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This section looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Milton Keynes 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6154
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads1414
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.014 %
As % of the category below34.15 %30.43 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£317£400
Average daily rate£350£419
% change on same period last year-16.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£350
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted27
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£19.23
Average hourly rate£17.00£21.01
% change on same period last year-19.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£22.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.75£18.94
% change on same period last year-11.59 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads4146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted1914
Average minimum daily rate£316£397
Average daily rate£328£422
% change on same period last year-22.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£447
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted27
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£19.23
Average hourly rate£17.00£21.01
% change on same period last year-19.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£22.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
SLA BuckinghamshireSLA
Buckinghamshire

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Milton Keynes SLA Hourly Rate Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

121 (63.64 %)ITIL
213 (39.39 %)Service Delivery
39 (27.27 %)ITIL Certification
47 (21.21 %)Security Cleared
56 (18.18 %)Automotive
56 (18.18 %)Active Directory
56 (18.18 %)Windows
56 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
65 (15.15 %)Windows NT
65 (15.15 %)GAP Analysis
65 (15.15 %)Finance
74 (12.12 %)SC Cleared
74 (12.12 %)OVOW
74 (12.12 %)Degree
74 (12.12 %)Government
74 (12.12 %)MCSE
74 (12.12 %)OpenView
74 (12.12 %)HP
74 (12.12 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (12.12 %)CNE
74 (12.12 %)Novell Certification
83 (9.091 %)SQL
83 (9.091 %)DV Cleared
83 (9.091 %)Performance Management
92 (6.061 %)IPTV
92 (6.061 %)Data Analysis
92 (6.061 %)Incident Management
92 (6.061 %)Problem Management
92 (6.061 %)Finjan
92 (6.061 %)Business Objects

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
11 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2003
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.061 %)MS Excel
21 (3.030 %)MS Office
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.061 %)Firewall
21 (3.030 %)IPCC
21 (3.030 %)LDAP
21 (3.030 %)VoIP
21 (3.030 %)Internet
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.061 %)BusinessObjects
21 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
21 (3.030 %)ETL
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (18.18 %)Automotive
25 (15.15 %)Finance
34 (12.12 %)Government
41 (3.030 %)Billing
41 (3.030 %)Telecoms
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (27.27 %)Analyst
28 (24.24 %)Services Delivery Manager
28 (24.24 %)Service Manager
28 (24.24 %)Delivery Manager
34 (12.12 %)Team Leader
43 (9.091 %)Server Specialist
52 (6.061 %)Problem Analyst
52 (6.061 %)Service Analyst
52 (6.061 %)Helpdesk Team Leader
52 (6.061 %)Business Analyst
52 (6.061 %)Support Analyst
61 (3.030 %)Helpdesk Analyst
61 (3.030 %)1st Line Support
61 (3.030 %)Support Engineer
61 (3.030 %)Architect
61 (3.030 %)Server Support
61 (3.030 %)Server Engineer
61 (3.030 %)Support Team Leader
61 (3.030 %)Senior Analyst
61 (3.030 %)Senior Support Analyst
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.061 %)IPTV
21 (3.030 %)Mainframe
21 (3.030 %)IVR
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (18.18 %)Windows
16 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
25 (15.15 %)Windows NT
32 (6.061 %)UNIX
41 (3.030 %)OS/390
41 (3.030 %)MVS
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (63.64 %)ITIL
213 (39.39 %)Service Delivery
37 (21.21 %)Security Cleared
45 (15.15 %)GAP Analysis
54 (12.12 %)SC Cleared
63 (9.091 %)DV Cleared
63 (9.091 %)Performance Management
72 (6.061 %)Service Management
72 (6.061 %)Incident Management
72 (6.061 %)Problem Management
72 (6.061 %)ITSM
72 (6.061 %)Data Analysis
81 (3.030 %)Workflow Management
81 (3.030 %)CRM
81 (3.030 %)Workflow
81 (3.030 %)Stakeholder Management
81 (3.030 %)Fault Management
81 (3.030 %)Time Management
81 (3.030 %)WFM
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (9.091 %)SQL
22 (6.061 %)C
31 (3.030 %)Shell Script
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (27.27 %)ITIL Certification
24 (12.12 %)Degree
24 (12.12 %)MCSE
24 (12.12 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (12.12 %)CNE
24 (12.12 %)Novell Certification
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (18.18 %)Active Directory
21 (3.030 %)ISA Server
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (12.12 %)OpenView
14 (12.12 %)OVOW
22 (6.061 %)CONTROL-M
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (12.12 %)HP
22 (6.061 %)Business Objects
22 (6.061 %)Cisco
22 (6.061 %)Microsoft
22 (6.061 %)CheckPoint
22 (6.061 %)SurfControl
22 (6.061 %)Finjan
31 (3.030 %)Oracle
31 (3.030 %)Ab Initio
31 (3.030 %)Netezza
31 (3.030 %)Symantec
31 (3.030 %)Chordiant
31 (3.030 %)Citrix
31 (3.030 %)Avaya
31 (3.030 %)Genesys
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