Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 157 212
Rank change year-on-year +11 +55 -13
Permanent jobs citing SLA 2,002 2,356 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.00% 2.38% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.72% 12.57% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,493 1,523 2,122
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,047 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +5.96% -6.79%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,577 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,966 £35,000
% change year-on-year -20.98% +8.48% -10.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,596 18,747 27,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.61% 18.90% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 8,688 13,219
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,626
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.98% +0.27%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA.

Salary trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in the UK

SLA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +10 1,786 £32,500 -18.75% 495
UK excluding London -7 1,560 £30,000 -20.98% 391
South East +12 479 £30,500 -22.74% 110
Work from Home -66 410 £48,500 +7.78% 143
London +18 399 £45,000 -1.61% 125
North of England -14 339 £33,000 -10.81% 88
Midlands -9 264 £28,119 -18.50% 80
West Midlands +3 183 £28,119 -25.02% 53
South West -7 165 £37,500 +7.14% 37
North West -16 161 £28,500 -36.67% 58
Yorkshire +7 138 £35,000 +8.70% 24
East of England -42 137 £32,500 -38.10% 60
Scotland -29 109 £25,406 -36.49% 15
East Midlands -8 81 £28,500 -10.94% 27
Wales +20 67 £26,000 -18.75% 10
North East -7 40 £35,000 -4.76% 6
Northern Ireland +11 6 £28,000 -37.78% 2

