SLA Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 17 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 South West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 76 110 75
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -35
Contract jobs citing SLA 39 29 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.904% 0.875% 1.499%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.31% 13.18% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 10
Average daily rate £325 £190 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+71.05% -40.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £167 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £300 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £261
% change year-on-year
+3.75% +14.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £12.42 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+161.67% -4.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.45 £12.42 £11.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £131.75 £15.28 £26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.95 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-13.66% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 183 220 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 8.936% 6.639% 7.569%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 118 81
Average daily rate £383 £395 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.16% +11.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £200 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £524 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 39
Average hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.20 £13.00 £20.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £160.00 £37.70 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
SLA
England

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West SLA Daily Rate Trend

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West SLA Daily Rate Histogram

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the South West region.

South West SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West SLA Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire +5 12 £325 +66.66%
Bristol +19 9 £325 +8.33%
Somerset +10 7 - -
Gloucestershire +28 4 £370 +20.81%
Dorset +1 2 - -
Devon 0 2 £158 -1.56%
Cornwall - 1 - -
SLA
England

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 25 (37.88%) ITIL
2 18 (27.27%) Finance
3 15 (22.73%) SQL
3 15 (22.73%) Incident Management
4 13 (19.70%) Windows
4 13 (19.70%) Service Management
5 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 11 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 9 (13.64%) Configuration Management
7 9 (13.64%) Problem Management
7 9 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
8 8 (12.12%) Asset Management
8 8 (12.12%) Change Management
8 8 (12.12%) PRINCE2
9 7 (10.61%) MS Excel
9 7 (10.61%) Oracle
9 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (10.61%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
9 7 (10.61%) SQL Server 2012
10 6 (9.091%) Service Delivery
10 6 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (9.091%) VBA
10 6 (9.091%) SAP
11 5 (7.576%) Active Directory
11 5 (7.576%) VMware
11 5 (7.576%) Telecoms
11 5 (7.576%) Disaster Recovery

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Development
1 3 (4.545%) .NET
2 2 (3.030%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.515%) XML
3 1 (1.515%) MDX
3 1 (1.515%) SAP Business Workflow
3 1 (1.515%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.545%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.030%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.515%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.030%) MS Project
2 2 (3.030%) MS Office
3 1 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.545%) FRx
2 2 (3.030%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.515%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.515%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.515%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.545%) GSM
1 3 (4.545%) DHCP
1 3 (4.545%) TCP/IP
1 3 (4.545%) DNS
1 3 (4.545%) UMTS
2 2 (3.030%) Firewall
2 2 (3.030%) RNC
2 2 (3.030%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (3.030%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (3.030%) ATM
2 2 (3.030%) SDH
3 1 (1.515%) LAN
3 1 (1.515%) SAN
3 1 (1.515%) Internet
3 1 (1.515%) Network Security
3 1 (1.515%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (1.515%) VoIP
3 1 (1.515%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (10.61%) SQL Server 2012
4 5 (7.576%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (4.545%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (3.030%) SAP BW
6 2 (3.030%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.515%) SAP BI
7 1 (1.515%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.515%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.030%) LSMW
General
1 18 (27.27%) Finance
2 5 (7.576%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.061%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.545%) Legal
4 3 (4.545%) General Ledger
5 2 (3.030%) Publishing
6 1 (1.515%) Banking
6 1 (1.515%) Retail
6 1 (1.515%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.515%) Back Office
6 1 (1.515%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) Support Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) DBA
3 7 (10.61%) Administrator
4 6 (9.091%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.576%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (6.061%) Applications Support
6 4 (6.061%) Consultant
6 4 (6.061%) SQL DBA
6 4 (6.061%) Teradata DBA
6 4 (6.061%) IT Support
7 3 (4.545%) SAP Support
7 3 (4.545%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 3 (4.545%) Data Manager
7 3 (4.545%) Data Centre Manager
7 3 (4.545%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.545%) Oracle DBA
8 2 (3.030%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (3.030%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (3.030%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.576%) CMDB
3 4 (6.061%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.030%) Thin Client
4 2 (3.030%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.030%) Statistics
5 1 (1.515%) SWIFT
5 1 (1.515%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.515%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.70%) Windows
2 3 (4.545%) Windows XP
2 3 (4.545%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.030%) UNIX
3 2 (3.030%) AIX
3 2 (3.030%) Solaris
4 1 (1.515%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.515%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.88%) ITIL
2 15 (22.73%) Incident Management
3 13 (19.70%) Service Management
4 9 (13.64%) Configuration Management
4 9 (13.64%) Problem Management
5 8 (12.12%) Asset Management
5 8 (12.12%) PRINCE2
5 8 (12.12%) Change Management
6 6 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (9.091%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.576%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.576%) Change Control
8 4 (6.061%) Information Assurance
8 4 (6.061%) Budget Control
8 4 (6.061%) ERP
8 4 (6.061%) Project Management
9 3 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (4.545%) ITSM
9 3 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (4.545%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) SQL
2 6 (9.091%) VBA
3 2 (3.030%) C#
3 2 (3.030%) PHP
4 1 (1.515%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle Certification
3 6 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (6.061%) MCSA
4 4 (6.061%) OCA
5 3 (4.545%) MCSE
5 3 (4.545%) OCP
5 3 (4.545%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.545%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.030%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (3.030%) MCTS
6 2 (3.030%) MCITP
6 2 (3.030%) MCP
7 1 (1.515%) CCNP
7 1 (1.515%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.515%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.515%) Degree
7 1 (1.515%) CCVP
7 1 (1.515%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.576%) Active Directory
1 5 (7.576%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.545%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.515%) XenApp
3 1 (1.515%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (6.061%) ServiceCenter
2 2 (3.030%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.515%) DameWare
3 1 (1.515%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle
3 6 (9.091%) SAP
4 5 (7.576%) VMware
5 4 (6.061%) Epicor
5 4 (6.061%) Peregrine
6 3 (4.545%) Cisco
6 3 (4.545%) Business Objects
6 3 (4.545%) Sun
7 2 (3.030%) IBM
7 2 (3.030%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 2 (3.030%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.515%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.515%) Adobe
8 1 (1.515%) Apple
8 1 (1.515%) Lagan
8 1 (1.515%) LANDesk
8 1 (1.515%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.515%) HP
8 1 (1.515%) Dell
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