The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Renfrewshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SLA 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 3.279% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £345 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £261
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +14.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.98 £14.75 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-12.03% +5.35%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 8.197% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £341 - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
SLA
Scotland

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the Renfrewshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Renfrewshire SLA Jobs Demand Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Renfrewshire SLA Daily 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 Renfrewshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Erskine - 2 £345 -
SLA
Scotland

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) Clustering
2 2 (50.00%) MCTS
2 2 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) MOM
3 1 (25.00%) ISA Server
3 1 (25.00%) Symantec
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) SMS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) QlikView
3 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
1 1 (25.00%) CRM Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
1 2 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCTS
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) ISA Server
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) MOM
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) Lotus
1 1 (25.00%) Sage
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec
1 1 (25.00%) VMware