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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 579 | 677 | 786 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +98 | +109 | -109 |
| Contract jobs citing Service-Level Objective | 15 | 39 | 69 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.065% | 0.078% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.040% | 0.073% | 0.086% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 24 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £441 | £430 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £484 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £623 | £525 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.57% | -25.00% | +23.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £631 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £688 | £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 | 37,383 | 53,667 | 80,409 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.31% | 89.90% | 90.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,097 | 37,244 | 56,431 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,426 | 1,746 | 1,925 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.25 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £37.30 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.17% | +49.20% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £59.44 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.05 | £36.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.13% | +80.00% | -8.51% |
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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 28 April 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 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +64 | 10 | £623 | +24.50% | 5 |
| Scotland | - | 8 | £623 | - | |
| England | +91 | 7 | £550 | +4.76% | 11 |
| London | +91 | 5 | £575 | - | 6 |
| Work from Home | +104 | 2 | £525 | -4.55% | 5 |
| North of England | +33 | 2 | £525 | +20.00% | 3 |
| North West | +24 | 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: