The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 40 38 47
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +9
Contract jobs citing SLA 12 15 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.626% 2.447% 0.726%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.43% 36.59% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 1
Average daily rate £325 £195 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% +56.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £300 £255
% change year-on-year
+0.83% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-1.72% +3.57%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
56 41 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 12.25% 6.688% 5.989%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 21 19
Average daily rate £410 £313 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.20% -2.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £180 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £460 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +1.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
SLA
South West

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire SLA Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon +5 11 £325 +74.96%
SLA
South West

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (78.57%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) VBA
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) ERP
3 4 (28.57%) Epicor
4 3 (21.43%) SAP
4 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Business Objects
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (21.43%) FRx
4 3 (21.43%) General Ledger
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Publishing
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 2 (14.29%) LSMW
5 2 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (14.29%) SAP BW
5 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) ITSM
6 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.143%) Process Management
6 1 (7.143%) SAP HR
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (7.143%) SAP BI
6 1 (7.143%) BPR

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) MDX
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Project
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) FRx
2 1 (7.143%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (14.29%) SAP BW
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (7.143%) SAP BI
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.143%) OLAP
3 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) LSMW
General
1 11 (78.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) General Ledger
3 2 (14.29%) Publishing
4 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Project Implementation Manager
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Head of IT
4 1 (7.143%) Performance Manager
4 1 (7.143%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) ERP
2 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.143%) Process Management
4 1 (7.143%) BPR
4 1 (7.143%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.143%) CRM
4 1 (7.143%) Content Management
4 1 (7.143%) Information Management
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) VBA
3 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Epicor
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Business Objects
3 1 (7.143%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
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