Service-Level Objectives (SLO)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Service-Level Objective skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service-Level Objective over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 3 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 572 | 647 | 774 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | +127 | -59 |
| Contract jobs citing Service-Level Objective | 15 | 42 | 77 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.075% | 0.087% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.041% | 0.083% | 0.096% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 28 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £453 | £429 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £484 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £623 | £560 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.16% | -20.00% | +27.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £691 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £711 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £623 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.50% | -9.09% | +29.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £66.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Service-Level Objective is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,603 | 50,558 | 80,022 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.40% | 89.70% | 90.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,483 | 35,017 | 56,266 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £433 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.56% | +8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,521 | 1,671 | 1,882 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.57 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +40.19% | +10.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £65.00 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | +75.00% | -4.76% |
Service-Level Objective
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Service-Level Objective as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service-Level Objective.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service-Level Objective over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service-Level Objective.
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Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service-Level Objective within the UK over the 6 months to 3 June 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +47 | 9 | £623 | +24.50% | 8 |
| England | +62 | 8 | £550 | +2.33% | 13 |
| Scotland | - | 7 | £623 | - | 1 |
| London | +77 | 6 | £575 | -8.00% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +102 | 2 | £525 | -6.25% | 8 |
| North of England | +28 | 2 | £525 | +20.00% | 4 |
| North West | +11 | 2 | £525 | +20.00% | 2 |
Service-Level Objective
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: