SLA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SLA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SLA over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 251 227
Rank change year-on-year +79 -24 +14
Contract jobs citing SLA 184 216 542
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 0.90% 1.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.04% 7.24% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 128 383
10th Percentile £150 £174 £150
25th Percentile £193 £307 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £541 £543
90th Percentile £568 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £340 £298 £360
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.36% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 31
10th Percentile £12.30 £13.40 £11.36
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.00 £12.26
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +23.08% +20.37%
75th Percentile £14.25 £25.00 £26.88
90th Percentile £16.56 £38.05 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £14.97 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% +12.12% +21.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

SLA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,036 2,982 5,763
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 13.80% 12.49% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,430 2,167 4,130
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £521 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +1.56% +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £613
90th Percentile £750 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 71 128
10th Percentile £12.23 £17.50 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.94 £19.44
Median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -21.35% +134.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.38 £56.60
90th Percentile £66.75 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

SLA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SLA trend for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA.

SLA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SLA over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

SLA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA.

SLA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.09%) SAP APO
2 2 (1.09%) SAP IBP
2 2 (1.09%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.09%) Shopify
3 1 (0.54%) assyst
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle TCA
3 1 (0.54%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (7.61%) AWS
3 8 (4.35%) Azure
4 7 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.72%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (2.17%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.63%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.09%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.09%) Route 53
8 2 (1.09%) Serverless
8 2 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.54%) GCP
9 1 (0.54%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.61%) Firewall
1 14 (7.61%) VPN
2 10 (5.43%) LAN
2 10 (5.43%) WAN
3 8 (4.35%) Wireless
4 4 (2.17%) ADSL
4 4 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (2.17%) MPLS
4 4 (2.17%) Network Security
4 4 (2.17%) PSTN
4 4 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.63%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (1.63%) DHCP
5 3 (1.63%) DNS
5 3 (1.63%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.63%) Internet
5 3 (1.63%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (1.63%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.09%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.80%) Power BI
2 2 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.09%) GIS
2 2 (1.09%) MySQL
2 2 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.09%) Tableau
3 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) JIRA
1 2 (1.09%) Maven
1 2 (1.09%) Mocha
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
General
1 69 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.09%) Finance
3 26 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 18 (9.78%) Telecoms
6 13 (7.07%) Marketing
7 9 (4.89%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.80%) Police
9 5 (2.72%) French Language
9 5 (2.72%) Retail
10 4 (2.17%) Electronics
10 4 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.63%) Banking
11 3 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.09%) Advertising
12 2 (1.09%) Automotive
12 2 (1.09%) Front Office
12 2 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (18.48%) Analyst
2 16 (8.70%) Support Engineer
2 16 (8.70%) Technical Support
3 13 (7.07%) Support Specialist
4 12 (6.52%) Senior
5 11 (5.98%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (5.98%) Lead
5 11 (5.98%) Network Engineer
5 11 (5.98%) Service Analyst
5 11 (5.98%) Service Manager
6 10 (5.43%) Technical Engineer
6 10 (5.43%) Technical Support Engineer
7 9 (4.89%) Consultant
7 9 (4.89%) Service Delivery Manager
7 9 (4.89%) Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (4.89%) Support Analyst
8 8 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (3.80%) Architect
9 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (3.80%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) .NET
1 2 (1.09%) AngularJS
1 2 (1.09%) ATL
1 2 (1.09%) CSS
1 2 (1.09%) J2EE
1 2 (1.09%) Jest
1 2 (1.09%) jQuery
1 2 (1.09%) React
1 2 (1.09%) Redux
1 2 (1.09%) REST
1 2 (1.09%) Sass
1 2 (1.09%) Spring
1 2 (1.09%) Spring MVC
1 2 (1.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (1.09%) VML
1 2 (1.09%) Web Services
2 1 (0.54%) Middleware
2 1 (0.54%) Node.js
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.98%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.89%) FMCG
3 7 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.09%) Chip and PIN
6 2 (1.09%) CMDB
6 2 (1.09%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.54%) NHS
7 1 (0.54%) Replication
7 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.54%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 52 (28.26%) Windows
2 16 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 13 (7.07%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.98%) Unix
5 10 (5.43%) Linux
6 9 (4.89%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.63%) Android
7 3 (1.63%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.09%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.43%) ITIL
2 32 (17.39%) Customer Service
3 31 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (15.76%) Service Delivery
5 24 (13.04%) Agile
6 23 (12.50%) Service Management
6 23 (12.50%) Time Management
7 21 (11.41%) Customer Requirements
8 18 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (9.24%) Line Management
10 15 (8.15%) Coaching
10 15 (8.15%) ITSM
11 13 (7.07%) Business Case
12 12 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (6.52%) DevOps
12 12 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (6.52%) Workflow
13 11 (5.98%) ERP
13 11 (5.98%) Roadmaps
14 10 (5.43%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.35%) SQL
2 7 (3.80%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.63%) Java
4 2 (1.09%) C++
4 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.09%) VB.NET
4 2 (1.09%) VBScript
5 1 (0.54%) Bash
5 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 45 (24.46%) Security Cleared
2 40 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (9.78%) Degree
5 11 (5.98%) CCNP
5 11 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.17%) CCNA
6 4 (2.17%) CCSA
6 4 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.63%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.63%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.54%) CCSE
9 1 (0.54%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (0.54%) CPIM
9 1 (0.54%) ISEB
9 1 (0.54%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.54%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) QA
2 3 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.09%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 25 (13.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.09%) vSphere
5 1 (0.54%) Firmware
5 1 (0.54%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (10.87%) SCCM
2 8 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.63%) AirWatch
4 2 (1.09%) Ansible
4 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.09%) Puppet
4 2 (1.09%) Salt
4 2 (1.09%) WSUS
5 1 (0.54%) SCOM
5 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (34.24%) Microsoft
2 29 (15.76%) ServiceNow
3 21 (11.41%) SAP
4 20 (10.87%) VMware
5 18 (9.78%) Cisco
6 9 (4.89%) BT
6 9 (4.89%) Citrix
7 7 (3.80%) Qualys
8 6 (3.26%) CheckPoint
8 6 (3.26%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.72%) Apple
9 5 (2.72%) Blue Coat
9 5 (2.72%) Computacenter
10 4 (2.17%) Cadence
10 4 (2.17%) F5
10 4 (2.17%) HP
10 4 (2.17%) Juniper
10 4 (2.17%) Meraki
10 4 (2.17%) Veeam
11 3 (1.63%) SolarWinds