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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 150 211
Rank change year-on-year +5 +61 -14
Permanent jobs citing SLA 1,989 2,356 3,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.97% 2.39% 1.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.67% 12.72% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,477 1,522 2,126
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,015 £23,375
25th Percentile £25,047 £30,000 £27,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% -7.41%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,260 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.08% +10.00% -9.68%

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 13,561 18,525 27,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 18.81% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,147 8,607 13,266
10th Percentile £26,750 £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% +4.76%
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 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

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 23 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 23 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 +7 1,775 £32,500 -18.75% 497
UK excluding London -9 1,557 £30,000 -22.08% 403
South East +8 481 £30,500 -22.74% 105
Work from Home -75 403 £48,500 +7.78% 142
London +10 389 £45,000 -0.81% 107
North of England -16 337 £32,750 -12.67% 109
Midlands -9 264 £28,119 -18.50% 75
West Midlands +2 184 £28,119 -25.02% 48
South West +3 163 £37,500 +7.14% 44
North West -18 160 £28,500 -36.67% 50
Yorkshire +2 137 £35,000 +8.70% 24
East of England -39 137 £32,500 -40.91% 53
Scotland -22 108 £24,811 -37.97% 15
East Midlands +1 80 £28,500 -13.64% 27
Wales +18 66 £26,000 -18.75% 14
North East -5 40 £35,000 -2.78% 35
Northern Ireland +17 6 £28,000 -37.78% 3

