The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 17 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing SLA 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.299% 0.913% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.57% 18.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £261
% change year-on-year
+3.75% +14.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.95 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-13.66% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
7 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 8.046% 5.023% 5.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 4
Average daily rate £220 £250 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
SLA
West Midlands

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SLA Daily Rate Trend

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Progress
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Account Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Engagement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Progress