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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Leeds 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
Rank6366
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads1413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.013 %
As % of the category below19.72 %34.21 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£380£280
Average daily rate£425£315
% change on same period last year+34.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£470£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£305
% change on same period last year+5.60 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£16.67
Average hourly rate£37.50£18.33
% change on same period last year+104.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.46£20.21
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads7138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.038 %
Daily rates quoted177
Average minimum daily rate£308£266
Average daily rate£339£288
% change on same period last year+18.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£348
% change on same period last year+6.91 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£16.67
Average hourly rate£37.50£18.33
% change on same period last year+104.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£20.00
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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

18 (32.00 %)Finance
27 (28.00 %)Service Management
27 (28.00 %)ITIL
36 (24.00 %)Service Delivery
36 (24.00 %)Health
45 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
45 (20.00 %)NHS
54 (16.00 %)Oracle
54 (16.00 %)Project Management
63 (12.00 %)Telecoms
63 (12.00 %)Programme Management
63 (12.00 %)Change Management
63 (12.00 %)SQL
63 (12.00 %)ITIL Certification
63 (12.00 %)Performance Management
72 (8.000 %)Document Management
72 (8.000 %)Automated Testing
72 (8.000 %)Incident Management
72 (8.000 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (8.000 %).NET Framework
72 (8.000 %)Degree
72 (8.000 %)Oracle OLAP
72 (8.000 %)Cisco Certification
72 (8.000 %)Internet
72 (8.000 %)Progress 4GL
72 (8.000 %)Progress
72 (8.000 %)Cisco
72 (8.000 %)Oracle Reports
72 (8.000 %)CCNA
72 (8.000 %)VB.NET

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.000 %).NET
12 (8.000 %).NET Framework
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.000 %)Lotus Notes
11 (4.000 %)Oracle Application Server
11 (4.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.000 %)Oracle Applications
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.000 %)Internet
21 (4.000 %)Firewall
21 (4.000 %)Cisco PIX
21 (4.000 %)Network Security
21 (4.000 %)Cisco ASA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.000 %)OLAP
12 (8.000 %)Oracle Reports
12 (8.000 %)Oracle OLAP
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server
21 (4.000 %)Oracle 9i
21 (4.000 %)Datawarehouse
21 (4.000 %)Oracle 10g
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2000
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (32.00 %)Finance
26 (24.00 %)Health
33 (12.00 %)Telecoms
42 (8.000 %)Government
42 (8.000 %)Legal
51 (4.000 %)Banking
51 (4.000 %)Retail
51 (4.000 %)International Banking
51 (4.000 %)Marketing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (28.00 %)Service Manager
25 (20.00 %)Analyst
33 (12.00 %)DBA
33 (12.00 %)Oracle DBA
42 (8.000 %)Project Manager
51 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Management Consultant
51 (4.000 %)Developer
51 (4.000 %)IT Manager
51 (4.000 %)Consultant
51 (4.000 %)Network Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (4.000 %)Programmer
51 (4.000 %)Support Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Support Specialist
51 (4.000 %)Administrator
51 (4.000 %)Network Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Security Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Senior Network Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Progress Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (20.00 %)NHS
21 (4.000 %)IVR
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)Windows
21 (4.000 %)Windows NT
21 (4.000 %)Windows XP
21 (4.000 %)UNIX
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (28.00 %)Service Management
17 (28.00 %)ITIL
26 (24.00 %)Service Delivery
35 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
44 (16.00 %)Project Management
53 (12.00 %)Performance Management
53 (12.00 %)Change Management
53 (12.00 %)Programme Management
62 (8.000 %)Document Management
62 (8.000 %)Automated Testing
62 (8.000 %)Incident Management
62 (8.000 %)Requirements Analysis
62 (8.000 %)ITSM
62 (8.000 %)CRM
71 (4.000 %)SC Cleared
71 (4.000 %)Security Cleared
71 (4.000 %)Workflow
71 (4.000 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (4.000 %)Problem Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (12.00 %)SQL
22 (8.000 %)VB.NET
22 (8.000 %)Progress 4GL
31 (4.000 %)VB
31 (4.000 %)PL/SQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (12.00 %)ITIL Certification
22 (8.000 %)Degree
22 (8.000 %)CCNA
22 (8.000 %)Cisco Certification
31 (4.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (4.000 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
31 (4.000 %)CCNP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.000 %)BS15000
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Active Directory
11 (4.000 %)BorderManager
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (16.00 %)Oracle
22 (8.000 %)Progress
22 (8.000 %)Cisco
31 (4.000 %)Microsoft
31 (4.000 %)Novell
31 (4.000 %)Lotus
31 (4.000 %)Remedy
31 (4.000 %)Websense
31 (4.000 %)PeopleSoft
31 (4.000 %)SAP