The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Swindon 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 36 30 38
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs citing SLA 9 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.535% 2.374% 0.286%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 29.03% 34.78% 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £325 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+71.05% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £260
% change year-on-year
- +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +7.14%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
31 23 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 8.732% 6.825% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 14 17
Average daily rate £420 £428 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.75% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £242 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £504 £480 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
SLA
Wiltshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) ITIL
3 5 (33.33%) SQL
4 4 (26.67%) VBA
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (26.67%) Epicor
4 4 (26.67%) ERP
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (20.00%) General Ledger
5 3 (20.00%) FRx
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
5 3 (20.00%) Lotus
5 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (20.00%) Business Objects
5 3 (20.00%) SAP
5 3 (20.00%) IBM Notes
6 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
6 2 (13.33%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (13.33%) SAP BW
6 2 (13.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (13.33%) ITSM
6 2 (13.33%) Publishing
6 2 (13.33%) Service Management
6 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
6 2 (13.33%) LSMW
6 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 1 (6.667%) .NET
1 1 (6.667%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) IBM Notes
2 2 (13.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) FRx
2 1 (6.667%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (13.33%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (13.33%) SAP BW
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (6.667%) SAP BI
3 1 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) OLAP
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) LSMW
General
1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (13.33%) Publishing
4 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) IT Support
4 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Developer
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Head of IT
6 1 (6.667%) Performance Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Service Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Service Manager
6 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Service Management
4 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) ITSM
4 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.667%) Content Management
5 1 (6.667%) Information Management
5 1 (6.667%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.667%) Data Transformation
5 1 (6.667%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (6.667%) Investment Management
5 1 (6.667%) Time Management
5 1 (6.667%) Data Mapping
5 1 (6.667%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) VBA
3 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) MCSA
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (26.67%) Epicor
2 3 (20.00%) Lotus
2 3 (20.00%) Business Objects
2 3 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (6.667%) PeopleSoft