SLA Contracts in Manchester

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 85 92
Rank change year-on-year +29 +7 -21
Contract jobs citing SLA 45 32 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.94% 1.69% 1.88%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.44% 11.31% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 31
10th Percentile £378 £376 £129
25th Percentile £400 £465 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £488 £325
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +50.00% -27.78%
75th Percentile £494 £550 £578
90th Percentile £528 - £600
North West median daily rate £538 £479 £223
% change year-on-year +12.27% +115.17% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 14
10th Percentile £12.17 - £11.36
25th Percentile £12.42 £21.25 £11.46
Median hourly rate £12.84 £22.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.93% +80.00% +3.50%
75th Percentile - £23.75 £13.32
90th Percentile - - £17.30
North West median hourly rate £11.60 £42.50 £12.59
% change year-on-year -72.71% +237.57% -13.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 244 283 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 15.92% 14.92% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 189 251
10th Percentile £364 £319 £231
25th Percentile £425 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £634
90th Percentile £713 £650 £688
North West median daily rate £513 £475 £464
% change year-on-year +7.89% +2.43% +3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 15
10th Percentile £12.84 £11.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.19 £13.50 £11.56
Median hourly rate £37.13 £22.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.03% +80.00% +3.50%
75th Percentile £68.78 £39.60 £13.34
90th Percentile £72.14 £63.84 £18.90
North West median hourly rate £12.84 £37.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year -65.76% +105.48% +17.74%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Manchester

SLA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for SLA in Manchester

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Manchester

SLA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for SLA in Manchester

SLA
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bolton - 1 £425 - 2
SLA
North West

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (2.22%) Alfresco
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) AWS
2 1 (2.22%) Azure
2 1 (2.22%) IaaS
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) LAN
1 1 (2.22%) SMS
1 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Mocha
2 2 (4.44%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.22%) GoCD
General
1 36 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Banking
2 5 (11.11%) Finance
3 3 (6.67%) Billing
3 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (64.44%) Service Desk Agent
2 3 (6.67%) Commercial Manager
2 3 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
2 3 (6.67%) Developer
3 2 (4.44%) Full Stack Developer
3 2 (4.44%) Incident Manager
4 1 (2.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (2.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Analyst
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Continuous Improvement Manager
4 1 (2.22%) Digital Developer
4 1 (2.22%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (2.22%) IT Support
4 1 (2.22%) Major Incident Manager
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (2.22%) Service Analyst
4 1 (2.22%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (2.22%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Jest
1 4 (8.89%) React
2 3 (6.67%) Redux
3 2 (4.44%) Node.js
4 1 (2.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (68.89%) Customer Service
2 30 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (8.89%) CI/CD
3 4 (8.89%) ITIL
4 3 (6.67%) Agile
4 3 (6.67%) Change Control
4 3 (6.67%) Contract Management
4 3 (6.67%) Decision-Making
4 3 (6.67%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
4 3 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (6.67%) Product Backlog
4 3 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (6.67%) Test Automation
4 3 (6.67%) Unit Testing
5 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (4.44%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (4.44%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (4.44%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) Java
2 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) SAP