SLA Contracts in Central London

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 137 138
Rank change year-on-year +49 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing SLA 45 35 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.86% 0.91% 1.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.84% 7.10% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 48
10th Percentile £173 £156 £180
25th Percentile £363 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £300 £525
Median % change year-on-year +76.67% -42.86% +35.48%
75th Percentile £545 £544 £615
90th Percentile £690 £660 £718
London median daily rate £400 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% +12.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £17.20 £21.40 £18.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £20.88
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -11.32% +32.50%
75th Percentile £23.90 £24.50 £44.75
90th Percentile £23.96 £24.80 £54.95
London median hourly rate £23.99 £19.22 £26.50
% change year-on-year +24.85% -27.49% +32.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 415 493 701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 17.18% 12.82% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 355 471
10th Percentile £363 £369 £350
25th Percentile £463 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £675 £719 £638
90th Percentile £775 £838 £750
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £17.96 £21.40 £19.13
25th Percentile £20.44 £22.00 £23.06
Median hourly rate £23.40 £23.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -45.98% +200.00%
75th Percentile £25.92 £24.50 £61.94
90th Percentile £35.16 £24.80 £62.28
London median hourly rate £24.50 £30.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.33% -30.90% +122.50%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Central London

SLA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in Central London.

Daily rate trend for SLA in Central London

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Central London

SLA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for SLA in Central London

SLA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +54 34 £515 +47.14% 13
West End of London - 7 £538 - 1
Camden - 6 £538 - 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £196 - 1
Southwark +5 1 - -
SLA
London

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (24.44%) Power Platform
3 10 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (15.56%) Azure
5 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) LAN
2 2 (4.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) SQL Server
1 6 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.22%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.22%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Legal
3 7 (15.56%) Banking
3 7 (15.56%) Finance
4 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Local Government
7 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (28.89%) Consultant
2 8 (17.78%) Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) DevOps Manager
3 5 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (8.89%) Architect
4 4 (8.89%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Risk Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Help Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.22%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (2.22%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.22%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Development Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.22%) Smart Energy
4 1 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.22%) Linux
3 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Customer Service
2 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (24.44%) Workflow
4 10 (22.22%) Case Management
5 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (15.56%) Agile
6 7 (15.56%) Data Analysis
7 6 (13.33%) DevOps
7 6 (13.33%) ETL
8 5 (11.11%) Change Management
9 4 (8.89%) Contact Management
9 4 (8.89%) ITIL
9 4 (8.89%) Risk Management
9 4 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (6.67%) Capacity Management
10 3 (6.67%) Information Security
10 3 (6.67%) Project Management
10 3 (6.67%) Service Delivery
10 3 (6.67%) Test Scripting
11 2 (4.44%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.33%) C#
2 6 (13.33%) T-SQL
3 5 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (2.22%) C++
4 1 (2.22%) Java
4 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) SAP
3 7 (15.56%) iManage
4 6 (13.33%) Cadence
5 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.67%) NEC
7 1 (2.22%) Alteryx
7 1 (2.22%) Apple
7 1 (2.22%) Computacenter
7 1 (2.22%) HP
7 1 (2.22%) IBM
7 1 (2.22%) Intapp
7 1 (2.22%) Snow