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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Sandwich 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank102
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£330
% change on same period last year-8.00 %
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£17.53£17.58
% change on same period last year-0.27 %
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Sandwich
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£358
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
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£25.11£23.27
% change on same period last year+7.86 %
SLA KentSLA
Kent

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

Sandwich SLA Demand 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 Sandwich region.

Sandwich SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sandwich 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 (75.00 %)NFS
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)EMC
13 (75.00 %)SAN
13 (75.00 %)CLARiiON
13 (75.00 %)NetBackup
21 (25.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)Management Information System
21 (25.00 %)Risk Management

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sandwich 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.

Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)SAN
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Storage Specialist
13 (75.00 %)SAN Specialist
13 (75.00 %)SAN Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Programme Manager
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)CLARiiON
21 (25.00 %)Management Information System
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Risk Management
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)NFS
13 (75.00 %)NetBackup
Sandwich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)EMC