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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4740
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.011 %
As % of the category below10.00 %64.29 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£516
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£531
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£351
% change on same period last year-16.27 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£19.33
Average hourly rate£13.25£21.00
% change on same period last year-36.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.50£22.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.23£15.68
% change on same period last year+3.46 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads2014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted67
Average minimum daily rate£342£471
Average daily rate£346£484
% change on same period last year-28.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£496
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£369
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£19.33
Average hourly rate£13.25£21.00
% change on same period last year-36.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.50£22.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£19.88
% change on same period last year+11.09 %
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+72--
SLA South EastSLA
South East

SLA
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (61.54 %)Microsoft
27 (53.85 %)Active Directory
35 (38.46 %)Government
35 (38.46 %)Local Government
42 (15.38 %)Service Management
42 (15.38 %)MS Excel
51 (7.692 %)Windows XP
51 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
51 (7.692 %)DHCP
51 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
51 (7.692 %)DNS
51 (7.692 %)MS Office
51 (7.692 %)ITIL
51 (7.692 %)Windows
51 (7.692 %)Citrix
51 (7.692 %)ITIL Certification
51 (7.692 %)NHS
51 (7.692 %)PRINCE
51 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (7.692 %)Tivoli
51 (7.692 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (7.692 %)ECDL
51 (7.692 %)Finance
51 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (7.692 %)Degree
51 (7.692 %)Health
51 (7.692 %)CMS

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
11 (7.692 %)CMS
11 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (15.38 %)MS Excel
21 (7.692 %)MS Office
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)DHCP
11 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
11 (7.692 %)DNS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (38.46 %)Government
15 (38.46 %)Local Government
21 (7.692 %)Finance
21 (7.692 %)Health
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (61.54 %)Support Analyst
18 (61.54 %)Analyst
25 (38.46 %)1st Line Support Analyst
25 (38.46 %)1st Line Support
33 (23.08 %)2nd Line Support
42 (15.38 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
42 (15.38 %)Incident Manager
51 (7.692 %)ITIL Manager
51 (7.692 %)ITIL Service Manager
51 (7.692 %)Consultant
51 (7.692 %)Support Consultant
51 (7.692 %)Administrator
51 (7.692 %)Service Manager
51 (7.692 %)IT Support Analyst
51 (7.692 %)Storage Consultant
51 (7.692 %)Tivoli Consultant
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)NHS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows
11 (7.692 %)Windows XP
11 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)Service Management
21 (7.692 %)ITIL
21 (7.692 %)PRINCE
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)ITIL Certification
11 (7.692 %)ECDL
11 (7.692 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (53.85 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.692 %)Tivoli
11 (7.692 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (61.54 %)Microsoft
21 (7.692 %)Citrix