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 198 (9.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 70 (3.50%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.20%) Oracle Service Bus
5 37 (1.85%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.50%) CMS
7 9 (0.45%) IIS
8 7 (0.35%) Confluence
9 5 (0.25%) JBoss
10 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.15%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.100%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.100%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.100%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.050%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.050%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 351 (17.53%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (2.50%) MS Visio
4 30 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.100%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 48 (2.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 43 (2.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 13 (0.65%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.65%) iTrent
6 5 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.25%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.20%) Endur
7 4 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.15%) Adaptiv
8 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.100%) assyst
9 2 (0.100%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.100%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.050%) HFM
10 1 (0.050%) Maximo
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 513 (25.62%) Microsoft 365
2 295 (14.74%) Azure
3 158 (7.89%) SaaS
4 138 (6.89%) AWS
5 60 (3.00%) Entra ID
6 33 (1.65%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.40%) Mimecast
7 28 (1.40%) OneDrive
8 27 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.15%) Power Automate
10 21 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
11 20 (1.00%) GCP
11 20 (1.00%) Snowflake
12 17 (0.85%) IaaS
13 16 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
15 12 (0.60%) PaaS
16 8 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 6 (0.30%) Azure AKS
17 6 (0.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 166 (8.29%) Firewall
2 121 (6.04%) DNS
3 111 (5.54%) VPN
4 108 (5.39%) DHCP
5 106 (5.29%) LAN
6 96 (4.80%) WAN
7 93 (4.65%) TCP/IP
8 90 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (2.90%) Internet
9 58 (2.90%) SAN
10 53 (2.65%) Wireless
11 35 (1.75%) VoIP
12 25 (1.25%) MPLS
13 24 (1.20%) SD-WAN
13 24 (1.20%) VLAN
14 22 (1.10%) WLAN
15 20 (1.00%) OSPF
16 19 (0.95%) Broadband
16 19 (0.95%) DSL
16 19 (0.95%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.45%) Oracle Database
3 44 (2.20%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.20%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.20%) VLDB
4 40 (2.00%) Tableau
5 34 (1.70%) Big Data
6 32 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 27 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (1.30%) DB2
9 20 (1.00%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.00%) MongoDB
10 19 (0.95%) MySQL
11 16 (0.80%) Apache Hive
11 16 (0.80%) Hadoop
11 16 (0.80%) Impala
12 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 13 (0.65%) Power BI
13 10 (0.50%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 60 (3.00%) JIRA
2 5 (0.25%) Git
2 5 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
2 5 (0.25%) SonarQube
2 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.20%) Postman
4 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.15%) Subversion
5 1 (0.050%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.050%) git-flow
5 1 (0.050%) GitLab
5 1 (0.050%) MSI
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.050%) Sourcetree
5 1 (0.050%) Visual Studio
General
1 947 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 469 (23.43%) Finance
3 328 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (12.24%) Law
5 223 (11.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 128 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
7 102 (5.09%) Retail
8 99 (4.95%) Banking
9 96 (4.80%) Billing
10 90 (4.50%) Telecoms
11 73 (3.65%) Legal
12 64 (3.20%) Marketing
13 50 (2.50%) Public Sector
14 42 (2.10%) Manufacturing
14 42 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
15 33 (1.65%) Financial Institution
16 30 (1.50%) Back Office
16 30 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.35%) Police
18 26 (1.30%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 366 (18.28%) Analyst
2 245 (12.24%) Senior
3 225 (11.24%) Service Manager
4 215 (10.74%) Support Engineer
5 189 (9.44%) IT Support
5 189 (9.44%) Support Analyst
6 149 (7.44%) Service Delivery Manager
7 147 (7.34%) Delivery Manager
8 133 (6.64%) Applications Support
8 133 (6.64%) Lead
9 126 (6.29%) Service Analyst
10 123 (6.14%) Service Desk Analyst
11 104 (5.19%) IT Engineer
12 103 (5.14%) Senior Manager
13 100 (5.00%) Senior Service Manager
14 95 (4.75%) Senior Delivery Manager
14 95 (4.75%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
15 91 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
16 88 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 82 (4.10%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.65%) Spring
2 31 (1.55%) AngularJS
3 30 (1.50%) React
4 28 (1.40%) HTML
4 28 (1.40%) RESTful
5 26 (1.30%) J2EE
5 26 (1.30%) Java EE
5 26 (1.30%) Spring Boot
6 25 (1.25%) CSS
7 24 (1.20%) .NET
8 18 (0.90%) Kafka
9 11 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.35%) ADSI
10 7 (0.35%) LDAP
11 6 (0.30%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.30%) ARM Templates
11 6 (0.30%) EDI
11 6 (0.30%) OLE
11 6 (0.30%) REST
11 6 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 208 (10.39%) Self-Motivation
2 131 (6.54%) Driving Licence
3 112 (5.59%) Management Information System
4 100 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
5 90 (4.50%) Digital Signage
6 89 (4.45%) Video\Live Streaming
7 70 (3.50%) Public Cloud
8 66 (3.30%) Data Centre
9 62 (3.10%) Cloud Native
10 43 (2.15%) Onboarding
11 37 (1.85%) Product Ownership
12 32 (1.60%) EPoS
13 25 (1.25%) Clustering
14 22 (1.10%) Life Science
14 22 (1.10%) Replication
15 18 (0.90%) BYOD
15 18 (0.90%) IoT
15 18 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 11 (0.55%) PKI
17 10 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 602 (30.07%) Windows
2 255 (12.74%) Windows Server
3 171 (8.54%) Windows 10
4 143 (7.14%) Linux
5 102 (5.09%) Unix
6 53 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 50 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 49 (2.45%) Apple iOS
9 45 (2.25%) Solaris
9 45 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 36 (1.80%) Android
11 22 (1.10%) AIX
12 17 (0.85%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.80%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 9 (0.45%) Windows 8
15 8 (0.40%) CentOS
15 8 (0.40%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 691 (34.52%) Customer Service
2 537 (26.82%) ITIL
3 492 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
4 333 (16.63%) Service Delivery
5 263 (13.14%) Service Management
6 244 (12.19%) Incident Management
7 187 (9.34%) Mentoring
8 176 (8.79%) ITSM
9 161 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 154 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 145 (7.24%) Asset Management
12 139 (6.94%) Agile
13 134 (6.69%) Decision-Making
14 133 (6.64%) Contract Negotiation
15 130 (6.49%) Time Management
16 126 (6.29%) Change Management
17 119 (5.94%) Performance Management
18 118 (5.89%) Presales
19 113 (5.64%) Problem Management
20 110 (5.49%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 213 (10.64%) SQL
2 90 (4.50%) Java
3 70 (3.50%) Python
4 68 (3.40%) PowerShell
5 64 (3.20%) PL/SQL
6 41 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.70%) Scala
8 27 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 24 (1.20%) C#
10 22 (1.10%) Bash
11 20 (1.00%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.50%) ActionScript
12 10 (0.50%) VB
13 6 (0.30%) Perl
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
14 5 (0.25%) Ruby
15 2 (0.100%) PHP
16 1 (0.050%) C
16 1 (0.050%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 238 (11.89%) Security Cleared
2 236 (11.79%) Degree
3 134 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 79 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 59 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 57 (2.85%) ITIL Certification
7 55 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
8 47 (2.35%) CCNA
9 35 (1.75%) CCNP
10 33 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 31 (1.55%) MCP
12 29 (1.45%) A+ Certification
12 29 (1.45%) Azure Certification
13 28 (1.40%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
15 20 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 18 (0.90%) HND
17 16 (0.80%) MCSE
17 16 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.40%) GDPR
2 44 (2.20%) PCI DSS
3 42 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (1.30%) QA
5 15 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 15 (0.75%) PMO
6 14 (0.70%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.25%) NIST
9 2 (0.100%) COBIT
9 2 (0.100%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.100%) GRC
9 2 (0.100%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.100%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.050%) COSHH
10 1 (0.050%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.050%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.050%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.050%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 468 (23.38%) Active Directory
2 119 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.20%) Oracle RAC
5 39 (1.95%) KVM
6 30 (1.50%) Firmware
7 22 (1.10%) vSphere
8 16 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (0.75%) XenApp
10 10 (0.50%) OpenSSH
11 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
12 5 (0.25%) Docker
12 5 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.050%) LXC
14 1 (0.050%) NFS
14 1 (0.050%) Squid
14 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 103 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 70 (3.50%) SCCM
3 45 (2.25%) Oracle RMAN
4 44 (2.20%) Data Guard
5 28 (1.40%) Kubernetes
5 28 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (1.30%) OpenSSO
7 18 (0.90%) vCenter Server
7 18 (0.90%) WSUS
8 14 (0.70%) NetBackup
9 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
10 11 (0.55%) FortiGate
10 11 (0.55%) Terraform
11 10 (0.50%) IBM BigFix
11 10 (0.50%) PowerCLI
12 8 (0.40%) SCOM
13 6 (0.30%) Ansible
13 6 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.30%) Nessus
14 5 (0.25%) Istio
Vendors
1 814 (40.66%) Microsoft
2 192 (9.59%) VMware
3 186 (9.29%) Dell
4 175 (8.74%) ServiceNow
5 128 (6.39%) Oracle
6 121 (6.04%) Cisco
7 88 (4.40%) SAP
8 82 (4.10%) Citrix
9 78 (3.90%) Remedy
10 68 (3.40%) HP
11 55 (2.75%) Apple
12 53 (2.65%) Salesforce
13 52 (2.60%) Sun
14 51 (2.55%) IBM
15 36 (1.80%) Meraki
16 35 (1.75%) NetApp
17 33 (1.65%) Veeam
18 32 (1.60%) Sophos
19 24 (1.20%) Google
20 22 (1.10%) Fortinet