Halifax 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank16-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£297-
Average daily rate£297-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£297-
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£305
% change on same period last year+5.60 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.46£20.21
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£297-
Average daily rate£297-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£297-
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£348
% change on same period last year+6.91 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.12£25.92
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
SLA West YorkshireSLA
West Yorkshire

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

Halifax SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SLA across the Halifax region.

Halifax SLA Daily Rate 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 Halifax region.

Halifax SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

17 (87.50 %)Retail
26 (75.00 %)Finance
34 (50.00 %)Banking
34 (50.00 %)Retail Banking
34 (50.00 %)ITIL
34 (50.00 %)Windows
34 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
34 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
34 (50.00 %)Microsoft
34 (50.00 %)Lotus
34 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (37.50 %)Telecoms
52 (25.00 %)Document Management
61 (12.50 %)Service Delivery
61 (12.50 %)Pensions

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (87.50 %)Retail
26 (75.00 %)Finance
34 (50.00 %)Banking
34 (50.00 %)Retail Banking
43 (37.50 %)Telecoms
51 (12.50 %)Pensions
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Business Analyst
14 (50.00 %)Analyst
14 (50.00 %)1st Line Support
14 (50.00 %)Helpdesk Support
22 (25.00 %)Senior Business Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Senior Analyst
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Windows
14 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
14 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)ITIL
22 (25.00 %)Document Management
31 (12.50 %)Service Delivery
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Microsoft
14 (50.00 %)Lotus