The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 24 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 Warrington 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 16 17 12
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs citing SLA 5 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 4.098% 1.064% 7.692%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 71.43% 16.67% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-1.72% +3.57%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
7 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 5.738% 6.383% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £110 £900
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -87.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
SLA
Cheshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington SLA Hourly Rate Trend

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 6 (46.15%) ITIL
1 6 (46.15%) Service Management
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Logistics
3 4 (30.77%) SAP
3 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) OpenView
4 3 (23.08%) HP
4 3 (23.08%) Citrix
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Lotus
4 3 (23.08%) Thin Client
4 3 (23.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (23.08%) MS Office
4 3 (23.08%) MCP
4 3 (23.08%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (23.08%) Problem Management
4 3 (23.08%) Fat Client
5 2 (15.38%) Time Management
5 2 (15.38%) Matrix Management
5 2 (15.38%) SAP R/3
5 2 (15.38%) Operations Management
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
6 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
6 1 (7.692%) MS Access

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 3 (23.08%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) MS Access
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Service Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) Service Operations Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Operations Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Service Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (7.692%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Thin Client
1 3 (23.08%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) ITIL
1 6 (46.15%) Service Management
2 4 (30.77%) Logistics
3 3 (23.08%) Problem Management
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Matrix Management
4 2 (15.38%) Operations Management
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (23.08%) MCP
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) OpenView
1 3 (23.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) HP
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix
2 3 (23.08%) Lotus
Warrington, Cheshire
A full driving licence and use of vehicle is essential as you will be required to travel to other sites throughout the Northwest, to provide support to 1500+...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013