West Yorkshire SLA Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Bracknell Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Folkestone Gateshead Glasgow Gloucestershire Grays Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrow Hartlepool Hastings Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Huntingdon Ipswich Kegworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	77	72
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	18	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	22.78 %	25.26 %
Daily rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£243
Average daily rate	£308	£250
% change on same period last year	+23.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£257
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£350
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.25	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£16.63	£37.00
% change on same period last year	-55.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.75	£18.94
% change on same period last year	-11.59 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	79	95
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.105 %	0.096 %
Daily rates quoted	21	12
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£358
Average daily rate	£300	£398
% change on same period last year	-24.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£323	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£371
% change on same period last year	-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.80	£37.50
Average hourly rate	£21.30	£41.75
% change on same period last year	-48.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.80	£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.31	£24.73
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
SLA Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SLA across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

SLA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SLA across the West Yorkshire region.

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SLA across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SLA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	-13	12	£293	+46.66 %
Halifax	-	5	£350	-

SLA Yorkshire

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 12 (25.00 %) ITIL 1 12 (25.00 %) Finance 2 9 (18.75 %) Windows 3 8 (16.67 %) PRINCE2 4 7 (14.58 %) Telecoms 5 6 (12.50 %) Retail 5 6 (12.50 %) Service Management 5 6 (12.50 %) Microsoft 5 6 (12.50 %) NHS 6 5 (10.42 %) Internet 6 5 (10.42 %) CCNA 6 5 (10.42 %) Cisco Certification 6 5 (10.42 %) Service Delivery 7 4 (8.333 %) Health 7 4 (8.333 %) Legal

7 4 (8.333 %) Banking 7 4 (8.333 %) Project Management 7 4 (8.333 %) Windows 2000 8 3 (6.250 %) UNIX 8 3 (6.250 %) SQL 8 3 (6.250 %) SQL Server 8 3 (6.250 %) MS Office 8 3 (6.250 %) PeopleSoft 8 3 (6.250 %) Lotus Notes 8 3 (6.250 %) Datawarehouse 8 3 (6.250 %) Lotus 8 3 (6.250 %) ITIL Certification 8 3 (6.250 %) Cisco 8 3 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2000 8 3 (6.250 %) Document Management

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 1 (2.083 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 3 (6.250 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (2.083 %) Tomcat 2 1 (2.083 %) JRun 2 1 (2.083 %) ATG Dynamo 2 1 (2.083 %) Oracle Application Server 2 1 (2.083 %) JBoss
Applications 1 3 (6.250 %) MS Office 2 2 (4.167 %) MS Excel 3 1 (2.083 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (2.083 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 1 1 (2.083 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 5 (10.42 %) Internet 2 2 (4.167 %) Firewall 3 1 (2.083 %) Cisco PIX 3 1 (2.083 %) Network Security 3 1 (2.083 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (6.250 %) Datawarehouse 1 3 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2000 1 3 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2 2 (4.167 %) OLAP 2 2 (4.167 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 2 2 (4.167 %) SQL Server 2005 2 2 (4.167 %) SQL Server Integration Services 2 2 (4.167 %) DTS 2 2 (4.167 %) Data Mining 3 1 (2.083 %) RDBMS 3 1 (2.083 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (2.083 %) Oracle 9i
General 1 12 (25.00 %) Finance 2 7 (14.58 %) Telecoms 3 6 (12.50 %) Retail 4 4 (8.333 %) Health 4 4 (8.333 %) Legal 4 4 (8.333 %) Banking 5 3 (6.250 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (2.083 %) International Banking 6 1 (2.083 %) Marketing 6 1 (2.083 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 15 (31.25 %) Analyst 2 8 (16.67 %) Service Manager 3 4 (8.333 %) 1st Line Support 3 4 (8.333 %) Helpdesk Support 3 4 (8.333 %) Project Manager 3 4 (8.333 %) Business Analyst 4 3 (6.250 %) Commercial Manager 4 3 (6.250 %) Problem Analyst 5 2 (4.167 %) Desktop Analyst 5 2 (4.167 %) Datawarehouse Developer 5 2 (4.167 %) Service Desk Analyst 5 2 (4.167 %) Service Analyst 5 2 (4.167 %) Developer 5 2 (4.167 %) Support Analyst 5 2 (4.167 %) 2nd Line Support 5 2 (4.167 %) Administrator 5 2 (4.167 %) Transition Manager 6 1 (2.083 %) Project Officer 6 1 (2.083 %) Service Management Consultant 6 1 (2.083 %) Solaris Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 6 (12.50 %) NHS 2 1 (2.083 %) IVR	Operating Systems 1 9 (18.75 %) Windows 2 4 (8.333 %) Windows 2000 3 3 (6.250 %) UNIX 4 2 (4.167 %) Windows XP 5 1 (2.083 %) Solaris 5 1 (2.083 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (25.00 %) ITIL 2 8 (16.67 %) PRINCE2 3 6 (12.50 %) Service Management 4 5 (10.42 %) Service Delivery 5 4 (8.333 %) Project Management 6 3 (6.250 %) Performance Management 6 3 (6.250 %) Change Management 6 3 (6.250 %) Programme Management 6 3 (6.250 %) Document Management 7 2 (4.167 %) Incident Management 7 2 (4.167 %) CRM 7 2 (4.167 %) ERP 7 2 (4.167 %) Business Intelligence 8 1 (2.083 %) BPR 8 1 (2.083 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (2.083 %) OOD 8 1 (2.083 %) E-Commerce 8 1 (2.083 %) Requirements Analysis 8 1 (2.083 %) Problem Management 8 1 (2.083 %) Release Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (6.250 %) SQL 2 2 (4.167 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (2.083 %) Shell Script 3 1 (2.083 %) AWK 3 1 (2.083 %) Perl 3 1 (2.083 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 5 (10.42 %) CCNA 1 5 (10.42 %) Cisco Certification 2 3 (6.250 %) ITIL Certification 3 2 (4.167 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (4.167 %) MCP 3 2 (4.167 %) CCNP 4 1 (2.083 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (2.083 %) PMP 4 1 (2.083 %) PMI Certification 4 1 (2.083 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.083 %) BS15000
System Software 1 2 (4.167 %) Active Directory 2 1 (2.083 %) BorderManager	Vendors 1 6 (12.50 %) Microsoft 2 3 (6.250 %) Cisco 2 3 (6.250 %) PeopleSoft 2 3 (6.250 %) Lotus 3 2 (4.167 %) Sage 3 2 (4.167 %) Websense 3 2 (4.167 %) SAP 3 2 (4.167 %) Cognos 3 2 (4.167 %) Oracle 4 1 (2.083 %) Novell 4 1 (2.083 %) Siebel 4 1 (2.083 %) ATG 4 1 (2.083 %) webMethods