The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 9 16 29
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +13
Contract jobs citing SLA 26 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 9.962% 5.993% 2.778%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 78.79% 61.54% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 1
Average daily rate £330 £305 £271
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.19% +12.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £9.53 £18.86 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.46% -16.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
33 26 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 12.64% 9.738% 7.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 9
Average daily rate £330 £265 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.52% -33.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £213 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £354 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
Average hourly rate £9.53 £21.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.61% -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
SLA
Yorkshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Sheffield +9 13 £175 -33.96%
Doncaster +4 6 £355 +14.51%
Rotherham +3 4 £330 +13.79%
SLA
Yorkshire

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 39 (66.10%) Windows
2 36 (61.02%) ITIL
3 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
4 21 (35.59%) Security Cleared
5 16 (27.12%) .NET
6 15 (25.42%) Windows Server 2003
6 15 (25.42%) Service Management
7 14 (23.73%) Windows XP
8 13 (22.03%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (22.03%) SC Cleared
8 13 (22.03%) SCCM
8 13 (22.03%) Windows 7
9 12 (20.34%) MS Excel
10 11 (18.64%) Linux
10 11 (18.64%) UNIX
10 11 (18.64%) Remedy
10 11 (18.64%) PowerShell
11 10 (16.95%) Active Directory
11 10 (16.95%) Citrix
12 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (15.25%) Symantec
12 9 (15.25%) MCSE
12 9 (15.25%) SQL
12 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
12 9 (15.25%) ASP
12 9 (15.25%) Software Deployment
13 8 (13.56%) Windows 2000
14 7 (11.86%) IIS
15 6 (10.17%) Network Design
15 6 (10.17%) Network Security

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 16 (27.12%) .NET
2 9 (15.25%) ASP
3 2 (3.390%) J2EE
3 2 (3.390%) HTML
3 2 (3.390%) CSS
3 2 (3.390%) JDBC
3 2 (3.390%) JSP
3 2 (3.390%) XML
3 2 (3.390%) SPML
4 1 (1.695%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.86%) IIS
2 2 (3.390%) GlassFish
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.390%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.695%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.695%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.695%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 12 (20.34%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.390%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) Network Security
1 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.475%) LAN
2 5 (8.475%) VoIP
2 5 (8.475%) WAN
3 3 (5.085%) LDAP
4 2 (3.390%) VPN
4 2 (3.390%) DNS
5 1 (1.695%) DHCP
5 1 (1.695%) L2TP
5 1 (1.695%) VRRP
5 1 (1.695%) BGP
5 1 (1.695%) MPLS
5 1 (1.695%) OSPF
5 1 (1.695%) Firewall
5 1 (1.695%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 4 (6.780%) MSI
2 2 (3.390%) NetBeans
2 2 (3.390%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (6.780%) Publishing
2 3 (5.085%) Electronics
2 3 (5.085%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.085%) Aerospace
2 3 (5.085%) Military
3 2 (3.390%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (33.90%) Analyst
2 10 (16.95%) Support Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Applications Support
2 10 (16.95%) Service Analyst
3 9 (15.25%) DBA
3 9 (15.25%) Support Analyst
3 9 (15.25%) SQL DBA
4 8 (13.56%) Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Server Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Server Support
5 7 (11.86%) Server Support Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (8.475%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Network Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Voice Engineer
8 4 (6.780%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) Developer
10 2 (3.390%) Deployment Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.780%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.390%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (1.695%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.695%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 39 (66.10%) Windows
2 15 (25.42%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (23.73%) Windows XP
4 13 (22.03%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (22.03%) Windows 7
5 11 (18.64%) Linux
5 11 (18.64%) UNIX
6 8 (13.56%) Windows 2000
7 4 (6.780%) Windows Vista
8 2 (3.390%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (61.02%) ITIL
2 15 (25.42%) Service Management
3 9 (15.25%) Software Deployment
4 6 (10.17%) Network Design
4 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (8.475%) Incident Management
6 4 (6.780%) Asset Management
7 3 (5.085%) ITSM
7 3 (5.085%) Communications Security
7 3 (5.085%) Information Management
8 2 (3.390%) Data Analysis
8 2 (3.390%) Workflow
8 2 (3.390%) Identity Management
8 2 (3.390%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.390%) Configuration Management
8 2 (3.390%) OOP
8 2 (3.390%) OO
8 2 (3.390%) RAD
8 2 (3.390%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (3.390%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.64%) PowerShell
2 9 (15.25%) SQL
3 6 (10.17%) Java
4 4 (6.780%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.390%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.695%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (35.59%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.03%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (15.25%) MCSE
4 1 (1.695%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.085%) QA
System Software
1 10 (16.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (22.03%) SCCM
2 5 (8.475%) Cisco UCCX
2 5 (8.475%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (6.780%) WSUS
3 4 (6.780%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (6.780%) Unicenter
4 2 (3.390%) Sun Identity Manager
Vendors
1 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.64%) Remedy
3 10 (16.95%) Citrix
4 9 (15.25%) Symantec
5 6 (10.17%) Cisco
6 4 (6.780%) CA
7 3 (5.085%) HP
7 3 (5.085%) Sun
8 2 (3.390%) Oracle
9 1 (1.695%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.695%) Lotus
9 1 (1.695%) Dell
9 1 (1.695%) Juniper
9 1 (1.695%) IBM