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
1 195 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 70 (3.52%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.21%) Oracle Service Bus
5 37 (1.86%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.50%) CMS
7 7 (0.35%) Confluence
7 7 (0.35%) IIS
8 5 (0.25%) JBoss
9 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.15%) Moodle
9 3 (0.15%) WordPress
10 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.050%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 342 (17.19%) Microsoft Office
2 123 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (2.51%) MS Visio
4 30 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 48 (2.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 43 (2.16%) 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%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.10%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.10%) assyst
9 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 502 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
2 296 (14.88%) Azure
3 156 (7.84%) SaaS
4 136 (6.84%) AWS
5 60 (3.02%) Entra ID
6 33 (1.66%) Power Platform
7 29 (1.46%) OneDrive
8 28 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (1.41%) Mimecast
9 23 (1.16%) Power Automate
10 21 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
11 20 (1.01%) GCP
11 20 (1.01%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (0.80%) IaaS
13 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
14 12 (0.60%) PaaS
15 7 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.30%) Azure AKS
17 5 (0.25%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 165 (8.30%) Firewall
2 121 (6.08%) DNS
3 108 (5.43%) DHCP
3 108 (5.43%) VPN
4 107 (5.38%) LAN
5 97 (4.88%) WAN
6 93 (4.68%) TCP/IP
7 89 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
8 58 (2.92%) Internet
8 58 (2.92%) SAN
9 53 (2.66%) Wireless
10 35 (1.76%) VoIP
11 25 (1.26%) MPLS
11 25 (1.26%) SD-WAN
12 24 (1.21%) VLAN
13 22 (1.11%) WLAN
14 20 (1.01%) Network Security
14 20 (1.01%) OSPF
15 19 (0.96%) Broadband
15 19 (0.96%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 48 (2.41%) Oracle Database
3 44 (2.21%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.21%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.21%) VLDB
4 40 (2.01%) Tableau
5 34 (1.71%) Big Data
6 32 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
7 27 (1.36%) DB2
7 27 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (1.01%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.01%) MongoDB
9 19 (0.96%) MySQL
10 16 (0.80%) Apache Hive
10 16 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 16 (0.80%) Impala
11 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (0.60%) Power BI
13 9 (0.45%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 59 (2.97%) JIRA
2 5 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
2 5 (0.25%) SonarQube
2 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.20%) Git
3 4 (0.20%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.15%) Postman
5 2 (0.10%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.10%) Subversion
6 1 (0.050%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.050%) git-flow
6 1 (0.050%) GitLab
6 1 (0.050%) MSI
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.050%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.050%) Toad
6 1 (0.050%) Visual Studio
General
1 940 (47.26%) Social Skills
2 462 (23.23%) Finance
3 326 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (12.37%) Law
5 225 (11.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 129 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
7 103 (5.18%) Retail
8 96 (4.83%) Banking
8 96 (4.83%) Billing
9 89 (4.47%) Telecoms
10 72 (3.62%) Legal
11 64 (3.22%) Marketing
12 49 (2.46%) Public Sector
13 42 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 42 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 31 (1.56%) Back Office
16 30 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.36%) Police
18 26 (1.31%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 360 (18.10%) Analyst
2 248 (12.47%) Senior
3 225 (11.31%) Service Manager
4 213 (10.71%) Support Engineer
5 184 (9.25%) IT Support
5 184 (9.25%) Support Analyst
6 149 (7.49%) Service Delivery Manager
7 147 (7.39%) Delivery Manager
8 135 (6.79%) Applications Support
9 132 (6.64%) Lead
10 125 (6.28%) Service Analyst
11 123 (6.18%) Service Desk Analyst
12 103 (5.18%) IT Engineer
12 103 (5.18%) Senior Manager
13 100 (5.03%) Senior Service Manager
14 95 (4.78%) Senior Delivery Manager
14 95 (4.78%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
15 91 (4.58%) Applications Support Analyst
15 91 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 81 (4.07%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.66%) Spring
2 31 (1.56%) AngularJS
3 30 (1.51%) React
4 29 (1.46%) HTML
5 28 (1.41%) RESTful
6 26 (1.31%) .NET
6 26 (1.31%) J2EE
6 26 (1.31%) Java EE
6 26 (1.31%) Spring Boot
7 25 (1.26%) CSS
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
1 206 (10.36%) Self-Motivation
2 131 (6.59%) Driving Licence
3 112 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 99 (4.98%) Video Conferencing
5 90 (4.52%) Digital Signage
5 90 (4.52%) Video\Live Streaming
6 70 (3.52%) Public Cloud
7 65 (3.27%) Data Centre
8 62 (3.12%) Cloud Native
9 42 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 34 (1.71%) Product Ownership
11 33 (1.66%) EPoS
12 26 (1.31%) Clustering
13 22 (1.11%) Life Science
14 21 (1.06%) Replication
15 18 (0.90%) IoT
15 18 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 15 (0.75%) BYOD
17 12 (0.60%) PKI
18 11 (0.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 587 (29.51%) Windows
2 253 (12.72%) Windows Server
3 164 (8.25%) Windows 10
4 144 (7.24%) Linux
5 100 (5.03%) Unix
6 53 (2.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 49 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 46 (2.31%) Apple iOS
8 46 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 45 (2.26%) Solaris
10 36 (1.81%) Android
11 22 (1.11%) AIX
12 17 (0.85%) Mac OS
13 14 (0.70%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.40%) CentOS
15 8 (0.40%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.35%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 688 (34.59%) Customer Service
2 534 (26.85%) ITIL
3 489 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
4 332 (16.69%) Service Delivery
5 258 (12.97%) Service Management
6 245 (12.32%) Incident Management
7 190 (9.55%) Mentoring
8 174 (8.75%) ITSM
9 161 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 156 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 145 (7.29%) Asset Management
12 139 (6.99%) Agile
13 134 (6.74%) Contract Negotiation
13 134 (6.74%) Decision-Making
14 129 (6.49%) Time Management
15 124 (6.23%) Change Management
16 119 (5.98%) Performance Management
17 118 (5.93%) Presales
18 110 (5.53%) Logistics
19 109 (5.48%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 212 (10.66%) SQL
2 89 (4.47%) Java
3 70 (3.52%) Python
4 68 (3.42%) PowerShell
5 65 (3.27%) PL/SQL
6 41 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.71%) Scala
8 27 (1.36%) Shell Script
9 25 (1.26%) C#
10 22 (1.11%) Bash
11 20 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.55%) ActionScript
12 11 (0.55%) VB
13 6 (0.30%) Perl
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
14 5 (0.25%) Ruby
15 2 (0.10%) PHP
16 1 (0.050%) C
16 1 (0.050%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 236 (11.87%) Degree
1 236 (11.87%) Security Cleared
2 133 (6.69%) SC Cleared
3 77 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 62 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 57 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
6 55 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
7 47 (2.36%) CCNA
8 35 (1.76%) CCNP
9 33 (1.66%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.56%) MCP
11 29 (1.46%) A+ Certification
11 29 (1.46%) Azure Certification
12 28 (1.41%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 18 (0.90%) HND
16 16 (0.80%) MCSE
16 16 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.41%) GDPR
2 44 (2.21%) PCI DSS
3 42 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.36%) QA
5 26 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.75%) PMO
7 14 (0.70%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.25%) NIST
10 2 (0.10%) COBIT
10 2 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.10%) GRC
10 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.10%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.050%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.050%) FISMA
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.050%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 457 (22.98%) Active Directory
2 118 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (3.77%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.21%) Oracle RAC
5 39 (1.96%) KVM
6 33 (1.66%) Firmware
7 23 (1.16%) vSphere
8 16 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (0.80%) XenApp
9 11 (0.55%) OpenSSH
10 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.30%) Docker
12 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.050%) Lustre
13 1 (0.050%) NFS
13 1 (0.050%) Squid
13 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 103 (5.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (3.32%) SCCM
3 45 (2.26%) Oracle RMAN
4 44 (2.21%) Data Guard
5 29 (1.46%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.31%) OpenSSO
8 19 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 18 (0.90%) WSUS
10 14 (0.70%) NetBackup
11 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
12 11 (0.55%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.55%) IBM BigFix
12 11 (0.55%) PowerCLI
12 11 (0.55%) Terraform
13 8 (0.40%) SCOM
14 6 (0.30%) Ansible
14 6 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.30%) Nessus
15 5 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 803 (40.37%) Microsoft
2 192 (9.65%) VMware
3 185 (9.30%) Dell
4 174 (8.75%) ServiceNow
5 127 (6.39%) Oracle
6 121 (6.08%) Cisco
7 88 (4.42%) SAP
8 82 (4.12%) Citrix
9 77 (3.87%) Remedy
10 67 (3.37%) HP
11 55 (2.77%) Apple
12 53 (2.66%) IBM
12 53 (2.66%) Salesforce
13 51 (2.56%) Sun
14 38 (1.91%) NetApp
15 36 (1.81%) Meraki
16 33 (1.66%) Veeam
17 32 (1.61%) Sophos
18 24 (1.21%) Google
19 22 (1.11%) Fortinet