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This section looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Kent 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3947
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below85.71 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£350£383
Average daily rate£363£429
% change on same period last year-15.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£339
% change on same period last year-0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.88£18.72
% change on same period last year-4.48 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.021 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£340£453
Average daily rate£350£472
% change on same period last year-25.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£490
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£361
% change on same period last year+5.17 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£45.00
Average hourly rate-£53.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£62.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.03£24.95
% change on same period last year-3.68 %
SLA South EastSLA
South 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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent SLA Daily Rate Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Kent SLA Daily Rate Histogram

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChathamNew entry-2£363-
RochesterNew entry-2£363-
FolkestoneNew entry-1--
SLA South EastSLA
South East

SLA
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

13 (42.86 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
22 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
22 (28.57 %)Windows XP
22 (28.57 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
22 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
22 (28.57 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)Oracle
22 (28.57 %)SQL Server
22 (28.57 %)ITIL
22 (28.57 %)UNIX
22 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (28.57 %)Project Management
22 (28.57 %)Change Management
22 (28.57 %)Migration
22 (28.57 %)Oracle 10g
22 (28.57 %)Fault Management
31 (14.29 %)Citrix
31 (14.29 %)PRINCE
31 (14.29 %)Service Delivery
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)Oracle 9i
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
12 (28.57 %)Oracle 10g
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Network Engineer
12 (28.57 %)DBA
12 (28.57 %)Oracle DBA
12 (28.57 %)SQL DBA
21 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Manager
21 (14.29 %)Customer Support Analyst
21 (14.29 %)ITIL Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Customer Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Process Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Consultant
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
22 (28.57 %)Windows XP
22 (28.57 %)UNIX
22 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)ITIL
12 (28.57 %)Project Management
12 (28.57 %)Change Management
12 (28.57 %)Migration
12 (28.57 %)Fault Management
21 (14.29 %)PRINCE
21 (14.29 %)Service Delivery
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
12 (28.57 %)SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (28.57 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)Citrix
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft